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15 <li><a href="#llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></li>
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28 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></div>
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32 <li><a href="pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html"> LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
33 Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation</a>: - Describes
34 the LLVM instruction set and compilation strategy. This should be the first
35 document you read to get an overview of LLVM.</li>
37 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
38 intermediate representation, the assembly form of the different nodes, and
39 provides reference information about the different tools in LLVM.</li>
41 <li><a href="BytecodeFormat.html">LLVM Bytecode File Format</a></li>
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46 <div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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50 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
51 Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
52 Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
55 <li><a href="CommandGuide/">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference manual for
56 the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).</li>
58 <li><a href="ReleaseNotes.html">Release notes for the current release</a>
59 - This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.</li>
61 <li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How to Submit A Bug Report</a> -
62 Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in
65 <li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Test Suite Guide</a> - A reference
66 manual for using the LLVM test suite.</li>
68 <li><a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the C/C++ front-end</a> -
69 Instructions for building the front-end from source.</li>
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74 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></div>
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78 <li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
79 Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
80 and APIs, and some tips & tricks.</li>
82 <li><a href="Projects.html">LLVM Project Guide</a> - How-to guide and
83 templates for new projects that <em>use</em> the LLVM infrastructure. The
84 templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test tree) allow the project
85 code to be located outside (or inside) the <tt>llvm/</tt> tree, while using LLVM
86 header files and libraries.</li>
88 <li><a href="CommandLine.html">CommandLine library Reference Manual</a> -
89 Provides information on using the command line parsing library.</li>
91 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">Recommended LLVM Coding standards</a> -
92 Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
93 efficient C++ code.</li>
95 <li><a href="OpenProjects.html">Open Projects</a> - Look here if you are
96 interested in doing something with LLVM but aren't sure what needs to be
99 <li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
100 to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.</li>
102 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">Coding Standards</a> - Guidelines for
103 hacking LLVM source.</li>
105 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">Doxygen generated
106 documentation</a> (<a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/inherits.html">
109 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/llvm">CVSWeb CVS Tree
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115 <div class="doc_section"><a name="subsystems">LLVM Subsystem Documentation</a></div>
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120 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
121 on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.</li>
123 <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html">The LLVM Target-Independent Code
124 Generator</a> - The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator.
125 Useful if you are working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing
126 a new codegen pass, or enhancing existing components.</li>
128 <li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
129 Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
132 <li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
133 on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
136 <li><a href="Stacker.html">The Stacker Cronicles</a> - This document
137 describes both the Stacker language and LLVM frontend, but also some details
138 about LLVM useful for those writing front-ends.</li>
140 <li><a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with
141 LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
144 <li><a href="SourceLevelDebugging.html">Source Level Debugging with
145 LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
146 source-level debugger.</li>
148 <li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> automatic bug finder and
149 test-case reducer description and usage information.</li>
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154 <div class="doc_section"><a name="Support">LLVM Support</a></div>
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158 <li><a href="FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> - A list of common
159 questions and problems and their solutions.</li>
161 <li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How-To-Submit-A-Bug</a> - Instructions
162 for the proper way to submit information about a bug you ran into in the LLVM
165 <li> You can probably find help on the unofficial LLVM IRC channel. We often
166 are on irc.oftc.net in the #llvm channel. If you are using the mozilla
167 browser, and have chatzilla installed, you can join by <a
168 href="irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm">clicking here</a>.</li>
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173 <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="maillist">LLVM Mailing Lists</a></div>
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177 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce">
178 LLVM Announcements List</a>: This is a low volume list that provides important
179 announcements regarding LLVM. It gets email about once a month.</li>
181 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">Developer's
182 List</a>: This list is for people who want to be included in technical
183 discussions of LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about
184 writing code for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.</li>
186 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmbugs/">Bugs &
187 Patches Archive</a>: This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and
188 closed, and when people submit patches to be included in LLVM. It is higher
189 volume than the LLVMdev list.</li>
191 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/">CVS Commits
192 Archive</a>: This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM
193 developers commit code changes to the CVS archive. It is useful for those who
194 want to stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
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