mei_hbm_start_req(9)

💅 mei_hbm_start_req(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the page for mei_hbm_start_req(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, manual name officially folded in near the top, no cap. this function is literally the main character of this page, and her whole thing is that she sends start request message. it’s giving tiny but iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_hbm_start_req — sends start request message.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mei_hbm_start_req (struct mei_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device structure. that’s the whole argument, bestie — the device structure, periodt.

🦋 RETURN 🦋

0 on success and < 0 on failure. lowkey simple, highkey important: success gets a zero, failure gets a negative, fr fr.

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

Kernel file: ./drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c

the whole group-chat roster is here, and yes, every single one is invited — iykyk:

• mei_cl_conn_status_to_errno(9)
• mei_hbm_write_message(9)
• mei_hbm_idle(9)
• mei_hbm_reset(9)
• mei_hbm_hdr(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_hdr(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_write(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_addr_equal(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_find_by_cmd(9)
• mei_hbm_start_wait(9)
• mei_hbm_dma_setup_req(9)
• mei_hbm_capabilities_req(9)
• mei_hbm_enum_clients_req(9)
• mei_hbm_me_cl_add(9)
• mei_hbm_add_cl_resp(9)
• mei_hbm_fw_add_cl_req(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_notify_req(9)
• notify_res_to_fop(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_notify_start_res(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_notify_stop_res(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_notify(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_dma_map_req(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_dma_unmap_req(9)
• mei_hbm_prop_req(9)
• mei_hbm_pg(9)
• mei_hbm_stop_req(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_flow_control_req(9)
• mei_hbm_add_single_tx_flow_ctrl_creds(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_tx_flow_ctrl_creds_res(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_disconnect_req(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_disconnect_rsp(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_disconnect_res(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_connect_req(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_connect_res(9)
• mei_hbm_cl_res(9)
• mei_hbm_fw_disconnect_req(9)
• mei_hbm_pg_enter_res(9)
• mei_hbm_pg_resume(9)
• mei_hbm_pg_exit_res(9)
• mei_hbm_config_features(9)
• mei_hbm_version_is_supported(9)
• mei_hbm_dispatch(9)

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