[PATCH] docs: dt-bindings: suggest "reg-names" position in DTS Coding Style

From: Rafał Miłecki
Date: Fri Dec 29 2023 - 00:48:15 EST


From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Property "reg-names" is strictly related to "reg" so it should follow it
directly instead of falling into "Standard/common properties". This
helps reading DTS files.

Cc: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>
cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
Cc: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
index a9bdd2b59dca..1a48e2ca80e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dts-coding-style.rst
@@ -116,12 +116,13 @@ The following order of properties in device nodes is preferred:

1. "compatible"
2. "reg"
-3. "ranges"
-4. Standard/common properties (defined by common bindings, e.g. without
+3. "reg-names"
+4. "ranges"
+5. Standard/common properties (defined by common bindings, e.g. without
vendor-prefixes)
-5. Vendor-specific properties
-6. "status" (if applicable)
-7. Child nodes, where each node is preceded with a blank line
+6. Vendor-specific properties
+7. "status" (if applicable)
+8. Child nodes, where each node is preceded with a blank line

The "status" property is by default "okay", thus it can be omitted.

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