+/**
+ * uci_set_savedir: override the default delta save directory
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @dir: directory name
+ *
+ * This will also try adding the specified dir to the end of delta pathes.
+ */
+extern int uci_set_savedir(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * uci_set_savedir: override the default config storage directory
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @dir: directory name
+ */
+extern int uci_set_confdir(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * uci_add_delta_path: add a directory to the search path for change delta files
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @dir: directory name
+ *
+ * This function allows you to add directories, which contain 'overlays'
+ * for the active config, that will never be committed.
+ *
+ * Adding a duplicate directory will cause UCI_ERR_DUPLICATE be returned.
+ */
+extern int uci_add_delta_path(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *dir);
+
+/**
+ * uci_revert: revert all changes to a config item
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @ptr: uci pointer
+ */
+extern int uci_revert(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_ptr *ptr);
+
+/**
+ * uci_parse_argument: parse a shell-style argument, with an arbitrary quoting style
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @stream: input stream
+ * @str: pointer to the current line (use NULL for parsing the next line)
+ * @result: pointer for the result
+ */
+extern int uci_parse_argument(struct uci_context *ctx, FILE *stream, char **str, char **result);
+
+/**
+ * uci_set_backend: change the default backend
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @name: name of the backend
+ *
+ * The default backend is "file", which uses /etc/config for config storage
+ */
+extern int uci_set_backend(struct uci_context *ctx, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * uci_validate_text: validate a value string for uci options
+ * @str: value
+ *
+ * this function checks whether a given string is acceptable as value
+ * for uci options
+ */
+extern bool uci_validate_text(const char *str);
+
+/**
+ * uci_parse_ptr: parse a uci string into a uci_ptr
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @ptr: target data structure
+ * @str: string to parse
+ *
+ * str is modified by this function
+ */
+int uci_parse_ptr(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_ptr *ptr, char *str);
+
+/**
+ * uci_lookup_next: lookup a child element
+ * @ctx: uci context
+ * @e: target element pointer
+ * @list: list of elements
+ * @name: name of the child element
+ *
+ * if parent is NULL, the function looks up the package with the given name
+ */
+int uci_lookup_next(struct uci_context *ctx, struct uci_element **e, struct uci_list *list, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * uci_parse_section: look up a set of options
+ * @s: uci section
+ * @opts: list of options to look up
+ * @n_opts: number of options to look up
+ * @tb: array of pointers to found options
+ */
+void uci_parse_section(struct uci_section *s, const struct uci_parse_option *opts,
+ int n_opts, struct uci_option **tb);
+
+/**
+ * uci_hash_options: build a hash over a list of options
+ * @tb: list of option pointers
+ * @n_opts: number of options
+ */
+uint32_t uci_hash_options(struct uci_option **tb, int n_opts);
+
+