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From:	Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a DEP (Data Execution Protection) option for Gentoo?
Date:	Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:57:29
Message-Id:	`20060328055242.GA18395@waltdnes.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a DEP (Data Execution Protection) option for Gentoo? by Graham Murray

1	On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 06:00:25PM +0100, Graham Murray wrote
2
3	> Even if the processor supports the NX bit, in arch/i386/mm/init.c it
4	> looks as though NX is only enabled if PAE is configured (which
5	> requires setting 64G highmem)
6
7	Let me get this straight. In "make menuconfig"...
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9	Processor type and features --->
10	High Memory Support (4GB) --->
11	(X) 64GB
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13	...will automatically enable DEP (aka NX)? Is that correct? Sheesh;
14	talk about indirection. This is probably why I couldn't find any direct
15	reference to it in /usr/src/linux/.config.
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18	Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
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