iwl_mei_get_ownership(9)

👑 iwl_mei_get_ownership(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual entry, bestie ✨

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is iwl_mei_get_ownership — the function that literally just asks "hey, can i have the device pls?" and then waits for an answer. iconic behaviour, honestly 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

iwl_mei_get_ownership — request ownership 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int iwl_mei_get_ownership (void );

that's it. no parameters. she takes nothing and gives everything 😭

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments, bestie. zero. none. she doesn't need anything from you ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so real talk: this function blocks until ownership is granted or the timeout expires. like, she will literally sit there and wait. no cap. the vibe check doesn't pass until somebody hands over the keys (or time runs out 💀).

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — in case we could get ownership on the device 👑 (that's the win, that's the slay)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr 🫶:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/iwl-mei.h
• 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_nvm(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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and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💜 this came from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... (yes the source path really does get cut off like that, iykyk 😭) and it's dated October 2026, tagged iwl_mei_get_ownership(9) — go forth and request ownership, periodt 💅🎀