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14 <li><a href="#llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></li>
15 <li><a href="#userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></li>
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23 <p>Written by <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Team</a></p>
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27 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></div>
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31 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A
32 Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation</a>: -
33 Describes the LLVM instruction set and compilation strategy. This should be the
34 first document you read to get an overview of LLVM.</li>
36 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
37 intermediate representation, the assembly form of the different nodes, and
38 provides reference information about the different tools in LLVM.</li>
40 <li><a href="BytecodeFormat.html">LLVM Bytecode File Format</a></li>
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45 <div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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49 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
50 Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
51 Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
54 <li><a href="CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference
55 manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).</li>
57 <li><a href="FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> - A list of common
58 questions and problems and their solutions.</li>
60 <li><a href="ReleaseNotes.html">Release notes for the current release</a>
61 - This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.</li>
63 <li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How to Submit A Bug Report</a> -
64 Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in
67 <li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Test Suite Guide</a> - A reference
68 manual for using the LLVM test suite.</li>
70 <li><a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the C/C++ front-end</a> -
71 Instructions for building the front-end from source.</li>
73 <li><a href="Lexicon.html">The LLVM Lexicon</a> - Definition of acronyms, terms
74 and concepts used in LLVM.</li>
76 <li><a name="irc">You can probably find help on the unofficial LLVM IRC
77 channel</a>. We often are on irc.oftc.net in the #llvm channel. If you are
78 using the mozilla browser, and have chatzilla installed, you can <a
79 href="irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm">join #llvm on irc.oftc.net</a> directly.</li>
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85 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></div>
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89 <li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
90 Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
91 and APIs, and some tips & tricks.</li>
93 <li><a href="Projects.html">LLVM Project Guide</a> - How-to guide and
94 templates for new projects that <em>use</em> the LLVM infrastructure. The
95 templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test tree) allow the project
96 code to be located outside (or inside) the <tt>llvm/</tt> tree, while using LLVM
97 header files and libraries.</li>
99 <li><a href="CommandLine.html">CommandLine library Reference Manual</a> -
100 Provides information on using the command line parsing library.</li>
102 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">Recommended LLVM Coding standards</a> -
103 Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
104 efficient C++ code.</li>
106 <li><a href="OpenProjects.html">Open Projects</a> - Look here if you are
107 interested in doing something with LLVM but aren't sure what needs to be
110 <li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
111 to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.</li>
113 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">Coding Standards</a> - Guidelines for
114 hacking LLVM source.</li>
116 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">Doxygen generated
117 documentation</a> (<a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/inherits.html">
120 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/llvm">CVSWeb CVS Tree
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126 <div class="doc_section"><a name="subsystems">LLVM Subsystem Documentation</a></div>
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131 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
132 on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.</li>
134 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMBackend.html">Writing an LLVM Backend</a> - Information
135 on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.</li>
137 <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html">The LLVM Target-Independent Code
138 Generator</a> - The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator.
139 Useful if you are working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing
140 a new codegen pass, or enhancing existing components.</li>
142 <li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
143 Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
146 <li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
147 on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
150 <li><a href="Stacker.html">The Stacker Cronicles</a> - This document
151 describes both the Stacker language and LLVM frontend, but also some details
152 about LLVM useful for those writing front-ends.</li>
154 <li><a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with
155 LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
158 <li><a href="SourceLevelDebugging.html">Source Level Debugging with
159 LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
160 source-level debugger.</li>
162 <li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> automatic bug finder and
163 test-case reducer description and usage information.</li>
165 <li><a href="CompilerDriver.html">Compiler Driver (llvmc)</a> - This document
166 describes the design and configuration of the LLVM compiler driver tool,
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172 <div class="doc_section"><a name="maillist">LLVM Mailing Lists</a></div>
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176 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce">
177 LLVM Announcements List</a>: This is a low volume list that provides important
178 announcements regarding LLVM. It gets email about once a month.</li>
180 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">Developer's
181 List</a>: This list is for people who want to be included in technical
182 discussions of LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about
183 writing code for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.</li>
185 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmbugs/">Bugs &
186 Patches Archive</a>: This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and
187 closed, and when people submit patches to be included in LLVM. It is higher
188 volume than the LLVMdev list.</li>
190 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/">CVS Commits
191 Archive</a>: This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM
192 developers commit code changes to the CVS archive. It is useful for those who
193 want to stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
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