USB Type-C port devices (eg. /sys/class/typec/port0/)
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/data_role
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
The supported USB data roles. This attribute can be used for
requesting data role swapping on the port. Swapping is supported
as synchronous operation, so write(2) to the attribute will not
return until the operation has finished. The attribute is
notified about role changes so that poll(2) on the attribute
wakes up. Change on the role will also generate uevent
KOBJ_CHANGE on the port. The current role is show in brackets,
for example "[host] device" when DRP port is in host mode.
Valid values: host, device
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/power_role
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
The supported power roles. This attribute can be used to request
power role swap on the port. Swapping is supported as
synchronous operation, so write(2) to the attribute will not
return until the operation has finished. The attribute is
notified about role changes so that poll(2) on the attribute
wakes up. Change on the role will also generate uevent
KOBJ_CHANGE. The current role is show in brackets, for example
"[source] sink" when in source mode.
Valid values: source, sink
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/port_type
Date: May 2017
Contact: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <[email protected]>
Description:
Indicates the type of the port. This attribute can be used for
requesting a change in the port type. Port type change is
supported as a synchronous operation, so write(2) to the
attribute will not return until the operation has finished.
Valid values:
====== ==============================================
source (The port will behave as source only DFP port)
sink (The port will behave as sink only UFP port)
dual (The port will behave as dual-role-data and
dual-role-power port)
====== ==============================================
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/vconn_source
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows is the port VCONN Source. This attribute can be used to
request VCONN swap to change the VCONN Source during connection
when both the port and the partner support USB Power Delivery.
Swapping is supported as synchronous operation, so write(2) to
the attribute will not return until the operation has finished.
The attribute is notified about VCONN source changes so that
poll(2) on the attribute wakes up. Change on VCONN source also
generates uevent KOBJ_CHANGE.
Valid values:
- "no" when the port is not the VCONN Source
- "yes" when the port is the VCONN Source
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/power_operation_mode
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows the current power operational mode the port is in. The
power operation mode means current level for VBUS. In case USB
Power Delivery communication is used for negotiating the levels,
power operation mode should show "usb_power_delivery".
Valid values:
- default
- 1.5A
- 3.0A
- usb_power_delivery
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/preferred_role
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
The user space can notify the driver about the preferred role.
It should be handled as enabling of Try.SRC or Try.SNK, as
defined in USB Type-C specification, in the port drivers. By
default the preferred role should come from the platform.
Valid values: source, sink, none (to remove preference)
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/supported_accessory_modes
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Space separated list of accessory modes, defined in the USB
Type-C specification, the port supports.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/usb_power_delivery_revision
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Revision number of the supported USB Power Delivery
specification, or 0.0 when USB Power Delivery is not supported.
Example values:
- "2.0": USB Power Delivery Release 2.0
- "3.0": USB Power Delivery Release 3.0
- "3.1": USB Power Delivery Release 3.1
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/usb_power_delivery_revision
Date: January 2021
Contact: Benson Leung <[email protected]>
Description:
Revision number of the supported USB Power Delivery
specification of the port partner or cable, or 0.0 when USB
Power Delivery is not supported.
Example values:
- "2.0": USB Power Delivery Release 2.0
- "3.0": USB Power Delivery Release 3.0
- "3.1": USB Power Delivery Release 3.1
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/usb_typec_revision
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Revision number of the supported USB Type-C specification.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/orientation
Date: February 2020
Contact: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <[email protected]>
Description:
Indicates the active orientation of the Type-C connector.
Valid values:
- "normal": CC1 orientation
- "reverse": CC2 orientation
- "unknown": Orientation cannot be determined.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/select_usb_power_delivery
Date: May 2022
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Lists the USB Power Delivery Capabilities that the port can
advertise to the partner. The currently used capabilities are in
brackets. Selection happens by writing to the file.
USB Type-C partner devices (eg. /sys/class/typec/port0-partner/)
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-partner/accessory_mode
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows the Accessory Mode name when the partner is an Accessory.
The Accessory Modes are defined in USB Type-C Specification.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-partner/supports_usb_power_delivery
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows if the partner supports USB Power Delivery communication:
Valid values: yes, no
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-partner/number_of_alternate_modes
Date: November 2020
Contact: Prashant Malani <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows the number of alternate modes which are advertised by the partner
during Power Delivery discovery. This file remains hidden until a value
greater than or equal to 0 is set by Type C port driver.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-partner/type
Date: December 2020
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description: USB Power Delivery Specification defines a set of product types
for the partner devices. This file will show the product type of
the partner if it is known. Dual-role capable partners will have
both UFP and DFP product types defined, but only one that
matches the current role will be active at the time. If the
product type of the partner is not visible to the device driver,
this file will not exist.
When the partner product type is detected, or changed with role
swap, uvevent is also raised that contains PRODUCT_TYPE=<product
type> (for example PRODUCT_TYPE=hub).
Valid values:
UFP / device role
====================== ==========================
undefined -
hub PDUSB Hub
peripheral PDUSB Peripheral
psd Power Bank
ama Alternate Mode Adapter
====================== ==========================
DFP / host role
====================== ==========================
undefined -
hub PDUSB Hub
host PDUSB Host
power_brick Power Brick
amc Alternate Mode Controller
====================== ==========================
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-partner/identity/
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
This directory appears only if the port device driver is capable
of showing the result of Discover Identity USB power delivery
command. That will not always be possible even when USB power
delivery is supported, for example when USB power delivery
communication for the port is mostly handled in firmware. If the
directory exists, it will have an attribute file for every VDO
in Discover Identity command result.
USB Type-C cable devices (eg. /sys/class/typec/port0-cable/)
Note: Electronically Marked Cables will have a device also for one cable plug
(eg. /sys/class/typec/port0-plug0). If the cable is active and has also SOP
Double Prime controller (USB Power Deliver specification ch. 2.4) it will have
second device also for the other plug. Both plugs may have alternate modes as
described in USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery specifications.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-cable/type
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description: USB Power Delivery Specification defines a set of product types
for the cables. This file will show the product type of the
cable if it is known. If the product type of the cable is not
visible to the device driver, this file will not exist.
When the cable product type is detected, uvevent is also raised
with PRODUCT_TYPE showing the product type of the cable.
Valid values:
====================== ==========================
undefined -
active Active Cable
passive Passive Cable
====================== ==========================
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-cable/plug_type
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows type of the plug on the cable:
- type-a - Standard A
- type-b - Standard B
- type-c
- captive
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-<plug>/number_of_alternate_modes
Date: November 2020
Contact: Prashant Malani <[email protected]>
Description:
Shows the number of alternate modes which are advertised by the plug
associated with a particular cable during Power Delivery discovery.
This file remains hidden until a value greater than or equal to 0
is set by Type C port driver.
USB Type-C partner/cable Power Delivery Identity objects
NOTE: The following attributes will be applicable to both
partner (e.g /sys/class/typec/port0-partner/) and
cable (e.g /sys/class/typec/port0-cable/) devices. Consequently, the example file
paths below are prefixed with "/sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/" to
reflect this.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
This directory appears only if the port device driver is capable
of showing the result of Discover Identity USB power delivery
command. That will not always be possible even when USB power
delivery is supported, for example when USB power delivery
communication for the port is mostly handled in firmware. If the
directory exists, it will have an attribute file for every VDO
in Discover Identity command result.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/id_header
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
ID Header VDO part of Discover Identity command result. The
value will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available. The value can be polled.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/cert_stat
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Cert Stat VDO part of Discover Identity command result. The
value will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available. The value can be polled.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/product
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Product VDO part of Discover Identity command result. The value
will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available. The value can be polled.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/product_type_vdo1
Date: October 2020
Contact: Prashant Malani <[email protected]>
Description:
1st Product Type VDO of Discover Identity command result.
The value will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available and a valid Product Type VDO is returned.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/product_type_vdo2
Date: October 2020
Contact: Prashant Malani <[email protected]>
Description:
2nd Product Type VDO of Discover Identity command result.
The value will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available and a valid Product Type VDO is returned.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>-{partner|cable}/identity/product_type_vdo3
Date: October 2020
Contact: Prashant Malani <[email protected]>
Description:
3rd Product Type VDO of Discover Identity command result.
The value will show 0 until Discover Identity command result becomes
available and a valid Product Type VDO is returned.
USB Type-C port alternate mode devices.
What: /sys/class/typec/<port>/<alt mode>/supported_roles
Date: April 2017
Contact: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
Description:
Space separated list of the supported roles.
Valid values: source, sink
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