Hi misc@: >From what I read in the specs of the new VIA C7 Esther core (http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7/), it seems it supports NX bit protection, but it seems NX hardware protection is only supported with PAE enabled. Searching a bit in the archives, I've found a patch from tedu@ (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=108631046324027&w=2) that tries to improve the i386 pmap in order to get PAE support.
This patch seems that never get commited, so I'd like to ask if are there any advances in this aspect. Regards
