On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 07:15:38PM -0400, Jim Cromie wrote: > This is pretty obscure, and I havent seen any problems because of it, > but it is a bit odd. > > Can someone(s) > - confirm its absense on 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 or other > - check their FC-5 /proc/cpuinfo, and report back. > - explain why this is a good thing, or how it might have happened > accidentally ? SEP is incompatible with segment-based NX emulation provided by exec-shield in the Fedora kernel. The reason for this is that a SYSRET resets the segment limits. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
