Event Management in Linux Kernel - 2024.1 English

Versal Adaptive SoC System Software Developers Guide (UG1304)

Document ID
UG1304
Release Date
2024-05-30
Version
2024.1 English

In Linux, the event management driver allows an agent driver to register handlers for the platform management events. These events can be power management events such as suspend callback, zero users, device state change, or any error event.

When an agent driver registers for the specific event, the event manager registers those events with the firmware. When any of these registered events occurs, the firmware notifies the TF-A through the IPI. The TF-A informs the Linux event manager driver through the SGI. During the event manager driver initialization, it informs the TF-A about which SGI to use for the communication though the PM IOCTL EEMI API.

When the event manager driver gets the SGI interrupt, it reads the callback data to know which event has occurred and then calls the respective agent driver handler based on the event. The agent driver can unregister if it does not need to be notified for an event for which a handler was previously registered.