SLAZ349AF October   2012  – May 2021 MSP430F6736

 

  1. 1Functional Advisories
  2. 2Preprogrammed Software Advisories
  3. 3Debug Only Advisories
  4. 4Fixed by Compiler Advisories
  5. 5Nomenclature, Package Symbolization, and Revision Identification
    1. 5.1 Device Nomenclature
    2. 5.2 Package Markings
      1.      PZ100
      2.      PN80
    3. 5.3 Memory-Mapped Hardware Revision (TLV Structure)
  6. 6Advisory Descriptions
    1. 6.1  ADC39
    2. 6.2  ADC42
    3. 6.3  ADC69
    4. 6.4  AUXPMM1
    5. 6.5  AUXPMM2
    6. 6.6  BSL7
    7. 6.7  BSL14
    8. 6.8  CPU21
    9. 6.9  CPU22
    10. 6.10 CPU36
    11. 6.11 CPU40
    12. 6.12 CPU46
    13. 6.13 CPU47
    14. 6.14 DMA4
    15. 6.15 DMA7
    16. 6.16 DMA9
    17. 6.17 DMA10
    18. 6.18 EEM8
    19. 6.19 EEM17
    20. 6.20 EEM19
    21. 6.21 EEM23
    22. 6.22 JTAG26
    23. 6.23 JTAG27
    24. 6.24 LCDB5
    25. 6.25 LCDB6
    26. 6.26 PMM7
    27. 6.27 PMM11
    28. 6.28 PMM12
    29. 6.29 PMM14
    30. 6.30 PMM15
    31. 6.31 PMM18
    32. 6.32 PMM20
    33. 6.33 PMM26
    34. 6.34 PORT15
    35. 6.35 PORT19
    36. 6.36 SD3
    37. 6.37 UCS11
    38. 6.38 USCI36
    39. 6.39 USCI37
    40. 6.40 USCI41
    41. 6.41 USCI42
    42. 6.42 USCI47
    43. 6.43 USCI50
  7. 7Revision History

6.12 CPU46

CPU Module

Category

Functional

Function

POPM peforms unexpected memory access and can cause VMAIFG to be set

Description

When the POPM assembly instruction is executed, the last Stack Pointer increment is followed by an unintended read access to the memory. If this read access is performed on vacant memory, the VMAIFG will be set and can trigger the corresponding interrupt (SFRIE1.VMAIE) if it is enabled. This issue occurs if the POPM assembly instruction is performed up to the top of the STACK.

Workaround

If the user is utilizing C, they will not be impacted by this issue. All TI/IAR/GCC pre-built libraries are not impacted by this bug. To ensure that POPM is never executed up to the memory border of the STACK when using assembly it is recommended to either

1. Initialize the SP to
a. TOP of STACK - 4 bytes if POPM.A is used
b. TOP of STACK - 2 bytes if POPM.W is used

OR

2. Use the POPM instruction for all but the last restore operation. For the the last restore operation use the POP assembly instruction instead.

For instance, instead of using:


POPM.W #5,R13



Use:


POPM.W #4,R12
POP.W R13



Refer to the table below for compiler-specific fix implementation information.

IDE/Compiler Version Number Notes
IAR Embedded Workbench Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.
TI MSP430 Compiler Tools (Code Composer Studio) Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.
MSP430 GNU Compiler (MSP430-GCC) Not affected C code is not impacted by this bug. User using POPM instruction in assembler is required to implement the above workaround manually.