You're right about the pybsl. I was thinking of the other one. To be
honest, I still use the IAR junker, since it's loaded on a laptop that sits
there for other reasons. I played with the pybsl when it first came out,
but had problems. It was very beta at the time, and I was working on a
product.
As far as gdb goes, you're welcome to disagree. I've been programming
with
gcc for a LONG time, and every few years I try to use gdb to fix a problem.
I find the commands unintiuitive, unabbreviated, and the stack back trace
rarely works correctly, especially in a pthreads environment. I find it a
lot easier to use printf(), or allocate some pins to a logic analyzer. To
me, gdb just isn't worth the time investment. And this isn't a reflection
on the MSP430 implementation. This is across the board, on Sun, on x86, on
Hitachi SH/3, and on Motorola 68xxxx parts.
Of course, you being an emacs user and all explains a lot. VI RULES!
<grin!>
--John
(actually, SlickEdit rules)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mspgcc-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:mspgcc-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net]on Behalf Of Daniel
> Neri
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 17:00
> To: mspgcc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Mspgcc-users] Re: Makefiles for examples
>
>
> "J.C.Wren" <jcw...@jcwren.com> writes:
>
> > there is the pybsl directory, which is a Python based tool for using
> > the FET140 or other FET programmers to program the MSP430s.
>
> Uhm, no. Pybsl is for the ROM bootstrap loader present in Flash-based
> MSP430s. It uses an asynchronous serial interface; i.e. not JTAG.
>
> > There's also the 'gdb' tools, which are a pain-in-the-butt debugging
> > toolset.
>
> I respectfully disagree.
>
> > 'Insight' is supposed to make 'gdb' easier to use, but ... well, the
> > user interface to gdb sucks.
>
> If you're the point'n'clicking type, you might want to try out the DDD
> frontend to gdb. I use Emacs myself, of course...
>
>
> Regards,
> --
> Daniel Neri
> d...@mayonnaise.net
>
>
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