Robert Harkins <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> Robert Harkins <[email protected]> wrote in > news:[email protected]: > >> --0-526808276-1221492629=:52310 >> >> Hello everyone. >> >> After being idle for over a year, a project using a msp430F449 has >> come back to life. Unfortunately I have run into a problem. >> msp430-gdb issues the message "mk2a01.elf": not in executable format: >> File format not recognized >> >> This problem was first seen on the newer of two computers, Fedora 7 >> x86_64 AMD. I then moved back to an older box running 32 bit Fedora >> 6 and was able to duplicate the problem. >> >> On the Fedora 6 box there are two copies of the mspgcc tool chain. >> Both were compiled following the instructions given in >> http://mspgcc.cvs.sourceforge.net/mspgcc/packaging/README- > MAINTAINER.txt >> >> The newer one was compiled on Sept. 9, 2008 >> The older one was compiled on May, 5, 2007 >> >> Only the newer one has a problem with the elf file. >> >> The problem seams independent of the version of the tool chain used >> to compile. >> >> Any ideas on what is happening? >> >> Thanks >> Robert Harkins >> > Sorry for reposting the same question. Reading it using Xnews through > gmane and the subject line was garbled. Hope this comes out clearer. > The origonal was sent through yahoo mail. > Thanks,Robert > >From a posting in comp.arch.embedded on May 19, 2006: "If msp430-objdump recognizes the file as an MSP430 ELF file and msp430-gdb doesn't, then msp430-gdb must be broken." My makefile does execute the commands msp430-objcopy -O ihex mk2a01.elf mk2a01.hex msp430-objdump -DS mk2a01.elf > mk2a01.lst without any problems. The search continues, Robert Harkins
