mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is the mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, and the function does exactly this: mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign — check for sps or ign sku. that's the whole name vibe 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally this, character for character:

bool mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign (const struct pci_dev *pdev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • pdev — pci device. that's it, that's the argument. the pci device. no cap 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so it reads the ME FW Status register to check for SPS or IGN Firmware. the SPS/IGN FW is only signaled in pci function 0 — that's the whole lore, bestie. 🦋

👑 RETURN 👑

returns true in case of SPS/IGN firmware. periodt. 💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c — and here's the whole friend group of references, no skips, no omissions, iykyk:

okay bye bestie! 🎀 footer facts, cute and accounted for: source/version ./drivers/misc/mei, date October 2026, page mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign(9) — mwah 💋

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