Folks. There didn't seem to be a HOWTO on getting started with linux support for the MSP430. So I've started one. It's currently a collection (and slight tidy-up) of what used to be my various notes and random scribblings on getting things to work.
Take a look on http://tallyho.bc.nu/~steve/msp430howto.html The master file is in .sgml just like the LDP people like it. All sorts of other output formats are thus available using the sgml2XXX tools. I will happily contribute the master file to the CVS if anyone reckons it has any merit. Or at least, someone like Chris Liechti will have to do it for me as I don't have write permission to CVS. Whatever, it is hoped that this current HOWTO will attract improvements from all and sundry. Phrasing is often pretty wierd and shows artefacts due to being patched together from several sources. Most importantly, I offer no comments on using the tools with anything other than 2.4 kernels. Is there anyone running on 2.2 or 2.0 (or 1.x? :-)). I also only comment on the 'gdb' issues. I make no mention of the other ways of supporting the MSP430 under linux. Maybe the serial JTAG and serial boot- protocol tools need a HOWTO of their own, but there is support for the FET parallel JTAG interface from pyJTAG isn't there? I don't know anything about it. Maybe others can wade in with comments there as long as it doesn't make the existing HOWTO unreadable. Please do wade in as soon as the .sgml file is made available (assuming the whole thing isn't laughed out of court). Remember the stone soup principle. ------------------------------------ Wadda y'mean, y' don't know the stone soup principle? http://stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/stonesoup.html -- Steve Hosgood | st...@caederus.com | "A good plan today is better Phone: +44 1792 203707 + ask for Steve | than a perfect plan tomorrow" Fax: +44 70922 70944 | - Conrad Brean --------------------------------------------+ http://tallyho.bc.nu/~steve | ( from the film "Wag the Dog" )
