[PATCH] dt-bindings: arm: sunxi: sort alphabetically

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Fri Dec 22 00:09:44 PST 2023


On 21/12/2023 17:29, Andre Przywara wrote:
>>> Shall I add a comment at the top to note the order?  
>>
>> Some files like this are ordered by compatible, some by class or family
>> of devices, so first you need to be sure there is no existing order.
> 
> That's what I did, of course:
> - there is no order in the compatible strings, not in the most specific
> name, nor in the fallback names
> - new boards have always been added somewhere in the middle, never at the
> end, so it's not "oldest boards first"
> - the SoCs used in the boards are all over the place, so it's not sorted
> by SoC
> - I see no rhyme or reason in the board types: we have tablets, devboards,
> TV boxes all mixed up happily.
> 
> But: from the 197 listed boards, a movement of 13 boards, often by just one
> position, makes the list ordered by description.
> 
> So I assumed this was the intention, and fixed the list accordingly. Happy
> to stand corrected if the maintainers have a better idea.

With short comment at the top about sorting:

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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