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.ihi0053c/IHI0053C_acle_2_0.pdf>`_ 26 27 AArch64 28 ------- 29 30 * `ARMv8 Architecture Reference Manual <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0487a.h/index.html>`_ 31 32 * `ARMv8 Instruction Set Overview <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.genc010197a/index.html>`_ 33 34 * `ARM C Language Extensions <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0053c/IHI0053C_acle_2_0.pdf>`_ 35 36 Itanium (ia64) 37 -------------- 38 39 * `Itanium documentation <http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm>`_ 40 41 MIPS 42 ---- 43 44 * `MIPS Processor Architecture <http://imgtec.com/mips/mips-architectures.asp>`_ 45 46 * `MIPS 64-bit ELF Object File Specification <http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/manuals/4000/007-4658-001/pdf/007-4658-001.pdf>`_ 47 48 PowerPC 49 ------- 50 51 IBM - Official manuals and docs 52 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 53 54 * `Power Instruction Set Architecture, Versions 2.03 through 2.06 (authentication required, free sign-up) <https://www.power.org/technology-introduction/standards-specifications>`_ 55 56 * `PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6>`_ 57 58 * `Intro to PowerPC Architecture <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/>`_ 59 60 * `PowerPC Processor Manuals (embedded) <http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC>`_ 61 62 * `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>`_ 63 64 * `IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly Reference <http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm>`_ 65 66 Other documents, collections, notes 67 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 68 69 * `PowerPC ABI documents <http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library>`_ 70 * `PowerPC64 alignment of long doubles (from GCC) <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html>`_ 71 * `Long branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils) <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html>`_ 72 73 AMDGPU 74 ------ 75 76 * `AMD R6xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R600_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 77 * `AMD R7xx shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/R700-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 78 * `AMD Evergreen shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_Evergreen-Family_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 79 * `AMD Cayman/Trinity shader ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/AMD_HD_6900_Series_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 80 * `AMD Southern Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/12/AMD_Southern_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 81 * `AMD Sea Islands Series ISA <http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2013/07/AMD_Sea_Islands_Instruction_Set_Architecture.pdf>`_ 82 * `AMD GPU Programming Guide <http://developer.amd.com/download/AMD_Accelerated_Parallel_Processing_OpenCL_Programming_Guide.pdf>`_ 83 * `AMD Compute Resources <http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/documentation/>`_ 84 85 SPARC 86 ----- 87 88 * `SPARC standards <http://sparc.org/standards>`_ 89 * `SPARC V9 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/64.psabi.1.35.ps.Z>`_ 90 * `SPARC V8 ABI <http://sparc.org/standards/psABI3rd.pdf>`_ 91 92 SystemZ 93 ------- 94 95 * `z/Architecture Principles of Operation (registration required, free sign-up) <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg2b9de5f05a9d57819852571c500428f9a>`_ 96 97 X86 98 --- 99 100 AMD - Official manuals and docs 101 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 102 103 * `AMD processor manuals <http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html>`_ 104 * `X86-64 ABI <http://www.x86-64.org/documentation>`_ 105 106 Intel - Official manuals and docs 107 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 108 109 * `Intel 64 and IA-32 manuals <http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/architectures-software-developer-manuals.html>`_ 110 * `Intel Itanium documentation <http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs>`_ 111 112 Other x86-specific information 113 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 114 115 * `Calling conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems <http://www.agner.org/optimize/calling_conventions.pdf>`_ 116 117 XCore 118 ----- 119 120 * `The XMOS XS1 Architecture (ISA) <https://www.xmos.com/en/download/public/The-XMOS-XS1-Architecture%28X7879A%29.pdf>`_ 121 * `Tools Development Guide (includes ABI) <https://www.xmos.com/download/public/Tools-Development-Guide%28X9114A%29.pdf>`_ 122 123 Other relevant lists 124 -------------------- 125 126 * `GCC reading list <http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html>`_ 127 128 ABI 129 === 130 131 * `System V Application Binary Interface <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/contents.html>`_ 132 * `Itanium C++ ABI <http://mentorembedded.github.io/cxx-abi/>`_ 133 134 Linux 135 ----- 136 137 * `PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI Supplement <http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/>`_ 138 * `Procedure Call Standard for the AArch64 Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055a/IHI0055A_aapcs64.pdf>`_ 139 * `ELF for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0044e/IHI0044E_aaelf.pdf>`_ 140 * `ELF for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0056a/IHI0056A_aaelf64.pdf>`_ 141 * `System z ELF ABI Supplement <http://legacy.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/es/os/s390x/doc/lzsabi0.pdf>`_ 142 143 OS X 144 ---- 145 146 * `Mach-O Runtime Architecture <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html>`_ 147 * `Notes on Mach-O ABI <http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php>`_ 148 149 Windows 150 ------- 151 152 * `Microsoft PE/COFF Specification <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/pecoff.mspx>`_ 153 154 NVPTX 155 ===== 156 157 * `CUDA Documentation <http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/index.html>`_ includes the PTX 158 ISA and Driver API documentation 159 160 Miscellaneous Resources 161 ======================= 162 163 * `Executable File Format library <http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/>`_ 164 165 * `GCC prefetch project <http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html>`_ page has a 166 good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern 167 processors. 168
