On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 12:56 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: > On my Intel system (Xeon with EMT64 support) which runs the 32-bit > version of FC5 I can see that NX support is active (from dmesg): > > NX (Execute Disable) protection: active > > On my other system, a AMD64 system running the 64-bit version of FC4, > there is no message regarding NX support being enabled of disabled at > all. > > Checking init.c in the kernel sources it seems that NX support is > depended on PAE support and NX support from the processor. As the AMD > processor supports both I aspect to see a NX procection active message > on my AMD system as well. Does NX support suppose to work on 64-bit > kernels ? > > Both systems run kernel 2.6.16. > > Jurgen > AFAICS, It's activated quietly if present on iAMD64 systems. No printk code. So, if /proc/cpuinfo includes nx, you're in the clear. Gilboa
