Warning Messages

Use of old style opcode, "%s"

Attempt to use an opcode that has been renamed for PA2.0.

Consult the PA-RISC Architecture manual for the new form of the opcode.

Unknown option "%s" ignored.

An unknown or invalid command-line option was passed to the assembler.

Remove the invalid option from the command-line.

Argument is missing for "%s"

Missing argument for command-line option <operand>.

Add an argument to the command-line option.

Illegal argument for option "%s"

Invalid value for command-line option <operand>

Supply a valid value for the command-line option.

Usage of field selector "%s" with instruction "%s" may be incorrect

Using an improper field selector for the instruction.

Change the field selector.

Space characteristics may not be changed after first declaration

Attempt to change the values assigned to keywords for a space previously declared with a .SPACE directive. The first declaration of the space may be in the file pcc_prefix.s.

Use desired values for keywords on first declaration of space. Specify keyword values on first declaration of space only.

Subspace characteristics may not be changed after first definition

Attempt to change the values assigned to keywords for a subspace previously declared with a .SUBSPACE directive. The first declaration of the subspace may be in the file pcc_prefix.s.

Use desired values for keywords on first declaration of subspace. Specify keyword values on first declaration of subspace only.

Alignment omitted - 8 assumed

Missing argument for .ALIGN directive.

Use a valid power of two integer argument with .ALIGN

Missing value - zero assumed

Missing argument for .ORIGIN or .EQU directive

Use a valid integer argument.

Size omitted - 4 assumed

Missing argument for .COMM directive.

Specify the actual number of bytes to reserve.

Modification of %r3 with a frame size larger than 8191 bytes violates .ENTER/.LEAVE convention

General register 3 used as a temporary register within a procedure where the frame size was set by the FRAME keyword to a size larger than 8191 bytes.

Note: %r3 is predefined as a frame pointer for procedures with large frames.

Don't use %r3 as a temporary register in a procedure that has a large frame.

KEEP should not be in force for this statement

.KEEP directive used outside of a procedure

Remove the .KEEP directive.

Procedure makes calls but is not flagged as CALLER in CALLINFO

Missing CALLER keyword in .CALLINFO directive for this procedure.

Add CALLER keyword to .CALLINFO for this procedure.

Redefinition of symbol

Symbol used in label definition is already defined.

Use a different name in the label part to avoid overwriting the previous definition.

Existing register name, number, and type are being overwritten

Name (label) used with .REG was previously defined.

Use a different name in the label part to avoid overwriting previous definition.

The "%s" error message catalog cannot be located

Error message catalog for LANG <operand> cannot be accessed.

Insure that your NLSPATH variable is set correctly. Also insure that the default error message catalog for the assembler is accessible in /usr/lib/nls/msg/C/as.cat

Defining register missing or defining register has no type

Parameter to .REG is not one of the predefined assembler registers, nor is it a previously defined (by another .REG directive) register.

Either use one of the predefined assembler register names or a register name previously defined by a .REG directive.

General register expected in this field - %s

Wrong register type used.

Use a general register.

Space register expected in this field - %s

Wrong register type used.

Use a space register.

Control register expected in this field - %s

Wrong register type used.

Use a control register.

Floating point register expected in this field - %s

Wrong register type used.

Use a floating-point register.

This subspace should have no initialized data in it

Use of a directive, such as .WORD that allocates and initializes data, when the currently active subspace has the ZERO keyword associated with it, which disallows initialized data.

Either use the .BLOCK directive to allocate storage in this subspace or remove the ZERO keyword from the .SUBSPACE definition.

Output file name missing

Filename needed for -o command-line option.

Supply a valid filename for the -o command-line option.

XREF file name missing after -v

Filename needed for -v command-line option.

Supply a valid filename for the -v command-line option.

Only one copyright message permitted

More than one .COPYRIGHT directive encountered.

Remove the extra .COPYRIGHT directive(s).

A procedure may not be empty

Procedure with no code encountered.

Add at least one instruction to procedure or delete the procedure from the source file.

Procedure does not have .CALLINFO

Procedure requires a .CALLINFO due to use of .ENTER/.LEAVE or if there are no unwind space requirements.

Insert a correct .CALLINFO directive at the start of the procedure.

Empty source file(s)

Input source file was empty.

An empty source file usually indicates an error of some kind.

Missing .PROCEND

A .PROC was not terminated by a corresponding .PROCEND

Insert a .PROCEND

Cache hint may not work on some hardware

An instruction was encountered that was performing a load to %r0. This type of instruction is reserved as a hint to the cache system. However some of the early hardware didn't properly perform this cache hint feature.

Avoid using loads to %r0 if you want your code to execute correctly on all PA-RISC machines.

Missing .LEVEL directive; A .LEVEL 1.0 was inserted before .ALLOW

A .ALLOW directive was encountered without first seeing a .LEVEL directive.

Insert a .LEVEL directive at the start of the source file.

Use of .ALLOW %s not meaningful for file assembled at .LEVEL %s

The .ALLOW directive supplied has no meaning for a file assembled at given .LEVEL. For example if your source file specifies .LEVEL 1.1 then a .ALLOW 1.0 or .ALLOW 1.1 would not be meaningful for this source file.

Removed .ALLOW directive or change .LEVEL.

Use of %s is incorrect for the current %s of %s

Use of a feature that is not supported on the hardware that the assembler is targeting. The assembler is told what hardware it is targeting through the use of the .LEVEL and .ALLOW directives. Using PA1.1 features while at .LEVEL 1.0 will generate this message.

Insert a .LEVEL or .ALLOW directive as appropriate, or remove the offending instruction from the source file.

Use of %s requires key bit %s to be enabled with a .LEVEL or .ALLOW

Use of a feature that requires a key bit to be set.

Add key bit to the .LEVEL or .ALLOW directive.

Encoding for %s requires a format that is incorrect for the current %s of %s

The instruction requires an encoding format that is not available on the hardware that the assembler is targeting. The assembler is told what hardware it is targeting through the use of the .LEVEL and .ALLOW directives. Using a PA-RISC 2.0 instruction encoding format while at .LEVEL 1.1 will generate this message.

Change the instruction such that it can be properly encoded on the hardware that the assembler is targeting or change the .LEVEL to 2.0.

The completer specified ,%s is obsolete but will be accepted as ,%s

The use of the ,SH completer is incorrect.

Replace the ,SH completer by the ,BC completer is the source.

Poorly formed operand, accepted as %s(%r0)

The previous assembler would silently accept poorly formed operands and add a trailing (%r0) to the operand. The new assembler will also accept these poorly formed operands and also add the trailing (%r0) to the operand, but it additionally flags this as a potential problem by issuing this warning.

Add a trailing (%r0) to the operand or otherwise correct the poorly formed operand.

A register typed operand is expected here - %s

The old assembler would accept integers between 0 and 31 as valid registers, or alternatively accept names that were defined using a .EQU to an integer. The new assembler performs additional type checks on the operands and wants to see either a predefined register (starting with a %) or a register name that was previously defined by the .REG directive. The file /usr/lib/pcc_prefix.s is typically included when the assembler is invoked through cc(1) and this file defines many register names that are typically used in assembly programs.

Inspect the source file and replace the integer with the appropriate predefined register, or for a name, find and replace the .EQU directive with a correct .REG directive.

Alternatively the w41 command-line option may be used to suppress all occurrences of this warning message.

Note that future versions of the assembler may require proper register typing of operands in order for it to be able to disambiguate between immediates and registers for certain opcodes. Thus in future versions of the assembler this message may be a non-suppressible error instead of a warning.

Use of %s is incorrect for the current %s of %s

Use of a cbit in a FTEST or FCMP instruction, with a .LEVEL of 1.1 or 1.0. The cbit feature of FCMP and FTEST is only available for .LEVEL 2.0.

Insert a .LEVEL or .ALLOW directive as appropriate, or remove the offending instruction from the source file.

Value for ACCESS was not specified for this new .SUBSPA directive.

A new subspace is being defined by the this .SUBSPA directive and a value of the ACCESS keyword is not supplied. You must always give a value for ACCESS when defining a new subspace.

If the subspace that you are referencing is a predefined subspace then make sure that the header file /usr/lib/pcc_prefix.s is being included. You must add the header file to the command-line if you are invoking as(1) directly. The header file will typically be included for you if you invoke the assembler using cc(1)

If you are declaring a new subspace then add the proper ACCESS definition to the .SUBSPA directive. The value ACCESS=0x2c should be used for all code or read-only subspaces and the value ACCESS=0x1f should be used for all data or read-write subspaces.

Previous value for .SHLIB is being changed to this value

More than one .SHLIB directive was encountered.

Remove the extra .SHLIB directive(s).

The +DA option conflicts with the .LEVEL directive, using .LEVEL %s.

The assembly source file contained a .LEVEL directive which conflicted with the command-line +DA option. The assembler always honors the .LEVEL directive found in the source file. The command-line +DA was ignored.

Remove +DA from the command-line used to invoke the assembler.

The behavior of instruction %s is undefined with the operands and completers supplied.

The behavior of the instruction used is undefined with the operands supplied.

Read the PA-RISC Architecture manual entry for the instruction being used, paying attention to the cases in which the behavior of the instruction is undefined. Recode the operands for the instruction so that the operands don't cause the instruction to be undefined.

Expression encountered while expecting a register; Register %s substituted for expression.

An expression was encountered in a location where a predefined register (starting with a % or a register name that was previously defined by the .REG directive was expected. (Also see warning 41).

Replace expression with a predefined register or a register name that was previously defined by the .REG directive.

Number is too large. The value -1 will be used instead.

A number was encountered that was too large to fit in a 64-bit integer.

Replace the number with a smaller value.