fwnode_typec_switch_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fwnode_typec_switch_get(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie, it's short but it matters. Buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

fwnode_typec_switch_get — find the USB Type-C orientation switch 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct typec_switch * fwnode_typec_switch_get (struct fwnode_handle
*fwnode );

like, it takes one fwnode and hands you back a struct typec_switch *. that's the whole vibe ✨

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • fwnode — the caller device node. that's it, that's the argument, she's simple and she knows it 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it do? it finds a switch linked with dev. yep, the manpage says dev right there — we don't question it, we just report it fr fr 🙈

the return situation is lowkey the whole plot twist:

  • on success, you get a reference to the switch — iconic, congrats 🎉
  • NULL if no matching connection was found — no switch, no problem, moving on 💀
  • ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) when a connection was found but the switch hasn't been enumerated yet — like, she exists but she's not ready, give her a minute 😭 ⏳

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

this is the friend group, and they all live in the kernel file ./drivers/usb/typec/mux.c:

switch girlies and mux girlies, we stan both 💖

aaaand that's the page!! 🧚 from ./drivers/usb/typec, dated October 2026, under the Kernel API Manual banner — stay hydrated, read your manpages, and remember: EPROBE_DEFER is not a rejection, it's just a "not yet" 🌈💜

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