mei_cl_connect(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💫 mei_cl_connect — like, the whole "connect host client to the me one" moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page mei_cl_connect(9) 💅 — this is the little function that makes your host client and the ME client, like, officially mutuals. no cap, it's giving matchmaker energy 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mei_cl_connect — connect host client to the me one 🌸

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mei_cl_connect (struct mei_cl *cl , struct mei_me_client *me_cl ,
       const struct file *fp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • cl — the host client 🌟 literally the main character of this whole operation
  • me_cl — the me client 💖 the other half of the connection, iykyk
  • fp — pointer to file structure 🎁 handed in as const struct file *fp, so it's read-only bestie, don't even think about touching it

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what it does is connect the host client to the me one — that's the whole vibe ✨

🔒 Locking, and this part is real: it's called under the "dev->device_lock" lock. so like... respect the lock, bestie. no sneaky re-entering, fr fr 😭

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay, you're connected
  • <0 on failure 💀 not the vibe, but at least it's honest

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/misc/mei/client.c, and then there's, like, a whole friend group of related functions — literally every single one, here we go 👑

🌸 okay that's the whole page, bestie — sourced from ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it's literally mei_cl_connect(9) in the Kernel API Manual. go connect some clients, you absolute icon 👑💖

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