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Jiri Malak edited this page Sep 16, 2021
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Table of Contents
- 1 Language References
- 2 Compiler construction references & tutorials
- 3 Linkers and Loaders
- 4 Processor Architecture Manuals
- 5 Floating-point related documents
- 6 PC Hardware Documentation
- 7 ABI Documents
- 8 Object and Executable File Formats
- 9 Debugging Information Formats
- 10 Miscellaneous Documentation
Documentation for developers working on Open Watcom. Some of these documents may also be of interest to application developers. Note that not all of these documents are stored in this git repository.
- ISO C99 Technical Corrigendum 3 (Latest Draft)
- The New C Standard: An Economic and Cultural Commentary (see also book's home page)
- Compiler Construction - By Niklaus Wirth, on paper by Addison-Wesley in 1996, ISBN 0-201-40353-6. Other books by the same author.
- Learning to write a compiler - A large collection of compiler writing resources on stackoverflow.
- Watcom Code Generator Documentation
- Linkers and Loaders - By John Levine (draft version online), on paper by Morgan-Kaufman in 1999, ISBN 1-55860-496-0. See the web site of the book.
Note: The documents that used to be on ftp.compaq.com can still be found at:
- ftp://ftp.uniroma2.it/%7BB/DEC/compaq/products/alphaCPUdocs/archives/
- Alpha Architecture Handbook
- Alpha Architecture Handbook, January 2002
- Alpha 21264 Compiler Writer's Guide
- Compiler Writer's Guide for the 21264/21364, January 2002
- Alpha Calling Standard
- Porting Windows NT programs from x86 to Alpha
- Alpha 21264/EV6 Hardware Reference Manual
- Alpha 21264/EV67 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
- Alpha 21264/EV68A Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
- Alpha 21264/EV68CB and 21264/EV68DC Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
- Alpha 21164 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual, December 1998
- Alpha 21164 Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual, July 1996
- Alpha 21064 and Alpha 21064A Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
- Alpha 21066 and Alpha 21066A Microprocessor Hardware Reference Manual
- Lots of Alpha-related documentation
- Lots of Alpha-related stuff through 1999
- AMD64 Application Programming
- AMD64 System Programming
- AMD64 General-Purpose and System Instructions
- AMD64 128-bit Media Instructions
- AMD64 64-bit Media and 80x87 Instructions
- x86 Processor Detection
- AMD 3DNow! Technology Manual
- Intel Optimizations Manual
- Intel Pentium 4 Optimizations Manual
- Intel Optimizations Reference Manual
- Intel IA-32 Software Developer's Guide Volume I
- Intel IA-32 Software Developer's Guide Volume II
- Intel IA-32 Software Developer's Guide Volume III
Note: The following four text files use codepage IBM-437; ASCII graphics will not be correct when viewed using a different codepage.
- Intel 80286 Programmer's Reference Manual (1987)
- Intel 80287 Programmer's Reference Manual (1987)
- Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual (1986)
- Intel 80387 Programmer's Reference Manual (1987)
- PowerPC Programmer's Reference Guide
- PowerPC Programming Environments
- PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide
- IEEE 754 - binary floating-point arithmetic
- IEEE 854 - radix-independent floating-point arithmetic
- In-progress IEEE 754 revision
- What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic
- Why don't my numbers add up? An easier explanation to follow than the article above
- Intel 8959A Programmable Interrupt Controller
- Intel 8237A Programmable DMA Controller
- Intel 82078 Floppy Disk Controller
- Intel 82C54 Programmable Interval Timer
- Motorola MC146818A RTC and CMOS RAM
- Motorola MC6845 CRT Controller
- System V ABI Version 4.1
- Latest Draft System V ABI
- 386 SVR4 ABI
- PowerPC SVR4 ABI
- SPARC SVR4 ABI
- x86-64 SVR4 ABI
- MIPS ABI
- MIPS n32 ABI Handbook
- Intel Itanium(TM) ABI
- ELF-32 Object File Format (TIS 1.1)
- ELF Specification
- 64-bit ELF Specification
- Solaris Linker and Libraries Guide (good i386/x64/SPARC ELF reference included)
- TIS Object Module Format (OMF) Specification
- Microsoft New Executable (NE) Specification, Windows 3.0 variety
- Microsoft New Executable (NE) Specification, Windows 3.1 variety
- IBM Linear Executable (LX) and OMF Specification
- Windows Formats (PE and symbols) Specification
- PE and COFF Specification
- Intel HEX Format Specification