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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] re: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel! [dmesg]
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:28:51
Message-Id: 52530B6D.5080707@gmail.com
1 Is the message below I should do something about?
2
3 box0=; dmesg|grep -i PAE
4 [ 0.000000] Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be
5 enabled: non-PAE kernel!
6
7
8 My CPU seems to have support for it.
9 box0=; grep pae /proc/cpuinfo
10 flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
11 cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm
12 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl
13 est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
14 flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
15 cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm
16 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl
17 est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
18
19 But not my kernel, as far as I can tell.
20 box0=; uname -a
21 Linux box0 3.10.7-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Sat Oct 5 23:57:58 EEST 2013 i686
22 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
23
24 box0=; grep -i pae .config
25 box0=; echo $?
26 1
27
28 Thanks.

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