io_block_mapping in PPC64?

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 01:47:22PM +0300, Tzachi Perelstein wrote:
> 
> Please forgive me, but although I absolutely accept your motivation, I
> disagree with your conclusion. Linux ppc64 should have an alternative to
> the 'desktop' device-tree structure, something that will be more
> embedded systems friendly, like the compact U-Boot structure. It doesn't
> mean that ppc64 arch will become a mess.

So why exactly is the flat device tree not embedded device friendly?
The IBM maple evaluation board uses it quite nicely.