Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/panel: Add DT bindings for Sony ACX424AKP

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On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 11:35 AM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +  dsi-command-mode:
> > +     type: boolean
> > +     description:
> > +       If this is specified, the panel will be used in command
> > +       mode instead of video mode.
>
> I'm not sure there's concensus on this one yet. I think so far the
> driver decides which mode to use the panel in. Technically this falls
> into the category of configuration, so it doesn't really belong in the
> DT.

The way we've used DT is for a bit of both hardware description
and configuration I'd say, but I'm no authority on the subject.

> I vaguely recall from discussions I've had on this subject that there's
> usually no reason to do video mode if you can do command mode because
> command mode is more power efficient. This was a long time ago, so I may
> be misremembering. Perhaps you have different information on this?

No idea. I was under the impression that video mode was preferred
but I have no idea why.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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