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2Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
3========================================================
4
5.. contents::
6   :local:
7
8.. note::
9
10  This document is a work-in-progress.  Additions and clarifications are
11  welcome.
12
13Hardware
14========
15
16AArch64 & ARM
17-------------
18
19* `ARMv8-A Architecture Reference Manual <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0487a.h/index.html>`_ (authentication required, free sign-up). This document covers both AArch64 and ARM instructions
20
21* `ARMv7-M Architecture Reference Manual <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0403e.b/index.html>`_ (authentication required, free sign-up). This covers the Thumb2-only microcontrollers
22
23* `ARMv6-M Architecture Reference Manual <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0419c/index.html>`_ (authentication required, free sign-up). This covers the Thumb1-only microcontrollers
24
25* `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053c/IHI0053C_acle_2_0.pdf>`_
26
27* AArch32 `ABI Addenda and Errata <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0045d/IHI0045D_ABI_addenda.pdf>`_
28
29Itanium (ia64)
30--------------
31
32* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
33
34Lanai
35-----
36
37* `Lanai Instruction Set Architecture <http://g.co/lanai/isa>`_
38
39
40MIPS
41----
42
43* `MIPS Processor Architecture <https://imgtec.com/mips/architectures/>`_
44
45* `MIPS 64-bit ELF Object File Specification <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4658-001/pdf/007-4658-001.pdf>`_
46
47PowerPC
48-------
49
50IBM - Official manuals and docs
51^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
52
53* `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
54
55* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
56
57* `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
58
59* `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
60
61* `Various IBM specifications and white papers <https://www.power.org/documentation/?document_company=105&document_category=all&publish_year=all&grid_order=DESC&grid_sort=title>`_
62
63* `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
64
65Other documents, collections, notes
66^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
67
68* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
69* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
70* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
71
72AMDGPU
73------
74
75* `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
76* `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
77* `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
78* `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
79* `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
80* `AMD Sea Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/07/AMD_Sea_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_
81* `AMD GCN3 Instruction Set Architecture <http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_GCN3_Instruction_Set_Architecture_rev1.1.pdf>`__
82* `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_
83* `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_
84* `AMDGPU Compute Application Binary Interface <https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm-ComputeABI-Doc/blob/master/AMDGPU-ABI.md>`__
85
86RISC-V
87------
88* `RISC-V User-Level ISA Specification <https://riscv.org/specifications/>`_
89
90SPARC
91-----
92
93* `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_
94* `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_
95* `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_
96
97SystemZ
98-------
99
100* `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_
101
102X86
103---
104
105* `AMD processor manuals <http://developer.amd.com/resources/developer-guides-manuals/>`_
106* `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
107* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
108* `X86 and X86-64 SysV psABI <https://github.com/hjl-tools/x86-psABI/wiki/X86-psABI>`_
109* `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
110
111XCore
112-----
113
114* `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_
115* `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_
116
117Hexagon
118-------
119
120* `Hexagon Programmer's Reference Manuals and Hexagon ABI Specification (registration required, free sign-up) <https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/hexagon-dsp-sdk/tools>`_
121
122Other relevant lists
123--------------------
124
125* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
126
127ABI
128===
129
130* `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_
131* `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_
132
133Linux
134-----
135
136* `Linux extensions to gabi <https://github.com/hjl-tools/linux-abi/wiki/Linux-Extensions-to-gABI>`_
137* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
138* `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
139* `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_
140* `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
141* `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_
142
143OS X
144----
145
146* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
147* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
148
149Windows
150-------
151
152* `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_
153
154NVPTX
155=====
156
157* `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX
158  ISA and Driver API documentation
159
160Miscellaneous Resources
161=======================
162
163* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
164
165* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
166  good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
167  processors.
168