mei_cl_bus_set_name(9)

✨ mei_cl_bus_set_name(9) — the kernel API manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual for mei_cl_bus_set_name(9) and honestly? this one's a lil cutie. it does exactly one thing and it does it slayfully 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_cl_bus_set_name — set device name for me client device

and the name it's giving is literally this format:

<controller>-<client device>

like, controller first, dash, client device. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mei_cl_bus_set_name (struct mei_cl_device *cldev );

no return value, no drama, void and done. periodt.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cldev — me client device. that's it. that's the whole argument list. one (1) single me client device and it's the main character of this function 🫶

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💖 EXAMPLE 💖

here's what the resulting name actually looks like, no cap:

0000:00:16.0-55213584-9a29-4916-badf-0fb7ed682aeb

see the <controller>-<client device> pattern? controller on the left, uuid-ish client device on the right, dash holding them together like a matching friendship bracelet. iconic. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

buckle up bestie, this list is LONG and we are NOT skipping a single one, because every single reference matters:

• Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c with __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_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), mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

ngl that's a whole friend group and they all live in ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c — go say hi, iykyk 💜

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okay and for the lil sign-off: this page comes from the source/version line ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and yes it's filed under mei_cl_bus_set_name(9) because that's the babe we're here for. mwah, study hard, drink water, and literally go set some device names 🧚💖