mei_reset(9)

💅 mei_reset(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is mei_reset(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "short but it does the most." it's a tiny little function that resets the host and the fw, and we're gonna walk through it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_reset — resets host and fw. periodt. that's the whole job 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mei_reset (struct mei_device *dev );

look at that signature, she's iconic 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device structure 🦋 like, the whole device, it's the star of the show, main character energy fr fr

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 👑
• < 0 if the reset hasn't succeeded 😭 (i know, ikyk — if you see a negative number, the reset did not slay)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/init.c — go read the source, bestie, it's right there 📖
• mei_fw_status2str(9)
• mei_cancel_work(9)
• mei_start(9)
• mei_restart(9)
• mei_write_is_idle(9)
• mei_device_init(9)

no cap, if you're poking at this you probably want the whole little friend group of mei_* functions above — they all vibe together in the same corner of the kernel 🧚

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okay that's the page!! this one lives in ./drivers/misc/mei, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under mei_reset(9) 💖 go reset something slayfully bestie, ily, bye 🎀✨