mei_hbm_start_wait(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mei_hbm_start_wait(9) — like, the actual manual page bestie

okay so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely one of the cuter little helpers in the MEI corner of the kernel. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mei_hbm_start_wait — wait for start response message. that's it, that's the whole vibe. you call it, it waits, the start response shows up eventually. iconic behavior honestly 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mei_hbm_start_wait (struct mei_device *dev );

yes bestie that's the whole signature, she's compact and she knows it ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the device structure 🫶 like, the actual struct mei_device * you're working with. she's the main character here, everything happens through her.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay, everything went great
  • < 0 on failure 😭 bestie something went wrong, and per the original it's just "less than zero" — no further detail given, so don't @ me
ngl, the < 0 is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. just check it, fr fr.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first off, the kernel file this lives in: ./drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c — that's the home base, go look if you're curious 💜

and now the full squad, because there are so many of them and every single one matters:

like… that's a whole group chat right there 😭 every single one linked, no cap. go read them, iykyk 💅

and that's the page!! written from ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026 — catch you on the next one bestie 🌈✨💖

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