mei_hdcp_initiate_session(9)

✨ mei_hdcp_initiate_session(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one is a classic — it's the mei_hdcp_initiate_session page, and it's literally about kicking off a Wired HDCP2.2 Tx Session over in ME FW. yes, that's a lot of acronyms, no, we're not skipping any of them 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_hdcp_initiate_session — initiate a Wired HDCP2.2 Tx Session in ME FW 👑

like, that's the whole gig. it starts the session. in the firmware. that's it, that's the vibe ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mei_hdcp_initiate_session (struct device *dev , struct hdcp_port_data *data , struct hdcp2_ake_init *ake_data );

she takes three arguments and hands you back an int. main character energy fr fr 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device that corresponds to the mei_cl_device. like, which device are we even talking to? this one. 🫶
• data — the Intel HW specific hdcp data. all the hardware-specific deets live in here 🌈
• ake_data — the AKE_Init msg output. this is where the output lands, bestie 💌

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on Success, <0 on Failure. that's it. zero means slay, negative means not slay 😭

ngl if you get a negative back, something went sideways — check it, don't ignore it 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• the Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c — go read the source, iykyk 🧚
• MEI_HDCP Client Driver(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_enable_authentication(9)
• mei_hdcp_close_session(9)
• mei_hdcp_component_match(9)

like, the whole friend group is here 🌸 go read them all, they're iconic 👑

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and that's the page!! short and sweet, just how we like it 🍓

this gem is from ./drivers/misc/mei/hdcp, dated October 2026, and it's mei_hdcp_initiate_session(9) — mwah, tysm for reading bestie, ily, go initiate some sessions 💖✨🎀