On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 08:44:44PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > PAE may be a necessary condition for NX, but it is not a sufficient condition. > I am presently using three 32-bit computers: one is a Pentium M (2G), one is > a Pentium 4 (2G), and one is a Xeon (4G). All three are PAE-capable, and all > three are presently running PAE Linux kernels. And all three display the > following message during boot, according to "dmesg|less": > > Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU! > > So, for my hardware, that argument doesn't seem to hold up. Am I missing > something?
No, you are right. I even run such a machine myself! Regards, Mirko
