number_of_connections(9)

💖 number_of_connections(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay so bestie, we’re in the Kernel API Manual section 9 and this page is all about number_of_connections. The whole vibe? Determining whether an client be on the bus according number of connections. Yes, that’s the exact energy 😭 We support only clients:

1. with single connection
2. and fixed clients (max_number_of_connections == 0)

slay. That’s the whole support list, no extras, no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

number_of_connections — determine whether an client be on the bus according number of connections. We support only clients:

1. with single connection
2. and fixed clients (max_number_of_connections == 0)

That’s it. That’s the lore. 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void number_of_connections (struct mei_cl_device *cldev );

The return type is literally void, so there’s no return value to obsess over. ✨

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cldev — me clients device. That’s the exact description, ngl it says “me clients device” and I’m not out here rewriting the lore 😭🫶

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

Kernel file: ./drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c

• blacklist(9)
• whitelist(9)
• mei_wd(9)
• mei_nfc_if_version(9)
• mei_nfc_radio_name(9)
• mei_nfc(9)
• vt_support(9)
• pxp_is_ready(9)
• mei_cl_bus_dev_fixup(9)

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xoxo, this page is from source/version ./drivers/misc/mei, dated October 2026 — iconic, periodt 💖✨