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Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
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.. contents::
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:local:
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.. note::
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This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are
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welcome.
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Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
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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)
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* `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
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Itanium (ia64)
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* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
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MIPS
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* `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
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PowerPC
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-------
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IBM - Official manuals and docs
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_
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* Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_
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* Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_
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* Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_
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* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
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* `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
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* `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
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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>`_
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Other documents, collections, notes
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
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* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
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* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
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SPARC
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* `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
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* `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
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X86
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AMD - Official manuals and docs
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
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* `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
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Intel - Official manuals and docs
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* `IA-32 manuals <http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm>`_
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* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
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Other x86-specific information
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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2012-11-12 23:43:34 +00:00
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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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2012-10-07 04:34:10 +00:00
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Other relevant lists
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--------------------
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* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
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ABI
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Linux
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-----
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* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
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OS X
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* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
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* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
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Miscellaneous Resources
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=======================
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* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
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* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
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good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
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processors.
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