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2 Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
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10 This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are
13 Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
21 * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
23 * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
28 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
33 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
38 IBM - Official manuals and docs
39 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
41 * `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_
43 * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_
45 * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_
47 * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_
49 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
51 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
53 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
55 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
57 Other documents, collections, notes
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60 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
61 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
62 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
67 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
68 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
73 AMD - Official manuals and docs
74 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
76 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
77 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
79 Intel - Official manuals and docs
80 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
82 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
83 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
85 Other x86-specific information
86 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
88 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
93 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
101 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
106 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
107 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
109 Miscellaneous Resources
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112 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
114 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
115 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern