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 PowerPC
  45 -------
  46
  47 IBM - Official manuals and docs
  48 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  49
  50 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
  51
  52 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
  53
  54 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
  55
  56 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
  57
  58 * `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>`_
  59
  60 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
  61
  62 Other documents, collections, notes
  63 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  64
  65 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
  66 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
  67 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
  68
  69 R600
  70 ----
  71
  72 * `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  73 * `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  74 * `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  75 * `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  76 * `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
  77 * `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_
  78 * `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_
  79
  80 SPARC
  81 -----
  82
  83 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
  84 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
  85
  86 SystemZ
  87 -------
  88
  89 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_
  90
  91 X86
  92 ---
  93
  94 AMD - Official manuals and docs
  95 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  96
  97 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
  98 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
  99
 100 Intel - Official manuals and docs
 101 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 102
 103 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
 104 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
 105
 106 Other x86-specific information
 107 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 108
 109 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
 110
 111 Other relevant lists
 112 --------------------
 113
 114 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
 115
 116 ABI
 117 ===
 118
 119 * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_
 120 * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_
 121
 122 Linux
 123 -----
 124
 125 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 126 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
 127 * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_
 128 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
 129 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_
 130
 131 OS X
 132 ----
 133
 134 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
 135 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
 136
 137 Windows
 138 -------
 139
 140 * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_
 141
 142 NVPTX
 143 =====
 144
 145 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX
 146   ISA and Driver API documentation
 147
 148 Miscellaneous Resources
 149 =======================
 150
 151 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
 152
 153 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
 154   good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 155   processors.