usb_enable_interface(9)

👑 usb_enable_interface(9) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — section 9, USB girlie edition ✨. this one is short but iconic: it turns on every endpoint for an interface. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

usb_enable_interface — enable all the endpoints for an interface 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void usb_enable_interface (struct usb_device *dev , struct usb_interface
*intf , bool reset_eps );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the device whose interface is being enabled. like, the device, bestie 🫶
• intf — pointer to the interface descriptor. this is the interface we're enabling, periodt 💖
• reset_eps — flag to reset the endpoints' state. yes ma'am, it resets their state 🔥

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Enables all the endpoints for the interface's current altsetting. that's the whole vibe: current altsetting gets its endpoints enabled, no cap ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/core/message.c
• usb_control_msg(9)
• usb_control_msg_send(9)
• usb_control_msg_recv(9)
• usb_interrupt_msg(9)
• usb_bulk_msg(9)
• usb_bulk_msg_killable(9)
• usb_sg_init(9)
• usb_sg_wait(9)
• usb_sg_cancel(9)
• usb_get_descriptor(9)
• usb_get_string(9)
• usb_string(9)
• usb_cache_string(9)
• usb_get_status(9)
• usb_clear_halt(9)
• usb_disable_endpoint(9)
• usb_reset_endpoint(9)
• usb_disable_interface(9)
• usb_disable_device(9)
• usb_enable_endpoint(9)
• usb_set_interface(9)
• usb_reset_configuration(9)
• usb_set_wireless_status(9)
• usb_driver_set_configuration(9)
• cdc_parse_cdc_header(9)

that's the tea ☕. this page's source/version situation is ./drivers/usb/core, dated October 2026, and it's literally usb_enable_interface(9) — bye bestie, slay your endpoints 💅💖