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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
Tim Northovere0e3aef2013-01-31 12:12:40 +0000[diff] [blame]25AArch64
26-------
27
28* `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_
29
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]30Itanium (ia64)
31--------------
32
33* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
34
35MIPS
36----
37
38* `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
39
40PowerPC
41-------
42
43IBM - Official manuals and docs
44^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
45
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]46* `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-archguide-v2.html>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]47
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]48 * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/library/es-ppcbook1.zip>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]49
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]50 * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/library/es-ppcbook2.zip>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]51
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]52 * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/library/es-ppcbook3.zip>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]53
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]54* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <https://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]55
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]56* `PowerPC Processor Manuals <https://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]57
Hal Finkelf3f32d02013-02-08 20:24:46 +0000[diff] [blame^]58* `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]59
60* `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
61
62Other documents, collections, notes
63^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
64
65* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
66* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
67* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
68
69SPARC
70-----
71
72* `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
73* `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
74
75X86
76---
77
78AMD - Official manuals and docs
79^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
80
81* `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
82* `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
83
84Intel - Official manuals and docs
85^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
86
Dmitri Gribenko90fa0c62012-12-13 20:02:11 +0000[diff] [blame]87* `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]88* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
89
90Other x86-specific information
91^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
92
Jean-Daniel Dupas84705092012-11-12 23:43:34 +0000[diff] [blame]93* `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]94
95Other relevant lists
96--------------------
97
98* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
99
100ABI
101===
102
103Linux
104-----
105
106* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
Tim Northovere0e3aef2013-01-31 12:12:40 +0000[diff] [blame]107* `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
108* `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
Bill Wendling668043f2012-10-07 04:34:10 +0000[diff] [blame]109
110OS X
111----
112
113* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
114* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
115
116Miscellaneous Resources
117=======================
118
119* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
120
121* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
122 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
123 processors.