NX bit: AMD vs Intel?

[A.J. Bonnema]

Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> On my Intel system (Xeon with EMT64 support) which runs the 32-bit
> version of FC5 I can see that NX support is active (from dmesg):
>
> NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
>
> On my other system, a AMD64 system running the 64-bit version of FC4,
> there is no message regarding NX support being enabled of disabled at
> all.
>
>   
<snip>
> Both systems run kernel 2.6.16.
>
> Jurgen
>
>   
Hi Jurgen,

I checked my AMD64 system (running the 64 bit FC5).
dmesg shows no nx or pae (dmesg | grep -i nx). So apparently, whether 
supported or not, it is not reported....

Guus.

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