+/**
+ * struct dev_get_parent() - Get the parent of a device
+ *
+ * @child: Child to check
+ * @return parent of child, or NULL if this is the root device
+ */
+struct udevice *dev_get_parent(struct udevice *child);
+
+/**
+ * dev_get_uclass_priv() - Get the private uclass data for a device
+ *
+ * This checks that dev is not NULL, but no other checks for now
+ *
+ * @dev Device to check
+ * @return private uclass data for this device, or NULL if none
+ */
+void *dev_get_uclass_priv(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/**
+ * dev_get_driver_data() - get the driver data used to bind a device
+ *
+ * When a device is bound using a device tree node, it matches a
+ * particular compatible string as in struct udevice_id. This function
+ * returns the associated data value for that compatible string. This is
+ * the 'data' field in struct udevice_id.
+ *
+ * For USB devices, this is the driver_info field in struct usb_device_id.
+ *
+ * @dev: Device to check
+ */
+ulong dev_get_driver_data(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/**
+ * dev_get_driver_ops() - get the device's driver's operations
+ *
+ * This checks that dev is not NULL, and returns the pointer to device's
+ * driver's operations.
+ *
+ * @dev: Device to check
+ * @return void pointer to driver's operations or NULL for NULL-dev or NULL-ops
+ */
+const void *dev_get_driver_ops(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/*
+ * device_get_uclass_id() - return the uclass ID of a device
+ *
+ * @dev: Device to check
+ * @return uclass ID for the device
+ */
+enum uclass_id device_get_uclass_id(struct udevice *dev);
+
+/*
+ * dev_get_uclass_name() - return the uclass name of a device
+ *
+ * This checks that dev is not NULL.
+ *
+ * @dev: Device to check
+ * @return pointer to the uclass name for the device
+ */
+const char *dev_get_uclass_name(struct udevice *dev);
+