mei_cl_bus_dev_setup(9)

💅 mei_cl_bus_dev_setup(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the mei_cl_bus_dev_setup(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function that sets up a me client device — it runs the fix up routines and sets the device name 🎀 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_cl_bus_dev_setup — setup me client device, run fix up routines, and set the device name 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool mei_cl_bus_dev_setup (struct mei_device *bus , struct mei_cl_device
*cldev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bus — the mei device 💜
• cldev — the me client device 🎀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if the device is eligible for enumeration 👑 (like, the vibe check passed and it gets to show up in the list, iykyk)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c — and literally the whole friend group:

• __mei_cl_send(9)
• __mei_cl_send_timeout(9)
• __mei_cl_recv(9)
• mei_cldev_send_vtag(9)
• mei_cldev_send_vtag_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_recv_vtag(9)
• mei_cldev_recv_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_recv_vtag_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_send(9)
• mei_cldev_send_timeout(9)
• mei_cldev_recv(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rx_work(9)
• mei_cl_bus_notif_work(9)
• mei_cl_bus_notify_event(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rx_event(9)
• mei_cldev_register_rx_cb(9)
• mei_cldev_register_notif_cb(9)
• mei_cldev_get_drvdata(9)
• mei_cldev_set_drvdata(9)
• mei_cldev_uuid(9)
• mei_cldev_ver(9)
• mei_cldev_mtu(9)
• mei_cldev_enabled(9)
• mei_cl_bus_module_get(9)
• mei_cl_bus_module_put(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag_alloc(9)
• mei_cl_bus_vtag_free(9)
• mei_cldev_enable(9)
• mei_cldev_unregister_callbacks(9)
• mei_cldev_disable(9)
• mei_cldev_send_gsc_command(9)
• mei_cl_device_find(9)
• mei_cl_device_match(9)
• mei_cl_device_probe(9)
• mei_cl_device_remove(9)
• mei_cl_device_uevent(9)
• mei_cl_bus_set_name(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_alloc(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_add(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_stop(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_destroy(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_device(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_devices(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_init(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

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that's the whole page, bestie — no crumbs left behind 💅✨ this cutie came from ./drivers/misc/mei and it's stamped October 2026, so go forth and enumerate responsibly 🧚💖