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| Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers | |
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| .. contents:: | |
| :local: | |
| .. note:: | |
| This document is a work-in-progress. Additions and clarifications are | |
| welcome. | |
| Hardware | |
| ======== | |
| AArch64 & ARM | |
| ------------- | |
| * `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 | |
| * `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 | |
| * `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 | |
| * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053c/IHI0053C_acle_2_0.pdf>`_ | |
| * AArch32 `ABI Addenda and Errata <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0045d/IHI0045D_ABI_addenda.pdf>`_ | |
| Itanium (ia64) | |
| -------------- | |
| * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_ | |
| Lanai | |
| ----- | |
| * `Lanai Instruction Set Architecture <http://g.co/lanai/isa>`_ | |
| MIPS | |
| ---- | |
| * `MIPS Processor Architecture <https://www.mips.com/products/>`_ | |
| * `MIPS 64-bit ELF Object File Specification <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4658-001/pdf/007-4658-001.pdf>`_ | |
| PowerPC | |
| ------- | |
| IBM - Official manuals and docs | |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
| * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_ | |
| * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_ | |
| * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_ | |
| * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_ | |
| * `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>`_ | |
| * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_ | |
| Other documents, collections, notes | |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
| * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_ | |
| * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_ | |
| * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_ | |
| AMDGPU | |
| ------ | |
| Refer to :doc:`AMDGPUUsage` for additional documentation. | |
| RISC-V | |
| ------ | |
| * `RISC-V User-Level ISA Specification <https://riscv.org/specifications/>`_ | |
| SPARC | |
| ----- | |
| * `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_ | |
| * `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_ | |
| * `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_ | |
| SystemZ | |
| ------- | |
| * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_ | |
| X86 | |
| --- | |
| * `AMD processor manuals <http://developer.amd.com/resources/developer-guides-manuals/>`_ | |
| * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_ | |
| * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_ | |
| * `X86 and X86-64 SysV psABI <https://github.com/hjl-tools/x86-psABI/wiki/X86-psABI>`_ | |
| * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_ | |
| XCore | |
| ----- | |
| * `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_ | |
| * `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_ | |
| Hexagon | |
| ------- | |
| * `Hexagon Programmer's Reference Manuals and Hexagon ABI Specification (registration required, free sign-up) <https://developer.qualcomm.com/software/hexagon-dsp-sdk/tools>`_ | |
| Other relevant lists | |
| -------------------- | |
| * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_ | |
| ABI | |
| === | |
| * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_ | |
| * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://itanium-cxx-abi.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_ | |
| Linux | |
| ----- | |
| * `Linux extensions to gabi <https://github.com/hjl-tools/linux-abi/wiki/Linux-Extensions-to-gABI>`_ | |
| * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_ | |
| * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_ | |
| * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_ | |
| * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_ | |
| * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_ | |
| OS X | |
| ---- | |
| * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_ | |
| * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_ | |
| Windows | |
| ------- | |
| * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_ | |
| NVPTX | |
| ===== | |
| * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX | |
| ISA and Driver API documentation | |
| Miscellaneous Resources | |
| ======================= | |
| * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_ | |
| * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a | |
| good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern | |
| processors. |