Re: Non-Exec stack patches

[Andi Kleen]

> Well, there's also the case that (unknown if rumour or confirmed) there
> will be AthlonXPs based on the K8 core that do NOT run 64bit code.

Yes, you're right. Some HP laptops ship with such crippled chips. 

> I would THINK they would include the NX bit but that's just a guess of
> course.

Most likely yes. 

But who buys such crippled CPUs will have to live with that. Or do a patch.
NX support is mostly hype anyways, it doesn't give you much advantage.

-Andi
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