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      2 Architecture & Platform Information for Compiler Writers
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      8 .. note::
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     10   This document is a work-in-progress.  Additions and clarifications are
     11   welcome.
     12 
     13 Hardware
     14 ========
     15 
     16 ARM
     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 
     23 AArch64
     24 -------
     25 
     26 * `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_
     27 
     28 Itanium (ia64)
     29 --------------
     30 
     31 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_
     32 
     33 MIPS
     34 ----
     35 
     36 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary>`_
     37 
     38 PowerPC
     39 -------
     40 
     41 IBM - 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 
     56 Other 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 
     63 SPARC
     64 -----
     65 
     66 * `SPARC resources <http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm>`_
     67 * `SPARC standards <http://www.sparc.org/standards.html>`_
     68 
     69 X86
     70 ---
     71 
     72 AMD - 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 
     78 Intel - 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 
     84 Other x86-specific information
     85 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     86 
     87 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems  <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_
     88 
     89 Other relevant lists
     90 --------------------
     91 
     92 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_
     93 
     94 ABI
     95 ===
     96 
     97 Linux
     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 
    104 OS 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 
    110 Miscellaneous 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