1 ======================================================== 2 Architecture & 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 13 Hardware 14 ======== 15 16 AArch64 & 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 29 Itanium (ia64) 30 -------------- 31 32 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_ 33 34 MIPS 35 ---- 36 37 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://imgtec.com/mips/mips-architectures.asp>`_ 38 39 * `MIPS 64-bit ELF Object File Specification <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4658-001/pdf/007-4658-001.pdf>`_ 40 41 PowerPC 42 ------- 43 44 IBM - Official manuals and docs 45 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 46 47 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_ 48 49 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_ 50 51 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_ 52 53 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_ 54 55 * `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>`_ 56 57 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_ 58 59 Other documents, collections, notes 60 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 61 62 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_ 63 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_ 64 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_ 65 66 AMDGPU 67 ------ 68 69 * `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 70 * `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 71 * `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 72 * `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 73 * `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 74 * `AMD Sea Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/07/AMD_Sea_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 75 * `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_ 76 * `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_ 77 78 SPARC 79 ----- 80 81 * `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_ 82 * `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_ 83 * `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_ 84 85 SystemZ 86 ------- 87 88 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_ 89 90 X86 91 --- 92 93 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_ 94 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_ 95 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_ 96 * `X86 and X86-64 SysV psABI <https://github.com/hjl-tools/x86-psABI/wiki/X86-psABI>`_ 97 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_ 98 99 XCore 100 ----- 101 102 * `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_ 103 * `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_ 104 105 Other relevant lists 106 -------------------- 107 108 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_ 109 110 ABI 111 === 112 113 * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_ 114 * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_ 115 116 Linux 117 ----- 118 119 * `Linux extensions to gabi <https://github.com/hjl-tools/linux-abi/wiki/Linux-Extensions-to-gABI>`_ 120 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_ 121 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_ 122 * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_ 123 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_ 124 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_ 125 126 OS X 127 ---- 128 129 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_ 130 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_ 131 132 Windows 133 ------- 134 135 * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_ 136 137 NVPTX 138 ===== 139 140 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX 141 ISA and Driver API documentation 142 143 Miscellaneous Resources 144 ======================= 145 146 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_ 147 148 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a 149 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern 150 processors. 151
