Re: [PATCH v2] docs: dt-bindings: Specify ordering for properties within groups

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 05/03/2025 09:45, Dragan Simic wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
> index 8a68331075a0..15de3ede2d9c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
> @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ The above-described ordering follows this approach:
>  3. Status is the last information to annotate that device node is or is not
>     finished (board resources are needed).
>  
> +The above-described ordering specifies the preferred ordering of property
> +groups, while the individual properties inside each group shall use natural
> +sort order by the property name.  More specifically, natural sort order shall
> +apply to multi-digit numbers found inside the property names, while alpha-
> +numerical ordering shall apply otherwise.


The last sentence was not here and I don't get the point. Natural sort
order should be always preferred over alpha-numerical for properties.
About which other case ("...apply otherwise.") are you thinking?

Best regards,
Krzysztof