Fatal Errors

Errors within this category stop execution of the link-editor at the point the fatal error occurred. The following conditions produce fatal errors:

• A mapfile cannot be opened or read.

• A syntax error is found in the mapfile.

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  The link-editor does not return an error if a file_name, section_name, segment_name or symbol_name does not conform to the rules under "Mapfile Structure and Syntax" unless this condition produces a syntax error. For instance, if a name begins with a special character and this name is at the beginning of a directive line, the link-editor returns an error. If the name is a section_name (appearing within the directive), the link-editor does not return an error.

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• More than one segment_type, segment_flags, virtual_address, physical_address, length, or alignment value appears on a single declaration line.

• You attempt to manipulate either the interp segment or dynamic segment in a mapfile.

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  The interp and dynamic segments are special built-in segments that you cannot change in any way.

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• A segment grows larger than the size specified by your length attribute value.

• A user-defined virtual_address value causes a segment to overlap the previous segment.

• More than one section_name, section_type, or section_flags value appears on a single directive line.

• A flag and its complement (for example, A and !A) appear on a single directive line.