Re: [PATCH v1 03/25] arm64: dts: colibri-imx8x: Sort properties

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Mar 08 2023 - 11:10:46 EST


On 08/03/2023 15:50, Philippe Schenker wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-03-08 at 15:32 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 08/03/2023 14:29, Philippe Schenker wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2023-03-08 at 13:57 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> Is this approved coding style for IMX DTS?
>>>
>>> How the ordering should be done is nowhere specifically documented
>>> (at
>>> least this is my current understanding).
>>> The ordering how I noted it is what we gathered from multiple
>>> feedback
>>> on mailinglist discussions.
>>>
>>> With that ordering I hope everyone is happy.
>>>
>>> Philippe
>>
>> Yeah, but what if next developer next month re-orders all your nodes
>> again because he will use different coding style?
>
> Someone from Toradex will complain that we want to have it the way I
> sent now, since this is the way we agreed on internally.

I am sorry, but coding style is per subsystem, not per Toradex boards.
Even if my example is not applicable, someone might come soon with
something different for entire iMX and again re-order it.

Either make a rule for entire iMX or do not make re-shufflings. They are
not useful.

Best regards,
Krzysztof