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PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 11:44 am     Reply with quote

More and more instructions are displayed as the address and not as their name.
It takes so long time to debug the code in the .lst file.

CCS 5105. and all other version. The older compiler the better it look. Newer compiler are the worst:-(

At Option->Project->OutputFile I have set it to "Symbolic".

Example(as a test only!):
#pin_select INT1 = PIN_B2

Move =0x0A to INT1PPS
But they always use the Addresses. So hard to read, none knows all the regs. all time i must use the data sheet, yes i already use it, not for that. More ease just to use assembler:-)))

This is the startup code for a PIC18F27K42, in my test. Look at my few comment.
Code:

.................... void main(void){
00052:  MOVLB  39
00054:  BSF    xE5.7
00056:  BCF    xE5.6
00058:  CLRF   TBLPTRU
0005A:  BCF    INTCON0.IPEN * So lucky :-)
0005C:  MOVLB  E
0005E:  MOVLW  55
00060:  MOVLB  3A -> *
00062:  MOVWF  xBF
00064:  MOVLW  AA
00066:  MOVWF  xBF
00068:  BCF    xBF.0
0006A:  MOVLW  0A -> * Move 0xA to 0x3AC1 Address
0006C:  MOVWF  xC1 -> * This is the "INT1PPS" WHY NOT JUST USE THAT!
0006E:  MOVLW  17
00070:  MOVWF  xE5
00072:  MOVLW  13
00074:  MOVWF  x16
00076:  MOVLW  55
00078:  MOVWF  xBF
0007A:  MOVLW  AA
0007C:  MOVWF  xBF
0007E:  BSF    xBF.0
00080:  MOVLB  39
00082:  CLRF   xDE
00084:  CLRF   xDB
00086:  CLRF   xDD
00088:  MOVLW  03
0008A:  MOVWF  xDF
0008C:  MOVLW  60
0008E:  MOVWF  xD9
00090:  CLRF   rs232_errors
00092:  MOVLB  3D
00094:  BCF    xF3.7
00096:  BCF    TRISC.6 And here too lucky day
00098:  BSF    LATC.6
0009A:  MOVLW  B0
0009C:  MOVWF  xF2
0009E:  CLRF   xF6
000A0:  MOVLW  22
000A2:  MOVWF  xF5
000A4:  CLRF   xF4
000A6:  BSF    xF3.7
000A8:  MOVLB  3A
000AA:  CLRF   x40
000AC:  CLRF   x50
000AE:  CLRF   x60
000B0:  CLRF   x80
000B2:  MOVLB  3E * So bad!
000B4:  CLRF   xBD *
000B6:  CLRF   xBE *
000B8:  CLRF   xBF *
000BA:  CLRF   xBC *
000BC:  CLRF   xB9 *
000BE:  CLRF   xBA *
000C0:  CLRF   xBB *
000C2:  CLRF   xB8 *


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:10 am     Reply with quote

Same problem that I picked up, thought it were just there Linux compiler. The dsPIC are the worst.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:36 am     Reply with quote

The point is that bank based addressing is being used. It can't display
the partial (lower 8bit) address as the full register address, the assembler
wouldn't work if it did.
It has to live with what the assembler can accept.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:46 am     Reply with quote

CCS knows that it's loading the bank select register with 0x3E.
Why can't CCS combine the 3E with the BD and get 3EBD, and
then lookup what register is in their chip database, and then
display it as CM1CON1 in the .LST file ?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:58 am     Reply with quote

They couldn't really display it in the .LST, since this is what they feed to
their internal assembler. However it should/would be possible to display
it as a comment in the line.
Ask them.

If they support the Microchip assembly syntax (at times they are close to
this), then this syntax should be allowable:

MOVWF low(CMCON1)

Which would then assemble correctly, but would also make it plain what
is being done... Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:10 am     Reply with quote

I'am with @"PCM programmer" on this..

I have made a report with example and description and mailed it to CCS:-) They reply, no time at the moment.

There are another way to do it. Do a special file for it, and call it .reg_list
and use that file when we set this: Project->Output_File->"Symbolic".

Newer chip have so many config and so many addresses, it is so hard to get a clean view at the moment.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:23 am     Reply with quote

I'm with you all in wanting this, but it is not quite as simple as it may
appear. The point is that the register address is a 16bit value. The syntax
of the assembler does not allow a 16bit value to be put into an 8bit field.
This is why it'd need somthing equivalent to the low/high commands
to only put the 8bit value into the field.
So it needs a significant change, but one that really would be worthwhile.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:11 pm     Reply with quote

hmm.. wonder how much fun it'd be to create a program to read the listing line by line, read the instruction, if it has a register, then read the 'address', lookup 'address' and grab the 'register' name.
this would create a new listing with proper symbolic names.

I know first challenge is the 'database' of register addresses <> names...

Be nice guys, I got 3" of snow overnight....arrrgh...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:26 am     Reply with quote

'Possible', but a relative 'lot of work', since it'd have to keep track of working
out the full address from the page value as well.
It honestly would be easiest if CCS could just add the register involved
(since they 'know' it when generating the assembler), as part of a remark
on the lines.
Better for everyone. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:15 am     Reply with quote

Agreed more better info would be great. I am trying to debug some code that worked on another chip, now ported over to the PIC16LF18877. Having problems with hardware SPI and wanted to check what is being set in the .lst file but all just addresses.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:10 am     Reply with quote

It looks as if CCS may have done this for PCD. Using 5.108:

If I select Options, Project, Output files, and tick SFR Names, Symbols &
Interpret, I get:
Code:

0E5F6:  BCLR.B  742.6          : OSCCON.IOLOCK = 0
0E5F8:  MOV     #1800,W0       : W0 = 1800
0E5FA:  MOV     W0,6A0         : RPINR0 = W0
0E5FC:  MOV     #27,W0         : W0 = 27
0E5FE:  MOV     W0,6C4         : RPINR18 = W0
0E600:  MOV     #38,W0         : W0 = 38
0E602:  MOV     W0,6C6         : RPINR19 = W0
0E604:  MOV     #32,W0         : W0 = 32
0E606:  MOV     W0,6D6         : RPINR27 = W0
0E608:  MOV     #2D,W0         : W0 = 2D
0E60A:  MOV     W0,6D8         : RPINR28 = W0
0E60C:  MOV     #11,W0         : W0 = 11
0E60E:  MOV     W0,682         : RPOR1 = W0


So on the line MOV W0,6A0, there is now the comment : RPINR0 = W0
Saying which register is actually being loaded.
Very Happy
This seems to be the 'interpret' option.
On the older compilers it didn't want to let all these options be selected
at once. Now it does.

Certainly makes it really easy to find every location where a particular
register is changed 'by name', and know which registers are actually
being set.
This behaviour and 'option set', does not seem to be available for the
older PIC's (16/18 etc.).

So I think the request back to CCS, needs to be "can you give us the
'interpret' option on these smaller PIC's please".
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2022 6:51 am     Reply with quote

@Ttelmah, I only have the 5015 so can't check...
If compiling to a PIC18F26Q10 or PIC18F26K22 or other, then you say it won't show the information?
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2022 9:44 am     Reply with quote

No, they added this option on the DsPIC's a while ago, but it didn't fully
work. With 5.108, it seems at last to be generating nice results. Does
imply they are working on it, but a similar option needs to appear for the
smaller PIC's.
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2022 11:08 am     Reply with quote

Using the CCS IDE, under Options, Project, Output files, ticking "Symbolic" when compiling for PIC16 provides for more info, register names etc in the .lst file. Example:
Code:
BCF    TRISA.TRISA1
0041:  BSF    LATA.LATA1
....................     //gbl_cnt_b++;
0042:  MOVLW  FF
0043:  MOVLB  3E
0044:  XORWF  4A,W
0045:  ANDWF  4A,F
0046:  MOVLB  0E
0047:  BCF    PIR0.IOCIF

There doesn't appear to be an option in the MPLABX IDE to set this. The help file for CCSC.exe says for the command line compile, adding "+LY" will output a symbolic list file. It would be nice to configure MPLABX to do this by default. I tried adding it under MPLABX "embedded option" but it did not like it. It may be possible to add it somehow.
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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2022 1:48 am     Reply with quote

No Blowtorch.
If you look, it nicely gives the register names where it is writing directly
to a register as a direct address, but does not where it is writing to the
registers using a banked address. It is this lack that is being complained
about.
On MPLAB, you can manually edit the command line it sends to the
compiler, adding +LY to enable the symbolic output, but it still leaves
the problem.
For example:
Code:

0202:  MOVF   TABLAT,W ;Merrily gives the register name
0204:  MOVLB  39
0206:  BTFSS  xA6.7  ;but here doesn't.... - this is PIR6
0208:  BRA    0206
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