Re: Programming a.out vs a.elf

"μrt [email protected] [msp430]" <[email protected]> Mon, 22 May 2017 17:42:04 -0700
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Sorry I was not clear. I'm referring to the format rather than the filename=
.

I am able to program *.out and *.elf with mspdebug

What is the difference?

I believe that *.elf can be stripped (symbols) for production runs.

Anything else I'm missing?

Thanks.

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 1:03 PM, 'David W. Schultz'
[email protected] [msp430] <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On 05/22/2017 12:10 AM, =CE=BCrt [email protected] [msp430] wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working with msp430-gcc and I can program a.out using mspdebug fine
> > into my target.
> >
> > Is there a benefit in generating and programming a.elf to the target?
> >
>
> You seem to be confusing the default file name with the file format. The
> file is in elf format and you can name it anything you like.
>
> --
> David W. Schultz
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&gt; I&#39;m working with msp430-gcc and I can program a.out using mspdebug=
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&gt; Is there a benefit in generating and programming a.elf to the target?<=
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You seem to be confusing the default file name with the file format. The<br=
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file is in elf format and you can name it anything you like.<br>
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