X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?p=goodfet;a=blobdiff_plain;f=client%2FGoodFET.py;fp=client%2FGoodFET.py;h=178ebd61d7addb450c323070b4b62ed10945f958;hp=11ca61646a36d30f84f93e585a8c176a92d87cc9;hb=841c56c387a8b3188fbeacf3e6340cf5346984a9;hpb=4e6cacbd6483db0a73b6c5b88e8ee06f2dd67ba7

diff --git a/client/GoodFET.py b/client/GoodFET.py
index 11ca616..178ebd6 100755
--- a/client/GoodFET.py
+++ b/client/GoodFET.py
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ class GoodFET:
                 elif attempts==2 and os.environ.get("board")!='telosb':
                     print "See the GoodFET FAQ about missing info flash.";
                     self.serialport.setTimeout(0.2);
+                elif attempts == 100:
+		    print "Tried 100 times to connect and failed."
+		    sys.stdout.write("Continuing to try forever.")	# No newline
+		    sys.stdout.flush()
+		    self.verbose=True	# Something isn't going right, give the user more info
+                elif attempts > 100 and attempts % 10 == 0:
+		    sys.stdout.write('.')
+		    sys.stdout.flush()
                 #self.serialport.flushInput()
                 #self.serialport.flushOutput()
                 
@@ -240,6 +248,8 @@ class GoodFET:
             #Here we have a connection, but maybe not a good one.
             #print "We have a connection."
             connected=1;
+	    if attempts >= 100:
+		print ""	# Add a newline
             olds=self.infostring();
             clocking=self.monitorclocking();
             for foo in range(1,30):