docs/CompilerWriterInfo.rst

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   4 Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
   5 ========================================================
   6
   7 .. contents::
   8    :local:
   9
  10 .. note::
  11
  12   This document is a work-in-progress.  Additions and clarifications are
  13   welcome.
  14
  15   Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
  16
  17 Hardware
  18 ========
  19
  20 ARM
  21 ---
  22
  23 * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
  24
  25 * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
  26
  27 Itanium (ia64)
  28 --------------
  29
  30 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
  31
  32 MIPS
  33 ----
  34
  35 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
  36
  37 PowerPC
  38 -------
  39
  40 IBM - Official manuals and docs
  41 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  42
  43 * `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_
  44
  45   * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_
  46
  47   * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_
  48
  49   * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_
  50
  51 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
  52
  53 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
  54
  55 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
  56
  57 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
  58
  59 Other documents, collections, notes
  60 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  61
  62 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
  63 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
  64 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
  65
  66 SPARC
  67 -----
  68
  69 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
  70 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
  71
  72 X86
  73 ---
  74
  75 AMD - Official manuals and docs
  76 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  77
  78 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
  79 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
  80
  81 Intel - Official manuals and docs
  82 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  83
  84 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
  85 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
  86
  87 Other x86-specific information
  88 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  89
  90 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
  91
  92 Other relevant lists
  93 --------------------
  94
  95 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
  96
  97 ABI
  98 ===
  99
 100 Linux
 101 -----
 102
 103 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 104
 105 OS X
 106 ----
 107
 108 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
 109 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
 110
 111 Miscellaneous Resources
 112 =======================
 113
 114 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
 115
 116 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
 117   good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 118   processors.