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A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 6.1.45 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.



Linux 6.1.45-xanmod1

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 6.1.45-xanmod1

  • packages  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/releases/lts/6.1.45-xanmod1

    • cc0a5da Linux 6.1.45-xanmod1
    • 22bccd9 Merge tag 'v6.1.45' into 6.1
    • 7dbb937 x86/build: Add check if compiler supports -fcx-limited-range
    • 1321ab4 Linux 6.1.45
    • f2615bb x86/CPU/AMD: Do not leak quotient data after a division by 0
    • 673cdde Revert "drm/i915: Disable DC states for all commits"
    • af72151 drm/amdgpu: Use apt name for FW reserved region
    • 3d0a34c drm/amdgpu: Remove unnecessary domain argument
    • 526defe drm/amdgpu: add vram reservation based on vram_usagebyfirmware_v2_2
    • 99255a2 arm64/ptrace: Don't enable SVE when setting streaming SVE
    • c2fdf82 exfat: check if filename entries exceeds max filename length
    • e2fb24c f2fs: don't reset unchangable mount option in f2fs_remount()
    • 6ba0594 f2fs: fix to set flush_merge opt and show noflush_merge
    • e355972 selftests/rseq: Play nice with binaries statically linked against glibc 2.35+
    • 5656267 drm/amd/display: skip CLEAR_PAYLOAD_ID_TABLE if device mst_en is 0
    • 63eeb50 drm/amd/display: Ensure that planes are in the same order
    • 740d4ca drm/imx/ipuv3: Fix front porch adjustment upon hactive aligning
    • a492b82 powerpc/mm/altmap: Fix altmap boundary check
    • f4b700c mtd: rawnand: fsl_upm: Fix an off-by one test in fun_exec_op()
    • b71c002 mtd: rawnand: rockchip: Align hwecc vs. raw page helper layouts
    • 5a8a35b mtd: rawnand: rockchip: fix oobfree offset and description
    • 6c591fc mtd: rawnand: omap_elm: Fix incorrect type in assignment
    • 88b1958 io_uring: annotate offset timeout races
    • a78a8bc f2fs: fix to do sanity check on direct node in truncate_dnode()
    • 23e7223 btrfs: remove BUG_ON()'s in add_new_free_space()
    • 56c0d76 ext2: Drop fragment support
    • 295ef44 fs: Protect reconfiguration of sb read-write from racing writes
    • 1bebbd9 net: usbnet: Fix WARNING in usbnet_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb
    • 203d589 debugobjects: Recheck debug_objects_enabled before reporting
    • 29fac18 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_ready_cb
    • 1416eeb fs/sysv: Null check to prevent null-ptr-deref bug
    • ccc6de4 fs/ntfs3: Use __GFP_NOWARN allocation at ntfs_load_attr_list()
    • 33d9490 mm: kmem: fix a NULL pointer dereference in obj_stock_flush_required()
    • 4968484 file: reinstate f_pos locking optimization for regular files
    • 7a1178a bpf, cpumap: Make sure kthread is running before map update returns
    • 8a211e9 clk: imx93: Propagate correct error in imx93_clocks_probe()
    • 37f6073 drm/i915/gt: Cleanup aux invalidation registers
    • 4db8b39 drm/i915: Fix premature release of request's reusable memory
    • 1fdd16d drm/ttm: check null pointer before accessing when swapping
    • 4f03b04 open: make RESOLVE_CACHED correctly test for O_TMPFILE
    • 61f96da arm64/fpsimd: Sync FPSIMD state with SVE for SME only systems
    • 654c1dd arm64/fpsimd: Clear SME state in the target task when setting the VL
    • bae3534 arm64/fpsimd: Sync and zero pad FPSIMD state for streaming SVE
    • b8ea2a4 powerpc/ftrace: Create a dummy stackframe to fix stack unwind
    • 36dd8ca bpf: Disable preemption in bpf_event_output
    • ec06236 rbd: prevent busy loop when requesting exclusive lock
    • 98cccbd x86/hyperv: Disable IBT when hypercall page lacks ENDBR instruction
    • 0526119 wifi: mt76: mt7615: do not advertise 5 GHz on first phy of MT7615D (DBDC)
    • 767800f net: tap_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()
    • b6846d7 net: tun_chr_open(): set sk_uid from current_fsuid()
    • 367fdf3 arm64: dts: stratix10: fix incorrect I2C property for SCL signal
    • 3654ed5 bpf: Disable preemption in bpf_perf_event_output
    • 680f4d8 mtd: rawnand: meson: fix OOB available bytes for ECC
    • 67327ca mtd: spinand: toshiba: Fix ecc_get_status
    • 724ce05 exfat: release s_lock before calling dir_emit()
    • 1427a7e exfat: use kvmalloc_array/kvfree instead of kmalloc_array/kfree
    • bc41119 firmware: arm_scmi: Drop OF node reference in the transport channel setup
    • a062da5 ceph: defer stopping mdsc delayed_work
    • ad82aac USB: zaurus: Add ID for A-300/B-500/C-700
    • be52667 libceph: fix potential hang in ceph_osdc_notify()
    • f62faad scsi: storvsc: Limit max_sectors for virtual Fibre Channel devices
    • 645603a scsi: zfcp: Defer fc_rport blocking until after ADISC response
    • f0618c3 rust: allocator: Prevent mis-aligned allocation
    • cd4bdf8 tcp_metrics: fix data-race in tcpm_suck_dst() vs fastopen
    • e53917e tcp_metrics: annotate data-races around tm->tcpm_net
    • 6dea95d tcp_metrics: annotate data-races around tm->tcpm_vals[]
    • fee608e tcp_metrics: annotate data-races around tm->tcpm_lock
    • 4a77a0f tcp_metrics: annotate data-races around tm->tcpm_stamp
    • 71f891a tcp_metrics: fix addr_same() helper
    • afac854 prestera: fix fallback to previous version on same major version
    • 72b3aea net/mlx5: fs_core: Skip the FTs in the same FS_TYPE_PRIO_CHAINS fs_prio
    • 1ca50e5 net/mlx5: fs_core: Make find_closest_ft more generic
    • 7b87176 vxlan: Fix nexthop hash size
    • 691a09e ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report()
    • 8681840 s390/qeth: Don't call dev_close/dev_open (DOWN/UP)
    • ecff20e net: dcb: choose correct policy to parse DCB_ATTR_BCN
    • 421e02b bnxt_en: Fix max_mtu setting for multi-buf XDP
    • e9f11bf bnxt_en: Fix page pool logic for page size >= 64K
    • 64763dd net: netsec: Ignore 'phy-mode' on SynQuacer in DT mode
    • 8afe277 net: korina: handle clk prepare error in korina_probe()
    • 5866066 net: ll_temac: fix error checking of irq_of_parse_and_map()
    • 834422b bpf: sockmap: Remove preempt_disable in sock_map_sk_acquire
    • d4d3b53 net/sched: cls_route: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free
    • 7f69143 net/sched: cls_fw: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free
    • aab2d09 net/sched: cls_u32: No longer copy tcf_result on update to avoid use-after-free
    • cbd0004 bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
    • 4461b2c ice: Fix RDMA VSI removal during queue rebuild
    • 0b45af9 net/sched: taprio: Limit TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_SCHED_CYCLE_TIME to INT_MAX.
    • 12d4ba1 net: annotate data-races around sk->sk_priority
    • 6326c83 net: add missing data-race annotation for sk_ll_usec
    • dd7a1ff net: add missing data-race annotations around sk->sk_peek_off
    • b534680 net: annotate data-races around sk->sk_mark
    • c7bb686 net: add missing READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf) annotation
    • 10c8321 net: add missing READ_ONCE(sk->sk_sndbuf) annotation
    • 0a40103 net: add missing READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvlowat) annotation
    • be43c8f net: annotate data-races around sk->sk_max_pacing_rate
    • 0317c83 net: annotate data-race around sk->sk_txrehash
    • 60d92bc net: annotate data-races around sk->sk_reserved_mem
    • 9da9ea9 qed: Fix scheduling in a tasklet while getting stats
    • 3c42307 mISDN: hfcpci: Fix potential deadlock on &hc->lock
    • d652c08 net: sched: cls_u32: Fix match key mis-addressing
    • 22709d8 perf test uprobe_from_different_cu: Skip if there is no gcc
    • 5ef5b6e net: dsa: fix value check in bcm_sf2_sw_probe()
    • 8dfac80 rtnetlink: let rtnl_bridge_setlink checks IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE length
    • 24772cc bpf: Add length check for SK_DIAG_BPF_STORAGE_REQ_MAP_FD parsing
    • d628ba9 net/mlx5e: Move representor neigh cleanup to profile cleanup_tx
    • 94a0eb9 net/mlx5e: Fix crash moving to switchdev mode when ntuple offload is set
    • a7b5f00 net/mlx5e: fix return value check in mlx5e_ipsec_remove_trailer()
    • 0582a3c net/mlx5: fix potential memory leak in mlx5e_init_rep_rx
    • 3169c38 net/mlx5: DR, fix memory leak in mlx5dr_cmd_create_reformat_ctx
    • c818fff net/mlx5e: fix double free in macsec_fs_tx_create_crypto_table_groups
    • 7a6fad0 wifi: cfg80211: Fix return value in scan logic
    • 05e0952 erofs: fix wrong primary bvec selection on deduplicated extents
    • a759972 KVM: s390: fix sthyi error handling
    • f168188 word-at-a-time: use the same return type for has_zero regardless of endianness
    • 5b53b2b firmware: arm_scmi: Fix chan_free cleanup on SMC
    • 6289d54 lib/bitmap: workaround const_eval test build failure
    • 0ca5de8 firmware: smccc: Fix use of uninitialised results structure
    • 7b0582d arm64: dts: freescale: Fix VPU G2 clock
    • 5841d3d arm64: dts: imx8mn-var-som: add missing pull-up for onboard PHY reset pinmux
    • a24f67b arm64: dts: phycore-imx8mm: Correction in gpio-line-names
    • 753a927 arm64: dts: phycore-imx8mm: Label typo-fix of VPU
    • 608ac7e arm64: dts: imx8mm-venice-gw7904: disable disp_blk_ctrl
    • d060bbb arm64: dts: imx8mm-venice-gw7903: disable disp_blk_ctrl
    • 8ddb318 iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Document nesting-related errata
    • 42d04ac iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add explicit feature for nesting
    • 57ae367 iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Document MMU-700 erratum 2812531
    • e3399bd iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Work around MMU-600 erratum 1076982
    • 50c24f0 net: ipa: only reset hashed tables when supported
    • 93f5b88 net/mlx5: Free irqs only on shutdown callback
    • 15c22cd perf: Fix function pointer case
    • c7920f9 io_uring: gate iowait schedule on having pending requests
    • 0a4a785 Linux 6.1.44
    • dd5f2ef x86: fix backwards merge of GDS/SRSO bit
    • fa5b932 xen/netback: Fix buffer overrun triggered by unusual packet
    • 4f25355 x86/srso: Tie SBPB bit setting to microcode patch detection
    • 77cf32d x86/srso: Add a forgotten NOENDBR annotation
    • c7f2cd0 x86/srso: Fix return thunks in generated code
    • c9ae63d x86/srso: Add IBPB on VMEXIT
    • 79c8091 x86/srso: Add IBPB
    • 98f6288 x86/srso: Add SRSO_NO support
    • 9139f4b x86/srso: Add IBPB_BRTYPE support
    • ac41e90 x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation
    • dec3b91 x86/cpu, kvm: Add support for CPUID_80000021_EAX
    • dfede4c x86/bugs: Increase the x86 bugs vector size to two u32s
    • dacb0ba Documentation/x86: Fix backwards on/off logic about YMM support
    • 051f5dc x86/mm: Initialize text poking earlier
    • e0fd83a mm: Move mm_cachep initialization to mm_init()
    • 9ae15aa x86/mm: Use mm_alloc() in poking_init()
    • d972c8c x86/mm: fix poking_init() for Xen PV guests
    • 7f3982d x86/xen: Fix secondary processors' FPU initialization
    • baa7b75 x86/mem_encrypt: Unbreak the AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT=n build
    • b6fd07c KVM: Add GDS_NO support to KVM
    • c04579e x86/speculation: Add Kconfig option for GDS
    • 92fc27c x86/speculation: Add force option to GDS mitigation
    • c66ebe0 x86/speculation: Add Gather Data Sampling mitigation
    • f25ad76 x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization into arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • e269329 x86/fpu: Mark init functions __init
    • 9e8d9d3 x86/fpu: Remove cpuinfo argument from init functions
    • c956807 x86/init: Initialize signal frame size late
    • b083788 init, x86: Move mem_encrypt_init() into arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 8183a89 init: Invoke arch_cpu_finalize_init() earlier
    • a3342c6 init: Remove check_bugs() leftovers
    • 8beabde um/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • ce97072 sparc/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 84f5855 sh/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 6a90583 mips/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 489ae02 m68k/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 08e86d4 loongarch/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 403e4cc ia64/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • e2e0624 ARM: cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • 7918a35 x86/cpu: Switch to arch_cpu_finalize_init()
    • d5501f2 init: Provide arch_cpu_finalize_init()
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