Re: NonExecutable Bit in 32Bit

[Tuncer Ayaz]

On 4/25/07, Cestonaro, Thilo (external)
<Thilo.Cestonaro.external@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> > CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
> > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
> > CONFIG_X86_PAE=y
>
> Ok in highmem it's active, whats about lowmem?
> x86-64 is NX active for lowmem too AFAIK.

It's more of an issue of having PAE enabled.
Without PAE you are not able to use the the NX bit.
That's the way the CPU works, not Linux.

Hope this helps.
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