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 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_
  24
  25 AArch64
  26 -------
  27
  28 * `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_
  29
  30 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_
  31
  32 Itanium (ia64)
  33 --------------
  34
  35 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
  36
  37 MIPS
  38 ----
  39
  40 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
  41
  42 PowerPC
  43 -------
  44
  45 IBM - Official manuals and docs
  46 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  47
  48 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
  49
  50 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
  51
  52 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
  53
  54 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
  55
  56 * `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>`_
  57
  58 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
  59
  60 Other documents, collections, notes
  61 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  62
  63 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
  64 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
  65 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
  66
  67 SPARC
  68 -----
  69
  70 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
  71 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
  72
  73 SystemZ
  74 -------
  75
  76 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_
  77
  78 X86
  79 ---
  80
  81 AMD - Official manuals and docs
  82 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  83
  84 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
  85 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
  86
  87 Intel - Official manuals and docs
  88 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  89
  90 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
  91 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
  92
  93 Other x86-specific information
  94 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  95
  96 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
  97
  98 Other relevant lists
  99 --------------------
 100
 101 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
 102
 103 ABI
 104 ===
 105
 106 Linux
 107 -----
 108
 109 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 110 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
 111 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
 112 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_
 113
 114 OS X
 115 ----
 116
 117 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
 118 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
 119
 120 NVPTX
 121 =====
 122
 123 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX
 124   ISA and Driver API documentation
 125
 126 Miscellaneous Resources
 127 =======================
 128
 129 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
 130
 131 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
 132   good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 133   processors.