mei_me_read_slots(9)

💖 mei_me_read_slots(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for mei_me_read_slots(9). This one is giving “small function, big extended-universe energy,” and we’re gonna read it together, no cap. 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_me_read_slots — reads a message from mei device. Literally that’s the whole name vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mei_me_read_slots (struct mei_device *dev , unsigned char *buffer ,
unsigned long buffer_length );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device structure, aka the main character of this call. 👑
• buffer — message buffer will be written. Yes bestie, that exact wording, keep it. 🍓
• buffer_length — message size will be read. That’s the length situation. 🎀

💅 RETURN 💅

always 0 — no plot twist, no secret code, just always 0. Periodt. 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

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

• 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_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)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 🧚💜 — source/version: ./drivers/misc/mei; date: October 2026. Bye bestie! 🎀✨