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2Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
3========================================================
4
5.. contents::
6 :local:
7
8.. note::
9
10 This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are
11 welcome.
12
13 Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
14
15Hardware
16========
17
18ARM
19---
20
21* `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
22
23* `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
24
25Itanium (ia64)
26--------------
27
28* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
29
30MIPS
31----
32
33* `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
34
35PowerPC
36-------
37
38IBM - Official manuals and docs
39^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
40
41* `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_
42
43 * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_
44
45 * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_
46
47 * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_
48
49* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
50
51* `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
52
53* `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
54
55* `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
56
57Other documents, collections, notes
58^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
59
60* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
61* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
62* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
63
64SPARC
65-----
66
67* `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
68* `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
69
70X86
71---
72
73AMD - Official manuals and docs
74^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
75
76* `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
77* `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
78
79Intel - Official manuals and docs
80^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
81
Dmitri Gribenkodcd3a702012-12-13 20:02:11 +0000[diff] [blame]82* `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
Bill Wendling53960a62012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]83* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
84
85Other x86-specific information
86^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
87
Jean-Daniel Dupas5090b2d2012-11-12 23:43:34 +0000[diff] [blame]88* `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
Bill Wendling53960a62012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]89
90Other relevant lists
91--------------------
92
93* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
94
95ABI
96===
97
98Linux
99-----
100
101* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
102
103OS X
104----
105
106* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
107* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
108
109Miscellaneous Resources
110=======================
111
112* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
113
114* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
115 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
116 processors.