Re: NX bit: AMD vs Intel?

[James Wilkinson <fedora westexe demon co uk>]

ed wrote:
> On my system I get the following:
> 
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
<snip>
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm
> 3dnowext 3dnow lahf_lm
<snip>
> Notice I see nx in /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
> Run this command on your system to see if it shows up...

I believe this only shows that your system *supports* NX, not that the
operating system is actually making use of it...

James.

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