the doc from http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/manual/c1685.html and http://mspgcc.sourceforge.net/manual/x1746.html
states to install binutils-2,14 However, latest patches are not in 2.14, neither are they in 2.17 The manual could say something like: Checkout the patch from cvs (-l option to avoid recursive checkout) cvs co -l binutils Modify the patch so that it patches the proper binutils (in my case binutils-2.17), that is replace binutils-060402 and binutils-060402.patched by binutils-2.17 Apply the patch /usr/local/msp430/src/$ patch -p0 < binutils/binutils-14x1-20x1-20x2-20x3-22x4-42x-42x0-461x.patch This has worked out quite well for me Regards Cyril Holweck