tb_lc_force_power(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to tb_lc_force_power(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one is literally:

tb_lc_force_power — Forces LC to be powered on 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int tb_lc_force_power (struct tb_switch *sw );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• sw — Thunderbolt switch 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ngl, this is useful to let the authentication cycle pass even without a Thunderbolt link present ✨ periodt.

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, negative errno otherwise 💖

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/lc.c and the whole squad 🧚:

• tb_lc_read_uuid(9)
• tb_lc_reset_port(9)
• tb_lc_configure_port(9)
• tb_lc_unconfigure_port(9)
• tb_lc_configure_xdomain(9)
• tb_lc_unconfigure_xdomain(9)
• tb_lc_start_lane_initialization(9)
• tb_lc_is_clx_supported(9)
• tb_lc_is_usb_plugged(9)
• tb_lc_is_xhci_connected(9)
• tb_lc_xhci_connect(9)
• tb_lc_xhci_disconnect(9)
• tb_lc_set_wake(9)
• tb_lc_set_sleep(9)
• tb_lc_lane_bonding_possible(9)
• tb_lc_dp_sink_query(9)
• tb_lc_dp_sink_alloc(9)
• tb_lc_dp_sink_dealloc(9)

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okay bestie, that’s the whole page 💖 source/version is ./drivers/thunderbolt and the date on this cutie is October 2026, with tb_lc_force_power(9) signing off 🎀✨