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 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 * `ABI Addenda and Errata <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0045d/IHI0045D_ABI_addenda.pdf>`_ 24 25 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_ 26 27 AArch64 28 ------- 29 30 * `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_ 31 32 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053a/IHI0053A_acle.pdf>`_ 33 34 Itanium (ia64) 35 -------------- 36 37 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_ 38 39 MIPS 40 ---- 41 42 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://imgtec.com/mips/mips-architectures.asp>`_ 43 44 PowerPC 45 ------- 46 47 IBM - Official manuals and docs 48 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 49 50 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_ 51 52 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_ 53 54 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_ 55 56 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_ 57 58 * `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>`_ 59 60 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_ 61 62 Other documents, collections, notes 63 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 64 65 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_ 66 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_ 67 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_ 68 69 R600 70 ---- 71 72 * `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 73 * `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 74 * `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 75 * `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 76 * `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 77 * `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_ 78 * `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_ 79 80 SPARC 81 ----- 82 83 * `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_ 84 * `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_ 85 * `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_ 86 87 SystemZ 88 ------- 89 90 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_ 91 92 X86 93 --- 94 95 AMD - Official manuals and docs 96 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 97 98 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_ 99 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_ 100 101 Intel - Official manuals and docs 102 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 103 104 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_ 105 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_ 106 107 Other x86-specific information 108 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 109 110 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_ 111 112 XCore 113 ----- 114 115 * `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_ 116 * `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_ 117 118 Other relevant lists 119 -------------------- 120 121 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_ 122 123 ABI 124 === 125 126 * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_ 127 * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_ 128 129 Linux 130 ----- 131 132 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_ 133 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_ 134 * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_ 135 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_ 136 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_ 137 138 OS X 139 ---- 140 141 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_ 142 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_ 143 144 Windows 145 ------- 146 147 * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_ 148 149 NVPTX 150 ===== 151 152 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX 153 ISA and Driver API documentation 154 155 Miscellaneous Resources 156 ======================= 157 158 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_ 159 160 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a 161 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern 162 processors. 163
