typec_mode_selection_start(9)

🌸 typec_mode_selection_start(9) — the one where your Type-C partner picks a vibe 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short and sweet and it's literally about kicking off an Alternate Mode selection process. pull up a chair, we're getting into it 🫶

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💖 NAME 💖

typec_mode_selection_start — start an alternate mode selection process 💅 no cap, that's the whole vibe.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int typec_mode_selection_start (struct typec_partner *partner , const
       unsigned int delay , const unsigned int timeout );

that's it, that's the function 🎀 three args, returns an int, iconic behaviour.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• partner — the handle to the Type-C partner device 💜 like, the actual buddy you're trying to talk to, handshake style.
• delay — delay between mode entry/exit attempts, in ms ⏳ so it's the "chill for a sec between tries" number.
• timeout — timeout for a mode entry attempt, in ms ⌛ aka how long one single try gets before we're like "ok moving on".

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so this function initiates the whole process of attempting to enter an Alternate Mode that's supported by the connected Type-C partner 🎀 she's the starter, the main character who gets the ball rolling.

returns 0 on success 🔥 or a negative error code on failure 💀 that's it, that's the contract. no surprises, no drama.

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

like, go read your other favs too, iykyk 💖

Kernel file ./include/linux/usb/typec_altmode.h — plus 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_altmode_unregister_driver(9), typec_altmode_state_update(9), and typec_mode_selection_delete(9) 🦋

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ok that's the whole page, she's a short queen 👑 if anything here confused you it's a skill issue on us not you, go check SEE ALSO, ily 💜

and that's a wrap bestie!! 🎀 this cutie comes to you from ./include/linux/usb, dated October 2026, and ngl it served exactly what it needed to serve ✨ mwah 💋🧚‍♀️🌸