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Chris Lattner52fa42d2004-07-09 05:05:39 +0000[diff] [blame]10<div class="doc_title">Documentation for the LLVM System</div>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000[diff] [blame]11
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Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]15 <li><a href="#llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#subsystems">LLVM Subsystem Documentation</a></li>
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31 <p>Written by <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Team</a></p>
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Misha Brukman1e07e0c2004-04-06 04:22:43 +0000[diff] [blame]37
Misha Brukmanb69715e2004-05-12 18:00:48 +0000[diff] [blame]38<ul>
Misha Brukmand54fe672004-09-09 16:18:40 +0000[diff] [blame]39<li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A
40Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis &amp; Transformation</a>: -
41Describes the LLVM instruction set and compilation strategy. This should be the
42first document you read to get an overview of LLVM.</li>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000[diff] [blame]43
Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]44<li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
45intermediate representation, the assembly form of the different nodes, and
46provides reference information about the different tools in LLVM.</li>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000[diff] [blame]47
Reid Spencer50026612004-05-22 02:28:36 +0000[diff] [blame]48<li><a href="BytecodeFormat.html">LLVM Bytecode File Format</a></li>
Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]49
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Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]52<!--=======================================================================-->
53<div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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Misha Brukmanb69715e2004-05-12 18:00:48 +0000[diff] [blame]55
Misha Brukmanb69715e2004-05-12 18:00:48 +0000[diff] [blame]56<ul>
Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]57<li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
58Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
59Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
60some tools.</li>
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Jeff Cohenb9a47d12005-02-01 15:59:28 +0000[diff] [blame]62<li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using
63Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for
64those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li>
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John Criswella6536562004-08-16 15:19:02 +0000[diff] [blame]66<li><a href="CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference
Reid Spencer31f841b2004-11-01 21:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]67manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).<br/>
68Current tools:
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John Criswell9e2485c2004-12-10 15:51:16 +0000[diff] [blame]70 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-ranlib.html">llvm-ranlib</a>,
Reid Spencer31f841b2004-11-01 21:57:35 +0000[diff] [blame]71 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-as.html">llvm-as</a>,
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88 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvmc.html">llvmc</a>
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101<li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Test Suite Guide</a> - A reference
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Chris Lattner354a4422004-08-02 21:32:08 +0000[diff] [blame]106
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Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]122<ul>
123<li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
124Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
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John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000[diff] [blame]132
Chris Lattner4c871b52004-10-25 19:39:46 +0000[diff] [blame]133<li><a href="MakefileGuide.html">LLVM Makefile Guide</a> - Describes how the
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John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000[diff] [blame]138
Chris Lattner4c871b52004-10-25 19:39:46 +0000[diff] [blame]139<li><a href="CodingStandards.html">LLVM Coding standards</a> -
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Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]143<li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
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Misha Brukmanb69715e2004-05-12 18:00:48 +0000[diff] [blame]145
Reid Spencer0a727fc2004-10-31 23:02:38 +0000[diff] [blame]146<li><a href="UsingLibraries.html">Using LLVM Libraries</a> - Look here to
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164<li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
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Misha Brukman96bba382004-09-06 23:00:01 +0000[diff] [blame]167<li><a href="WritingAnLLVMBackend.html">Writing an LLVM Backend</a> - Information
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175<li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
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John Criswell98d06362004-11-21 14:58:12 +0000[diff] [blame]183<li><a href="Stacker.html">The Stacker Chronicles</a> - This document
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Misha Brukman9e3bdf12005-01-07 17:00:44 +0000[diff] [blame]195<li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> - automatic bug finder and test-case
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Chris Lattner20423022004-08-02 21:29:20 +0000[diff] [blame]197
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