tb_dp_port_enable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ tb_dp_port_enable(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one is called tb_dp_port_enable — yes the (9) is part of the name, we don't question it, we just vibe.

🌸 NAME 🌸

tb_dp_port_enable — it turns the DP paths of a port on or off. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int tb_dp_port_enable (struct tb_port *port , bool enable );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • port — the DP IN/OUT port in question. like, the actual port. the one we're doing stuff to 💖
  • enable — a bool that says enable or disable the DP path. true = slay it's on, false = and it's off 💀

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the tea: once the Hop IDs have been programmed, you can enable or disable DP paths by calling this function. that's the order of operations, no cap — Hop IDs first, then this. don't skip steps bestie, the vibes will not recover 🙈

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 on success 💚✨
  • negative errno otherwise 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

and now the part where we shout out literally everyone. grab a snack, this is a long list 🍓

Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c

and that's the page!! 🧚 this little beauty lives in ./drivers/thunderbolt and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, because kernel docs stay ahead of us 💜 go enable some DP paths bestie, you got this 🔥

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