A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest LTS Linux Kernel 5.10.28 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 5.10.28-xanmod1

• 07495e4 Linux 5.10.28-xanmod1
• 6dbec68 Revert "sched/core: nr_migrate = 256 increases number of tasks to iterate in a single balance run."
• 96cfc60 Merge tag 'v5.10.28' into 5.10
• ecdfb9d Linux 5.10.28
• 7973a0d bpf: Use NOP_ATOMIC5 instead of emit_nops(&prog, 5) for BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG
• 12b5f9d Revert "kernel: freezer should treat PF_IO_WORKER like PF_KTHREAD for freezing"
• 6ae5eae riscv: evaluate put_user() arg before enabling user access
• 61f0c3e drivers: video: fbcon: fix NULL dereference in fbcon_cursor()
• d06d0b3 driver core: clear deferred probe reason on probe retry
• d29c38d staging: rtl8192e: Change state information from u16 to u8
• 538b963 staging: rtl8192e: Fix incorrect source in memcpy()
• 84e5203 soc: qcom-geni-se: Cleanup the code to remove proxy votes
• 996a578 usb: dwc3: gadget: Clear DEP flags after stop transfers in ep disable
• 1808ee4 usb: dwc3: qcom: skip interconnect init for ACPI probe
• 137dfed usb: dwc2: Prevent core suspend when port connection flag is 0
• 4e28aca usb: dwc2: Fix HPRT0.PrtSusp bit setting for HiKey 960 board.
• 77c0d6a usb: gadget: udc: amd5536udc_pci fix null-ptr-dereference
• 6f86681 USB: cdc-acm: fix use-after-free after probe failure
• 64deff1 USB: cdc-acm: fix double free on probe failure
• 439a275 USB: cdc-acm: downgrade message to debug
• 5113025 USB: cdc-acm: untangle a circular dependency between callback and softint
• e700e3a cdc-acm: fix BREAK rx code path adding necessary calls
• 9efa606 usb: xhci-mtk: fix broken streams issue on 0.96 xHCI
• 1addcb1 usb: musb: Fix suspend with devices connected for a64
• 15e61d9 USB: quirks: ignore remote wake-up on Fibocom L850-GL LTE modem
• 4027d6e usbip: vhci_hcd fix shift out-of-bounds in vhci_hub_control()
• c04adcc firewire: nosy: Fix a use-after-free bug in nosy_ioctl()
• 2c7d850 video: hyperv_fb: Fix a double free in hvfb_probe
• a267a7e usb: dwc3: pci: Enable dis_uX_susphy_quirk for Intel Merrifield
• bf4c643 firmware: stratix10-svc: reset COMMAND_RECONFIG_FLAG_PARTIAL to 0
• 3b681a1 extcon: Fix error handling in extcon_dev_register
• 023d139 extcon: Add stubs for extcon_register_notifier_all() functions
• 0fe56e2 pinctrl: rockchip: fix restore error in resume
• 80ee9e0 vfio/nvlink: Add missing SPAPR_TCE_IOMMU depends
• d2308dd drm/tegra: sor: Grab runtime PM reference across reset
• f552f95 drm/tegra: dc: Restore coupling of display controllers
• 77a8e6f drm/imx: fix memory leak when fails to init
• 74612ec reiserfs: update reiserfs_xattrs_initialized() condition
• 8c71f5b drm/amdgpu: check alignment on CPU page for bo map
• 78ceecd drm/amdgpu: fix offset calculation in amdgpu_vm_bo_clear_mappings()
• 28f901f drm/amdkfd: dqm fence memory corruption
• ec3e06e mm: fix race by making init_zero_pfn() early_initcall
• d88b557 s390/vdso: fix tod_steering_delta type
• b332265 s390/vdso: copy tod_steering_delta value to vdso_data page
• f706acc tracing: Fix stack trace event size
• cc038ab PM: runtime: Fix ordering in pm_runtime_get_suppliers()
• da2976c PM: runtime: Fix race getting/putting suppliers at probe
• e6d8eb6 KVM: SVM: ensure that EFER.SVME is set when running nested guest or on nested vmexit
• 5f6625f KVM: SVM: load control fields from VMCB12 before checking them
• 6aaa3c2 xtensa: move coprocessor_flush to the .text section
• a3be911 xtensa: fix uaccess-related livelock in do_page_fault
• bcd7999 ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs for HP 640 G8
• ee58eee ALSA: hda/realtek: call alc_update_headset_mode() in hp_automute_hook
• f235ffa ALSA: hda/realtek: fix a determine_headset_type issue for a Dell AIO
• 6d91f3a ALSA: hda: Add missing sanity checks in PM prepare/complete callbacks
• b3116cd ALSA: hda: Re-add dropped snd_poewr_change_state() calls
• 474d3d6 ALSA: usb-audio: Apply sample rate quirk to Logitech Connect
• e525cd3 ACPI: processor: Fix CPU0 wakeup in acpi_idle_play_dead()
• cdd192a ACPI: tables: x86: Reserve memory occupied by ACPI tables
• fd38d4e bpf: Remove MTU check in __bpf_skb_max_len
• ff64f33 net: 9p: advance iov on empty read
• 84877db net: wan/lmc: unregister device when no matching device is found
• 33a6b3e net: ipa: fix register write command validation
• 44d7604 net: ipa: remove two unused register definitions
• c805f21 appletalk: Fix skb allocation size in loopback case
• f2294a7 net: ethernet: aquantia: Handle error cleanup of start on open
• 7d3ffc0 ath10k: hold RCU lock when calling ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr()
• 221528c iwlwifi: pcie: don't disable interrupts for reg_lock
• f33d870 netdevsim: dev: Initialize FIB module after debugfs
• 660bf76 rtw88: coex: 8821c: correct antenna switch function
• b577717 ath11k: add ieee80211_unregister_hw to avoid kernel crash caused by NULL pointer
• 731c444 brcmfmac: clear EAP/association status bits on linkdown events
• 4094194 can: tcan4x5x: fix max register value
• 1a5751d net: introduce CAN specific pointer in the struct net_device
• 9e35159 can: dev: move driver related infrastructure into separate subdir
• e3ccad5 flow_dissector: fix TTL and TOS dissection on IPv4 fragments
• 8fe47a3 net: mvpp2: fix interrupt mask/unmask skip condition
• 44c816c io_uring: call req_set_fail_links() on short send msg/recv msg with MSG_WAITALL
• 5038c11 ext4: do not iput inode under running transaction in ext4_rename()
• eb8049d static_call: Align static_call_is_init() patching condition
• 21c2bbc io_uring: imply MSG_NOSIGNAL for send msg/recv msg calls
• fa068ee nvmet-tcp: fix kmap leak when data digest in use
• 3ac4aaf locking/ww_mutex: Fix acquire/release imbalance in ww_acquire_init()/ww_acquire_fini()
• 905ef03 locking/ww_mutex: Simplify use_ww_ctx & ww_ctx handling
• 1e2a75c thermal/core: Add NULL pointer check before using cooling device stats
• cf51b61 ASoC: rt711: add snd_soc_component remove callback
• 805645d ASoC: rt5659: Update MCLK rate in set_sysclk()
• 7d4344f staging: comedi: cb_pcidas64: fix request_irq() warn
• e833d57 staging: comedi: cb_pcidas: fix request_irq() warn
• 4cd96a0 scsi: qla2xxx: Fix broken #endif placement
• 3860814 scsi: st: Fix a use after free in st_open()
• 861fc28 io_uring: fix ->flags races by linked timeouts
• e1f8c95 vhost: Fix vhost_vq_reset()
• 7f6518e kernel: freezer should treat PF_IO_WORKER like PF_KTHREAD for freezing
• 540a1eb NFSD: fix error handling in NFSv4.0 callbacks
• 73df108 ASoC: cs42l42: Always wait at least 3ms after reset
• 9b7b92c ASoC: cs42l42: Fix mixer volume control
• 20b39eb ASoC: cs42l42: Fix channel width support
• 0d3753b ASoC: cs42l42: Fix Bitclock polarity inversion
• ed47acc ASoC: soc-core: Prevent warning if no DMI table is present
• 294d4c2 ASoC: es8316: Simplify adc_pga_gain_tlv table
• f134a43 ASoC: sgtl5000: set DAP_AVC_CTRL register to correct default value on probe
• b057d54 ASoC: rt5651: Fix dac- and adc- vol-tlv values being off by a factor of 10
• ed4cdb7 ASoC: rt5640: Fix dac- and adc- vol-tlv values being off by a factor of 10
• 4bac395 ASoC: rt1015: fix i2c communication error
• 4eff80b iomap: Fix negative assignment to unsigned sis->pages in iomap_swapfile_activate
• 5fb71b2 rpc: fix NULL dereference on kmalloc failure
• 9e9aa1c fs: nfsd: fix kconfig dependency warning for NFSD_V4
• e178f36 ext4: fix bh ref count on error paths
• 4b31395 ext4: shrink race window in ext4_should_retry_alloc()
• 1bfb046 virtiofs: Fail dax mount if device does not support it
• e21d2b9 bpf: Fix fexit trampoline.
• 68abc01 arm64: mm: correct the inside linear map range during hotplug check

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