mei_cl_bus_remove_device(9)

💅 mei_cl_bus_remove_device — a.k.a. the "bestie, you're off the bus" moment

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has lore too, and it's a lot) — and honestly? It's giving short-and-sweet. Main character energy with one job: yeet a device off the bus. Periodt. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

mei_cl_bus_remove_device — literally removes a device from the bus 🎀

ngl the original wording is "remove a devices form the bus" and we're all just gonna politely ignore that typo, iykyk 😭

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mei_cl_bus_remove_device (struct mei_cl_device *cldev );

no cap, that's the whole signature. Returns nothing (void), takes exactly one thing, and gets straight to business 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• cldev — the ME client device 🫶 like, the actual device you're handing over so it can be taken off the bus. That's it. That's the whole argument list.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where the manpage flexes its whole friend group 🫶 literally listed here, all of them, no edits, no skips, (9) and all:

• __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_setup(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_add(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_stop(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_destroy(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_devices(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_init(9)
• mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

also it lives in the kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c — that's the address, bestie, don't lose it 🧚

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👑 the cute little sign-off 👑

source vibes come straight from ./drivers/misc/mei, this page is dated October 2026, and it's still mei_cl_bus_remove_device(9) all the way down. slay, stay hydrated, and don't forget to remove your devices properly 💜✨🍓