SLAZ477AD December   2012  – May 2021 MSP430F6776

 

  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.      PEU128
      2.      PZ100
    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  AES1
    5. 6.5  AUXPMM1
    6. 6.6  AUXPMM2
    7. 6.7  BSL7
    8. 6.8  BSL14
    9. 6.9  COMP10
    10. 6.10 CPU21
    11. 6.11 CPU22
    12. 6.12 CPU36
    13. 6.13 CPU37
    14. 6.14 CPU40
    15. 6.15 CPU46
    16. 6.16 CPU47
    17. 6.17 DMA4
    18. 6.18 DMA7
    19. 6.19 DMA9
    20. 6.20 DMA10
    21. 6.21 EEM17
    22. 6.22 EEM19
    23. 6.23 EEM23
    24. 6.24 JTAG26
    25. 6.25 JTAG27
    26. 6.26 LCDB6
    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 PORT26
    37. 6.37 RTC8
    38. 6.38 SD3
    39. 6.39 SYS16
    40. 6.40 UCS11
    41. 6.41 USCI36
    42. 6.42 USCI37
    43. 6.43 USCI41
    44. 6.44 USCI42
    45. 6.45 USCI47
    46. 6.46 USCI50
  7. 7Revision History

6.15 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.