tb_port_disable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tb_port_disable — bestie edition

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about tb_port_disable(9). sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, we're learning kernel internals together.

✨ NAME ✨

tb_port_disable — literally just disable the lane adapter. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int tb_port_disable (struct tb_port *port );

it's giving very simple signature energy ngl ✨ returns an int, takes one pointer. no cap.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • port — the port you wanna disable. and yes bestie, it can be NULL 🙈 like the function is chill about it.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this one is used for lane 0 and 1 adapters to disable them. that's the entire job. main character energy but make it niche 💅

lowkey obsessed with how short this description is. no notes. iconic behavior.

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 — slay, it worked ✨
  • negative errno — not slay 😭 something went wrong, and it tells you with a negative errno value.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first things first, the source lives in the kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c — that's the home base 🏠

and then the whole friend group, fr fr:

like, that's a whole group chat right there 🫶 iykyk.

and that's the page!! tysm for reading 💜 this one came from ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026 — so yeah, very demure, very future-dated. periodt. 🧚‍♀️⭐

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