Index: /branches/end_stage/ippTools/src/regtool.c
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--- /branches/end_stage/ippTools/src/regtool.c	(revision 16150)
+++ /branches/end_stage/ippTools/src/regtool.c	(revision 16151)
@@ -707,5 +707,16 @@
     }
 
-    // XXX handle end_stage here
+    // should we stop here and proceed on to the chip stage?
+    if (psStrcasestr(end_stage, "reg")) {
+        // then we are done here
+        if (!psDBCommit(config->dbh)) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+    // else continue on...
+
 
     // insert an entry into the chipPendingExp table