Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: can we make anonymous memory non-EXECUTABLE?

David Mosberger (davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com)
Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:15:11 +0000

>>>>> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:23:15 +0000 (GMT), Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> said:

Alan> We are borg of x86 is true for the near future, but codifying
Alan> an x86ism for all ports for ever seems unwise.

Glad to hear that.

Alan> For IA32 on IA64 binaries you would however need to keep the
Alan> executable data behaviour.

Yes. I don't recall off hand whether the x86 emulation hardware (aka
"IVE") automatically takes care of that. I'll work on prototyping
this.

Thanks,

--david
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