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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
16ARM
17---
18
19* `ARM documentation <http://www.arm.com/documentation/>`_ (`Processor Cores <http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/>`_ Cores)
20
21* `ABI <http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html>`_
22
23AArch64
24-------
25
26* `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_
27
28Itanium (ia64)
29--------------
30
31* `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
32
33MIPS
34----
35
36* `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
37
38PowerPC
39-------
40
41IBM - Official manuals and docs
42^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
43
44* `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_
45
46* `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_
47
48* `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_
49
50* `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_
51
52* `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>`_
53
54* `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_
55
56Other documents, collections, notes
57^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
58
59* `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_
60* `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_
61* `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_
62
63SPARC
64-----
65
66* `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
67* `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
68
69X86
70---
71
72AMD - Official manuals and docs
73^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
74
75* `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_
76* `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_
77
78Intel - Official manuals and docs
79^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
80
81* `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_
82* `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_
83
84Other x86-specific information
85^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
86
87* `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
88
89Other relevant lists
90--------------------
91
92* `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
93
94ABI
95===
96
97Linux
98-----
99
100* `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_
101* `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_
102* `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_
103
104OS X
105----
106
107* `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_
108* `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_
109
110Miscellaneous Resources
111=======================
112
113* `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_
114
115* `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a
116  good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
117  processors.
118