tb_lc_start...itialization(9)

💖 tb_lc_start_lane_initialization 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this page is highkey iconic, and tb_lc_start_lane_initialization is the main character. lane-init energy fr fr. 🦋

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🎀 NAME 🎀

tb_lc_start_lane_initialization — start lane initialization. it's giving exactly what it needs to give, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tb_lc_start_lane_initialization (struct tb_port *port );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• port — the Device router lane 0 adapter. yep, that's the one this function is working with, bestie. 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: this function starts lane initialization for port after the router resumed from sleep. 😴➡️✨

It should be called for those downstream lane adapters that were not connected before sleep — like, the ones where tb_lc_configure_port was not called. ngl, keep that in mind. 🧚

⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success. slay. ✅
• negative errno otherwise. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad is here, and they ate:

• Kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/lc.c — that's the home base, iykyk. 🏠
• 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_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)
• tb_lc_force_power(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 💖 source: ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, page id tb_lc_start...itialization(9). bye, love u, go start those lanes 💅✨