iwl_mei_pldr_req(9)

💖 iwl_mei_pldr_req(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this little function is a whole vibe check for the ME before you go touching the firmware, and you're gonna get it, i promise 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

iwl_mei_pldr_req — literally must be called before loading the fw, no cap 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int iwl_mei_pldr_req (void );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments, bestie. zero. none. she takes nothing 💅

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what this icon actually does: it puts in a request to the ME asking her to please release her potential bus access to the WiFi NIC, so the device can safely undergo product reset 🙈✨ like, it's giving "hey girl, can you let go of the bus for a sec so nobody gets hurt".

that's the whole thing. no drama, just a polite ask before the reset, iykyk 💜

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

• 0 — the request was successful and the device can be reset ✅ slay
• a negative error value — otherwise 😭 something went sideways

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• 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_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_alive_notif(9)

that's a lot of friends but they're all iconic, go read them 🧚‍♀️💫

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ngl this page came from ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026 — and yeah, <rainbow>iwl_mei_pldr_req(9)</rainbow> is the name, don't wear it out 💅 mwah, bye bestie 💖🎀