All in all, ICD2 support is the key here (even only the programming
part). That is why I look into LPLAB following Mark Rages'
recommendation. It is a great piece of software but still 
have some problems to be solved. 

C compiler support is another nice feature to have but may not
be essential. 

Of course, if Wisp628/EasyProg/others can support more chips (more
common flash parts including dsPICs, even though one can not
expect the support level of ICD2), then PIC development under
Linux will be a reality. 

Xiaofan

-----Original Message-----
From: Byron A Jeff [mailto:byron@cc.gatech.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:46 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC] PIC development under Linux with Wine
...
But I ask the question again: what functionality does MPLAB have that
you cannot find in other tools. At a casual glance I would say ICD
debugging support and possibly dsPIC support in gpasm.

But the toolset is there. 

BAJ

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