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Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
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This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are
welcome.
Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net> `_ .
Hardware
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ARM
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* `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/> `_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/> `_ Cores)
* `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html> `_
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AArch64
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* `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html> `_
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Itanium (ia64)
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* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm> `_
MIPS
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* `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary> `_
PowerPC
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IBM - Official manuals and docs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications> `_
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* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6> `_
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* `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC> `_
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* `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> `_
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* `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm> `_
Other documents, collections, notes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library> `_
* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html> `_
* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html> `_
SPARC
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* `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm> `_
* `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html> `_
X86
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AMD - Official manuals and docs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html> `_
* `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation> `_
Intel - Official manuals and docs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html> `_
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* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs> `_
Other x86-specific information
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf> `_
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Other relevant lists
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* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html> `_
ABI
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Linux
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* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/> `_
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* `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf> `_
* `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf> `_
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OS X
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* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html> `_
* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php> `_
Miscellaneous Resources
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* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/> `_
* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html> `_ page has a
good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
processors.
