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doc: document assembly calling convention

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#16,922 opened on Aug 30, 2016

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Description

We should probably specify the Go calling convention in doc/asm.html, at least to a degree.

Might be especially useful as a reference when we get around to changing it.

@cherrymui @dr2chase @nigeltao

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Review the existing assembly documentation in doc/asm.html and the Go calling convention implementation in src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/ to propose a new section on calling convention.
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