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  11   Architecture/platform information for compiler writers
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  15   <p>Note: This document is a work-in-progress.  Additions and clarifications
  16   are welcome.</p>
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  20   <li><a href="#hw">Hardware</a>
  21   <ol>
  22     <li><a href="#alpha">Alpha</a></li>
  23     <li><a href="#arm">ARM</a></li>
  24     <li><a href="#mips">MIPS</a></li>
  25     <li><a href="#ppc">PowerPC</a></li>
  26     <li><a href="#sparc">SPARC</a></li>
  27     <li><a href="#x86">X86</a></li>
  28     <li><a href="#other">Other lists</a></li>
  29   </ol></li>
  30   <li><a href="#abi">Application Binary Interface (ABI)</a>
  31   <ol>
  32     <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
  33     <li><a href="#osx">OS X</a></li>
  34   </ol></li>
  35   <li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></li>
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  39   <p>Compiled by <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a></p>
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  47 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="alpha">Alpha</a></div>
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  50 <ul>
  51 <li><a
  52 href="http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html">Alpha manuals</a>
  53 </li>
  54 </ul>
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  61 <ul>
  62 <li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a>
  63 (<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor
  64 Cores</a>)</li>
  65 </ul>
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  69 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="mips">MIPS</a></div>
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  71 <div class="doc_text">
  72 <ul>
  73 <li><a
  74 href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS
  75 Processor Architecture</a></li>
  76 </ul>
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  80 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></div>
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  83 <div class="doc_subsubsection">IBM - Official manuals and docs</div>
  84
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  86
  87 <ul>
  88 <li><a
  89 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC
  90 Architecture Book</a>
  91 <ul>
  92   <li>Book I: <a
  93   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC
  94   User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li>
  95   <li>Book II: <a
  96   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC
  97   Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li>
  98   <li>Book III: <a
  99   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC
 100   Operating Environment Architecture</a></li>
 101 </ul></li>
 102 <li><a
 103 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC
 104 Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li>
 105 <li><A
 106 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC
 107 Processor Manuals</a></li>
 108 <li><a
 109 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to
 110 PowerPC architecture</a></li>
 111 <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>
 112 </ul>
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 117 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other documents, collections, notes</div>
 118
 119 <div class="doc_text">
 120
 121 <ul>
 122 <li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li>
 123 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64
 124 alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li>
 125 <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long
 126 branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li>
 127 </ul>
 128
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 132 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></div>
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 135 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Official manuals and docs</div>
 136
 137 <div class="doc_text">
 138
 139 <ul>
 140 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li>
 141 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li>
 142 </ul>
 143
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 147 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="x86">X86</a></div>
 148
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 150 <div class="doc_subsubsection">AMD - Official manuals and docs</div>
 151
 152 <div class="doc_text">
 153 <ul>
 154 <li><a
 155 href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li>
 156 </ul>
 157 </div>
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 160 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Intel - Official manuals and docs</div>
 161
 162 <div class="doc_text">
 163 <ul>
 164 <li><a
 165 href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32
 166 manuals</a></li>
 167 <li><a
 168 href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel
 169 Itanium documentation</a></li>
 170 </ul>
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 174 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other x86-specific information</div>
 175
 176 <div class="doc_text">
 177 <ul>
 178 <li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling
 179 conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li>
 180 </ul>
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 184 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></div>
 185
 186 <div class="doc_text">
 187
 188 <ul>
 189 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li>
 190 </ul>
 191
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 202 <ol>
 203 <li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI
 204 Supplement</a></li>
 205 </ol>
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 209 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="osx">OS X</a></div>
 210
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 212 <ol>
 213 <li><a
 214 href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O
 215 Runtime Architecture</a></li>
 216 <li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O
 217 ABI</a></li>
 218 </ol>
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 226 <ul>
 227 <li><a
 228 href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable
 229 File Format library</a></li>
 230 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a>
 231 page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 232 processors.</li>
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