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   Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
  14
  15 Hardware
  16 ========
  17
  18 ARM
  19 ---
  20
  21 * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
  22
  23 * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
  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 Itanium (ia64)
  31 --------------
  32
  33 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
  34
  35 MIPS
  36 ----
  37
  38 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
  39
  40 PowerPC
  41 -------
  42
  43 IBM - Official manuals and docs
  44 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  45
  46 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
  47
  48 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
  49
  50 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
  51
  52 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
  53
  54 * `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>`_
  55
  56 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
  57
  58 Other documents, collections, notes
  59 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  60
  61 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
  62 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
  63 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
  64
  65 SPARC
  66 -----
  67
  68 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
  69 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
  70
  71 X86
  72 ---
  73
  74 AMD - Official manuals and docs
  75 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  76
  77 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
  78 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
  79
  80 Intel - Official manuals and docs
  81 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  82
  83 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
  84 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
  85
  86 Other x86-specific information
  87 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  88
  89 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
  90
  91 Other relevant lists
  92 --------------------
  93
  94 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
  95
  96 ABI
  97 ===
  98
  99 Linux
 100 -----
 101
 102 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
 103 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
 104 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
 105
 106 OS X
 107 ----
 108
 109 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
 110 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
 111
 112 Miscellaneous Resources
 113 =======================
 114
 115 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
 116
 117 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
 118   good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
 119   processors.