Compiler infrastructure

LLVM desk for ForgeVM builders

LLVM is not here as a name-drop. It is a working reference for IR design, lowering, linker architecture, debugger architecture, testing, and target engineering.

LLVM map

IR, passes, targets, MC layer

LLVM Core Architecture

LLVM is the closest industrial-scale map for ForgeVM compiler infrastructure: IR design, pass pipelines, codegen, object emission, LLD, LLDB, and testing discipline.

LLVM IR and SSAPass ManagerSelectionDAG / GlobalISelMC layerTableGenFileCheckLLDLLDB

Layered IR for serious builders

MLIR and Dialects

MLIR shows how domain-specific IRs can lower gradually. It is useful for thinking about ForgeVM bytecode, intermediate forms, validation, and optimization boundaries.

DialectsOperationsAttributesLoweringConversion passesCanonicalizationIR verification

Linker-grade engineering

LLD and Object Emission

LLD is the reference-quality modern linker to study when designing ForgeVM linker behavior, diagnostics, relocation handling, section layout, and performance.

ELFCOFFMach-ORelocationsSymbol resolutionMap filesIncremental design tradeoffs

Debugger architecture

LLDB and Debug Info

LLDB informs ForgeVM debugger planning: process control, breakpoints, symbol loading, DWARF, expression evaluation, and source/assembly correlation.

DWARFBreakpointsRegister contextsRemote debugUnwindDisassemblyCrash reports

ForgeVM takeaway

Design IR with verification, readable dumps, deterministic tests, and lowering stages that can be explained in articles.

Daily content angle

Publish small LLVM/MLIR/LLD/LLDB notes tied to one real command, one concept, one ForgeVM lesson.

Book path

Build free chapters around LLVM IR, LLD, LLDB, MC layer, TableGen, and FileCheck labs.