mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync(9)

💅 mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync (9) — Kernel API Manual, section 9

okay so bestie, listen — this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9, all about mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync. it's the function that runs the legacy power-gating entry procedure, and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync — perform legacy pg entry procedure

like… it enters. the legacy way. synchronously. iconic behaviour honestly 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync (struct mei_device *dev );

that's the whole vibe: it takes exactly one thing and hands you back an int. simple. clean. slay. 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — the device structure 🫶 that's it, that's the whole argument list. one struct pointer, main character energy, periodt.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• an error code otherwise 😭

no cap, it literally just returns 0 when things go good and an error code when they don't. that's the tea. 🍓

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where it gets unhinged (affectionate) — the whole mei friend group pulled up to the function table and they're ALL tagged. no one got left out, bestie. 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hw-me.c, plus:

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_me_hw_is_resetting(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_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)

like… look at that list. it's giving family reunion. 🌈 every single one of them, exactly as written, iykyk.

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💀 btw there's literally no BUGS, NOTES or AUTHOR section on this page — so no warnings, no lore, no drama. just vibes and a function signature. 🙈

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and finally, the cute little sign-off: this whole thing lives in the directory ./drivers/misc/mei, and the manual page is dated October 2026. the page header is mei_me_pg_legacy_enter_sync(9) and the footer says the exact same thing, bestie — full circle, symmetric, gorgeous. 🌸🦋✨ gonna go sync now. mwah. 💋