In message <9Mydna-Se5gDfonVnZ2dnUVZ8uKdnZ2d@lyse.net>, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.removethisbit.no> writes>Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote: >> Chris H wrote: >> >>> Chris H wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you find a bug in ANY compiler (not just IAR) that is fixed in >>>>>a newer version they tell you to get the latest version.>It is not unreasonable to expect a compiler supplier to provide updates >for a certain time after purchase - you should not have to upgrade just >to get a bug fix. (Note that I have no idea what IAR's policy is in >this - I'm just expressing general comments.)IAR in common with nearly all compilers I know of give you free updates AND upgrades for 12 months. After that you have to buy support. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Bug in latest IAR MSP430 compiler optimization???
Started by ●April 27, 2008
Reply by ●April 27, 20082008-04-27
Reply by ●April 27, 20082008-04-27
In article <JogEctNATJFIFAwF@phaedsys.demon.co.uk>, chris@phaedsys.org=20 says...> In message=20 > <4e894752-5193-471a-8ef3-1e1aa8c12b67@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,=20 > larwe <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> writes > >On Apr 27, 8:33=A0am, Chris H <ch...@phaedsys.org> wrote: > > > >> >I haven't yet groveled through the assembly output to see exactly wha=t> >> >the difference between the two output flavors is. But this is such an > >> >astoundingly show-stopping bug I'm appalled it escaped. > >> > >> What did IAR support say about it when you told them? > > > >Kickstart has no support. >=20 > Of course not it is a FREE size limited eval version. However that does==20> not mean you can't report bugs to the support team. Why wouldn't you? >=20 > >Of course, last time I was working with a > >bought version of their compiler, and found a [different] bug, the > >answer was "buy the latest upgrade". >=20 > Because you had a very old version (IAR compilers have 12 months=20 > support) and they had fixed the bug in a later version. It would only=20 > be "buy" a new version if you were out of support. Which you would be or==20> you would have got the update for free. >=20 > You do like trying to make mountains out of molehills. >=20 > If you find a bug in ANY compiler (not just IAR) that is fixed in a=20 > newer version they tell you to get the latest version. If you are on=20 > support it is usually free. You only have to pay if it is a very old=20 > version. >=20 > However if you want to use an old version that is your look out.Following is what the latest Kickstart version I have (came with the=20 EZ2500 kit) says when About... is clicked. 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In message <MPG.227ec5c2de8d322e98990c@news.verizon.net>, Gene S. Berkowitz <first.last@verizon.net> writes>In article <JogEctNATJFIFAwF@phaedsys.demon.co.uk>, chris@phaedsys.org >says... >> In message >> <4e894752-5193-471a-8ef3-1e1aa8c12b67@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, >> larwe <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> writes >> >On Apr 27, 8:33�am, Chris H <ch...@phaedsys.org> wrote: >> > >> >> >I haven't yet groveled through the assembly output to see exactly what >> >> >the difference between the two output flavors is. But this is such an >> >> >astoundingly show-stopping bug I'm appalled it escaped. >> >> >> >> What did IAR support say about it when you told them? >> > >> >Kickstart has no support. >> >> Of course not it is a FREE size limited eval version. However that does >> not mean you can't report bugs to the support team. Why wouldn't you? >> >> >Of course, last time I was working with a >> >bought version of their compiler, and found a [different] bug, the >> >answer was "buy the latest upgrade". >> >> Because you had a very old version (IAR compilers have 12 months >> support) and they had fixed the bug in a later version. It would only >> be "buy" a new version if you were out of support. Which you would be or >> you would have got the update for free. >> >> You do like trying to make mountains out of molehills. >> >> If you find a bug in ANY compiler (not just IAR) that is fixed in a >> newer version they tell you to get the latest version. If you are on >> support it is usually free. You only have to pay if it is a very old >> version. >> >> However if you want to use an old version that is your look out. > >Following is what the latest Kickstart version I have (came with the >EZ2500 kit) says when About... is clicked. Considering that practically >every component has a different version and build #, it's virtually >impossible to ever say with certainty what "version" of IAR anyone has.As with ALL compiler suites. You are either being deliberately obtuse or don't understand the tools. Neither trait is good for a developer. The package has a release number (on the CD, zip file etc) and the individual components also have release numbers as you listed. It is called version control. Something that happens in professional software development. I used to have this problem a lot with Keil C51 when asking what version of the compiler someone was using. I often got the version of the IDE. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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Chris H wrote:>> I have no illusion that the compiler development >> is different from any other sw development. Same kind of lousy and >> pitifull business. > > > So your software development is a "lousy and pitiful business" and you > judge all the rest by your standards? >The software development is lousy and pitiful business. The ones who state the different either have no clue, or deliberately lying, or never wrote anything longer then "Hello World". Vladimir Vassilevsky DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant http://www.abvolt.com
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On 2008-04-27, larwe <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> wrote:> On Apr 27, 8:33?am, Chris H <ch...@phaedsys.org> wrote: > >> >I haven't yet groveled through the assembly output to see exactly what >> >the difference between the two output flavors is. But this is such an >> >astoundingly show-stopping bug I'm appalled it escaped. >> >> What did IAR support say about it when you told them? > > Kickstart has no support.That may be true de jure, but not de facto. If you report the bug on the MSP430 mailing list, I'd bet a doughnut that somebody from IAR will respond.> Of course, last time I was working with a bought version of > their compiler, and found a [different] bug, the answer was > "buy the latest upgrade".Um, that's pretty much how commercial software works. If you were using mspgcc, you could just fix the problem, submit the patch, and get on with your work. Worst case, you could report the problem and wait for a day or two while somebody else fixes it. For free. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! We're going to a at new disco! visi.com
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In message <YXkRj.12293$GE1.363@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>, Vladimir Vassilevsky <antispam_bogus@hotmail.com> writes> > >Chris H wrote: > > >>> I have no illusion that the compiler development is different from >>>any other sw development. Same kind of lousy and pitifull business. >> So your software development is a "lousy and pitiful business" and >>you judge all the rest by your standards? >> > >The software development is lousy and pitiful business. The ones who >state the different either have no clue, or deliberately lying, or >never wrote anything longer then "Hello World".Well you are wrong on all three counts. Perhaps it is just your world. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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In article <GLSdnZPTPfSDQYjVnZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d@visi>, grante@visi.com says...> On 2008-04-27, larwe <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Apr 27, 8:33?am, Chris H <ch...@phaedsys.org> wrote: > > > >> >I haven't yet groveled through the assembly output to see exactly what > >> >the difference between the two output flavors is. But this is such an > >> >astoundingly show-stopping bug I'm appalled it escaped. > >> > >> What did IAR support say about it when you told them? > > > > Kickstart has no support. > > That may be true de jure, but not de facto. If you report the > bug on the MSP430 mailing list, I'd bet a doughnut that > somebody from IAR will respond. > > > Of course, last time I was working with a bought version of > > their compiler, and found a [different] bug, the answer was > > "buy the latest upgrade". > > Um, that's pretty much how commercial software works. If you > were using mspgcc, you could just fix the problem, submit the > patch, and get on with your work.I'm not sure that someone qualified to write good embedded code for the MSP430 is also qualified to patch the code generator of mspgcc. I've written a lot of embedded code for the MSP430 and other embedded systems, but I've never even LOOKED at the source for the code generator of any compiler! That may be because I got into embedded systems from oceanography---and have never taken any computer science course other than a freshman introductory course---and that in 1968! Oddly enough, I did teach computer science at the U for a few years---sophomore and junior level courses in architecture and assembly-language programming.> Worst case, you could report > the problem and wait for a day or two while somebody else > fixes it. For free. > >Mark Borgerson
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In message <MPG.227f99fe4c3cef81989841@newsgroups.comcast.net>, Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@comcast.net> writes>In article <GLSdnZPTPfSDQYjVnZ2dnUVZ_t3inZ2d@visi>, grante@visi.com >says... >> Um, that's pretty much how commercial software works. If you >> were using mspgcc, you could just fix the problem, submit the >> patch, and get on with your work. > >I'm not sure that someone qualified to write good embedded >code for the MSP430 is also qualified to patch the code >generator of mspgcc.I would agree... most only think they are. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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In message <4e894752-5193-471a-8ef3-1e1aa8c12b67@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, larwe <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> writes>On Apr 27, 8:33�am, Chris H <ch...@phaedsys.org> wrote: > >> >I haven't yet groveled through the assembly output to see exactly what >> >the difference between the two output flavors is. But this is such an >> >astoundingly show-stopping bug I'm appalled it escaped. >> >> What did IAR support say about it when you told them? > >Kickstart has no support.Their response to a bug in>IAR C/C++ Compiler for MSP430 >V4.10E/W32 [Kickstart] (4.10.5.3)IE a Kickstart compiler that has "no support" was:- /////////////////// It is documented that Hi optimization level is a very very aggressive level that must be always tested against the application. At level LOW the user will get ALL the industry standard optimization techniques, most of the new techniques are represented at the hi level. There are several guidelines how to deal with these situation, the IAR compiler support optimization on the function level, using #prgama optimization in case you really want to use the high level, declaring variables as volatile will help the optimizer decide whether to optimize out a variable or not, avoiding empty delay loops and simply including a __no_operation() intrinsic function inside an empty loop will help the optimizer decide etc... If you have a specific sample code that we can compile and link and debug, then send it over to fwd to development . /////////////////// So it is Documented... You did read the documentation? If you would like to send IAR some sample code they will look at the problem. So much for "no support" you did not even ask! You just made assumptions and tried to discredit a compiler company. Rather unprofessional of you to say the least. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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On 2008-04-28, Mark Borgerson <mborgerson@comcast.net> wrote:>>> Of course, last time I was working with a bought version of >>> their compiler, and found a [different] bug, the answer was >>> "buy the latest upgrade". >> >> Um, that's pretty much how commercial software works. If you >> were using mspgcc, you could just fix the problem, submit the >> patch, and get on with your work. > > I'm not sure that someone qualified to write good embedded > code for the MSP430 is also qualified to patch the code > generator of mspgcc.Possibly not. Then you've the option of waiting for somebody else to fix it or paying somebody else to fix it. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want to mail a at bronzed artichoke to visi.com Nicaragua!
