API {#index}
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There are many libraries, so their headers may be grouped by topics:

- **device**:
  [ethdev]             (@ref rte_ethdev.h),
  [devargs]            (@ref rte_devargs.h),
  [KNI]                (@ref rte_kni.h),
  [PCI]                (@ref rte_pci.h),
  [PCI IDs]            (@ref rte_pci_dev_ids.h)

- **memory**:
  [memseg]             (@ref rte_memory.h),
  [memzone]            (@ref rte_memzone.h),
  [mempool]            (@ref rte_mempool.h),
  [malloc]             (@ref rte_malloc.h),
  [memcpy]             (@ref rte_memcpy.h)

- **timers**:
  [cycles]             (@ref rte_cycles.h),
  [timer]              (@ref rte_timer.h),
  [alarm]              (@ref rte_alarm.h)

- **locks**:
  [atomic]             (@ref rte_atomic.h),
  [rwlock]             (@ref rte_rwlock.h),
  [spinlock]           (@ref rte_spinlock.h)

- **CPU arch**:
  [branch prediction]  (@ref rte_branch_prediction.h),
  [cache prefetch]     (@ref rte_prefetch.h),
  [byte order]         (@ref rte_byteorder.h),
  [CPU flags]          (@ref rte_cpuflags.h)

- **CPU multicore**:
  [interrupts]         (@ref rte_interrupts.h),
  [launch]             (@ref rte_launch.h),
  [lcore]              (@ref rte_lcore.h),
  [per-lcore]          (@ref rte_per_lcore.h),
  [power/freq]         (@ref rte_power.h)

- **layers**:
  [ethernet]           (@ref rte_ether.h),
  [IP]                 (@ref rte_ip.h),
  [SCTP]               (@ref rte_sctp.h),
  [TCP]                (@ref rte_tcp.h),
  [UDP]                (@ref rte_udp.h),
  [LPM route]          (@ref rte_lpm.h)

- **QoS**:
  [metering]           (@ref rte_meter.h),
  [scheduler]          (@ref rte_sched.h),
  [RED congestion]     (@ref rte_red.h)

- **hashes**:
  [hash]               (@ref rte_hash.h),
  [jhash]              (@ref rte_jhash.h),
  [FBK hash]           (@ref rte_fbk_hash.h),
  [CRC hash]           (@ref rte_hash_crc.h)

- **containers**:
  [mbuf]               (@ref rte_mbuf.h),
  [ring]               (@ref rte_ring.h),
  [tailq]              (@ref rte_tailq.h),
  [bitmap]             (@ref rte_bitmap.h)

- **basic**:
  [approx fraction]    (@ref rte_approx.h),
  [random]             (@ref rte_random.h),
  [key/value args]     (@ref rte_kvargs.h),
  [string]             (@ref rte_string_fns.h),

- **debug**:
  [debug]              (@ref rte_debug.h),
  [log]                (@ref rte_log.h),
  [warnings]           (@ref rte_warnings.h),
  [errno]              (@ref rte_errno.h)

- **misc**:
  [EAL config]         (@ref rte_eal.h),
  [common]             (@ref rte_common.h),
  [version]            (@ref rte_version.h)