Re: nx-bit and TPM

Igor <runixd@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
I'm was looking through handbook and wikipedia and it appears FreeBSD
doesn't support hardware (nor software) nx bit.
There also doesn't seem to be any support for TPM (Trusted Platform Module).

I believe NX support was never implemented because Intel's version of
AMD64 didn't support it. As for TPM, I don't see the point.

DES
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