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+Driver Basics
+=============
+
+Driver Entry and Exit points
+----------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/module.h
+   :internal:
+
+Driver device table
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+   :internal:
+   :no-identifiers: pci_device_id
+
+
+Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sched.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/core.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/cpupri.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/fair.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/completion.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/time/timer.c
+   :export:
+
+Wait queues and Wake events
+---------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/wait.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/sched/wait.c
+   :export:
+
+High-resolution timers
+----------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/ktime.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/hrtimer.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+   :export:
+
+Internal Functions
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/exit.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/signal.c
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kthread.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/kthread.c
+   :export:
+
+Reference counting
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/refcount.h
+   :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/refcount.c
+   :export:
+
+Atomics
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
+   :internal:
+
+Kernel objects manipulation
+---------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/kobject.c
+   :export:
+
+Kernel utility functions
+------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/kernel.h
+   :internal:
+   :no-identifiers: kstrtol kstrtoul
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/printk/printk.c
+   :export:
+   :no-identifiers: printk
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/panic.c
+   :export:
+
+Device Resource Management
+--------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/devres.c
+   :export:
+