mei_txe_is_input_ready(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 mei_txe_is_input_ready (9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the mei_txe_is_input_ready page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil baby function but she's important, trust 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

mei_txe_is_input_ready — check if TXE is ready for receiving data 👀

like, truly the vibe check of the TXE world. is she ready to receive? let's find out 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool mei_txe_is_input_ready (struct mei_device *dev );

yes she takes one arg and yes she returns a bool, no cap 🙈

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the device structure 💖 that's it. that's the whole argument. the device struct, the main character, the one we're checking on 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if the INPUT STATUS READY bit is set 👑

that's literally the entire condition bestie — INPUT STATUS READY bit set = true, and if it's not set it's not true. simple as 🧚

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the manpage goes full group-chat-tagging-everyone energy 😭 but they're all real and they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/misc/mei/hw-txe.c so let's give them their moment 💜

the register girlies 🌸

the aliveness squad ✨

the power gating committee 🌈

the interrupt + doorbell crew 🔥

the data movers 💀

the readiness clique 👑

the hw + fw lore 🧚

the write/read pipeline 🍓

the lifecycle + irq handlers 💅

and that's the page bestie, literally iconic behavior from a one-line boolean check 💖

🎀 cute lil sign-off: this page comes from ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026. screenshot it, frame it, put it on the fridge 🫶✨
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