On 21/03/2025 05:57, Dragan Simic wrote: > Ordering of the individual properties inside each property group benefits > from applying natural sort order [1] by the property names, because it > results in more logical and more usable property lists, similarly to what's > already the case with the alpha-numerical ordering of the nodes without > unit addresses. > > Let's have this clearly specified in the DTS coding style, and let's expand > the provided node example a bit, to actually show the results of applying > natural sort order. > > Applying strict alpha-numerical ordering can result in property lists that > are suboptimal from the usability standpoint. For the provided example, > which stems from a real-world DT, [2][3][4] applying strict alpha-numerical > ordering produces the following undesirable result: > > vdd-0v9-supply = <&board_vreg1>; > vdd-12v-supply = <&board_vreg3>; > vdd-1v8-supply = <&board_vreg4>; > vdd-3v3-supply = <&board_vreg2>; > > Having the properties sorted in natural order by their associated voltages > is more logical, more usable, and a bit more consistent. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/b39cfd7490d8194f053bf3971f13a43472d1769e.1740941097.git.dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx/ > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/174104113599.8946.16805724674396090918.b4-ty@xxxxxxxxx/ > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/757afa87255212dfa5abf4c0e31deb08@xxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Best regards, Krzysztof
