A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.46 has been released. XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience.

The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

Supports all recent 64-bit versions of Debian and Ubuntu-based systems.

Main Features

• Preemptive Full Tickless Kernel at 500Hz w/ Tuned CPU Core Scheduler.
• RCU Boost for better responsiveness and lower overall system latency.
• Block Layer w/ multi-threaded runqueue for high I/O throughput.
• Caching, Virtual Memory Manager and CPUFreq Governor improvements.
• BBR TCP Congestion Control + FQ-PIE Packet Scheduling and AQM Algorithm [5.8].
• ORC Unwinder for Kernel Stack Traces (debuginfo) implementation.
• Third-party patchset available: ZSTD kernel, initrd and modules support [5.8][5.6-rt], Full x86_64 FSGSBASE instructions [5.8], Clear Linux [partial], CK's Hrtimer Patchset [5.8][5.4], Wine / Proton Fsync, PCIe ACS Override, BMQ Process Scheduler [5.4 stock disabled], Aufs [5.4] and GCC graysky's.
• Real-time Linux kernel (PREEMPT_RT) build available [5.6-rt][5.4-rt].
• Generic kernel package for compatibility with most Debian & Ubuntu based distributions. Built on the latest GCC 10.2 and Binutils 2.35.
• GPLv2 license. Can be built for any distribution or purpose.

Install via Terminal

echo 'deb  http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list && wget -qO -  https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

Then update and install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-xanmod

Reboot.

Meta packages available: linux-xanmod, linux-xanmod-edge, linux-xanmod-lts, linux-xanmod-rt-edge and linux-xanmod-rt.

To try without adding the repository

Download from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/

1. In terminal:

   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-*xanmod*.deb linux-headers-*xanmod*.deb

2. Reboot.

• Check it:

  cat /proc/version

* linux-firmware-image package is optional

Linux 5.10.46-xanmod1

• 8f476f5 Linux 5.10.46-xanmod1
• 5780942 Merge tag 'v5.10.46' into 5.10
• 3de043c Linux 5.10.46
• 174c275 usb: dwc3: core: fix kernel panic when do reboot
• e52d43c usb: dwc3: debugfs: Add and remove endpoint dirs dynamically
• 1b5fbb6 perf beauty: Update copy of linux/socket.h with the kernel sources
• 69371e0 tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/in.h copy with the kernel sources
• 4f6e709 net: fec_ptp: add clock rate zero check
• 1af3a8e net: stmmac: disable clocks in stmmac_remove_config_dt()
• f71ca81 mm/slub.c: include swab.h
• f6ed235 mm/slub: actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning
• 4314c8c mm/slub: fix redzoning for small allocations
• 4a36fda mm/slub: clarify verification reporting
• 12eb3c2 mm/swap: fix pte_same_as_swp() not removing uffd-wp bit when compare
• fc7fdd8 net: bridge: fix vlan tunnel dst refcnt when egressing
• fe0448a net: bridge: fix vlan tunnel dst null pointer dereference
• cfe403f net: ll_temac: Fix TX BD buffer overwrite
• 019ab7d net: ll_temac: Make sure to free skb when it is completely used
• 41984d4 drm/amdgpu/gfx9: fix the doorbell missing when in CGPG issue.
• bc58ec3 drm/amdgpu/gfx10: enlarge CP_MEC_DOORBELL_RANGE_UPPER to cover full doorbell.
• 96b4126 cfg80211: avoid double free of PMSR request
• 5493b0c cfg80211: make certificate generation more robust
• f74df6e mac80211: Fix NULL ptr deref for injected rate info
• df203c1 dmaengine: pl330: fix wrong usage of spinlock flags in dma_cyclc
• b842b56 crash_core, vmcoreinfo: append 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' to vmcoreinfo
• 63ba835 x86/fpu: Reset state for all signal restore failures
• a7748e0 x86/fpu: Invalidate FPU state after a failed XRSTOR from a user buffer
• 076f732 x86/fpu: Prevent state corruption in __fpu__restore_sig()
• abc790b x86/pkru: Write hardware init value to PKRU when xstate is init
• 208bb68 x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV
• 75a55bc x86/process: Check PF_KTHREAD and not current->mm for kernel threads
• ddaaf38 x86/mm: Avoid truncating memblocks for SGX memory
• f6bcb1a ARCv2: save ABI registers across signal handling
• b516dae s390/ap: Fix hanging ioctl caused by wrong msg counter
• 7c003da s390/mcck: fix calculation of SIE critical section size
• 3a9934d KVM: X86: Fix x86_emulator slab cache leak
• 18eca69 KVM: x86/mmu: Calculate and check "full" mmu_role for nested MMU
• 669a886 KVM: x86: Immediately reset the MMU context when the SMM flag is cleared
• 077cb89 PCI: Work around Huawei Intelligent NIC VF FLR erratum
• ee1a9cf PCI: Add ACS quirk for Broadcom BCM57414 NIC
• 1a1dbc4 PCI: aardvark: Fix kernel panic during PIO transfer
• dac77a1 PCI: Mark some NVIDIA GPUs to avoid bus reset
• 1e460dd PCI: Mark TI C667X to avoid bus reset
• c9fd0ab tracing: Do no increment trace_clock_global() by one
• b313bd9 tracing: Do not stop recording comms if the trace file is being read
• adb3849 tracing: Do not stop recording cmdlines when tracing is off
• 1a91faf usb: chipidea: imx: Fix Battery Charger 1.2 CDP detection
• 576996b usb: core: hub: Disable autosuspend for Cypress CY7C65632
• 6bd3d80 can: mcba_usb: fix memory leak in mcba_usb
• 509ab6b can: j1939: fix Use-after-Free, hold skb ref while in use
• 0cf4b37 can: bcm/raw/isotp: use per module netdevice notifier
• acb755b can: bcm: fix infoleak in struct bcm_msg_head
• 8c82c52 bpf: Do not mark insn as seen under speculative path verification
• e9d2717 bpf: Inherit expanded/patched seen count from old aux data
• ed423d8 irqchip/gic-v3: Workaround inconsistent PMR setting on NMI entry
• 103c4a0 mm: relocate 'write_protect_seq' in struct mm_struct
• a87abba hwmon: (scpi-hwmon) shows the negative temperature properly
• 57b21ef radeon: use memcpy_to/fromio for UVD fw upload
• 3e4b0fb ASoC: qcom: lpass-cpu: Fix pop noise during audio capture begin
• 360609f drm/sun4i: dw-hdmi: Make HDMI PHY into a platform device
• 5bd6bcb pinctrl: ralink: rt2880: avoid to error in calls is pin is already enabled
• 6d0dc1b ASoC: rt5682: Fix the fast discharge for headset unplugging in soundwire mode
• ba8a26a regulator: rt4801: Fix NULL pointer dereference if priv->enable_gpios is NULL
• 2f8f0e9 spi: stm32-qspi: Always wait BUSY bit to be cleared in stm32_qspi_wait_cmd()
• e03c8b3 ASoC: tas2562: Fix TDM_CFG0_SAMPRATE values
• 813ff24 sched/pelt: Ensure that *_sum is always synced with *_avg
• f6d28f0 spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix some wrong goto jumps & missing error code
• 0ea2122 regulator: rtmv20: Fix to make regcache value first reading back from HW
• 3c5064c ASoC: fsl-asoc-card: Set .owner attribute when registering card.
• 9a17907 phy: phy-mtk-tphy: Fix some resource leaks in mtk_phy_init()
• 02e2455 ASoC: rt5659: Fix the lost powers for the HDA header
• 3fb6c6a platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Add X1 Carbon Gen 9 second fan support
• 0609c36 regulator: bd70528: Fix off-by-one for buck123 .n_voltages setting
• 0ea9235 regulator: cros-ec: Fix error code in dev_err message
• 95deeb2 net: ethernet: fix potential use-after-free in ec_bhf_remove
• 8c0c2d9 icmp: don't send out ICMP messages with a source address of 0.0.0.0
• c5d70db bnxt_en: Call bnxt_ethtool_free() in bnxt_init_one() error path
• f8774be bnxt_en: Fix TQM fastpath ring backing store computation
• acc9175 bnxt_en: Rediscover PHY capabilities after firmware reset
• acc3589 cxgb4: fix wrong shift.
• 05b2b9f net: cdc_eem: fix tx fixup skb leak
• 290b0b6 net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkiss_close
• 45bf43d be2net: Fix an error handling path in 'be_probe()'
• 327e626 net/mlx5: Reset mkey index on creation
• 38aafe6 net/mlx5: E-Switch, Allow setting GUID for host PF vport
• 601be24 net/mlx5: E-Switch, Read PF mac address
• 5f2ccc5 net/af_unix: fix a data-race in unix_dgram_sendmsg / unix_release_sock
• ac31cc8 net: ipv4: fix memory leak in ip_mc_add1_src
• d08f726 net: fec_ptp: fix issue caused by refactor the fec_devtype
• 570a52c net: usb: fix possible use-after-free in smsc75xx_bind
• 70c8418 lantiq: net: fix duplicated skb in rx descriptor ring
• 11fac7e net: cdc_ncm: switch to eth%d interface naming
• 9a47949 ptp: improve max_adj check against unreasonable values
• 5fc6ed1 bpf: Fix leakage under speculation on mispredicted branches
• 960b08d net: qrtr: fix OOB Read in qrtr_endpoint_post
• 0239c43 ipv4: Fix device used for dst_alloc with local routes
• 4b5ad4b cxgb4: fix wrong ethtool n-tuple rule lookup
• d708e5e netxen_nic: Fix an error handling path in 'netxen_nic_probe()'
• 70513cd qlcnic: Fix an error handling path in 'qlcnic_probe()'
• fb3a948 ethtool: strset: fix message length calculation
• 0e185a7 net: qualcomm: rmnet: don't over-count statistics
• e357777 net: qualcomm: rmnet: Update rmnet device MTU based on real device
• 4abfd59 net: make get_net_ns return error if NET_NS is disabled
• 6a4b399 net: stmmac: dwmac1000: Fix extended MAC address registers definition
• 6392ed8 cxgb4: halt chip before flashing PHY firmware image
• b38ec78 cxgb4: fix sleep in atomic when flashing PHY firmware
• 3d60457 cxgb4: fix endianness when flashing boot image
• 5bf940f alx: Fix an error handling path in 'alx_probe()'
• 0adf32c selftests: mptcp: enable syncookie only in absence of reorders
• eab06f7 mptcp: do not warn on bad input from the network
• 222ebed mptcp: try harder to borrow memory from subflow under pressure
• 3b491dd sch_cake: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options and header
• 73eeba7 mptcp: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options
• 9cdf299 netfilter: synproxy: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options
• a336dc6 net/mlx5e: Block offload of outer header csum for UDP tunnels
• 34ff377 net/mlx5: DR, Don't use SW steering when RoCE is not supported
• 3623bfc net/mlx5: DR, Allow SW steering for sw_owner_v2 devices
• 792f16e net/mlx5: Consider RoCE cap before init RDMA resources
• be7f3f4 net/mlx5e: Fix page reclaim for dead peer hairpin
• 02c55a2 net/mlx5e: Remove dependency in IPsec initialization flows
• 4733b73 net/sched: act_ct: handle DNAT tuple collision
• c8f1437 rtnetlink: Fix regression in bridge VLAN configuration
• 8729ec8 udp: fix race between close() and udp_abort()
• 7dd7b1e ice: parameterize functions responsible for Tx ring management
• 805ae44 ice: add ndo_bpf callback for safe mode netdev ops
• 27e3d7d netfilter: nft_fib_ipv6: skip ipv6 packets from any to link-local
• 5cea03a net: lantiq: disable interrupt before sheduling NAPI
• db5f4ad net: dsa: felix: re-enable TX flow control in ocelot_port_flush()
• 5946fbf net: rds: fix memory leak in rds_recvmsg
• aba26b3 vrf: fix maximum MTU
• deeeb65 net: ipv4: fix memory leak in netlbl_cipsov4_add_std
• 2088824 libbpf: Fixes incorrect rx_ring_setup_done
• 195585d mlxsw: core: Set thermal zone polling delay argument to real value at init
• e95848e mlxsw: reg: Spectrum-3: Enforce lowest max-shaper burst size of 11
• 5a1cd67 mac80211: fix skb length check in ieee80211_scan_rx()
• 282baa8 batman-adv: Avoid WARN_ON timing related checks
• ae1d3b9 fanotify: fix copy_event_to_user() fid error clean up
• 0186854 kvm: LAPIC: Restore guard to prevent illegal APIC register access
• 9e379da mm/memory-failure: make sure wait for page writeback in memory_failure
• 090b1bb afs: Fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check
• 5efb0b3 dmaengine: stedma40: add missing iounmap() on error in d40_probe()
• ff864fa dmaengine: SF_PDMA depends on HAS_IOMEM
• c0090b0 dmaengine: QCOM_HIDMA_MGMT depends on HAS_IOMEM
• f984fa0 dmaengine: ALTERA_MSGDMA depends on HAS_IOMEM
• be47896 dmaengine: xilinx: dpdma: initialize registers before request_irq
• edd60af dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: Fix error return code in two functions
• 4d74c98 dmaengine: idxd: add missing dsa driver unregister

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