Arnd Bergmann writes:
Can you eleborate, other than stating the exact opposite of what
my comment said?
It's mostly subjective, I guess. None of the reasons you've cited
seem at all compelling to me, and if we change this stuff then we'll
all get unnecessary questions next time we make a kernel. Anyway I
like it the way it is, and I'm the maintainer. :)
* The only major difference between ppc64 and the others is the
object format of the kernel binary.
I disagree with that. There are major differences at the
implementation level for a lot of things.
Paul.