The subsystem supports the Hot Plug Detect (HPD) feature, which is a communication
mechanism between the HDMI source and HDMI sink devices.
For example, when an HDMI cable is inserted between the HDMI source and HDMI sink
devices, the cable-detect signal is asserted. The subsystem then outputs a
hpd
signal, which triggers the start of a communication between
the source device and sink device.