Performance with 64-bit values is bad enough on 32-bit machines...
when we all have Alphas and Merceds, then we can talk... ;-)
A 64-bit linear address space spans 1634 PB, 16777216 TB. If we could
create a file with a 128-bit address span, how many of those 64-bit
address spaces could be allocated to each and every person on earth?
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have bragging rights to "the first
desktop OS to support a 128-bit filespace", I just don't think it's a
good idea in terms of keeping mainline code fast and Linux filesystem
performance the best on earth.
Does GCC even _have_ a type for 128 bits on ia32?
except "char longlonglong[16];", of course... ;-)
Adam
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