Just got a new laptop and decided to pop on to get the newer
IAR kickstart. On the TI website at:
http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
Includes the following comment:
"Current Version: Version 6.00"
However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
more sense to me.
Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
Description.
Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
part of the web page, wrongly?
Jon
IAR Kickstart 6.0?
Started by ●July 14, 2010
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
On 14/07/2010 06:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>
> Includes the following comment:
> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>
> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
> more sense to me.
>
> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
> Description.
>
> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
> part of the web page, wrongly?
Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
Kickstart".
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>
> Includes the following comment:
> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>
> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
> more sense to me.
>
> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
> Description.
>
> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
> part of the web page, wrongly?
Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
Kickstart".
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:41 +0100, you wrote:
>On 14/07/2010 06:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>
>> Includes the following comment:
>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>
>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>> more sense to me.
>>
>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>> Description.
>>
>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>
>Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
>version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
>Kickstart".
Thanks for noticing that detail. Yes, that's right. Wonder
where the real 6.0 will install, then....
I don't think their underwear should be showing like this,
though. ;)
Jon
>On 14/07/2010 06:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>
>> Includes the following comment:
>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>
>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>> more sense to me.
>>
>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>> Description.
>>
>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>
>Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
>version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
>Kickstart".
Thanks for noticing that detail. Yes, that's right. Wonder
where the real 6.0 will install, then....
I don't think their underwear should be showing like this,
though. ;)
Jon
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
The IAR tools always install in a directory named after the version of
Embedded Workbench - NOT the version of the compile. In this case the
Workbench is version 6.0 and the compiler is 5.10.1
On 14 July 2010 09:09, Jon Kirwan wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:41 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>On 14/07/2010 06:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>>
>>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>>
>>> Includes the following comment:
>>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>>
>>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>>> more sense to me.
>>>
>>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>>> Description.
>>>
>>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>>
>>Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
>>version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
>>Kickstart".
>
> Thanks for noticing that detail. Yes, that's right. Wonder
> where the real 6.0 will install, then....
>
> I don't think their underwear should be showing like this,
> though. ;)
>
> Jon
>
Embedded Workbench - NOT the version of the compile. In this case the
Workbench is version 6.0 and the compiler is 5.10.1
On 14 July 2010 09:09, Jon Kirwan wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:41 +0100, you wrote:
>
>>On 14/07/2010 06:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>>
>>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>>
>>> Includes the following comment:
>>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>>
>>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>>> more sense to me.
>>>
>>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>>> Description.
>>>
>>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>>
>>Probably a mistake in the name. I've installed the 5.10 Kickstart
>>version and it installs to a directory called "Embedded Workbench 6.0
>>Kickstart".
>
> Thanks for noticing that detail. Yes, that's right. Wonder
> where the real 6.0 will install, then....
>
> I don't think their underwear should be showing like this,
> though. ;)
>
> Jon
>
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
On 2010-07-14 07:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
> Just got a new laptop and decided to pop on to get the newer
> IAR kickstart. On the TI website at:
>
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>
> Includes the following comment:
> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>
> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
> more sense to me.
>
> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
> Description.
>
> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
> part of the web page, wrongly?
An IAR 6.00 compiler? Why didn't anybody bother tell me about it!
Just kidding, there is no 6.00 -- we plan to stick to the 5.xx series as
for as long as possible. Changing the major version number would
typically indicate that we would have broken backward compatibility or
do a major platform upgrade. However, one of the motivation behind the
5.xx series was to integrate the latest compiler and ide platforms into
the product, and we do not plan to break backward compatibility in a
foreseeable future.
My guess is that they have picked up the version number of the generic
IDE (which currently is 6.0) and confused it with the product version
number.
-- Anders Lindgren, Author of the MSP430 compiler, IAR Systems
--
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this posting are strictly my own and
not necessarily those of my employer.
> Just got a new laptop and decided to pop on to get the newer
> IAR kickstart. On the TI website at:
>
> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>
> Includes the following comment:
> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>
> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
> more sense to me.
>
> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
> Description.
>
> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
> part of the web page, wrongly?
An IAR 6.00 compiler? Why didn't anybody bother tell me about it!
Just kidding, there is no 6.00 -- we plan to stick to the 5.xx series as
for as long as possible. Changing the major version number would
typically indicate that we would have broken backward compatibility or
do a major platform upgrade. However, one of the motivation behind the
5.xx series was to integrate the latest compiler and ide platforms into
the product, and we do not plan to break backward compatibility in a
foreseeable future.
My guess is that they have picked up the version number of the generic
IDE (which currently is 6.0) and confused it with the product version
number.
-- Anders Lindgren, Author of the MSP430 compiler, IAR Systems
--
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this posting are strictly my own and
not necessarily those of my employer.
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:12:47 +0100, you wrote:
>The IAR tools always install in a directory named after the version of
>Embedded Workbench - NOT the version of the compile. In this case the
>Workbench is version 6.0 and the compiler is 5.10.1
Understood.
I guess I am thinking about my own confusion reading a web
site saying "Current Version: Version 6.00" and then in the
next breath, "Tool Name: IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart
Version 5.10.1". I didn't interpret "Current Version" to
mean "IDE" and I didn't interpret "Tool Name" to mean the
compiler and assembler part of the installation package.
Perhaps that is my fault alone, but I think there is a more
intelligible way to communicate than was done.
Thanks,
Jon
>The IAR tools always install in a directory named after the version of
>Embedded Workbench - NOT the version of the compile. In this case the
>Workbench is version 6.0 and the compiler is 5.10.1
Understood.
I guess I am thinking about my own confusion reading a web
site saying "Current Version: Version 6.00" and then in the
next breath, "Tool Name: IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart
Version 5.10.1". I didn't interpret "Current Version" to
mean "IDE" and I didn't interpret "Tool Name" to mean the
compiler and assembler part of the installation package.
Perhaps that is my fault alone, but I think there is a more
intelligible way to communicate than was done.
Thanks,
Jon
Reply by ●July 14, 20102010-07-14
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:29:35 +0200, you wrote:
>On 2010-07-14 07:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>> Just got a new laptop and decided to pop on to get the newer
>> IAR kickstart. On the TI website at:
>>
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>
>> Includes the following comment:
>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>
>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>> more sense to me.
>>
>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>> Description.
>>
>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>
>An IAR 6.00 compiler? Why didn't anybody bother tell me about it!
Because if you knew about the work ahead of you, you might be
less likely to jump into the work in the first place? ;)
>Just kidding, there is no 6.00 -- we plan to stick to the 5.xx series as
>for as long as possible. Changing the major version number would
>typically indicate that we would have broken backward compatibility or
>do a major platform upgrade. However, one of the motivation behind the
>5.xx series was to integrate the latest compiler and ide platforms into
>the product, and we do not plan to break backward compatibility in a
>foreseeable future.
>
>My guess is that they have picked up the version number of the generic
>IDE (which currently is 6.0) and confused it with the product version
>number.
Thanks, Anders. Still, their web page arrangement did give
me pause.
Jon
>On 2010-07-14 07:26, Jon Kirwan wrote:
>> Just got a new laptop and decided to pop on to get the newer
>> IAR kickstart. On the TI website at:
>>
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/iar-kickstart.html
>>
>> Includes the following comment:
>> "Current Version: Version 6.00"
>>
>> However, IAR's own website lists 5.10 as current. And later
>> on the above web site under Description it says: "Tool Name:
>> IAR Embedded Workbench Kickstart Version 5.10.1", which makes
>> more sense to me.
>>
>> Installing it, it turns out to be 5.10.1, as stated in the
>> Description.
>>
>> Question is... where did the "Version 6.00" come from? Is it
>> available? Or pending, and TI mistakenly placed that in one
>> part of the web page, wrongly?
>
>An IAR 6.00 compiler? Why didn't anybody bother tell me about it!
Because if you knew about the work ahead of you, you might be
less likely to jump into the work in the first place? ;)
>Just kidding, there is no 6.00 -- we plan to stick to the 5.xx series as
>for as long as possible. Changing the major version number would
>typically indicate that we would have broken backward compatibility or
>do a major platform upgrade. However, one of the motivation behind the
>5.xx series was to integrate the latest compiler and ide platforms into
>the product, and we do not plan to break backward compatibility in a
>foreseeable future.
>
>My guess is that they have picked up the version number of the generic
>IDE (which currently is 6.0) and confused it with the product version
>number.
Thanks, Anders. Still, their web page arrangement did give
me pause.
Jon
