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From: pageexec@××××××××.hu
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] NX bit on VIA C7
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:08:35
Message-Id: 46365A38.10942.2ADE271D@pageexec.freemail.hu
In Reply to: [gentoo-hardened] NX bit on VIA C7 by Philipp Riegger
1 On 27 Apr 2007 at 20:00, Philipp Riegger wrote:
2
3 > In the latest mm-sources there is the possibility to choose VIA C7 as
4 > processor. This is enabled by the x86_64-mm-add-an-option-for-the-via-
5 > c7-which-sets-appropriate-l1-cache.patch patch. I did not see the NX
6 > bit enabled message after booting (maybe there are too many messages?
7
8 did you enable PAE (HIGHMEM64) in your .config?
9
10 > Is there a way to enlarge the kernel ring buffer?) but the second
11 > part of the test program mentioned in <http://www.ussg.iu.edu/
12 > hypermail/linux/kernel/0612.1/0509.html> segfaults, so it seems to be
13 > working.
14
15 what does paxtest report on the kernels you tried (if there's an
16 NX bit in use, at least the non-mprotect test should succeed else
17 there's a problem somewhere indeed)?
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