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NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | <h1> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | Architecture/platform information for compiler writers |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | </h1> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| 16 | <div class="doc_warning"> |
| 17 | <p>Note: This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications |
| 18 | are welcome.</p> |
| 19 | </div> |
| 20 | |
| 21 | <ol> |
| 22 | <li><a href="#hw">Hardware</a> |
| 23 | <ol> |
| 24 | <li><a href="#arm">ARM</a></li> |
Duraid Madina | 81dbf44 | 2005-03-30 05:33:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | <li><a href="#ia64">Itanium</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | <li><a href="#mips">MIPS</a></li> |
| 27 | <li><a href="#ppc">PowerPC</a></li> |
| 28 | <li><a href="#sparc">SPARC</a></li> |
| 29 | <li><a href="#x86">X86</a></li> |
| 30 | <li><a href="#other">Other lists</a></li> |
| 31 | </ol></li> |
| 32 | <li><a href="#abi">Application Binary Interface (ABI)</a> |
| 33 | <ol> |
| 34 | <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li> |
| 35 | <li><a href="#osx">OS X</a></li> |
| 36 | </ol></li> |
Misha Brukman | 38d3828 | 2005-03-11 21:18:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | <li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | </ol> |
| 39 | |
| 40 | <div class="doc_author"> |
| 41 | <p>Compiled by <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a></p> |
| 42 | </div> |
| 43 | |
| 44 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | <h2><a name="hw">Hardware</a></h2> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 47 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | <div> |
| 49 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | <h3><a name="arm">ARM</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | <ul> |
| 55 | <li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a> |
| 56 | (<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor |
| 57 | Cores</a>)</li> |
Misha Brukman | 4d59587 | 2006-08-22 21:56:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | <li><a href="http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html">ABI</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | </ul> |
| 60 | </div> |
| 61 | |
| 62 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | <h3><a name="ia64">Itanium (ia64)</a></h3> |
Duraid Madina | 81dbf44 | 2005-03-30 05:33:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | <div> |
Duraid Madina | 81dbf44 | 2005-03-30 05:33:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | <ul> |
| 67 | <li><a |
| 68 | href="http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm">Itanium documentation</a> |
| 69 | </li> |
| 70 | </ul> |
| 71 | </div> |
| 72 | |
| 73 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | <h3><a name="mips">MIPS</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | <ul> |
| 78 | <li><a |
| 79 | href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS |
| 80 | Processor Architecture</a></li> |
| 81 | </ul> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | </div> |
| 83 | |
| 84 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | <h3><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | <div> |
| 88 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | <h4>IBM - Official manuals and docs</h4> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | |
| 94 | <ul> |
| 95 | <li><a |
| 96 | href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC |
| 97 | Architecture Book</a> |
| 98 | <ul> |
| 99 | <li>Book I: <a |
| 100 | href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC |
| 101 | User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li> |
| 102 | <li>Book II: <a |
| 103 | href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC |
| 104 | Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li> |
| 105 | <li>Book III: <a |
| 106 | href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC |
| 107 | Operating Environment Architecture</a></li> |
| 108 | </ul></li> |
| 109 | <li><a |
| 110 | href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC |
| 111 | Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li> |
| 112 | <li><A |
| 113 | href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC |
| 114 | Processor Manuals</a></li> |
| 115 | <li><a |
| 116 | href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to |
| 117 | PowerPC architecture</a></li> |
| 118 | <li><a href="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm">IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly reference</a></li> |
| 119 | </ul> |
| 120 | |
| 121 | </div> |
| 122 | |
| 123 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | <h4>Other documents, collections, notes</h4> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | |
| 128 | <ul> |
| 129 | <li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li> |
| 130 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64 |
| 131 | alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li> |
| 132 | <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long |
| 133 | branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li> |
| 134 | </ul> |
| 135 | |
| 136 | </div> |
| 137 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | </div> |
| 139 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | <h3><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | |
| 145 | <ul> |
| 146 | <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li> |
| 147 | <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li> |
| 148 | </ul> |
| 149 | |
| 150 | </div> |
| 151 | |
| 152 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | <h3><a name="x86">X86</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | <div> |
| 156 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | <h4>AMD - Official manuals and docs</h4> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | <ul> |
| 162 | <li><a |
| 163 | href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | f5a5a6c | 2005-05-14 22:06:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation">X86-64 ABI</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | </ul> |
| 166 | </div> |
| 167 | |
| 168 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | <h4>Intel - Official manuals and docs</h4> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | <ul> |
| 173 | <li><a |
| 174 | href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32 |
| 175 | manuals</a></li> |
| 176 | <li><a |
| 177 | href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel |
| 178 | Itanium documentation</a></li> |
| 179 | </ul> |
| 180 | </div> |
| 181 | |
| 182 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | <h4>Other x86-specific information</h4> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 184 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | <ul> |
| 187 | <li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling |
| 188 | conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li> |
| 189 | </ul> |
| 190 | </div> |
| 191 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | </div> |
| 193 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | <h3><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | |
| 199 | <ul> |
| 200 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li> |
| 201 | </ul> |
| 202 | |
| 203 | </div> |
| 204 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 205 | </div> |
| 206 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | <h2><a name="abi">ABI</a></h2> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 210 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | <div> |
| 212 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | <h3><a name="linux">Linux</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 216 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | <ol> |
| 218 | <li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI |
| 219 | Supplement</a></li> |
| 220 | </ol> |
| 221 | </div> |
| 222 | |
| 223 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | <h3><a name="osx">OS X</a></h3> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | <ol> |
| 228 | <li><a |
| 229 | href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O |
| 230 | Runtime Architecture</a></li> |
| 231 | <li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O |
| 232 | ABI</a></li> |
| 233 | </ol> |
| 234 | |
| 235 | </div> |
| 236 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | f5af6ad | 2011-04-23 00:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | </div> |
| 238 | |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 239 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 05d0265 | 2011-04-18 23:59:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | <h2><a name="misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></h2> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 242 | |
| 243 | <ul> |
| 244 | <li><a |
| 245 | href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable |
| 246 | File Format library</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 38d3828 | 2005-03-11 21:18:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a> |
| 248 | page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern |
| 249 | processors.</li> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | </ul> |
| 251 | |
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| 261 | <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a><br> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | b9a3363 | 2011-04-09 02:13:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 262 | <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br> |
Misha Brukman | e3c803c | 2004-11-08 02:47:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | Last modified: $Date$ |
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