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| 2 | |
| 3 | ======================================================== |
| 4 | Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers |
| 5 | ======================================================== |
| 6 | |
| 7 | .. contents:: |
| 8 | :local: |
| 9 | |
| 10 | .. note:: |
| 11 | |
| 12 | This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are |
| 13 | welcome. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Hardware |
| 18 | ======== |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ARM |
| 21 | --- |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores) |
| 24 | |
| 25 | * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_ |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Itanium (ia64) |
| 28 | -------------- |
| 29 | |
| 30 | * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_ |
| 31 | |
| 32 | MIPS |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | |
| 35 | * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_ |
| 36 | |
| 37 | PowerPC |
| 38 | ------- |
| 39 | |
| 40 | IBM - Official manuals and docs |
| 41 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 42 | |
| 43 | * `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_ |
| 44 | |
| 45 | * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_ |
| 48 | |
| 49 | * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_ |
| 50 | |
| 51 | * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_ |
| 52 | |
| 53 | * `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_ |
| 54 | |
| 55 | * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_ |
| 56 | |
| 57 | * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_ |
| 58 | |
| 59 | Other documents, collections, notes |
| 60 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 61 | |
| 62 | * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_ |
| 63 | * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_ |
| 64 | * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_ |
| 65 | |
| 66 | SPARC |
| 67 | ----- |
| 68 | |
| 69 | * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_ |
| 70 | * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_ |
| 71 | |
| 72 | X86 |
| 73 | --- |
| 74 | |
| 75 | AMD - Official manuals and docs |
| 76 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 77 | |
| 78 | * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_ |
| 79 | * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_ |
| 80 | |
| 81 | Intel - Official manuals and docs |
| 82 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 83 | |
| 84 | * `IA-32 manuals <http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm>`_ |
| 85 | * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_ |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Other x86-specific information |
| 88 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| 89 | |
| 90 | * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf>`_ |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Other relevant lists |
| 93 | -------------------- |
| 94 | |
| 95 | * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_ |
| 96 | |
| 97 | ABI |
| 98 | === |
| 99 | |
| 100 | Linux |
| 101 | ----- |
| 102 | |
| 103 | * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_ |
| 104 | |
| 105 | OS X |
| 106 | ---- |
| 107 | |
| 108 | * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_ |
| 109 | * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_ |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Miscellaneous Resources |
| 112 | ======================= |
| 113 | |
| 114 | * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_ |
| 115 | |
| 116 | * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a |
| 117 | good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern |
| 118 | processors. |