Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:19:43 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of NX bit support. Message-ID: <20060403211943.GA99241@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <44318E3F.6080808@rogers.com> References: <44301C6D.3010206@rogers.com> <200604031442.43477.jhb@freebsd.org> <44318E3F.6080808@rogers.com>
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 05:06:07PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > >On Sunday 02 April 2006 14:48, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > >>I was wondering what the status of the NX bit support is. Is the pmap.c > >>code still broken or is support enabled and functioning by default? > >> > > > >I don't think the status has changed. > > > > > > Well that sucks.. I guess then there really is no reason for someone to > run in amd64 mode unless you need more than 4GB of ram. > You're joking, right? How many registers are available for the i386? How many registers are available to an AMD64 cpu in 64-bit mode? -- Steve
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