Merge pull request avrdudes#1976 from MX682X/main

Option to keep Vcc on for PICkit4/5 after exit

Author: stefanrueger

src/avrdude.1

@@ -2098,8 +2098,9 @@ Show help menu and exit.
 .El
 .El
 .Ss Programmers accepting exitspec parameter
-Currently, only the flip2, linuxspi, linuxgpio, raspberry_pi_gpio and old school parallel
-port programmers such as stk200 and dapa support exitspec parameter.
+Currently, only the flip2, linuxspi, linuxgpio, raspberry_pi_gpio,
+pickit4_mplab, pickit5 and old-school parallel port programmers such as
+stk200 and dapa support exitspec parameter.
 These let the user decide in which state the programmer pins after ended programming session.
 Multiple exitspec options can be separated with commas.
 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
@@ -2152,6 +2153,13 @@ This option will leave the 8 data pins on the parallel port active.
 This option will leave the 8 data pins on the parallel port inactive.
 .Pq \&i. \&e. Em low
 .El
+.It Ar Pickit 4 (MPLAB)
+.It Ar Pickit 5
+.Bl -tag -offset indent -width indent
+.It Ar vcc
+This option will leave the power supply from the programmer enabled after
+avrdude finished the operation. Disabled by default.
+.El
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width /dev/ppi0XXX

src/doc/avrdude.texi

@@ -1187,8 +1187,8 @@ see the extended options of the chosen programmer.
 @cindex Option @code{-x} parallel port programmers
 @cindex @code{-x} parallel port programmers
 
-Currently, only the @code{flip2}, @code{linuxspi}, @code{linuxgpio},
-@code{raspberry_pi_gpio} and old school parallel port programmers such
+Currently, the @code{flip2}, @code{linuxspi}, @code{linuxgpio}, @code{raspberry_pi_gpio},
+@code{pickit4_mplab}, @code{pickit5} and old-school parallel port programmers such
 as @code{stk200} and @code{dapa} support @code{-E} exitspec parameter options.
 These let the user decide in which state the programmer pins after ended
 programming session. AVRDUDE only allows one @code{-E} option. However,
@@ -1257,6 +1257,20 @@ This option will leave the 8 data pins on the parallel port inactive
 (i.e. low).
 @end table
 
+@cindex Option @code{-x} pickit4_mplab, pickit5
+@cindex @code{-x} pickit4_mplab, pickit5
+@item Pickit 4 (MPLAB)
+@itemx Pickit 5
+
+@table @code
+@cindex Option @code{-E} vcc
+@cindex @code{-E} vcc
+@item vcc
+This option will leave the power supply from the programmer enabled after
+avrdude finished the operation. Disabled by default.
+
+@end table
+
 @end table
 
 @page
@@ -1420,6 +1434,8 @@ this setting will be ignored. When AVRDUDE detects an external voltage outside
 of this range, it will terminate the operation. You can disable this check by
 setting the voltage to 0@w{ }V. If an XMEGA part was selected, a requested voltage
 above 3.49@w{ }V will lead to an abort of operation.
+Usually, the programmer will stop providing power when the session ends.
+To continue to power the target you can use the @code{-E vcc} option.
 @item hvupdi
 High-voltage UPDI programming is used to enable a UPDI pin that has previously
 been set to RESET or GPIO mode. Use @code{-x hvupdi} to enable high-voltage UPDI