1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Driver Basics</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Linux Device Drivers"><link rel="next" href="API-module-init.html" title="module_init"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Driver Basics</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">&#160;</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-module-init.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="Basics"></a>Chapter&#160;1.&#160;Driver Basics</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Basics.html#idp1105204404">Driver Entry and Exit points</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s02.html">Atomic and pointer manipulation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s03.html">Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s04.html">Wait queues and Wake events</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s05.html">High-resolution timers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s06.html">Workqueues and Kevents</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s07.html">Internal Functions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s08.html">Kernel objects manipulation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s09.html">Kernel utility functions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ch01s10.html">Device Resource Management</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="idp1105204404"></a>Driver Entry and Exit points</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-module-init.html"><span class="phrase">module_init</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
2  driver initialization entry point
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4     driver exit entry point
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