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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="#ia64">Itanium</a></li>
  25     <li><a href="#mips">MIPS</a></li>
  26     <li><a href="#ppc">PowerPC</a></li>
  27     <li><a href="#sparc">SPARC</a></li>
  28     <li><a href="#x86">X86</a></li>
  29     <li><a href="#other">Other lists</a></li>
  30   </ol></li>
  31   <li><a href="#abi">Application Binary Interface (ABI)</a>
  32   <ol>
  33     <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
  34     <li><a href="#osx">OS X</a></li>
  35   </ol></li>
  36   <li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></li>
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  40   <p>Compiled by <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a></p>
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  48 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="alpha">Alpha</a></div>
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  51 <ul>
  52 <li><a
  53 href="http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/dsc-library.html">Alpha manuals</a>
  54 </li>
  55 </ul>
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  62 <ul>
  63 <li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a>
  64 (<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor
  65 Cores</a>)</li>
  66 </ul>
  67 </div>
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  70 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ia64">Itanium (ia64)</a></div>
  71
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  73 <ul>
  74 <li><a
  75 href="http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm">Itanium documentation</a>
  76 </li>
  77 </ul>
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  81 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="mips">MIPS</a></div>
  82
  83 <div class="doc_text">
  84 <ul>
  85 <li><a
  86 href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS
  87 Processor Architecture</a></li>
  88 </ul>
  89 </div>
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  92 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></div>
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  95 <div class="doc_subsubsection">IBM - Official manuals and docs</div>
  96
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  99 <ul>
 100 <li><a
 101 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC
 102 Architecture Book</a>
 103 <ul>
 104   <li>Book I: <a
 105   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC
 106   User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li>
 107   <li>Book II: <a
 108   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC
 109   Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li>
 110   <li>Book III: <a
 111   href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC
 112   Operating Environment Architecture</a></li>
 113 </ul></li>
 114 <li><a
 115 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC
 116 Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li>
 117 <li><A
 118 href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC
 119 Processor Manuals</a></li>
 120 <li><a
 121 href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to
 122 PowerPC architecture</a></li>
 123 <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>
 124 </ul>
 125
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 129 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other documents, collections, notes</div>
 130
 131 <div class="doc_text">
 132
 133 <ul>
 134 <li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li>
 135 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64
 136 alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li>
 137 <li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long
 138 branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li>
 139 </ul>
 140
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 144 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></div>
 145
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 147 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Official manuals and docs</div>
 148
 149 <div class="doc_text">
 150
 151 <ul>
 152 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li>
 153 <li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li>
 154 </ul>
 155
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 159 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="x86">X86</a></div>
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 162 <div class="doc_subsubsection">AMD - Official manuals and docs</div>
 163
 164 <div class="doc_text">
 165 <ul>
 166 <li><a
 167 href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li>
 168 <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation">X86-64 ABI</a></li>
 169 </ul>
 170 </div>
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 173 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Intel - Official manuals and docs</div>
 174
 175 <div class="doc_text">
 176 <ul>
 177 <li><a
 178 href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32
 179 manuals</a></li>
 180 <li><a
 181 href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel
 182 Itanium documentation</a></li>
 183 </ul>
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 187 <div class="doc_subsubsection">Other x86-specific information</div>
 188
 189 <div class="doc_text">
 190 <ul>
 191 <li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling
 192 conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li>
 193 </ul>
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 197 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></div>
 198
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 200
 201 <ul>
 202 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li>
 203 </ul>
 204
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 215 <ol>
 216 <li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI
 217 Supplement</a></li>
 218 </ol>
 219 </div>
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 222 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="osx">OS X</a></div>
 223
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 225 <ol>
 226 <li><a
 227 href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O
 228 Runtime Architecture</a></li>
 229 <li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O
 230 ABI</a></li>
 231 </ol>
 232
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 238
 239 <ul>
 240 <li><a
 241 href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable
 242 File Format library</a></li>
 243 <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a>
 244 page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 245 processors.</li>
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