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 Hardware
  14 ========
  15
  16 ARM
  17 ---
  18
  19 * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
  20
  21 * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
  22
  23 * `ABI Addenda and Errata <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0045d/IHI0045D_ABI_addenda.pdf>`_
  24
  25 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_
  26
  27 AArch64
  28 -------
  29
  30 * `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_
  31
  32 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_
  33
  34 Itanium (ia64)
  35 --------------
  36
  37 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
  38
  39 MIPS
  40 ----
  41
  42 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://imgtec.com/mips/mips-architectures.asp>`_
  43
  44 * `MIPS 64-bit ELF Object File Specification <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4658-001/pdf/007-4658-001.pdf>`_
  45
  46 PowerPC
  47 -------
  48
  49 IBM - Official manuals and docs
  50 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  51
  52 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
  53
  54 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
  55
  56 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
  57
  58 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
  59
  60 * `Various IBM specifications and white papers <https://www.power.org/documentation/?document_company=105&document_category=all&publish_year=all&grid_order=DESC&grid_sort=title>`_
  61
  62 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
  63
  64 Other documents, collections, notes
  65 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  66
  67 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
  68 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
  69 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
  70
  71 AMDGPU
  72 ------
  73
  74 * `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  75 * `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  76 * `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  77 * `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  78 * `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  79 * `AMD Sea Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/07/AMD_Sea_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  80 * `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_
  81 * `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_
  82
  83 SPARC
  84 -----
  85
  86 * `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_
  87 * `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_
  88 * `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_
  89
  90 SystemZ
  91 -------
  92
  93 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_
  94
  95 X86
  96 ---
  97
  98 AMD - Official manuals and docs
  99 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 100
 101 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
 102 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
 103
 104 Intel - Official manuals and docs
 105 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 106
 107 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
 108 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
 109
 110 Other x86-specific information
 111 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 112
 113 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
 114
 115 XCore
 116 -----
 117
 118 * `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_
 119 * `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_
 120
 121 Other relevant lists
 122 --------------------
 123
 124 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
 125
 126 ABI
 127 ===
 128
 129 * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_
 130 * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_
 131
 132 Linux
 133 -----
 134
 135 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 136 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
 137 * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_
 138 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
 139 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_
 140
 141 OS X
 142 ----
 143
 144 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
 145 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
 146
 147 Windows
 148 -------
 149
 150 * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_
 151
 152 NVPTX
 153 =====
 154
 155 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX
 156   ISA and Driver API documentation
 157
 158 Miscellaneous Resources
 159 =======================
 160
 161 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
 162
 163 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
 164   good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 165   processors.