Re: [X86] x86 SIG / Dropping PAE support

Jeff Backus <[email protected]> Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:43:33 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.anaconda.devel
Message-ID <CAF5ev_jPdBMHYCLkgvkQcNgz4AB79xRdZ2uyezUpLprBbLKLUw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:08 AM, Florian Weimer <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/19/2017 12:41 AM, Jeff Backus wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/17/2017 06:30 PM, Jeff Backus wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, I wanted to let you know that we have decided to drop PAE support.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does this disable direct NX support, too?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Florian
>>
>>
>> Hmm.... Good question. Looks like it. I'm not very familiar with the
>> no-execute stuff, but yes, I do believe it requires PAE.
>
>
> Isn't this a rather significant feature regression?

Only from a security standpoint? *sheepish grin* Thanks for point this
out. We'll need to revisit.

jeff


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