From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264238AbUGFRte (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:49:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264246AbUGFRte (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:49:34 -0400 Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.198.35]:36553 "EHLO rwcrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264238AbUGFRtc (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:49:32 -0400 Message-ID: <40EAE62D.8090800@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:49:33 -0400 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040630) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthias Andree CC: Linux-Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: post 2.6.7 BK change breaks Java? References: <20040705231131.GA5958@merlin.emma.line.org> <40EACB64.2010503@comcast.net> <20040706161451.GA26925@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20040706161451.GA26925@merlin.emma.line.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Andree wrote: | On Tue, 06 Jul 2004, John Richard Moser wrote: | | I've been pointed to the NX feature off-list and investigated, my CPU | (AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Model 10 "Barton") doesn't support the noexec flag, Your CPU doesn't need to support an NX flag. See http://en.wikipedia.net/wiki/PaX for two ways to mimic the same functionality. I'm not sure if any noexec patches other than PaX can do this though; the thing IS about 3 years old. Anyway, it was just a longshot. I've got nothing else to offer on the subject of java dying because of in-kernel issues. | and dmesg does not contain any output that MX was enabled, and the Java | "Killed" problem persists when the kernel is booted with noexec=off. | | It must have entered the tree between v2.6.7 and revision 1.1757 in | Linus' tree. | | BTW, how do I tell BitKeeper "pull up to revision..."? bk pull and bk | undo -aREV is a way, but it's wasteful. | Dunno. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFA6uYrhDd4aOud5P8RAsDwAKCANubhFZRy8cMywXF+/VFzX+sNNgCfY5l9 0u+mKXtBIimd4xQSEVIplJE= =RXue -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----