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+Parallel Port Devices
+=====================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/parport.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/ieee1284.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/share.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/parport/daisy.c
+ :internal:
+
+16x50 UART Driver
+=================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
+ :export:
+
+See serial/driver.rst for related APIs.
+
+Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
+============================
+
+Pulse-width modulation is a modulation technique primarily used to
+control power supplied to electrical devices.
+
+The PWM framework provides an abstraction for providers and consumers of
+PWM signals. A controller that provides one or more PWM signals is
+registered as :c:type:`struct pwm_chip <pwm_chip>`. Providers
+are expected to embed this structure in a driver-specific structure.
+This structure contains fields that describe a particular chip.
+
+A chip exposes one or more PWM signal sources, each of which exposed as
+a :c:type:`struct pwm_device <pwm_device>`. Operations can be
+performed on PWM devices to control the period, duty cycle, polarity and
+active state of the signal.
+
+Note that PWM devices are exclusive resources: they can always only be
+used by one consumer at a time.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pwm.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pwm/core.c
+ :export: