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4 Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
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12 This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are
15 Compiled by `Misha Brukman <http://misha.brukman.net>`_.
23 * `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
25 * `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
30 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
35 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
40 IBM - Official manuals and docs
41 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
43 * `PowerPC Architecture Book <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html>`_
45 * Book I: `PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf>`_
47 * Book II: `PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf>`_
49 * Book III: `PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf>`_
51 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
53 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals <http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
55 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
57 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
59 Other documents, collections, notes
60 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
62 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
63 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
64 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
69 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
70 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
75 AMD - Official manuals and docs
76 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
78 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
79 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
81 Intel - Official manuals and docs
82 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
84 * `IA-32 manuals <http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm>`_
85 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
87 Other x86-specific information
88 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
90 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
95 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
103 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
108 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
109 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
111 Miscellaneous Resources
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114 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
116 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
117 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern