typec_cable_set_identity(9)

🎀 typec_cable_set_identity 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for typec_cable_set_identity. this one is short and sweet, but it's still doing important work, no cap 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

typec_cable_set_identity — report result from Discover Identity command ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int typec_cable_set_identity (struct typec_cable *cable );

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• cable — the cable whose updated identity values are being reported 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so this routine is literally the “hey bestie, the results are in” function. you use it to report that the result of the Discover Identity USB power delivery command has become available 🎀. that's it. that's the vibe. it's not doing extra, it's just passing along the news, and honestly? iconic.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./drivers/usb/typec/class.c — and the whole friend group is here: typec_altmode_update_active(9), typec_altmode2port(9), typec_altmode_set_ops(9), typec_unregister_altmode(9), typec_partner_set_usb_mode(9), typec_partner_set_identity(9), typec_partner_set_pd_revision(9), typec_partner_set_usb_power_delivery(9), typec_partner_set_num_altmodes(9), typec_partner_register_altmode(9), typec_partner_set_svdm_version(9), typec_partner_usb_power_delivery_register(9), typec_register_partner(9), typec_unregister_partner(9), typec_plug_set_num_altmodes(9), typec_plug_register_altmode(9), typec_register_plug(9), typec_unregister_plug(9), typec_cable_get(9), typec_cable_put(9), typec_cable_is_active(9), typec_cable_altmode_unsupported(9), typec_register_cable(9), typec_unregister_cable(9), typec_port_set_usb_mode(9), typec_port_set_usb_power_delivery(9), typec_set_data_role(9), typec_get_data_role(9), typec_set_pwr_role(9), typec_set_vconn_role(9), typec_set_pwr_opmode(9), typec_find_pwr_opmode(9), typec_find_orientation(9), typec_find_port_power_role(9), typec_find_power_role(9), typec_find_port_data_role(9), typec_set_orientation(9), typec_get_orientation(9), typec_set_mode(9), typec_get_negotiated_svdm_version(9), typec_get_cable_svdm_version(9), typec_cable_set_svdm_version(9), typec_get_drvdata(9), typec_port_register_altmode(9), typec_port_register_cable_ops(9), typec_register_port(9), typec_unregister_port(9).

mwah 💋 source: ./drivers/usb/typec, date: October 2026 — catch u later, bestie 🫶✨