typec_altmo..._orientation(9)

💅 typec_altmode_get_orientation(9) — get cable plug orientation

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one, bestie. like, one function, one argument, and then a whole friend group of SEE ALSOs. we love a low-effort icon. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

typec_altmode_get_orientation — Get cable plug orientation

fr fr, that's the whole job. it looks at the alternate mode and tells you which way round the cable plug is sitting. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum typec_orientation typec_altmode_get_orientation (struct
typec_altmode *altmode );

so it hands you back an enum typec_orientation, and it takes exactly one thing. that's it. that's the vibe check. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• altmode — Handle to the alternate mode. yes bestie, the handle, the little pointer-y pass you gotta give it so it knows which alternate mode you're even talking about. 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the group chat, in order, all of them, no one left on read:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/usb/typec_altmode.h struct typec_altmode(9)
• struct typec_altmode_ops(9)
• struct typec_cable_ops(9)
• typec_altmode_get_cable_svdm_version(9)
• typec_altmode_get_svdm_version(9)
• typec_altmode_get_data_role(9)
• struct typec_altmode_driver(9)
• typec_altmode_register_driver(9)
• typec_altmode_unregister_driver(9)
• typec_mode_selection_start(9)
• typec_altmode_state_update(9)
• typec_mode_selection_delete(9)

like, go read those if you want the full lore. iykyk 📚

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ngl this page is short enough to read in one breath, so there's genuinely no excuse not to. periodt. 💖

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and that's the whole thing, bestie — brought to you by ./include/linux/usb and the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026. slay, go get that orientation. 🌈👑