$ avrdude -p m8 -c ponyser -P /dev/ttyUSB0 -v -e

avrdude: Version 5.8, compiled on Jul 20 2009 at 14:56:17
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/home/sag/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/ttyUSB0
         Using Programmer              : ponyser
         AVR Part                      : ATMEGA8
         Chip Erase delay              : 10000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom         4    20   128    0 no        512    4      0  9000  9000 0xff 0xff
           flash         33    10    64    0 yes      8192   64    128  4500  4500 0xff 0x00
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          4    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : SERBB
         Description     : design ponyprog serial, reset=!txd sck=rts mosi=dtr miso=cts

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.30s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9307
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as A4
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as DF
avrdude: current erase-rewrite cycle count is -50462977 (if being tracked)
avrdude: erasing chip

avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as A4
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as DF
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK

avrdude done.  Thank you.

$ avrdude -p m8 -c ponyser -P /dev/ttyUSB0 -v -U flash:w:tp-25a-new-m1.hex 

avrdude: Version 5.8, compiled on Jul 20 2009 at 14:56:17
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/etc/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/home/sag/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/ttyUSB0
         Using Programmer              : ponyser
         AVR Part                      : ATMEGA8
         Chip Erase delay              : 10000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom         4    20   128    0 no        512    4      0  9000  9000 0xff 0xff
           flash         33    10    64    0 yes      8192   64    128  4500  4500 0xff 0x00
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  2000  2000 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          4    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : SERBB
         Description     : design ponyprog serial, reset=!txd sck=rts mosi=dtr miso=cts

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.31s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9307
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as A4
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as DF
avrdude: NOTE: FLASH memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
         To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: reading input file "tp-25a-new-m1.hex"
avrdude: input file tp-25a-new-m1.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (2132 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 214.23s

avrdude: 2132 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against tp-25a-new-m1.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file tp-25a-new-m1.hex:
avrdude: input file tp-25a-new-m1.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file tp-25a-new-m1.hex contains 2132 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 208.78s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 2132 bytes of flash verified

avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as A4
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as DF
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK

avrdude done.  Thank you.