Isn't one of the core2 bugs that nx is only honored for one of the

cores but not the other?
On 9/20/07, Ted Unangst  wrote:

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> On 9/20/07, Darren Spruell  wrote:

> > On 9/20/07, rwaite1@tampabay.rr.com  wrote:

> > > According to:

> > > http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html

> > > W^X will not work on Intel's 64 bit chips. I for one chose to go with

> i386 on my Core 2 because of this fact alone.

>

> the early chips didn't have it, the new ones do.  the web page is old.

>

>

> > Intel produces 2 families of 64-bit processors; the EM64T and an AMD64

> > family chip.

>

> i cannot find any mention of the intel amd64 family on their website.

>

>

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