Upstream doesn't optimize the kernel and bootwrappers for ppc44x because
they still want to support gcc 3.3 -- well, we don't.
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER),y)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-sched-epilog
endif
-cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx) += -Wa,-m405
+cpu-as-$(CONFIG_40x) += -Wa,-m405
+cpu-as-$(CONFIG_44x) += -Wa,-m440
cpu-as-$(CONFIG_ALTIVEC) += -Wa,-maltivec
cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E200) += -Wa,-me200
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ BOOTCFLAGS += -