mei_cl_device_probe(9)

💅 NAME 💅

mei_cl_device_probe — the bus probe function, aka the lil "hey bestie, is this device for real?" moment 🫶

so like, quick vibe check: this whole page is from the Kernel API Manual (mei_cl_device_probe(9)), and it's giving "tiny but mighty" energy, honestly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mei_cl_device_probe (struct device *dev );

like, that's it. one (1) function. one (1) argument. she's lowkey minimal and we respect that 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device in question, bestie. that's the whole description. it's giving "the vibes are self-explanatory" ngl 🌸

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — slay, everything went off without a hitch ✨
• < 0 otherwise — not slay, something went sideways 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so this part is a lot but every single one of these is getting its flowers, no skips, periodt 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/bus.c and then, in the order they appear:

• __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_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)
• mei_cl_bus_rescan(9)

like, that's forty-six (46) whole references. she's connected. she knows people. iykyk 💜

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lowkey reminder bestie: 0 means good, < 0 means bad. that's the entire return contract, don't overthink it 🧚

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okay that's the whole page!! this masterpiece lives in ./drivers/misc/mei, and the version vibes are October 2026, page mei_cl_device_probe(9). go forth and probe, icon 👑💖