ENUM MEI_HBM_STATE(9)

💅 enum mei_hbm_state(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the enum mei_hbm_state(9) page — yes that's the kernel API manual, and yes we're gonna get through it together, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

enum mei_hbm_state — the host bus message protocol state, aka the little vibe tracker for where your HBM handshake is at any given moment 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum mei_hbm_state {
    MEI_HBM_IDLE ,
    MEI_HBM_STARTING ,
    MEI_HBM_CAP_SETUP ,
    MEI_HBM_DR_SETUP ,
    MEI_HBM_ENUM_CLIENTS ,
    MEI_HBM_CLIENT_PROPERTIES ,
    MEI_HBM_STARTED ,
    MEI_HBM_STOPPED

};

like… look at her. all the states, lined up, main character energy 👑

🎀 Constants 🎀

• MEI_HBM_IDLE — protocol not started. we're literally just sitting here, nothing has kicked off yet, it's giving "before the group chat wakes up" 🌸
• MEI_HBM_STARTING — start request message was sent. ok we said go, the message is out there, now we wait 🙈
• MEI_HBM_CAP_SETUP — capabilities request message was sent. flexing what we can do, sending that capabilities request out into the void ✨
• MEI_HBM_DR_SETUP — dma ring setup request message was sent. the dma ring setup request? sent. periodt 💅
• MEI_HBM_ENUM_CLIENTS — enumeration request was sent. we're asking who's here, roll call energy 📣
• MEI_HBM_CLIENT_PROPERTIES — acquiring clients properties. lowkey collecting everyone's info, getting the properties, very detective of us 🔍
• MEI_HBM_STARTED — enumeration was completed. YES we did it, enumeration done, slay 🎉
• MEI_HBM_STOPPED — stopping exchange. wrapping it up, closing the convo, goodbye era 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hbm.h — go read it bestie, iykyk 🦋

and that's the whole page!! fr fr you ate that. this lil rewrite comes to you from the ./drivers/misc/mei source, dated October 2026, and the manual page itself is enum mei_hbm_state(9) — now go forth and state your states, icon 💜🌸