4k limit of IAR's MSP430 C compiler

From: Michael (michael_at_clift.com.au)
Date: 01/20/04 

Date: 19 Jan 2004 21:54:27 -0800

IAR's C compiler has a code generation limit of 4k, for individual
modules this would not be a problem for me. However if I link modules
which together total >4k I get the error:

Fatal Error[e89]: Too much object code produced (more than 0x1000
bytes) for this package

Yet with the same IAR linker I can link modules generated with
assembler up to the device limit (32k for msp430F147).

Is the problem
 A: I have something set wrong which is causing the linker error
or
 B: 4k limit also applies to the exe if any of the modules are
generated using C

If B, can you anyone reccomend a compiler & linker which does not have
the size limitation?

I have done many things in assembler, but as you can probably tell,
I'm new to C compilers.

Regards, Michael.

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