docs/CompilerWriterInfo.rst

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   2 Architecture & 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
  15 Hardware
  16 ========
  17
  18 ARM
  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
  25 Itanium (ia64)
  26 --------------
  27
  28 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
  29
  30 MIPS
  31 ----
  32
  33 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
  34
  35 PowerPC
  36 -------
  37
  38 IBM - 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
  57 Other 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
  64 SPARC
  65 -----
  66
  67 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
  68 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
  69
  70 X86
  71 ---
  72
  73 AMD - 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
  79 Intel - Official manuals and docs
  80 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  81
  82 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
  83 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
  84
  85 Other x86-specific information
  86 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  87
  88 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
  89
  90 Other relevant lists
  91 --------------------
  92
  93 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
  94
  95 ABI
  96 ===
  97
  98 Linux
  99 -----
 100
 101 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 102
 103 OS 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
 109 Miscellaneous 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.