Hi!
I got an STK500 dev kit lying around, and wanted to add it as an ISP programmer and a high voltage programmer option for the Arduino IDE. So far, so good. The STK500 as ISP works without any problems what so ever. (I started testing in Arduino IDE, but moved on by typing the commands directly into my terminal window)


The problem is when I use the stk500pp setting. I want to keep the original Arduino lock and unlock bits (0x0F, 0x3F), and be able to change fuses and upload a bootloader. When I erase the attached microcontroller and set the lock bit with this command:
avrdude -v -patmega32 -cstk500pp -P /dev/cu.UC-232AC -e -Ulock:w:0x3f:m -Uhfuse:w:0xde:m -Ulfuse:w:0xa1:m

I get this error message at the bottom:
avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000
         0xff != 0x3f
avrdude: verification error; content mismatch

The exact same avrdude command, using "-cstk500" returns no error.


As far as I've understood, there is a problem with the 6th and 7th lock bit. The HVPP tries to set the 7th and the 6th bit, but avrdude ignores these two bits, and the written fuse bits are actually 0xFF. This gives a content mismatch error.

Please have a look at this Arduino post, where the problem is discussed:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=359814.0