mei_me_hw_is_resetting(9)

💅 mei_me_hw_is_resetting(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (mei_me_hw_is_resetting(9)), and it's a tiny little baddie with a huge friend group. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_me_hw_is_resetting — literally just checks whether the me(hw) is in reset 🌀 like that's the whole job and honestly? iconic.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool mei_me_hw_is_resetting (struct mei_device *dev );

yup. that's the whole signature. returns a bool, takes one pointer, no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the mei device 🫶 that's it, that's the argument. she's low maintenance.

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💖 RETURN 💖

returns a bool. that's the answer: bool. true or false, bestie, the vibes are binary 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie. sit down. this list is long and every single name on it matters, so we're doing all of them, no skips 🙈

first up, the home base: the kernel file is ./drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c — that's where our girl lives 🏠

and now the whole group chat, in order, fr fr:

• mei_me_reg_read(9)
• mei_me_reg_write(9)
• mei_me_mecbrw_read(9)
• mei_me_hcbww_write(9)
• mei_me_mecsr_read(9)
• mei_hcsr_read(9)
• mei_hcsr_write(9)
• mei_hcsr_set(9)
• mei_hcsr_set_hig(9)
• mei_me_d0i3c_read(9)
• mei_me_d0i3c_write(9)
• mei_me_trc_status(9)
• mei_me_fw_status(9)
• mei_me_hw_config(9)
• mei_me_pg_state(9)
• me_intr_disable(9)
• me_intr_clear(9)
• mei_me_intr_clear(9)
• mei_me_intr_enable(9)
• mei_me_intr_disable(9)
• mei_me_synchronize_irq(9)
• mei_me_hw_reset_release(9)
• mei_me_host_set_ready(9)
• mei_me_host_is_ready(9)
• mei_me_hw_is_ready(9)
• mei_gsc_pxp_check(9)
• mei_me_hw_ready_wait(9)
• mei_me_hw_start(9)
• mei_hbuf_filled_slots(9)
• mei_me_hbuf_is_empty(9)
• mei_me_hbuf_empty_slots(9)
• mei_me_hbuf_depth(9)
• mei_me_hbuf_write(9)
• mei_me_count_full_read_slots(9)
• mei_me_read_slots(9)
• mei_me_pg_set(9)
• mei_me_pg_unset(9)
• mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync(9)
• mei_me_pg_legacy_exit_sync(9)
• mei_me_pg_in_transition(9)
• mei_me_pg_is_enabled(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_set(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_unset(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_enter_sync(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_enter(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_exit_sync(9)
• mei_me_pg_legacy_intr(9)
• mei_me_d0i3_intr(9)
• mei_me_pg_intr(9)
• mei_me_pg_enter_sync(9)
• mei_me_pg_exit_sync(9)
• mei_me_hw_reset(9)
• mei_me_irq_quick_handler(9)
• mei_me_irq_thread_handler(9)
• mei_me_polling_thread(9)
• mei_me_fw_type_nm(9)
• mei_me_fw_type_sps_4(9)
• mei_me_fw_type_sps_ign(9)
• mei_me_dev_init(9)

ngl it's giving "invited the entire contact list to the party" but that's just how kernel docs roll 💀 every one of those is exactly as written, don't come for me.

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and that's the whole page, bestie! main character energy from a function that just returns a bool 🧚‍♀️

🌷 cute lil sign-off: this page lives under ./drivers/misc/mei, it's dated October 2026, and yes, it's mei_me_hw_is_resetting(9) all the way down. slay, periodt 💜