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