STRUCT MEI_WDT_START_RESPONSE(9)
π NAME π
struct mei_wdt_start_response β the watchdog start/ping response, bestie. It's the lil reply that comes back when the watchdog gets told to start (or to ping) π
okay so real quick before we dive in β this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving "one struct, three members, zero drama." Let's go β¨
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
struct mei_wdt_start_response {
struct mei_mc_hdr hdr;
u8 status;
u8 wdstate;
};
That's the whole vibe. Three fields, no cap π«Ά
π Members π
hdrβ the Management Control Command Header. It's the header, it's in charge, it goes first, main character energy fr fr πstatusβ the operation status. Literally telling you how the op went πwdstateβ the watchdog status bit mask. Bits! Masked! Iconic π₯
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
if you're the type who falls down wiki holes (me π), the kernel file is ./drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.c and there's a whole friend group of related pages:
enum mei_wdt_state(9)struct mei_wdt(9)struct mei_mc_hdr(9)struct mei_wdt_start_request(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)
that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that π β¨
sign-off szn: this cutie comes to you from ./drivers/watchdog, dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct mei_...art_response(9) in the Kernel API Manual ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
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