From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E43C1381F3 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:47:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58176E0CDE; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (mail-wi0-f173.google.com [209.85.212.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D5A6E0C88 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id hq15so5410753wib.12 for ; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:46:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4r5PWMdGjcfPesG6/49us2mvSNuHpZuUxWnqRTypb/A=; b=RYTpWFdH7b+8+t0KdK9GKQFjbAJ/ZU3P6jiZAYbP7Kx7gjCu8uRTyE55PyQOezLLjc 8vjRkg7Az67CTJm7fJZ1Dtj7oaAn+G30hcsajfl2dGwJX3XXUD0GCNScHa9O0dDOcKD8 rIiaUFSceQj5LoRscmb7zObEgyvaAzU46+bPg9vBxTIic2xv93LdDh8Ofz/3RJvJl9jR v+9Y5QEeUsZuMQohn/Ytqto27MMBMmFFMooZAiJOmjBwwhuH46J126e0kTEfXZUm5wof SyidycN7Y/z1X3J5RMznYg7ujaN841Uu2PWG0ebQ4UvuCo+q9wHIf8A6dQ4nZC7sUWz1 /TiA== X-Received: by 10.180.79.200 with SMTP id l8mr20446922wix.44.1381175213824; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-102-121.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.102.121]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q5sm120463wiz.3.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:46:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52530E8C.1040701@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:42:04 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be enabled: non-PAE kernel! [dmesg] References: <52530B6D.5080707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52530B6D.5080707@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5d6dc276-f3de-464d-a187-874a9494995e X-Archives-Hash: 6942698da3cfd8d190063ac30f9c3f40 On 07/10/2013 21:28, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Is the message below I should do something about? > > box0=; dmesg|grep -i PAE > [ 0.000000] Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection cannot be > enabled: non-PAE kernel! > > > My CPU seems to have support for it. > box0=; grep pae /proc/cpuinfo > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm > constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl > est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm > > But not my kernel, as far as I can tell. > box0=; uname -a > Linux box0 3.10.7-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Sat Oct 5 23:57:58 EEST 2013 i686 > Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3400 @ 2.16GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > box0=; grep -i pae .config > box0=; echo $? > 1 > > Thanks. > > Symbol: ARM_LPAE [=ARM_LPAE] Type : unknown Symbol: X86_PAE [=n] Type : boolean Prompt: PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support Location: (1) -> Processor type and features Defined at arch/x86/Kconfig:1213 Depends on: X86_32 [=n] && !HIGHMEM4G [=n] Selected by: HIGHMEM64G [=n] && && !M486 [=n] -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com