mei_hdcp_ena...thentication(9)

💅 NAME 💅

mei_hdcp_enable_authentication — okay so this is the one that marks a port as authenticated through ME FW, and yes bestie that's the whole vibe of it ✨

(this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, filed under mei_hdcp_ena...thentication(9) — yes the title got chopped, she's mysterious like that 🎀)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mei_hdcp_enable_authentication (struct device *dev , struct hdcp_port_data *data );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — the device corresponding to the mei_cl_device 👑 like, this is the device you're talking about, no cap
• data — Intel HW specific hdcp data 💖 the hardware-flavoured hdcp info, Intel's own little secret

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on Success 🎉 slay
• <0 on Failure 😭 it's giving "something went wrong", as a negative number, periodt

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

• the Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c 📁 and MEI_HDCP Client Driver(9)
• mei_hdcp_initiate_session(9)
• mei_hdcp_verify_receiver_cert_prepare_km(9)
• mei_hdcp_verify_hprime(9)
• mei_hdcp_store_pairing_info(9)
• mei_hdcp_initiate_locality_check(9)
• mei_hdcp_verify_lprime(9)
• mei_hdcp_get_session_key(9)
• mei_hdcp_repeater_check_flow_prepare_ack(9)
• mei_hdcp_verify_mprime(9)
• mei_hdcp_close_session(9)
• mei_hdcp_component_match(9)

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💅 no cap: the whole HDCP journey is right there in that list, she's not doing it alone, iykyk 🫶

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this icon lives in ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp and she's dated October 2026 — the same name up top, mei_hdcp_ena...thentication(9), that's just her whole brand ✨ go off, king 👑 🌈