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13  Architecture/platform information for compiler writers
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16<div class="doc_warning">
17  <p>Note: This document is a work-in-progress.  Additions and clarifications
18  are welcome.</p>
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21<ol>
22  <li><a href="#hw">Hardware</a>
23  <ol>
24    <li><a href="#arm">ARM</a></li>
25    <li><a href="#ia64">Itanium</a></li>
26    <li><a href="#mips">MIPS</a></li>
27    <li><a href="#ppc">PowerPC</a></li>
28    <li><a href="#sparc">SPARC</a></li>
29    <li><a href="#x86">X86</a></li>
30    <li><a href="#other">Other lists</a></li>
31  </ol></li>
32  <li><a href="#abi">Application Binary Interface (ABI)</a>
33  <ol>
34    <li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
35    <li><a href="#osx">OS X</a></li>
36  </ol></li>
37  <li><a href="#misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></li>
38</ol>
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40<div class="doc_author">
41  <p>Compiled by <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a></p>
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45<h2><a name="hw">Hardware</a></h2>
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51<h3><a name="arm">ARM</a></h3>
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53<div>
54<ul>
55<li><a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/">ARM documentation</a> 
56(<a href="http://www.arm.com/documentation/ARMProcessor_Cores/">Processor
57Cores</a>)</li>
58<li><a href="http://www.arm.com/products/DevTools/ABI.html">ABI</a></li>
59</ul>
60</div>
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63<h3><a name="ia64">Itanium (ia64)</a></h3>
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65<div>
66<ul>
67<li><a
68href="http://developer.intel.com/design/itanium2/documentation.htm">Itanium documentation</a> 
69</li>
70</ul>
71</div>
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74<h3><a name="mips">MIPS</a></h3>
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76<div>
77<ul>
78<li><a
79href="http://mips.com/content/Documentation/MIPSDocumentation/ProcessorArchitecture/doclibrary">MIPS
80Processor Architecture</a></li>
81</ul>
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85<h3><a name="ppc">PowerPC</a></h3>
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90<h4>IBM - Official manuals and docs</h4>
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94<ul>
95<li><a
96href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/articles/archguide.html">PowerPC
97Architecture Book</a>
98<ul>
99  <li>Book I: <a
100  href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub1.pdf">PowerPC
101  User Instruction Set Architecture</a></li>
102  <li>Book II: <a
103  href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub2.pdf">PowerPC
104  Virtual Environment Architecture</a></li>
105  <li>Book III: <a
106  href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/pdfs/archpub3.pdf">PowerPC
107  Operating Environment Architecture</a></li>
108</ul></li>
109<li><a
110href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6">PowerPC
111Compiler Writer's Guide</a></li>
112<li><A
113href="http://www-3.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/products/PowerPC">PowerPC
114Processor Manuals</a></li>
115<li><a
116href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-powarch/">Intro to
117PowerPC architecture</a></li>
118<li><a href="http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixassem/alangref/alangreftfrm.htm">IBM AIX/5L for POWER Assembly reference</a></li>
119</ul>
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123<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
124<h4>Other documents, collections, notes</h4>
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126<div>
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128<ul>
129<li><a href="http://penguinppc.org/dev/#library">PowerPC ABI documents</a></li>
130<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg00997.html">PowerPC64
131alignment of long doubles (from GCC)</a></li>
132<li><a href="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2002-04/msg00573.html">Long
133branch stubs for powerpc64-linux (from binutils)</a></li>
134</ul>
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141<h3><a name="sparc">SPARC</a></h3>
142
143<div>
144
145<ul>
146<li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/resource.htm">SPARC resources</a></li>
147<li><a href="http://www.sparc.org/standards.html">SPARC standards</a></li>
148</ul>
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153<h3><a name="x86">X86</a></h3>
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155<div>
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157<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
158<h4>AMD - Official manuals and docs</h4>
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160<div>
161<ul>
162<li><a
163href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739,00.html">AMD processor manuals</a></li>
164<li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation">X86-64 ABI</a></li>
165</ul>
166</div>
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168<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
169<h4>Intel - Official manuals and docs</h4>
170
171<div>
172<ul>
173<li><a
174href="http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm">IA-32
175manuals</a></li>
176<li><a
177href="http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/documentation.htm?iid=ipp_srvr_proc_itanium2+techdocs">Intel
178Itanium documentation</a></li>
179</ul>
180</div>
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182<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
183<h4>Other x86-specific information</h4>
184
185<div>
186<ul>
187<li><a href="http://www.agner.org/assem/calling_conventions.pdf">Calling
188conventions for different C++ compilers and operating systems</a></li>
189</ul>
190</div>
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192</div>
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195<h3><a name="other">Other relevant lists</a></h3>
196
197<div>
198
199<ul>
200<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html">GCC reading list</a></li>
201</ul>
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208<h2><a name="abi">ABI</a></h2>
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214<h3><a name="linux">Linux</a></h3>
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216<div>
217<ol>
218<li><a href="http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/ELF/ppc64/">PowerPC 64-bit ELF ABI
219Supplement</a></li>
220</ol>
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224<h3><a name="osx">OS X</a></h3>
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226<div>
227<ol>
228<li><a
229href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/RuntimeArchitecture-date.html">Mach-O
230Runtime Architecture</a></li>
231<li><a href="http://www.unsanity.org/archives/000044.php">Notes on Mach-O
232ABI</a></li>
233</ol>
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240<h2><a name="misc">Miscellaneous resources</a></h2>
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243<ul>
244<li><a
245href="http://www.nondot.org/sabre/os/articles/ExecutableFileFormats/">Executable
246File Format library</a></li>
247<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/prefetch.html">GCC prefetch project</a>
248page has a good survey of the prefetching capabilities of a variety of modern
249processors.</li>
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