PRB: MAP File Line Number Incompatible with Nu-Mega Msym.exe
PSS ID Number: 140793
Article Last Modified on 3/6/1999
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Device Driver Kit (DDK) Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q140793
SYMPTOMS
When the Nu-Mega MS-DOS utility Msym.exe is run on a VxD .map file
containing line number information, the resulting SoftICE symbol file
contains no line number information. This occurs using Microsoft Ml.exe
version 6.11c and Link.exe version 2.60.5046, with the updated files from
the Windows 95 DDK Masm611c and Msvc20 directories.
CAUSE
Msym.exe uses the line number information generated by the linker in the
.map file. The line number information in the .map file may contain the
following characteristics:
- Line numbers are not all in ascending order.
- Line numbers are duplicated and associated with the same address.
- Line numbers are duplicated and associated with different addresses.
- Different line numbers are associated with the same address.
Msym.exe does not properly process an .map file containing these
characteristics, and it omits the line number information when creating the
SoftICE symbol file.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords: KB140793
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