usb_ep_type_string(9)

💖 usb_ep_type_string(9) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about usb_ep_type_string — literally the tiny little function that gives your USB endpoint type an actual human-readable name instead of leaving you staring at a number like 👁️👄👁️. it's giving helpful bestie energy, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

usb_ep_type_string — returns a human readable-name of the endpoint type. yes, that's the whole job, and she ate 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

const char * usb_ep_type_string (int ep_type );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ep_type — the endpoint type you want a human-readable name for, queen. 🫶 if it's not any of the types USB_ENDPOINT_XFER_{CONTROL, ISOC, BULK, INT} — which you usually get from usb_endpoint_type — then the string 'unknown' is what comes back. so like, no vibes matched, you get 'unknown', and honestly? relatable. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, fr fr — and head's up, the kernel file lives at ./drivers/usb/common/common.c:

• usb_otg_state_string(9)
• usb_speed_string(9)
• usb_get_maximum_speed(9)
• usb_get_maximum_ssp_rate(9)
• usb_state_string(9)
• usb_get_dr_mode_from_string(9)
• usb_get_role_switch_default_mode(9)
• usb_decode_interval(9)
• of_usb_get_dr_mode_by_phy(9)
• of_usb_host_tpl_support(9)
• of_usb_update_otg_caps(9)
• usb_of_get_companion_dev(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and iconic. periodt. 👑

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sign-off szn: this one comes from ./drivers/usb/common, dated October 2026, and it's filed under usb_ep_type_string(9) — mwah, go read it again if you need to 💜🧚⭐