From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:54:26 +0200
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 1/5] ARM: hisi: Make 3620 explicit, remove wildcards
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On Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:05:01 PM CEST Marty Plummer wrote:
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-hisi/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-hisi/Kconfig
> @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ if ARCH_HISI
>  
>  menu "Hisilicon platform type"
>  
> -config ARCH_HI3xxx
> -       bool "Hisilicon Hi36xx family"
> +config ARCH_HI3620
> +       bool "Hisilicon Hi3620 family"
>         depends on ARCH_MULTI_V7
>         select CACHE_L2X0
>         select HAVE_ARM_SCU if SMP
> 

This breaks bisection by removing the ARCH_HI3xxx symbol that
the other drivers still rely on until the entire series is
applied.

I'd suggest introducing a hidden ARCH_HI3xxx symbol like

config ARCH_HI3xxx
	bool

config ARCH_HI3620
	bool "Hisilicon Hi3620 family"
	select ARCH_HI3xxx
	...

	Arnd