Messages in this thread | | | Date | 24 Mar 2004 12:27:39 +0100 | Date | Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:27:39 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Non-Exec stack patches |
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> 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.
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