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Name:	unknown
Date:	February 18, 2004 at 21:42:45
Subject:	Re: Intel "AMD64" docs posted
In Reply To:	Re: Intel "AMD64" docs posted by unknown on February 18, 2004 at 08:35:20
Text:	`\|\| 1. No NX bit in page descriptors. \|\| - Looks like Intel is missing something important here. \| \| They probably forgot to add that to the doc. No. If you look at the cpuid feature-bit description in the IA32e pdf, it says function 80000001-edx bits 28-21 are reserved, and bits 19-12 are reserved, with no mention at all of bit 20 (the NX feature bit).` `Looks like it was in the doc, and pulled out later on.`

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`Text:`	\|\|\| 1. No NX bit in page descriptors. \|\|\| - Looks like Intel is missing something important here. \|\| \|\| They probably forgot to add that to the doc. \| \| No. If you look at the cpuid feature-bit description in the IA32e pdf, it \| says function 80000001-edx bits 28-21 are reserved, and bits 19-12 are \| reserved, with no mention at all of bit 20 (the NX feature bit). \| \| Looks like it was in the doc, and pulled out later on. \|


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