typec_altmo...ister_driver(9)

💅 typec_altmode_unregister_driver — the Kernel API Manual era 🎀

ok so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is typec_altmode_unregister_driver(9) — yeah the header truncates it all cute like typec_altmo...ister_driver(9) but we know her full name. she's the one who un-registers a USB Type-C alternate mode device driver. the breakup specialist. the "it's not you it's the kernel" text. periodt. 💔✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void typec_altmode_unregister_driver (struct typec_altmode_driver *drv);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. returns void, so like… she doesn't even hand you a receipt. she just goes. 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• drv — pointer to struct typec_altmode_driver. yes bestie, a pointer. she needs the actual struct, not a copy, not a vibe, not a screenshot of the struct. the real thing. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the lore: these drivers will be bind to the partner alternate mode devices. (that's what the original says, and we do not edit the elders 💖)

and what do they do once they're bound? they handle all SVID specific communication. all of it. every last bit. no cap. SVID-specific communication is literally their whole personality. main character energy tbh 👑

so when you call typec_altmode_unregister_driver, you're telling the kernel "yeah she's done, take her off the partner alternate mode device duty roster." iconic of you. 🔥

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay the girlies in the group chat — aka related symbols — are all here, and yes we're listing every single one, no skipping, no scroll-past, we respect the whole roster 💜:

• 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_orientation(9)
• typec_altmode_get_svdm_version(9)
• typec_altmode_get_data_role(9)
• struct typec_altmode_driver(9)
• typec_altmode_register_driver(9)
• typec_mode_selection_start(9)
• typec_altmode_state_update(9)
• typec_mode_selection_delete(9)

like… the whole friend group showed up. the way that typec_altmode_register_driver(9) is literally sitting right there next to the unregister one 😭 they're a matched set, your honor. 🌈

ngl bestie, if you're unregistering something and you didn't read the rest of this list first, that's lowkey a vibe check you're failing. go read. i'll wait. 🍓

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that's the page, babes! source lives at ./include/linux/usb, dated October 2026, and it's giving "kernel docs but make it cute" 💖🧚 mwah, go unregister responsibly, ily! 🎀✨