True, but is that enough of a difference that it pays for the
complexity?
>
> Even when/if we do support obscenely large files (e.g. 10GB) for
> Intel, we still will only ever be able to mmap a small part of them.
>
10 GB isn't "obscenely large", IMO... I'd reserve that for files in
the 200-300 GB range (larger than most filesystems.)
Perhaps I'm just spoiled; none of the systems I use regularly has less
than 11 GB of disk...
-hpa
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