Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: hpe,gxp: Add HPE GSC platform compatible

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 30/03/2026 16:53, Hawkins, Nick wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof Kozlowski,
> 
>>>  maintainers:
>>>    - Nick Hawkins <nick.hawkins@xxxxxxx>
>>> @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ properties:
>>>            - enum:
>>>                - hpe,gxp-dl360gen10
>>>            - const: hpe,gxp
>>> +      - description: GSC Based Boards
>>> +        items:
>>> +          - enum:
>>> +              - hpe,gsc-dl340gen12
>>> +          - const: hpe,gsc
> 
>> What sort of ordering are you going to use in this file? Usual choice is
>> the fallback compatible, but I see you have chosen something else. That
>> is fine, just keep that else sorting in the future instead of adding to
>> the end.
> 
> Thank you for the feedback, just to confirm are you looking for me
> to do something like this?:
> 
> - description: GSC Based Boards
>         items:
>           - enum:
>               - hpe,gsc-dl340gen12
>           - const: hpe,gsc
> - description: GXP Based Boards
>         items:
>           - enum:
>               - hpe,gxp-dl360gen10
>           - const: hpe,gxp

Yes, that's the typical/usual way.

> 
> That way we have the newest first and going forward if there is

Usual order is the alphanumerical.

> something newer we add it to the top of the list rather than
> the bottom?

If you want to order by date of release of the SoC, that's fine. I think
Allwinner does it. It's pretty non obvious because the chips are
upstreamed different time than released, so it is difficult for people
knot knowing the release dates. Just don't use the rule of "add at the
beginning" or "at the end".

Best regards,
Krzysztof