typec_partner_set_usb_mode(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

typec_partner_set_usb_mode — Assign active USB Mode for the partner 💅

okay so this is the typec_partner_set_usb_mode(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, hi bestie 🫶✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void typec_partner_set_usb_mode (struct typec_partner *partner , enum
usb_mode mode );

that’s the whole signature, no cap 🌈

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• partner — USB Type-C partner 🫶
• mode — USB Mode (USB2, USB3 or USB4) 🌸

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The port drivers can use this function to assign the active USB Mode to partner. literally, that’s the whole job, and it ate 💖

The USB Mode can change — for example, due to Data Reset — so don’t assume it’s frozen forever, bestie 💀✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

It lives in the kernel file ./drivers/usb/typec/class.c, and here’s the whole friend group of related pages 🫶:

• typec_altmode_update_active(9)
• typec_altmode2port(9)
• typec_altmode_set_ops(9)
• typec_unregister_altmode(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_cable_set_identity(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)

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source: ./drivers/usb/typec · date: October 2026 · manual: typec_partner_set_usb_mode(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, mwah 💋💖