iwl_mei_get_nvm(9)

💖 iwl_mei_get_nvm(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, you're reading the iwl_mei_get_nvm(9) page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a short one but she's got range 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

iwl_mei_get_nvm — literally just returns the NVM for the device, that's the whole vibe 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct iwl_mei_nvm * iwl_mei_get_nvm (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. nothing. nada. the function said "i need zero input to slay" and honestly? iconic 🫶

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

okay so here's the tea, and this part is important so don't scroll past it 👀

It is the caller's responsibility to free the memory returned by this function. like, she hands you the NVM and then she's out — the cleanup is yours, bestie, no cap. don't leave that memory hanging or it's giving leak 😭

Also, this function blocks (sleeps) until the NVM is ready. so if you call her and she's not ready yet, you're gonna be waiting. she sleeps, you wait, everyone vibes. it's a whole thing 💀

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💜 RETURN 💜

the NVM as received from CSME — that's it, that's the return value, she delivers and she delivers fresh 🌈⭐

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, gathered for you 💖 first up, the kernel file:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/iwl-mei.h

and then the rest of the squad, all in (9), all here:

• Introduction(9)
• Life cycle(9)
• Memory layout(9)
• Concurrency(9)
• Probe and remove from mei bus driver(9)
• Driver load when CSME owns the device(9)
• CSME behavior regarding the ownership requests(9)
• Driver load when CSME is associated and a session is active(9)
• Datapath(9)
• enum iwl_mei_nvm_caps(9)
• struct iwl_mei_nvm(9)
• enum iwl_mei_pairwise_cipher(9)
• enum iwl_mei_akm_auth(9)
• struct iwl_mei_conn_info(9)
• struct iwl_mei_colloc_info(9)
• enum iwl_mei_sap_version(9)
• iwl_mei_is_connected(9)
• iwl_mei_get_ownership(9)
• iwl_mei_set_rfkill_state(9)
• iwl_mei_set_nic_info(9)
• iwl_mei_set_country_code(9)
• iwl_mei_set_power_limit(9)
• iwl_mei_register(9)
• iwl_mei_start_unregister(9)
• iwl_mei_unregister_complete(9)
• iwl_mei_set_netdev(9)
• iwl_mei_tx_copy_to_csme(9)
• iwl_mei_host_associated(9)
• iwl_mei_host_disassociated(9)
• iwl_mei_device_state(9)
• iwl_mei_pldr_req(9)
• iwl_mei_alive_notif(9)

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ngl bestie, if you're gonna call this one, reread the DESCRIPTION first. free the memory. wait for the sleep. that's the whole assignment 🫡

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and that's the page!! 🌸 source/version footer says ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under iwl_mei_get_nvm(9) — so now you know, go be the main character of your own driver code 🎀💖✨