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LLVM Documentation

LLVM Design:

LLVM: A Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation: - Describes the LLVM instruction set and compilation strategy. This should be the first document you read to get an overview of LLVM.
LLVM Reference Manual - Defines the LLVM intermediate representation, the assembly form of the different nodes, and provides reference information about the different tools in LLVM.

LLVM User Guides:

The LLVM Getting Started Guide - 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.
LLVM Command Guide - A reference manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).
LLVM Project Guide - How-to guide and templates for new projects that use the LLVM infrastructure. The templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test tree) allow the project code to be located outside (or inside) the llvm/ tree, while using LLVM header files and libraries.
How to Submit A Bug Report - Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into in the LLVM system.
LLVM Test Suite Guide - A reference manual for using the LLVM test suite.
How to build the C/C++ front-end - Instructions for building the front-end from source.

Programming Documentation:

The LLVM Programmers Manual - Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes and APIs, and some tips & tricks.
Writing an LLVM Pass - Information on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.
Alias Analysis in LLVM - Information on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to use existing analyses.
Source Level Debugging with LLVM - This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM source-level debugger.
TableGen Fundamentals - Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code generator.
CommandLine library Reference Manual - Provides information on using the command line parsing library.
Recommended LLVM Coding standards - Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing efficient C++ code.
Open Projects - Look here if you are interested in doing something with LLVM but aren't sure what needs to be done.
The Stacker Cronicles - This document describes both the Stacker language and LLVM frontend, but also some details about LLVM useful for those writing front-ends.
Doxygen generated documentation (classes)
CVSWeb CVS Tree Browser

Frequently Asked Questions - A list of common questions and problems and their solutions.
How-To-Submit-A-Bug - Instructions for the proper way to submit information about a bug you ran into in the LLVM system.
LLVM Mailing Lists:
1. The LLVM Announcements List
2. The Developer's List (LLVM user & developer support)
3. The Bugs & Patches Archive
4. The CVS Commits Archive
Results from the LLVM Automated Nightly Tester