To NX or not to NX

[Arjan van de Ven]

> We tried doing so with an FC5 test release, but things didn't go so well
> so we reverted back for the final. 

wasn't that when SMP and PAE were still tied together ?
(smp I can believe not going well :)

>  CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G also isn't that
> great for laptops.

actually it doesn't matter at all; if the cpu can do NX it can do PAE. 
The pM PAE issue is only for pre-NX cpus


> The work really needs to get done so that pae can be done at runtime,
> much like smp alternatives lets us do for smp.  Separate kernels is
> _always_ a losing battle for someone ;-)

oh I buy that.. however it's NotThatEasy(tm). Even that other OS doesn't
do it ;)