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<h1>Documentation for the LLVM System at SVN head</h1>
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<li><a href="#llvmdesign">LLVM Design</a></li>
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<li><a href="#userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></li>
<li><a href="#llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#subsystems">LLVM Subsystem Documentation</a></li>
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<h2><a name="llvmdesign">LLVM Design &amp; Overview</a></h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
intermediate representation.</li>
<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html">Introduction to the LLVM Compiler </a> - Presentation providing a users introduction to LLVM.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html">Intro to LLVM</a> - book chapter providing a compiler hacker's introduction to LLVM.</li>
<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html">LLVM: A Compilation Framework for
Lifelong Program Analysis &amp; Transformation</a> - Design overview.</li>
<li><a href="http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html">LLVM: An Infrastructure for
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Multi-Stage Optimization</a> - More details (quite old now).</li>
<li><a href="GetElementPtr.html">GetElementPtr FAQ</a> - Answers to some very
frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently misunderstood instruction.</li>
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<h2><a name="userguide">LLVM User Guides</a></h2>
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<li><a href="GettingStarted.html">The LLVM Getting Started Guide</a> -
Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of
some tools.</li>
<li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using
Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for
those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li>
<li><a href="tutorial/">LLVM Tutorial</a> - A walk through the process of using
LLVM for a custom language, and the facilities LLVM offers in tutorial form.</li>
<li><a href="DeveloperPolicy.html">Developer Policy</a> - The LLVM project's
policy towards developers and their contributions.</li>
<li><a href="CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference
manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).<br>
Current tools:
<a href="/cmds/llvm-ar.html">llvm-ar</a>,
<a href="/cmds/llvm-as.html">llvm-as</a>,
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<a href="/cmds/lli.html">lli</a>,
<a href="/cmds/llvmgcc.html">llvm-gcc</a>,
<a href="/cmds/llvmgxx.html">llvm-g++</a>,
<a href="/cmds/bugpoint.html">bugpoint</a>,
<a href="/cmds/llvm-bcanalyzer.html">llvm-bcanalyzer</a>,
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<li><a href="Passes.html">LLVM's Analysis and Transform Passes</a> - A list of
optimizations and analyses implemented in LLVM.</li>
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<li><a href="FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a> - A list of common
questions and problems and their solutions.</li>
<li><a href="ReleaseNotes.html">Release notes for the current release</a>
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- This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.</li>
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<li><a href="HowToSubmitABug.html">How to Submit A Bug Report</a> -
Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in
the LLVM system.</li>
<li><a href="TestingGuide.html">LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide</a> - A reference
manual for using the LLVM testing infrastructure.</li>
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<li><a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">How to build the Ada/C/C++/Fortran front-ends</a> -
Instructions for building gcc front-ends from source.</li>
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<li><a href="Packaging.html">Packaging guide</a> - Advice on packaging
LLVM into a distribution.</li>
<li><a href="Lexicon.html">The LLVM Lexicon</a> - Definition of acronyms, terms
and concepts used in LLVM.</li>
<li><a name="irc">You can probably find help on the unofficial LLVM IRC
channel</a>. We often are on irc.oftc.net in the #llvm channel. If you are
using the mozilla browser, and have chatzilla installed, you can <a
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<h2><a name="llvmprog">General LLVM Programming Documentation</a></h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="LangRef.html">LLVM Language Reference Manual</a> - Defines the LLVM
intermediate representation and the assembly form of the different nodes.</li>
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<li><a href="ProgrammersManual.html">The LLVM Programmers Manual</a> -
Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
and APIs, and some tips &amp; tricks.</li>
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<li><a href="Projects.html">LLVM Project Guide</a> - How-to guide and
templates for new projects that <em>use</em> the LLVM infrastructure. The
templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test tree) allow the project
code to be located outside (or inside) the <tt>llvm/</tt> tree, while using LLVM
header files and libraries.</li>
<li><a href="MakefileGuide.html">LLVM Makefile Guide</a> - Describes how the
LLVM makefiles work and how to use them.</li>
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<li><a href="CommandLine.html">CommandLine library Reference Manual</a> -
Provides information on using the command line parsing library.</li>
<li><a href="CodingStandards.html">LLVM Coding standards</a> -
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Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
efficient C++ code.</li>
<li><a href="ExtendingLLVM.html">Extending LLVM</a> - Look here to see how
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to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.</li>
<li><a href="UsingLibraries.html">Using LLVM Libraries</a> - Look here to
understand how to use the libraries produced when LLVM is compiled.</li>
<li><a href="HowToReleaseLLVM.html">How To Release LLVM To The Public</a> - This
is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.</li>
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<li><a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html">Writing an LLVM Pass</a> - Information
on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.</li>
<li><a href="WritingAnLLVMBackend.html">Writing an LLVM Backend</a> - Information
on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.</li>
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<li><a href="CodeGenerator.html">The LLVM Target-Independent Code
Generator</a> - The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator.
Useful if you are working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing
a new codegen pass, or enhancing existing components.</li>
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<li><a href="TableGenFundamentals.html">TableGen Fundamentals</a> -
Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
generator.</li>
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<li><a href="AliasAnalysis.html">Alias Analysis in LLVM</a> - Information
on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing
analyses.</li>
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<li><a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with
LLVM</a> - The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling
GC'd programs.</li>
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<li><a href="SourceLevelDebugging.html">Source Level Debugging with
LLVM</a> - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
source-level debugger.</li>
<li><a href="ExceptionHandling.html">Zero Cost Exception handling in LLVM</a>
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- This document describes the design and implementation of exception handling
in LLVM.</li>
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<li><a href="Bugpoint.html">Bugpoint</a> - automatic bug finder and test-case
reducer description and usage information.</li>
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<li><a href="BitCodeFormat.html">LLVM Bitcode File Format</a> - This describes
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the file format and encoding used for LLVM "bc" files.</li>
<li><a href="SystemLibrary.html">System Library</a> - This document describes
the LLVM System Library (<tt>lib/System</tt>) and how to keep LLVM source code
portable</li>
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<li><a href="LinkTimeOptimization.html">Link Time Optimization</a> - This
document describes the interface between LLVM intermodular optimizer and
the linker and its design</li>
<li><a href="GoldPlugin.html">The LLVM gold plugin</a> - How to build your
programs with link-time optimization on Linux.</li>
<li><a href="DebuggingJITedCode.html">The GDB JIT interface</a> - How to debug
JITed code with GDB.</li>
<li><a href="BranchWeightMetadata.html">Branch Weight Metadata</a> - Provides
information about Branch Prediction Information.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce">
LLVM Announcements List</a>: This is a low volume list that provides important
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announcements regarding LLVM. It gets email about once a month.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">Developer's
List</a>: This list is for people who want to be included in technical
discussions of LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about
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writing code for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmbugs/">Bugs &amp;
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Patches Archive</a>: This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and
closed, and when people submit patches to be included in LLVM. It is higher
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volume than the LLVMdev list.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/">Commits
Archive</a>: This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM
developers commit code changes to the repository. It is useful for those who
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want to stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
volume.</li>
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<li>The <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-testresults/">
Test Results Archive</a>: A message is automatically sent to this list by every
active nightly tester when it completes. As such, this list gets email several
times each day, making it a high volume list.</li>
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