"CZ" <CZ@no99spam.com> wrote in message
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>>> AMD and Intel EM64T Processors support hardware DEP; many (most?) 32-bit
>>> Pentium IV
> processors do not.
>
>
> Andrew:
> http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q1...0/index.x?pg=1
> "Execute Disable Bit support - Like the 500J series processors, the new
> Intel core [6xx series] includes support for the Execute Disable Bit, also
> called the No Execute (NX) bit by AMD"
>
> My P4 630 CPU supports DEP
Yes, as he said. Only the later versions of the Prescott core, which was
the last Pentium 4 core, had the NX bit.
ss.