i've been using mspgcc (MSP430X branch) for a X architecture
(msp430f2417) for about 5 month without noteworthy problems. my code
also uses the extended memory. From this point of view, there exists
support of X the architecture. Can't say anything about MSP430F54xx though..

Roman

Dmitry Zuikov wrote:
>> I am concerned with your statement about X, X2 architectures.
>> What features of the compiler are not ready for them?
> 
> Well, generally speaking it just not going to work. I do not remember,
> if it concerns only the extended memory, or there are some general
> problems too. But I tried to use the mspgcc-x branch about a month ago,
> there were a bunch of problems, i.e. some problems with linking the
> firmware because of typo in CRT.  And even after I fixed some obvious
> problems, there was  still no way to make the firmware run.
> 
> The main branch in general is also broken for 54XX: the wrong registers
> definitions in the headers (some guys here sent the patches, but they
> are not in CVS so far). Hardcoded and wrong MPY-s registers and I could
> not patch the libraries to produce correct code for multiplication.
> 
>> If I compile the program with current version of the mspgcc
>> and try to run on msp430f5348 will it work?
>> What problems I may expect?
> 
> There is hard to point to some specific problems because there are a few
> chances that the generated firmware will work proper at all. I managed
> to migrate to Rowley first, and wine + cce later in order to accomplish
> the project.
> 
> 
> 
>> Regards
>> Piotr Romaniuk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dmitry Zuikov [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 4:54 AM
>> To: [email protected]; GCC for MSP430 - http://mspgcc.sf.net
>> Subject: Re: [Mspgcc-users] MSP430F54xx programming under windows
>>
>> [...]
>> Also, there is no point to blame the TI for poor support of open source
>> community.  There is no open source compiler with support of X and X2
>> architectures. Period. The opensource toolchain works perfectly for old
>> plain MSP430 and that's all.
>> [...]
>> So the only serious issue with MSP430X and X2 for the moment is the
>> compiler.
>>
>> ---
>> Regards,
>> Dmitry
>>
>>

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