mei_ioctl_connect_vtag(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mei_ioctl_connect_vtag — bestie's guide to the kernel API manual ✨

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for mei_ioctl_connect_vtag(9), and yes it's a kernel API page but don't panic, we're gonna get through it together 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

mei_ioctl_connect_vtag — the move where you connect to an fw client using the vtag IOCTL function. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💫

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mei_ioctl_connect_vtag (struct file *file , const uuid_le
*in_client_uuid , struct mei_client *client , u8 vtag );

literally four parameters, copy it exactly, no cap 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • file — the private data of the file object. like, the file's personal little stash of secrets 🍓
  • in_client_uuid — the requested UUID for the connection. this is the "who am i trying to reach" energy 💌
  • client — the IOCTL connect data, and heads up: these are output parameters, so they come back out at you 🌈
  • vtag — vm tag. short, sweet, iconic ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the one thing you HAVE to know: Locking: called under "dev->device_lock" lock. like, it is not out here freelancing, it's called while that lock is already held, periodt 💀🔒

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🥳
  • <0 on failure 😭

that's the whole vibe check: zero is slay, negative is not 💅

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

bestie there are SO many friends in this friend group, buckle up:

like genuinely a whole squad, every single one of them named, don't skip any 🧚‍♀️

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little cutie lives in ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026, and it will always answer to the name mei_ioctl_connect_vtag(9) — go forth and lock responsibly, bestie 💖🎀🦋

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