mei_device_init(9)

💅 NAME 💅

mei_device_init — bestie, this is the one that initializes the mei_device structure ✨

This page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mei_device_init (struct mei_device *dev , struct device *parent ,
       bool slow_fw , const struct mei_hw_ops *hw_ops );

Like, that's the whole call. Four args, one void return, zero drama (on the surface 👀).

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — the mei device itself, the main character of this whole operation 👑
• parent — the parent device, aka where dev comes from, iykyk 🧚
• slow_fw — a bool; set it and you're configuring longer timeouts as FW is slow 🐢 no cap, some firmware just needs a little extra grace
• hw_ops — the hw operations (const struct mei_hw_ops *), the plug-and-play behavior pack 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/init.c
• mei_fw_status2str(9)
• mei_cancel_work(9)
• mei_reset(9)
• mei_start(9)
• mei_restart(9)
• mei_write_is_idle(9)

Go read those too, bestie — the whole squad is right there in ./drivers/misc/mei 🌸💖

Ok that's the whole page and yes it's short, but it ate. Periodt. 💅

And that's the vibe check — this little kernel API number is from the ./drivers/misc/mei source, dated October 2026, and it said mei_device_init(9) on the way out. Byeee 🦋💜🍓