usb4_switch_add_ports(9)

okay bestie, this is the usb4_switch_add_ports(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💅

💖 NAME 💖

usb4_switch_add_ports — add USB4 ports for this router. That's the whole name, no mystery, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int usb4_switch_add_ports (struct tb_switch *sw );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sw — USB4 router. That's the one and only argument, bestie.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so for a USB4 router, this function finds all USB4 ports and registers devices for each one.

It can be called on any router, fr fr — no cap, it's not picky about which router you hand it.

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 on success, negative errno otherwise. That's the vibe check: zero means slay, negative errno means something went sideways.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/thunderbolt/usb4.c

And here's the full squad, every single reference, no skips:

• usb4_switch_check_wakes(9)
• usb4_switch_setup(9)
• usb4_switch_configuration_valid(9)
• usb4_switch_read_uid(9)
• usb4_switch_drom_read(9)
• usb4_switch_lane_bonding_possible(9)
• usb4_switch_set_wake(9)
• usb4_switch_set_sleep(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_sector_size(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_read(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_set_offset(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_write(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_authenticate(9)
• usb4_switch_nvm_authenticate_status(9)
• usb4_switch_credits_init(9)
• usb4_switch_query_dp_resource(9)
• usb4_switch_alloc_dp_resource(9)
• usb4_switch_dealloc_dp_resource(9)
• usb4_port_index(9)
• usb4_switch_map_pcie_down(9)
• usb4_switch_map_usb3_down(9)
• usb4_switch_remove_ports(9)
• usb4_port_unlock(9)
• usb4_port_hotplug_enable(9)
• usb4_port_reset(9)
• usb4_port_configure(9)
• usb4_port_unconfigure(9)
• usb4_port_configure_xdomain(9)
• usb4_port_unconfigure_xdomain(9)
• usb4_port_sb_read(9)
• usb4_port_sb_write(9)
• usb4_port_router_offline(9)
• usb4_port_router_online(9)
• usb4_port_enumerate_retimers(9)
• usb4_port_clx_supported(9)
• usb4_port_asym_supported(9)
• usb4_port_asym_set_link_width(9)
• usb4_port_asym_start(9)
• usb4_port_margining_caps(9)
• usb4_port_hw_margin(9)
• usb4_port_sw_margin(9)
• usb4_port_sw_margin_errors(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_set_inbound_sbtx(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_unset_inbound_sbtx(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_is_last(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_is_cable(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_sector_size(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_set_offset(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_write(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_authenticate(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_authenticate_status(9)
• usb4_port_retimer_nvm_read(9)
• usb4_usb3_port_max_link_rate(9)
• usb4_usb3_port_allocated_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_usb3_port_allocate_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_usb3_port_release_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_cm_id(9)
• usb4_dp_port_bandwidth_mode_supported(9)
• usb4_dp_port_bandwidth_mode_enabled(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_cm_bandwidth_mode_supported(9)
• usb4_dp_port_group_id(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_group_id(9)
• usb4_dp_port_nrd(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_nrd(9)
• usb4_dp_port_granularity(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_granularity(9)
• usb4_dp_port_set_estimated_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_dp_port_allocated_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_dp_port_allocate_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_dp_port_requested_bandwidth(9)
• usb4_pci_port_set_ext_encapsulation(9)
• usb4_pci_port_ltssm_state(9)

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Later, bestie 💖 — source/version: ./drivers/thunderbolt, date: October 2026, manual: usb4_switch_add_ports(9). Stay iconic.