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36 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></div>
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40 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A
41 Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation</a>: -
42 Describes the LLVM instruction set and compilation strategy. This should be the
43 first document you read to get an overview of LLVM.</li>
45 <li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
46 intermediate representation, the assembly form of the different nodes, and
47 provides reference information about the different tools in LLVM.</li>
49 <li><a href="BytecodeFormat.html">LLVM Bytecode File Format</a></li>
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54 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmpubs">LLVM Publications</a></div>
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58 <li>"<a href="2006-04-25-GelatoLLVMIntro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a>"<br>Chris Lattner<br>
59 <i>2006 Itanium Conference and Expo</i>, San Jose, California, April 2006.</li>
62 <li>"<a href="2004-09-22-LCPCLLVMTutorial.html">The LLVM Compiler Framework and
63 Infrastructure Tutorial</a>"<br> Chris Lattner and Vikram Adve<br>
64 <i>LCPC'04 Mini Workshop on Compiler Research Infrastructures</i>, West Lafayette, Indiana, Sep. 2004.</li>
66 <li>"<a href="2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
67 Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation</a>"<br> Chris Lattner and Vikram
68 Adve<br> <i>Proc. of the 2004 International Symposium
69 on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO'04)</i>, Palo Alto, California, Mar.
72 <li>"<a href="2003-10-01-LLVA.html">LLVA: A Low-level Virtual Instruction Set
73 Architecture</a>"<br> Vikram Adve, Chris Lattner, Michael Brukman, Anand Shukla,
74 and Brian Gaeke<br> <i>Proc. of the
75 36th annual ACM/IEEE international symposium on Microarchitecture
76 (MICRO-36)</i>, San Diego, CA, December 2003.</li>
78 <li>"<a href="2003-05-01-GCCSummit2003.html">Architecture For a Next-Generation
79 GCC</a>"<br> Chris Lattner & Vikram Adve<br> <i>First Annual GCC Developers'
80 Summit</i>, Ottawa, Canada, May 2003.<br> </li>
82 <li>"<a href="2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for
83 Multi-Stage Optimization</a>"<br> Chris Lattner<br> <i>Masters Thesis</i>,
84 Computer Science Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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89 <div class="doc_section"><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></div>
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93 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
94 Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
95 Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
98 <li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using
99 Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for
100 those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li>
102 <li><a href="CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference
103 manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).<br/>
105 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-ar.html">llvm-ar</a>,
106 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-ranlib.html">llvm-ranlib</a>,
107 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-as.html">llvm-as</a>,
108 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-dis.html">llvm-dis</a>,
109 <a href="CommandGuide/html/opt.html">opt</a>,
110 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llc.html">llc</a>,
111 <a href="CommandGuide/html/lli.html">lli</a>,
112 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-link.html">llvm-link</a>,
113 <a href="CommandGuide/html/analyze.html">analyze</a>,
114 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-nm.html">llvm-nm</a>,
115 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-prof.html">llvm-prof</a>,
116 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvmgcc.html">llvmgcc</a>,
117 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvmgxx.html">llvmgxx</a>,
118 <a href="CommandGuide/html/gccas.html">gccas</a>,
119 <a href="CommandGuide/html/gccld.html">gccld</a>,
120 <a href="CommandGuide/html/stkrc.html">stkrc</a>,
121 <a href="CommandGuide/html/bugpoint.html">bugpoint</a>,
122 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-extract.html">llvm-extract</a>,
123 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvm-bcanalyzer.html">llvm-bcanalyzer</a>,
124 <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvmc.html">llvmc</a>
127 <li><a href="FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> - A list of common
128 questions and problems and their solutions.</li>
130 <li><a href="ReleaseNotes.html">Release notes for the current release</a>
131 - This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.</li>
133 <li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How to Submit A Bug Report</a> -
134 Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in
135 the LLVM system.</li>
137 <li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Test Suite Guide</a> - A reference
138 manual for using the LLVM test suite.</li>
140 <li><a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the C/C++ front-end</a> -
141 Instructions for building the front-end from source.</li>
143 <li><a href="Lexicon.html">The LLVM Lexicon</a> - Definition of acronyms, terms
144 and concepts used in LLVM.</li>
146 <li><a name="irc">You can probably find help on the unofficial LLVM IRC
147 channel</a>. We often are on irc.oftc.net in the #llvm channel. If you are
148 using the mozilla browser, and have chatzilla installed, you can <a
149 href="irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm">join #llvm on irc.oftc.net</a> directly.</li>
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155 <div class="doc_section"><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></div>
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159 <li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
160 Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
161 and APIs, and some tips & tricks.</li>
163 <li><a href="Projects.html">LLVM Project Guide</a> - How-to guide and
164 templates for new projects that <em>use</em> the LLVM infrastructure. The
165 templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test tree) allow the project
166 code to be located outside (or inside) the <tt>llvm/</tt> tree, while using LLVM
167 header files and libraries.</li>
169 <li><a href="MakefileGuide.html">LLVM Makefile Guide</a> - Describes how the
170 LLVM makefiles work and how to use them.</li>
172 <li><a href="CommandLine.html">CommandLine library Reference Manual</a> -
173 Provides information on using the command line parsing library.</li>
175 <li><a href="CodingStandards.html">LLVM Coding standards</a> -
176 Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
177 efficient C++ code.</li>
179 <li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
180 to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.</li>
182 <li><a href="UsingLibraries.html">Using LLVM Libraries</a> - Look here to
183 understand how to use the libraries produced when LLVM is compiled.</li>
185 <li><a href="HowToReleaseLLVM.html">How To Release LLVM To The Public</a> - This
186 is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.</li>
188 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/doxygen/">Doxygen generated
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195 <li><a href="http://llvm.org/cvsweb/cvsweb.cgi/llvm">CVSWeb CVS Tree
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201 <div class="doc_section"><a name="subsystems">LLVM Subsystem Documentation</a></div>
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206 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
207 on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.</li>
209 <li><a href="WritingAnLLVMBackend.html">Writing an LLVM Backend</a> - Information
210 on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.</li>
212 <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html">The LLVM Target-Independent Code
213 Generator</a> - The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator.
214 Useful if you are working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing
215 a new codegen pass, or enhancing existing components.</li>
217 <li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
218 Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
221 <li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
222 on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
225 <li><a href="Stacker.html">The Stacker Chronicles</a> - This document
226 describes both the Stacker language and LLVM frontend, but also some details
227 about LLVM useful for those writing front-ends.</li>
229 <li><a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with
230 LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
233 <li><a href="SourceLevelDebugging.html">Source Level Debugging with
234 LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
235 source-level debugger.</li>
237 <li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> - automatic bug finder and test-case
238 reducer description and usage information.</li>
240 <li><a href="CompilerDriver.html">Compiler Driver (llvmc)</a> - This document
241 describes the design and configuration of the LLVM compiler driver tool,
244 <li><a href="SystemLibrary.html">System Library</a> - This document describes
245 the LLVM System Library (<tt>lib/System</tt>) and how to keep LLVM source code
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252 <div class="doc_section"><a name="maillist">LLVM Mailing Lists</a></div>
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256 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce">
257 LLVM Announcements List</a>: This is a low volume list that provides important
258 announcements regarding LLVM. It gets email about once a month.</li>
260 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">Developer's
261 List</a>: This list is for people who want to be included in technical
262 discussions of LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about
263 writing code for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.</li>
265 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmbugs/">Bugs &
266 Patches Archive</a>: This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and
267 closed, and when people submit patches to be included in LLVM. It is higher
268 volume than the LLVMdev list.</li>
270 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/">CVS Commits
271 Archive</a>: This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM
272 developers commit code changes to the CVS archive. It is useful for those who
273 want to stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
276 <li>The <a href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-testresults/">
277 Test Results Archive</a>: A message is automatically sent to this list by every
278 active nightly tester when it completes. As such, this list gets email several
279 times each day, making it a high volume list.</li>
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