Secure bootloader example linking error

Hello,

I have been working with custom nrf52832 board to develop firmware for my product. I have been trying to compile the example secure bootloader from the SDK v15.3.0 and faced with linking error.

section .uicr_bootloader_start_address VMA [0000000000000ff8,0000000000000ffb] overlaps section .reserved_flash VMA [0000000000000000,0000000000077fff]

I tried modifying the flash_placement.xml file based on this solution,

Segger 5.42: DFU link error section .uicr_bootloader_start_address VMA [0000000000000ff8,0000000000000ffb] overlaps section .reserved_flash VMA [0000000000000000,00000000000f7fff] - Nordic Q&A - Nordic DevZone - Nordic DevZone (nordicsemi.com)

which resulted in a different error:

Rebuilding ‘secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug’ from solution ‘secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug’ in configuration ‘Release’
  Assembling ‘thumb_crt0.s’
  Compiling ‘nrf_log_backend_rtt.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_log_backend_serial.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_log_default_backends.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_log_frontend.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_log_str_formatter.c’
  Compiling ‘app_error_weak.c’
  Compiling ‘app_scheduler.c’
  Compiling ‘app_util_platform.c’
  Compiling ‘crc32.c’
  Compiling ‘mem_manager.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_assert.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_atfifo.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_atomic.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_balloc.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_fprintf.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_fprintf_format.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_fstorage.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_fstorage_nvmc.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_fstorage_sd.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_memobj.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_queue.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_ringbuf.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_section_iter.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_strerror.c’
  Compiling ‘sha256.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_nvmc.c’
  Compiling ‘nrfx_atomic.c’
  Compiling ‘micro_ecc_backend_ecc.c’
  Compiling ‘micro_ecc_backend_ecdh.c’
  Compiling ‘micro_ecc_backend_ecdsa.c’
  Compiling ‘pb_common.c’
  Compiling ‘pb_decode.c’
  Compiling ‘boards.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_svci.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_svci_handler.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_svc_handler.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_crypto_ecc.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_crypto_ecdsa.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_crypto_hash.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_crypto_init.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_crypto_shared.c’
  Compiling ‘dfu_public_key.c’
  Compiling ‘main.c’
  Compiling ‘SEGGER_RTT.c’
  Compiling ‘SEGGER_RTT_printf.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_app_start.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_app_start_final.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_dfu_timers.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_fw_activation.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_info.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_bootloader_wdt.c’
  Assembling ‘ses_startup_nrf52.s’
  Assembling ‘ses_startup_nrf_common.s’
  Compiling ‘system_nrf52.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_sw_backend_hash.c’
  Compiling ‘ble_srv_common.c’
  Compiling ‘dfu-cc.pb.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_ble.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_flash.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_handling_error.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_mbr.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_req_handler.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_settings.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_settings_svci.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_transport.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_utils.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_validation.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_dfu_ver_validation.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_sdh.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_sdh_ble.c’
  Compiling ‘nrf_sdh_soc.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_chacha_poly_aead.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_ecc.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_ecdh.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_ecdsa.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_eddsa.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_hash.c’
  Compiling ‘oberon_backend_hmac.c’
  Generating linker script ‘secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug.ld’
  Linking secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug.elf
    Output/Release/Obj/secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug/nrf_svc_handler.o: in function `nrf_svc_handler_c':
    undefined reference to `__start_svc_data'
    C:\Users\aashy\Downloads\DeviceDownload (4)\nRF5SDK153059ac345\nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345\components\libraries\svc/nrf_svc_handler.c:83: undefined reference to `__stop_svc_data'
    Output/Release/Obj/secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug/nrf_sdh_ble.o:C:\Users\aashy\Downloads\DeviceDownload (4)\nRF5SDK153059ac345\nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345\components\softdevice\common/nrf_sdh_ble.c:64: undefined reference to `__start_sdh_ble_observers'
    Output/Release/Obj/secure_bootloader_ble_s132_pca10040_debug/nrf_sdh_ble.o:(.rodata.sdh_ble_observers+0x4): undefined reference to `__stop_sdh_ble_observers'
Build failed

I am building this example project in SEGGER Embedded Studio version 6.20a(64-bit). The compiled micro-ecc file is added to the project as well.

Reference: Getting started with Nordic's Secure DFU bootloader, a step by step guide - Software Development Kit - nRF5 SDK guides - Nordic DevZone (nordicsemi.com)

Any help is appreciated!