# Working with large models

## Dispatching and Offloading Models

[[autodoc]] big_modeling.init_empty_weights
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.cpu_offload
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.cpu_offload_with_hook
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.disk_offload
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.dispatch_model
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.load_checkpoint_and_dispatch
[[autodoc]] big_modeling.load_checkpoint_in_model
[[autodoc]] utils.infer_auto_device_map

## Model Hooks

### Hook Classes

[[autodoc]] hooks.ModelHook
[[autodoc]] hooks.AlignDevicesHook
[[autodoc]] hooks.SequentialHook

### Adding Hooks

[[autodoc]] hooks.add_hook_to_module
[[autodoc]] hooks.attach_execution_device_hook
[[autodoc]] hooks.attach_align_device_hook
[[autodoc]] hooks.attach_align_device_hook_on_blocks

### Removing Hooks

[[autodoc]] hooks.remove_hook_from_module
[[autodoc]] hooks.remove_hook_from_submodules