How should anaconda check for PAE? (was Re: arch fun.)

Roland McGrath roland at redhat.com
Tue Feb 24 23:29:33 UTC 2009


> - Should we be using the PAE kernel *regardless* of memory size (as
> implied above) or do we want some memory requirements?

It's always preferable on hardware (where pae actually works) that also has
the nx cpu feature.  True PROT_EXEC enforcement (NX) is only available in
PAE mode.


Thanks,
Roland




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