PAE on i686 by default in TH

[Łukasz Jernaś]

2009/2/10 Bartosz Świątek <shadzik w gmail.com>:
> 2009/2/10 Bartosz Świątek <shadzik w gmail.com>:
>> W dniu 10 lutego 2009 15:59 użytkownik Patryk Zawadzki
>
> Again wikipedia:
>
> "Physical Address Extension (PAE) is a feature of x86 and x86-64
> processors that enable the use of more than 4 gigabytes[1] of physical
> memory to be used in 32-bit systems, given appropriate operating
> system support. PAE is provided by Intel Pentium Pro and above CPUs
> (including all later Pentium-series processors except the 400 MHz bus
> versions of the Pentium M), as well as by some compatible processors
> such as the Athlon and later models from AMD."
>
> So it's definitely just a software extension, which means 32bit
> processors will support it too.
>

Yup, quote frome /proc/cpuinfo on my 4 year old Celeron M laptop:
flags: .... pae ....