A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest LTS Linux Kernel 5.10.30 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 5.10.30-xanmod1

• 8380919 Linux 5.10.30-xanmod1
• daa8510 Revert "iio: adc: adi-axi-adc: add proper Kconfig dependencies"
• f98b36b Merge tag 'v5.10.30' into 5.10
• 1e79874 Linux 5.10.30
• b451aed Revert "net: sched: bump refcount for new action in ACT replace mode"
• a22115c net: ieee802154: stop dump llsec params for monitors
• f872fb3 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for del llsec seclevel
• a933bcb net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for set llsec params
• 0238c7b net: ieee802154: fix nl802154 del llsec devkey
• d06a96e net: ieee802154: fix nl802154 add llsec key
• 399f38c net: ieee802154: fix nl802154 del llsec dev
• 07699fc net: ieee802154: fix nl802154 del llsec key
• 8bfb45f net: ieee802154: nl-mac: fix check on panid
• 38731bb net: mac802154: Fix general protection fault
• 9f51a42 drivers: net: fix memory leak in peak_usb_create_dev
• 160ac0d drivers: net: fix memory leak in atusb_probe
• 4d9117b net: tun: set tun->dev->addr_len during TUNSETLINK processing
• 26ab092 cfg80211: remove WARN_ON() in cfg80211_sme_connect
• 138a6e1 gpiolib: Read "gpio-line-names" from a firmware node
• 300368c net: sched: bump refcount for new action in ACT replace mode
• 982dd14 dt-bindings: net: ethernet-controller: fix typo in NVMEM
• c65a000 lockdep: Address clang -Wformat warning printing for %hd
• 4c4aa34 clk: socfpga: fix iomem pointer cast on 64-bit
• 674ddb5 RAS/CEC: Correct ce_add_elem()'s returned values
• 253acf2 vdpa/mlx5: Fix wrong use of bit numbers
• 0ddb34c vdpa/mlx5: should exclude header length and fcs from mtu
• 5700c3d RDMA/addr: Be strict with gid size
• e53ff6e i40e: Fix parameters in aq_get_phy_register()
• 9998522 drm/vc4: crtc: Reduce PV fifo threshold on hvs4
• d8a0861 RDMA/qedr: Fix kernel panic when trying to access recv_cq
• 3fa7ae3 perf report: Fix wrong LBR block sorting
• 7f40e93 RDMA/cxgb4: check for ipv6 address properly while destroying listener
• 03ad6a2 net/mlx5: Fix PBMC register mapping
• 1312f11 net/mlx5: Fix PPLM register mapping
• f92faf0 net/mlx5: Fix placement of log_max_flow_counter
• f780a08 net: hns3: clear VF down state bit before request link status
• f473789 tipc: increment the tmp aead refcnt before attaching it
• 3292c4f can: mcp251x: fix support for half duplex SPI host controllers
• a96f1ed iwlwifi: fix 11ax disabled bit in the regulatory capability flags
• 363d610 i2c: designware: Adjust bus_freq_hz when refuse high speed mode set
• cc54189 openvswitch: fix send of uninitialized stack memory in ct limit reply
• 3e288c3 net: openvswitch: conntrack: simplify the return expression of ovs_ct_limit_get_default_limit()
• 3b70c6f perf inject: Fix repipe usage
• d9dc1b4 s390/cpcmd: fix inline assembly register clobbering
• 7943f74 workqueue: Move the position of debug_work_activate() in __queue_work()
• b3f29ed clk: fix invalid usage of list cursor in unregister
• 2307baa clk: fix invalid usage of list cursor in register
• d9c55b2 net: macb: restore cmp registers on resume path
• af36da5 net: cls_api: Fix uninitialised struct field bo->unlocked_driver_cb
• ffd5f1e scsi: ufs: core: Fix wrong Task Tag used in task management request UPIUs
• ff9231d scsi: ufs: core: Fix task management request completion timeout
• 71ee255 mptcp: forbit mcast-related sockopt on MPTCP sockets
• 24bbfe8 net: udp: Add support for getsockopt(..., ..., UDP_GRO, ..., ...);
• a08d5d3 drm/msm: Set drvdata to NULL when msm_drm_init() fails
• 7290bf4 RDMA/rtrs-clt: Close rtrs client conn before destroying rtrs clt session files
• 49cfa2b i40e: Fix display statistics for veb_tc
• e8c96b5 soc/fsl: qbman: fix conflicting alignment attributes
• 5532900 xdp: fix xdp_return_frame() kernel BUG throw for page_pool memory model
• 4cfae7b net/rds: Fix a use after free in rds_message_map_pages
• 05bbe9d net/mlx5: Don't request more than supported EQs
• 86530ef net/mlx5e: Fix ethtool indication of connector type
• bde64ea net/mlx5e: Fix mapping of ct_label zero
• d65b66c ASoC: sunxi: sun4i-codec: fill ASoC card owner
• dcdf087 I2C: JZ4780: Fix bug for Ingenic X1000.
• f295dfc net: phy: broadcom: Only advertise EEE for supported modes
• 7a896e1 nfp: flower: ignore duplicate merge hints from FW
• 6af631d net: qrtr: Fix memory leak on qrtr_tx_wait failure
• dfe7805 net/ncsi: Avoid channel_monitor hrtimer deadlock
• ae4a8d1 ARM: dts: imx6: pbab01: Set vmmc supply for both SD interfaces
• e5e5ecc net:tipc: Fix a double free in tipc_sk_mcast_rcv
• f273e37 cxgb4: avoid collecting SGE_QBASE regs during traffic
• 63a64c3 net: dsa: Fix type was not set for devlink port
• ed613d9 gianfar: Handle error code at MAC address change
• 1eb5f4e ethernet: myri10ge: Fix a use after free in myri10ge_sw_tso
• 759b44d mlxsw: spectrum: Fix ECN marking in tunnel decapsulation
• d02b68a can: isotp: fix msg_namelen values depending on CAN_REQUIRED_SIZE
• 1d3837c can: bcm/raw: fix msg_namelen values depending on CAN_REQUIRED_SIZE
• 58f8f10 xfrm: Provide private skb extensions for segmented and hw offloaded ESP packets
• bc0b89a arm64: dts: imx8mm/q: Fix pad control of SD1_DATA0
• d9670f5 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr: Fix a double free in pvc_xmit
• d38bce5 sch_red: fix off-by-one checks in red_check_params()
• 985c9bb geneve: do not modify the shared tunnel info when PMTU triggers an ICMP reply
• f3bc188 vxlan: do not modify the shared tunnel info when PMTU triggers an ICMP reply
• f33f797 amd-xgbe: Update DMA coherency values
• e5a3449 hostfs: fix memory handling in follow_link()
• 3cc4db1 i40e: Fix kernel oops when i40e driver removes VF's
• 9856607 i40e: Added Asym_Pause to supported link modes
• d4d4c6a virtchnl: Fix layout of RSS structures
• 95d58bf xfrm: Fix NULL pointer dereference on policy lookup
• 48a4430 ASoC: wm8960: Fix wrong bclk and lrclk with pll enabled for some chips
• f6db9db ASoC: SOF: Intel: HDA: fix core status verification
• ef4ddd1 esp: delete NETIF_F_SCTP_CRC bit from features for esp offload
• 0224432 net: xfrm: Localize sequence counter per network namespace
• 1e6a3b4 ARM: OMAP4: PM: update ROM return address for OSWR and OFF
• 042b2ca ARM: OMAP4: Fix PMIC voltage domains for bionic
• 1f51cb8 regulator: bd9571mwv: Fix AVS and DVFS voltage range
• b267688 remoteproc: qcom: pil_info: avoid 64-bit division
• c7a175a xfrm: Use actual socket sk instead of skb socket for xfrm_output_resume
• 3b74ce5 xfrm: interface: fix ipv4 pmtu check to honor ip header df
• 2d62d69 ice: Recognize 860 as iSCSI port in CEE mode
• fd92e7a ice: Refactor DCB related variables out of the ice_port_info struct
• 4a78ae1 net: sched: fix err handler in tcf_action_init()
• 3c7d3d1 KVM: x86/mmu: preserve pending TLB flush across calls to kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_sp
• 25fc773 KVM: x86/mmu: Don't allow TDP MMU to yield when recovering NX pages
• be2c527 KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure TLBs are flushed for TDP MMU during NX zapping
• 0aa4dd9 KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure TLBs are flushed when yielding during GFN range zap
• 3c7a184 KVM: x86/mmu: Yield in TDU MMU iter even if no SPTES changed
• 85f4ff2 KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure forward progress when yielding in TDP MMU iter
• 1cd17c5 KVM: x86/mmu: Rename goal_gfn to next_last_level_gfn
• b4a3a0d KVM: x86/mmu: Merge flush and non-flush tdp_mmu_iter_cond_resched
• 8f90432 KVM: x86/mmu: change TDP MMU yield function returns to match cond_resched
• 5ea9e60 i2c: turn recovery error on init to debug
• efa869b percpu: make pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages per chunk type
• c441949 scsi: target: iscsi: Fix zero tag inside a trace event
• d8e7fa8 scsi: pm80xx: Fix chip initialization failure
• 0c47d8a driver core: Fix locking bug in deferred_probe_timeout_work_func()
• f06cb46 usbip: synchronize event handler with sysfs code paths
• 28dc923 usbip: vudc synchronize sysfs code paths
• 513765b usbip: stub-dev synchronize sysfs code paths
• 68be610 usbip: add sysfs_lock to synchronize sysfs code paths
• 126ce97 thunderbolt: Fix off by one in tb_port_find_retimer()
• 256ece9 thunderbolt: Fix a leak in tb_retimer_add()
• b830650 net: let skb_orphan_partial wake-up waiters.
• 5d9216b net-ipv6: bugfix - raw & sctp - switch to ipv6_can_nonlocal_bind()
• b82816d net: hsr: Reset MAC header for Tx path
• 9b9c910 mac80211: fix TXQ AC confusion
• cc357c2 mac80211: fix time-is-after bug in mlme
• cc1a702 cfg80211: check S1G beacon compat element length
• fea5234 nl80211: fix potential leak of ACL params
• 42e4450 nl80211: fix beacon head validation
• 81692c6 net: sched: fix action overwrite reference counting
• cdcf382 net: sched: sch_teql: fix null-pointer dereference
• 422eda6 vdpa/mlx5: Fix suspend/resume index restoration
• 89e406e i40e: Fix sparse errors in i40e_txrx.c
• 12e1438 i40e: Fix sparse error: uninitialized symbol 'ring'
• 2472ba1 i40e: Fix sparse error: 'vsi->netdev' could be null
• 7923871 i40e: Fix sparse warning: missing error code 'err'
• f0b4c9a net: ensure mac header is set in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()
• 72c5de2 bpf, sockmap: Fix incorrect fwd_alloc accounting
• 00c01de bpf, sockmap: Fix sk->prot unhash op reset
• d921baa bpf: Refcount task stack in bpf_get_task_stack
• caef780 libbpf: Only create rx and tx XDP rings when necessary
• 4cc9177 libbpf: Restore umem state after socket create failure
• 5aa7df1 libbpf: Ensure umem pointer is non-NULL before dereferencing
• b52e886 ethernet/netronome/nfp: Fix a use after free in nfp_bpf_ctrl_msg_rx
• d86046a bpf: link: Refuse non-O_RDWR flags in BPF_OBJ_GET
• b7004ec bpf: Enforce that struct_ops programs be GPL-only
• 3015db3 libbpf: Fix bail out from 'ringbuf_process_ring()' on error
• dc19592 net: hso: fix null-ptr-deref during tty device unregistration
• c2743e0 ice: fix memory leak of aRFS after resuming from suspend
• 6bd4e82 iwlwifi: pcie: properly set LTR workarounds on 22000 devices
• e5386e8 ice: Cleanup fltr list in case of allocation issues
• 9d1c342 ice: Use port number instead of PF ID for WoL
• b696861 ice: Fix for dereference of NULL pointer
• 4d73a61 ice: remove DCBNL_DEVRESET bit from PF state
• 286830a ice: fix memory allocation call
• 4686a26 ice: prevent ice_open and ice_stop during reset
• ef7ed8c ice: Increase control queue timeout
• 6590b7b ice: Continue probe on link/PHY errors
• 9a7bc0c batman-adv: initialize "struct batadv_tvlv_tt_vlan_data"->reserved field
• d1173ef ARM: dts: turris-omnia: configure LED[2]/INTn pin as interrupt pin
• 4941889 parisc: avoid a warning on u8 cast for cmpxchg on u8 pointers
• 5971217 parisc: parisc-agp requires SBA IOMMU driver
• 9b54dad of: property: fw_devlink: do not link ".*,nr-gpios"
• 009c566 ethtool: fix incorrect datatype in set_eee ops
• 3a675c1 fs: direct-io: fix missing sdio->boundary
• b1a5122 ocfs2: fix deadlock between setattr and dio_end_io_write
• 4fabcf2 nds32: flush_dcache_page: use page_mapping_file to avoid races with swapoff
• 7d9da66 ia64: fix user_stack_pointer() for ptrace()
• 8e5bfaf gcov: re-fix clang-11+ support
• 4390813 LOOKUP_MOUNTPOINT: we are cleaning "jumped" flag too late
• de427b6 IB/hfi1: Fix probe time panic when AIP is enabled with a buggy BIOS
• 856f60e ACPI: processor: Fix build when CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=m
• 8599a39 drm/i915: Fix invalid access to ACPI _DSM objects
• bf991df net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Configure all remaining GSWIP_MII_CFG bits
• c4ae852 net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Don't use PHY auto polling
• ba39959 net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Let GSWIP automatically set the xMII clock
• 40375bc net: ipv6: check for validity before dereferencing cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh
• 005c5af xen/evtchn: Change irq_info lock to raw_spinlock_t
• a28124e selinux: fix race between old and new sidtab
• fd75d73 selinux: fix cond_list corruption when changing booleans
• 4f29b08 selinux: make nslot handling in avtab more robust
• a12a2fa nfc: Avoid endless loops caused by repeated llcp_sock_connect()
• 568ac94 nfc: fix memory leak in llcp_sock_connect()
• 99b5961 nfc: fix refcount leak in llcp_sock_connect()
• 6fb003e nfc: fix refcount leak in llcp_sock_bind()
• 1175577 ASoC: intel: atom: Stop advertising non working S24LE support
• c4a6fb0 ALSA: hda/conexant: Apply quirk for another HP ZBook G5 model
• 6c9119d ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix speaker amp setup on Acer Aspire E1
• 6efe4c1 ALSA: aloop: Fix initialization of controls
• 4c933ff xfrm/compat: Cleanup WARN()s that can be user-triggered

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