STRUCT MEI_WDT_START_REQUEST(9)

✨ struct mei_wdt_start_request(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a lil struct in the Linux kernel, and honestly? it's giving "watchdog start/ping energy" and i'm kinda obsessed 🐕✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct mei_wdt_start_request — the watchdog start/ping struct, no cap 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct mei_wdt_start_request {
    struct mei_mc_hdr hdr;
    u16 timeout;
    u8 reserved[17];
 };

like, that's literally the whole shape of it 💅

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🦋 Members 🦋

• hdr — the Management Control Command Header 🌈 this is the header part, she's the main character of the header situation
• timeout — the timeout value ⏰ yes bestie, that's the number
• reserved — reserved (legacy) 💀 i.e. don't touch it, it's legacy, it's reserved, it's not for you 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c — go read it, iykyk 🧚 and also these iconic lil friends:

• enum mei_wdt_state(9)
• struct mei_wdt(9)
• struct mei_mc_hdr(9)
• struct mei_wdt_start_response(9)
• struct mei_wdt_stop_request(9)
• mei_wdt_ping(9)
• mei_wdt_stop(9)
• mei_wdt_ops_start(9)
• mei_wdt_ops_stop(9)
• mei_wdt_ops_ping(9)
• mei_wdt_ops_set_timeout(9)
• __mei_wdt_is_registered(9)
• mei_wdt_unregister(9)
• mei_wdt_register(9)
• mei_wdt_rx(9)
• mei_wdt_notif(9)

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bestie reminder: reserved is reserved (legacy) — it's not an invitation, okay? leave her alone 🫶

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that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, and officially filed under struct mei_w...tart_request(9) (the truncation is not a typo, it's canon, slay 💅✨). bye bestie, go ping your watchdog 🐕💖🎀