Message The linkage register "<registers>" has no effect on Alpha and will not be mapped to any register on IA64. This condition may cause the SHOWMAPLINKAGE message output for this directive to be incorrect. Description The use of an Alpha argument register (R16-R21) in a linkage characteristic other than "parameters" or "results" has no effect on Alpha. No mapping to an IA64 register will be done for this register. This may cause the mapped linkage shown in the showmaplinkage message to be incorrect. User Action Remove the register from the characteristic.