The syntax of a load region description, in Backus-Naur Form (BNF), is:

load_region_description ::=
  load_region_name  (base_address  | ("+" offset)) [attribute_list] [max_size]
       "{"
          execution_region_description+ 
       "}"

where:

load_region_name

Names the load region. You can use a quoted name. The name is case-sensitive only if you use any region-related linker-defined symbols.

base_address

Specifies the address where objects in the region are to be linked. base_address must satisfy the alignment constraints of the load region.

+offset

Describes a base address that is offset bytes beyond the end of the preceding load region. The value of offset must be zero modulo four. If this is the first load region, then +offset means that the base address begins offset bytes from zero.

If you use +offset, then the load region might inherit certain attributes from a previous load region.

attribute_list

The attributes that specify the properties of the load region contents.

max_size

Specifies the maximum size of the load region. This is the size of the load region before any decompression or zero initialization take place. If the optional max_size value is specified, armlink generates an error if the region has more than max_size bytes allocated to it.

execution_region_description

Specifies the execution region name, address, and contents.