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

[Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:38:41 +0100
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:

Hi,

(CC:ing Maxime for potential historic context)

> On 21/12/2023 16:07, Andre Przywara wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:45:17 +0100
> > Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> >   
> >> On 21/12/2023 15:06, Andre Przywara wrote:  
> >>> The sunxi.yaml file, holding all known board compatible names for
> >>> devices with Allwinner SoCs, is apparently sorted alphabetically, by the
> >>> "description" entry. However there are a few outliers.
> >>>
> >>> Re-order the entries to get a strict alphabetical ordering, so that:
> >>> $ grep description: sunxi.yaml | sort -fc
> >>> returns empty-handed. There is no change otherwise.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>    
> >>
> >> What was the existing order? Aren't this just shuffling again things?  
> > 
> > It assume the intention was to order "alphabetically by description", but
> > there were some out-of-place entries which apparently slipped through
> > review.
> > 
> > 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.

Cheers,
Andre