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A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.61 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-xanmodlinux-xanmod-edgelinux-xanmod-ltslinux-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 5.10.61-xanmod1

  • a1c605d Linux 5.10.61-xanmod1
  • 4165272 mm/vmscan: add sysctl knobs for protecting the working set
  • e96e842 Merge tag 'v5.10.61' into 5.10
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    | * 452ea6a Linux 5.10.61
    | * f15e642 io_uring: only assign io_uring_enter() SQPOLL error in actual error case
    | * 695ab28 io_uring: fix xa_alloc_cycle() error return value check
    | * 0d5fcfc fs: warn about impending deprecation of mandatory locks
    | * 8132fc2 mm: memcontrol: fix occasional OOMs due to proportional memory.low reclaim
    | * 53e8166 ASoC: intel: atom: Fix breakage for PCM buffer address setup
    | * 88f65f5 ALSA: hda/realtek: Limit mic boost on HP ProBook 445 G8
    | * b6672f6 PCI: Increase D3 delay for AMD Renoir/Cezanne XHCI
    | * a69326e s390/pci: fix use after free of zpci_dev
    | * 05b56e0 ALSA: hda/via: Apply runtime PM workaround for ASUS B23E
    | * 67fece6 btrfs: prevent rename2 from exchanging a subvol with a directory from different parents
    | * 16cfa72 mmc: sdhci-iproc: Set SDHCI_QUIRK_CAP_CLOCK_BASE_BROKEN on BCM2711
    | * 2566c1d mmc: sdhci-iproc: Cap min clock frequency on BCM2711
    | * 110b7f7 ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable 4-speaker output for Dell XPS 15 9510 laptop
    | * 258782b ipack: tpci200: fix memory leak in the tpci200_register
    | * 3ee1b08 ipack: tpci200: fix many double free issues in tpci200_pci_probe
    | * 0775bc4 slimbus: ngd: reset dma setup during runtime pm
    | * 45d6fc2 slimbus: messaging: check for valid transaction id
    | * b700b52 slimbus: messaging: start transaction ids from 1 instead of zero
    | * bd0c2f8 tracing / histogram: Fix NULL pointer dereference on strcmp() on NULL event name
    | * f7c1254 ALSA: hda - fix the 'Capture Switch' value change notifications
    | * 7451c30 clk: qcom: gdsc: Ensure regulator init state matches GDSC state
    | * 7203b49 clk: imx6q: fix uart earlycon unwork
    | * 3f8920c mmc: sdhci-msm: Update the software timeout value for sdhc
    | * 8f499a9 mmc: mmci: stm32: Check when the voltage switch procedure should be done
    | * f8dac27 mmc: dw_mmc: Fix hang on data CRC error
    | * 645fd92 Revert "flow_offload: action should not be NULL when it is referenced"
    | * 2f6c428 iavf: Fix ping is lost after untrusted VF had tried to change MAC
    | * 7873c29 i40e: Fix ATR queue selection
    | * e003a89 r8152: fix writing USB_BP2_EN
    | * 21ca0b1 iommu/vt-d: Fix incomplete cache flush in intel_pasid_tear_down_entry()
    | * 81578e5 iommu/vt-d: Consolidate duplicate cache invaliation code
    | * eee84ea ovs: clear skb->tstamp in forwarding path
    | * 47a1161 net: mdio-mux: Handle -EPROBE_DEFER correctly
    | * 13af9c8 net: mdio-mux: Don't ignore memory allocation errors
    | * df61235 sch_cake: fix srchost/dsthost hashing mode
    | * e1ec585 ixgbe, xsk: clean up the resources in ixgbe_xsk_pool_enable error path
    | * 3b7397b net: qlcnic: add missed unlock in qlcnic_83xx_flash_read32
    | * 9bc2d1a virtio-net: use NETIF_F_GRO_HW instead of NETIF_F_LRO
    | * b7adfde virtio-net: support XDP when not more queues
    | * 1ce62fe vrf: Reset skb conntrack connection on VRF rcv
    | * 8ae539a bnxt_en: Add missing DMA memory barriers
    | * 9751aa4 bnxt_en: Disable aRFS if running on 212 firmware
    | * efd9b79 ptp_pch: Restore dependency on PCI
    | * 85e0518 net: 6pack: fix slab-out-of-bounds in decode_data
    | * e0ae168 bnxt: count Tx drops
    | * 296fe76 bnxt: make sure xmit_more + errors does not miss doorbells
    | * d913d5c bnxt: disable napi before canceling DIM
    | * 5b24ae8 bnxt: don't lock the tx queue from napi poll
    | * 585ff73 bpf: Clear zext_dst of dead insns
    | * 8dfdeeb drm/mediatek: Add AAL output size configuration
    | * a8b8d61 drm/mediatek: Fix aal size config
    | * 6715cef soc / drm: mediatek: Move DDP component defines into mtk-mmsys.h
    | * 1b6fc6f vdpa/mlx5: Avoid destroying MR on empty iotlb
    | * ecdd7c4 vhost: Fix the calculation in vhost_overflow()
    | * e0b603c bus: ti-sysc: Fix error handling for sysc_check_active_timer()
    | * 1af7ccb vhost-vdpa: Fix integer overflow in vhost_vdpa_process_iotlb_update()
    | * 293180f virtio: Protect vqs list access
    | * 9108120 dccp: add do-while-0 stubs for dccp_pr_debug macros
    | * e352531 cpufreq: armada-37xx: forbid cpufreq for 1.2 GHz variant
    | * d2ab549 iommu: Check if group is NULL before remove device
    | * 44f454a arm64: dts: qcom: msm8992-bullhead: Remove PSCI
    | * 95ed753 arm64: dts: qcom: c630: fix correct powerdown pin for WSA881x
    | * d7d04c6 Bluetooth: hidp: use correct wait queue when removing ctrl_wait
    | * 2e6cc93 drm/amd/display: workaround for hard hang on HPD on native DP
    | * dcc8c5f drm/amd/display: Fix Dynamic bpp issue with 8K30 with Navi 1X
    | * 8849a8c net: usb: lan78xx: don't modify phy_device state concurrently
    | * 735e613 net: usb: pegasus: Check the return value of get_geristers() and friends;
    | * 6b36841 ARM: dts: nomadik: Fix up interrupt controller node names
    | * 410d1ea qede: fix crash in rmmod qede while automatic debug collection
    | * 7525f2e drm/amdgpu: fix the doorbell missing when in CGPG issue for renoir.
    | * 7114595 scsi: core: Fix capacity set to zero after offlinining device
    | * 8071dbe scsi: core: Avoid printing an error if target_alloc() returns -ENXIO
    | * 4f78db7 scsi: scsi_dh_rdac: Avoid crash during rdac_bus_attach()
    | * cc312fa scsi: megaraid_mm: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each_entry()
    | * 968ee91 scsi: pm80xx: Fix TMF task completion race condition
    | * b353028 dmaengine: of-dma: router_xlate to return -EPROBE_DEFER if controller is not yet available
    | * 35f4162 ARM: dts: am43x-epos-evm: Reduce i2c0 bus speed for tps65218
    | * 505884a net: xfrm: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each_entry
    | * f1c0533 spi: spi-mux: Add module info needed for autoloading
    | * b618a32 dmaengine: usb-dmac: Fix PM reference leak in usb_dmac_probe()
    | * c160df9 dmaengine: xilinx_dma: Fix read-after-free bug when terminating transfers
    | * d493027 USB: core: Fix incorrect pipe calculation in do_proc_control()
    | * ba6c1b0 USB: core: Avoid WARNings for 0-length descriptor requests
    | * 8e100c7 KVM: X86: Fix warning caused by stale emulation context
    | * 47d4c79 KVM: x86: Factor out x86 instruction emulation with decoding
    | * ff2fc9e media: drivers/media/usb: fix memory leak in zr364xx_probe
    | * 56320b1 media: zr364xx: fix memory leaks in probe()
    | * b5c7ec6 media: zr364xx: propagate errors from zr364xx_start_readpipe()
    | * 779a0f4 mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: fix crash when erasing/writing AMD cards
    | * e2036bc ath9k: Postpone key cache entry deletion for TXQ frames reference it
    | * 609c0cf ath: Modify ath_key_delete() to not need full key entry
    | * 2925a83 ath: Export ath_hw_keysetmac()
    | * 6566c20 ath9k: Clear key cache explicitly on disabling hardware
    | * 8f05076 ath: Use safer key clearing with key cache entries
  • cd1db8b Revert "mm/vmscan: add sysctl knobs for protecting clean cache"
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