mei_restart(9)

💅 mei_restart(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_restart — restart device after suspend. okay so that’s literally the whole name section, bestie, and she’s serving exactly what she says on the tin. 🫶✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int mei_restart (struct mei_device *dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the device structure. that’s the device struct you pass in, no cap. 💖

👑 RETURN 👑

Returns 0 on success, or -ENODEV if the restart hasn't succeeded. so 0 means slay, -ENODEV means the restart did not succeed. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/misc/mei/init.c

• mei_fw_status2str(9)
• mei_cancel_work(9)
• mei_reset(9)
• mei_start(9)
• mei_write_is_idle(9)
• mei_device_init(9)

xoxo 💋 — from ./drivers/misc/mei (that’s the source/version vibe), dated October 2026, and it’s mei_restart(9). bye bestie, go restart that device after suspend! 🎀✨