> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 06:26:05PM -0500, James Buren > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Would it be wise to enable PAE on i686 if it is not already done? Just a >> thought of something for 1.5. > > What are your arguments for it? > > Here are mines against it: > > - it's slow > - it affects systems where PAE is not needed > - show me a system with 4G of RAM whose CPU is not 64bit-capable >
Supposedly, it is required to enable the NX bit on x86. On x86_64, it isn't necessary. The NX bit is supposedly a "security feature". Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NX_bit _______________________________________________ Frugalware-devel mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-devel
