A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 5.13 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 [5.8], linux-xanmod-edge [5.8], linux-xanmod-lts [5.4], linux-xanmod-rt-edge [5.6-rt] and linux-xanmod-rt [5.4-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 5.10.13-xanmod1

• 83a23cd Linux 5.10.13-xanmod1
• 7547e22 Merge tag 'v5.10.13' into 5.10
• 0c245c5 Linux 5.10.13
• 55d9004 vsock: fix the race conditions in multi-transport support
• a9cd144 tcp: fix TLP timer not set when CA_STATE changes from DISORDER to OPEN
• 011c3d9 tcp: make TCP_USER_TIMEOUT accurate for zero window probes
• bcc83b4 team: protect features update by RCU to avoid deadlock
• 01de4bc scsi: qla2xxx: Fix description for parameter ql2xenforce_iocb_limit
• 1e3a8d9 ASoC: topology: Fix memory corruption in soc_tplg_denum_create_values()
• 4a97f42 ASoC: topology: Properly unregister DAI on removal
• 52a2895 ASoC: mediatek: mt8183-mt6358: ignore TDM DAI link by default
• 8cd9144 ASoC: mediatek: mt8183-da7219: ignore TDM DAI link by default
• 5a48918 NFC: fix possible resource leak
• e10a1aa NFC: fix resource leak when target index is invalid
• 2e83a57 rxrpc: Fix memory leak in rxrpc_lookup_local
• 99bacbc selftests: forwarding: Specify interface when invoking mausezahn
• c9e668a nvme-multipath: Early exit if no path is available
• cf7ed01 iommu/vt-d: Correctly check addr alignment in qi_flush_dev_iotlb_pasid()
• 974b628 iommu/amd: Use IVHD EFR for early initialization of IOMMU features
• 57e2393 of/device: Update dma_range_map only when dev has valid dma-ranges
• aa8604f ACPI/IORT: Do not blindly trust DMA masks from firmware
• f3d8e20 can: dev: prevent potential information leak in can_fill_info()
• 17dbec0 net/mlx5: CT: Fix incorrect removal of tuple_nat_node from nat rhashtable
• f543066 net/mlx5e: Revert parameters on errors when changing MTU and LRO state without reset
• f24b493 net/mlx5e: Revert parameters on errors when changing trust state without reset
• 890f413 net/mlx5e: Correctly handle changing the number of queues when the interface is down
• e1e71f1 net/mlx5e: Fix CT rule + encap slow path offload and deletion
• bf18648 net/mlx5e: Disable hw-tc-offload when MLX5_CLS_ACT config is disabled
• 1a06120 net/mlx5: Maintain separate page trees for ECPF and PF functions
• 034bd75 net/mlx5e: Reduce tc unsupported key print level
• a1b5000 net/mlx5e: free page before return
• 2778913 net/mlx5e: E-switch, Fix rate calculation for overflow
• d62665c net/mlx5: Fix memory leak on flow table creation error flow
• 4c919b2 igc: fix link speed advertising
• d11a140 i40e: acquire VSI pointer only after VF is initialized
• b2a76ea ice: Fix MSI-X vector fallback logic
• 04cd96d ice: Don't allow more channels than LAN MSI-X available
• 55717a1 ice: update dev_addr in ice_set_mac_address even if HW filter exists
• 35c50e6 ice: Implement flow for IPv6 next header (extension header)
• bdcd8b9 ice: fix FDir IPv6 flexbyte
• 1c3b27b mac80211: pause TX while changing interface type
• a59a7b9 iwlwifi: pcie: reschedule in long-running memory reads
• bcb9c40 iwlwifi: pcie: use jiffies for memory read spin time limit
• 05bb425 iwlwifi: pcie: set LTR on more devices
• 9204448 iwlwifi: pnvm: don't try to load after failures
• fb1e501 iwlwifi: pnvm: don't skip everything when not reloading
• c00b0b6 iwlwifi: pcie: avoid potential PNVM leaks
• fd8c453 ASoC: qcom: lpass: Fix out-of-bounds DAI ID lookup
• b030ba7 ASoC: SOF: Intel: soundwire: fix select/depend unmet dependencies
• d46c0d6 pNFS/NFSv4: Update the layout barrier when we schedule a layoutreturn
• dba0d4b pNFS/NFSv4: Fix a layout segment leak in pnfs_layout_process()
• ae02c00 powerpc/64s: prevent recursive replay_soft_interrupts causing superfluous interrupt
• 5f78c6c ASoC: Intel: Skylake: skl-topology: Fix OOPs ib skl_tplg_complete
• cea3d7c spi: altera: Fix memory leak on error path
• 2bfc7e6 ASoC: qcom: lpass-ipq806x: fix bitwidth regmap field
• 02e5a1e ASoC: qcom: Fix broken support to MI2S TERTIARY and QUATERNARY
• c74d671 ASoC: qcom: Fix incorrect volatile registers
• 52178be ASoC: dt-bindings: lpass: Fix and common up lpass dai ids
• 571a2dd RDMA/cxgb4: Fix the reported max_recv_sge value
• 0fade2a firmware: imx: select SOC_BUS to fix firmware build
• bd10eba arm64: dts: imx8mp: Correct the gpio ranges of gpio3
• 50c701d ARM: dts: imx6qdl-sr-som: fix some cubox-i platforms
• fd59c86 ARM: dts: imx6qdl-kontron-samx6i: fix i2c_lcd/cam default status
• d871650 ARM: imx: fix imx8m dependencies
• 9f87dd2 arm64: dts: ls1028a: fix the offset of the reset register
• 6daa528 xfrm: Fix wraparound in xfrm_policy_addr_delta()
• 8ea8998 selftests: xfrm: fix test return value override issue in xfrm_policy.sh
• 2f7ecc8 xfrm: fix disable_xfrm sysctl when used on xfrm interfaces
• f632d34 xfrm: Fix oops in xfrm_replay_advance_bmp
• f39005e Revert "block: simplify set_init_blocksize" to regain lost performance
• 34b0c04 Revert "RDMA/mlx5: Fix devlink deadlock on net namespace deletion"
• 28adabf netfilter: nft_dynset: add timeout extension to template
• fec7ae2 ARM: zImage: atags_to_fdt: Fix node names on added root nodes
• 69da790 ARM: imx: build suspend-imx6.S with arm instruction set
• d095985 clk: qcom: gcc-sm250: Use floor ops for sdcc clks
• cee27fc clk: mmp2: fix build without CONFIG_PM
• c143ab5 clk: imx: fix Kconfig warning for i.MX SCU clk
• 20786fd blk-mq: test QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE for sbitmap_shared in hctx_may_queue
• 7d6e01e xen-blkfront: allow discard-* nodes to be optional
• a164789 tee: optee: replace might_sleep with cond_resched
• d1fd90b KVM: Documentation: Fix spec for KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM
• c48f690 uapi: fix big endian definition of ipv6_rpl_sr_hdr
• 921f48a drm/i915/selftest: Fix potential memory leak
• 7306177 drm/i915: Check for all subplatform bits
• e4d2a19 drm/nouveau/dispnv50: Restore pushing of all data.
• e50b0cb drm/vc4: Correct POS1_SCL for hvs5
• 21e3ad8 drm/vc4: Correct lbm size and calculation
• 112821f drm/nouveau/svm: fail NOUVEAU_SVM_INIT ioctl on unsupported devices
• 1310c7a ARM: dts: imx6qdl-kontron-samx6i: fix pwms for lcd-backlight
• 99bb37a net/mlx5e: Fix IPSEC stats
• 37ef645 drm/i915/pmu: Don't grab wakeref when enabling events
• 520d05a drm/i915/gt: Clear CACHE_MODE prior to clearing residuals
• 800ca76 iwlwifi: Fix IWL_SUBDEVICE_NO_160 macro to use the correct bit.
• 621f052 mt7601u: fix rx buffer refcounting
• cfe3425 mt76: mt7663s: fix rx buffer refcounting
• 0832744 mt7601u: fix kernel crash unplugging the device
• b04c1c5 arm64: dts: broadcom: Fix USB DMA address translation for Stingray
• 7369248 leds: trigger: fix potential deadlock with libata
• 5f3d54c xen: Fix XenStore initialisation for XS_LOCAL
• bc79ff0 io_uring: fix wqe->lock/completion_lock deadlock
• 256a004 KVM: Forbid the use of tagged userspace addresses for memslots
• e895a39 KVM: x86: get smi pending status correctly
• 427adbb KVM: nVMX: Sync unsync'd vmcs02 state to vmcs12 on migration
• cffcb5e KVM: x86: allow KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES outside guest mode for VMX
• 0faceb7 KVM: nSVM: cancel KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES on nested vmexit
• dca38d7 KVM: arm64: Filter out v8.1+ events on v8.0 HW
• a519d98 KVM: x86/pmu: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in intel_pmu_refresh()
• 0517693 KVM: x86/pmu: Fix HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES event pseudo-encoding in intel_arch_events[]
• 2175bf5 btrfs: fix possible free space tree corruption with online conversion
• f343bf1 btrfs: fix lockdep warning due to seqcount_mutex on 32bit arch
• 767c877 drivers: soc: atmel: add null entry at the end of at91_soc_allowed_list[]
• 6975f47 drivers: soc: atmel: Avoid calling at91_soc_init on non AT91 SoCs
• 326644a crypto: marvel/cesa - Fix tdma descriptor on 64-bit
• c6da541 efi/apple-properties: Reinstate support for boolean properties
• 4c973f7 x86/entry: Emit a symbol for register restoring thunk
• c95981e PM: hibernate: flush swap writer after marking
• e6e9ded s390/vfio-ap: No need to disable IRQ after queue reset
• 9218a6b s390: uv: Fix sysfs max number of VCPUs reporting
• 6c6bd9d net: usb: qmi_wwan: added support for Thales Cinterion PLSx3 modem family
• 1a39162 bcache: only check feature sets when sb->version >= BCACHE_SB_VERSION_CDEV_WITH_FEATURES
• cc11bd1 drivers/nouveau/kms/nv50-: Reject format modifiers for cursor planes
• 29d35b7 drm/i915/gt: Always try to reserve GGTT address 0x0
• aa39818 drm/i915: Always flush the active worker before returning from the wait
• 5ebb1cb drm/nouveau/kms/gk104-gp1xx: Fix > 64x64 cursors
• 0634449 Revert "drm/amdgpu/swsmu: drop set_fan_speed_percent (v2)"
• 39714b6 ASoC: AMD Renoir - refine DMI entries for some Lenovo products
• b444b86 x86/xen: avoid warning in Xen pv guest with CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT enabled
• d16c5df wext: fix NULL-ptr-dereference with cfg80211's lack of commit()
• 442278e ARM: dts: imx6qdl-gw52xx: fix duplicate regulator naming
• a9079d8 ARM: dts: ux500: Reserve memory carveouts
• 14e3388 ARM: dts: tbs2910: rename MMC node aliases
• b3b75f8 media: rc: ensure that uevent can be read directly after rc device register
• ce9e154 media: rc: ite-cir: fix min_timeout calculation
• 8429fee media: rc: fix timeout handling after switch to microsecond durations
• 4b5a88b media: hantro: Fix reset_raw_fmt initialization
• ae584fb media: cedrus: Fix H264 decoding
• e76b40d media: cec: add stm32 driver
• 6141f82 parisc: Enable -mlong-calls gcc option by default when !CONFIG_MODULES
• d56e3b6 ALSA: hda/via: Apply the workaround generically for Clevo machines
• eacb5d4 ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset of ASUS B1400CEPE with ALC256
• aa9a6dc kernel: kexec: remove the lock operation of system_transition_mutex
• 2aa7eab ACPI: thermal: Do not call acpi_thermal_check() directly
• d6f80e0 ACPI: sysfs: Prefer "compatible" modalias
• 8fe0715 tty: avoid using vfs_iocb_iter_write() for redirected console writes
• 41f6f4a nbd: freeze the queue while we're adding connections
• 51f58c4 iwlwifi: provide gso_type to GSO packets

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