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+/* Driver
+ *
+ * Author: Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ *
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Pascal Bauer <pascal.bauer@rwth-aachen.de>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace villas {
+namespace kernel {
+namespace devices {
+
+class Device;
+
+class Driver {
+public:
+  virtual void attach(const Device &device) const = 0;
+  virtual void bind(const Device &device) const = 0;
+  virtual std::string name() const = 0;
+  virtual void override(const Device &device) const = 0;
+  virtual void unbind(const Device &device) const = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace devices
+} // namespace kernel
+} // namespace villas
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