amuel.thiba...@gnu.org
> To: yuhongbao_...@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: NX support in GNU Mach
>
> Hello,
>
> Yuhong Bao, le Sun 12 Jul 2009 15:57:59 -0700, a écrit :
>> when you finally added FXSAVE to GNU Mach in 2007, you incorrectly
>> called the additional state saved by
Yuhong Bao, le Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:46:09 -0700, a écrit :
>
> Other things I have found in my experience with Debian GNU/Hurd is that
> aptitude and man-db is still broken.
> I am using apt-get for now, but it doesn't have the TUI that aptitude have.
Feel free to help on these.
Samuel
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> Subject: Re: NX support in GNU Mach
>
> Hello,
>
> Yuhong Bao, le Fri 13 Mar 2009 12:14:56 -0700, a écrit :
>> I heard that PAE support has been recently implemented in GNU Mach.
>
> Yep.
>
>> I think the next step is to
Yuhong Bao, le Sun 14 Jun 2009 00:02:44 -0700, a écrit :
> In fact, even Windows XP SP2 and later had to enable PAE with physical
> address space limited to 4GB in order to enable NX.
Err, of course, the NX bit wouldn't be there, else.
> 32-bit GNU Mach is limited to 1 GB of memory, so NX and Xe
Hello,
Yuhong Bao, le Fri 13 Mar 2009 12:14:56 -0700, a écrit :
> I heard that PAE support has been recently implemented in GNU Mach.
Yep.
> I think the next step is to add No-Execute (NX) support to GNU Mach.
Oh, that could be useful indeed. The good news is that the user/kernel
interface alr
I heard that PAE support has been recently implemented in GNU Mach.
I think the next step is to add No-Execute (NX) support to GNU Mach.
NX is a feature of modern CPUs that allows memory to be marked as
non-executable for increased security.
It requires PAE.
I'd also suggest adding support for mo
