mei_hdcp_ini...cality_check(9)
π mei_hdcp_ini...cality_check(9) β a.k.a. the Kernel API Manual era π
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and yes the title really is truncated like that, we don't make the rules, we just vibe with them β¨
β¨ NAME β¨
mei_hdcp_initiate_locality_check β literally just here to Prepare LC_Init, that's the whole job, no cap π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
int mei_hdcp_initiate_locality_check (struct device *dev , struct
hdcp_port_data *data , struct hdcp2_lc_init *lc_init_data );
it's giving "three arguments, one int return, main character energy" π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
devβ the device that corresponds to themei_cl_device, iykyk π«Άdataβ the Intel HW specific hdcp data, very demure, very hardware-specific πlc_init_dataβ theLC_Initmsg output, that's where the result lands bestie π«
β RETURN β
0on Success π₯<0on Failure π
like, that's it, that's the whole vibe check π
π§ SEE ALSO π§
this is the squad, fr fr β the Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c plus the whole friend group:
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_verify_lprime(9)mei_hdcp_get_session_key(9)mei_hdcp_repeater_check_flow_prepare_ack(9)mei_hdcp_verify_mprime(9)mei_hdcp_enable_authentication(9)mei_hdcp_close_session(9)mei_hdcp_component_match(9)
lowkey a whole reunion tour, and they all live in ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp π
π and that's the tea, bestie β this page came straight out of ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp, dated October 2026, and it's still titled mei_hdcp_ini...cality_check(9) because some things are iconic and untouched β¨ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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