extcon_set_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ extcon_set_state(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is literally the glow-up moment for external connectors 💅 buckle up, it's short but it matters.

🌸 NAME 🌸

extcon_set_state — set the state of an external connector. that's it, that's the vibe.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int extcon_set_state (struct extcon_dev *edev , unsigned int id , bool state );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • edev — the extcon device itself, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • id — the unique id that points at one specific external connector. like a name tag but for hardware, iykyk 🏷️
  • state — the new state of that external connector. the default semantics are true: attached / false: detached. so true = it's here and thriving, false = it left the group chat 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so listen closely because this is the important part: this function sets the state of an external connector without a notification. no ping, no heads-up, no "hey bestie something changed" text. it just… sets it. silently. 🙈

so if you actually want to synchronize the state of an external connector, you have to use extcon_set_state_sync and extcon_sync. don't come crying to me when nobody gets notified, because I literally warned you 😭

it returns 0 if success, or an error number if fail. that's the whole mood.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

— Kernel file ./drivers/extcon/extcon.c — plus the whole fam:

and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 sourced straight from ./drivers/extcon, dated October 2026 — certified iconic, no cap 💜✨

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