tb_switch_find_port(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tb_switch_find_port — the Kernel API Manual tea ☕

okay so bestie, welcome to tb_switch_find_port(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's a lil function-hunting page and it's honestly so chill. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

tb_switch_find_port — literally returns the first port of @type on @sw, or NULL if there isn't one 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

struct tb_port * tb_switch_find_port (struct tb_switch *sw , enum
       tb_port_type type );

like… that's the whole vibe. one function, two args, zero drama 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • sw — the switch you're digging through to find the port 🔍 this is your starting point, your main character switch
  • type — the port type you're looking for 👀 you tell it what kind of port you want and it goes looking

💖 RETURN 💖

A pointer to struct tb_port 💫 …or NULL if it's not found 😭 that's it, that's the whole return. no hidden surprises, no secret second return value, we love a straightforward icon 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so this is the part where the manpage just. goes off. it's giving "linked list of every thunderbolt function ever" and honestly? iconic 🌈 all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/thunderbolt/switch.c:

fr fr that's the whole crew 🧚 go read them if you're obsessed with thunderbolt the way I am 💜

💀 quick vibe check: no bugs, no warnings, no exit statuses on this page. it's just a finder function doing finder function things. periodt.

so yeah bestie, that's tb_switch_find_port(9) — she's from ./drivers/thunderbolt, dated October 2026, and she ate 💅✨

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