mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

💅 mei_cl_bus_rescan (9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🫶

okay so real talk, this one is a whole little function and it's giving "quiet hero of the MEI bus" energy. the manual name is mei_cl_bus_rescan(9), and it lives in the Kernel API Manual, so you already know it's ✨legit✨.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_cl_bus_rescan — it literally goes through the me clients list and, for every client that's eligible, it creates devices for them. that's the whole vibe check. scan the list ➡️ spot the eligible ones ➡️ make devices. no cap. 🔥

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mei_cl_bus_rescan (struct mei_device *bus );

note the void — this icon does not hand you back a return value. she does her job and she dips. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bus — your mei device. that's it, that's the whole menu. one (1) argument, extremely low maintenance, main character energy. 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay this is the part where the manpage flexes its entire friend group. all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c, and honestly? it's a whole squad. 💖

• __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_device(9)
• mei_cl_bus_remove_devices(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_init(9)

like, forty-six besties. iykyk. 🌈

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lowkey reminder: mei_cl_bus_rescan returns void, so don't go looking for a return code to check. she doesn't do that. 🙈

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and that's the page!! the kernel file is ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c, the source dir is ./drivers/misc/mei, and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, we stan a time traveler 🕰️💜. mwah, go read the kernel source bestie, periodt. 🍓🧚‍♀️