A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest LTS Linux Kernel 5.10.32 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 5.10.32-xanmod1

• 5a2a60a Linux 5.10.32-xanmod1
• 3049c2d Merge tag 'v5.10.32' into 5.10
• aea70bd Linux 5.10.32
• 6ac98ee net: phy: marvell: fix detection of PHY on Topaz switches
• fbe6603 bpf: Move sanitize_val_alu out of op switch
• 7723d32 bpf: Improve verifier error messages for users
• 55565c3 bpf: Rework ptr_limit into alu_limit and add common error path
• 496e2fa arm64: mte: Ensure TIF_MTE_ASYNC_FAULT is set atomically
• cada2ed ARM: 9071/1: uprobes: Don't hook on thumb instructions
• 480d875 bpf: Move off_reg into sanitize_ptr_alu
• 589fd96 bpf: Ensure off_reg has no mixed signed bounds for all types
• b2df20c r8169: don't advertise pause in jumbo mode
• 154fb9c r8169: tweak max read request size for newer chips also in jumbo mtu mode
• 7f64753 KVM: VMX: Don't use vcpu->run->internal.ndata as an array index
• c670ff8 KVM: VMX: Convert vcpu_vmx.exit_reason to a union
• 4f3ff11 bpf: Use correct permission flag for mixed signed bounds arithmetic
• 8d7906c arm64: dts: allwinner: h6: beelink-gs1: Remove ext. 32 kHz osc reference
• 286c39d arm64: dts: allwinner: Fix SD card CD GPIO for SOPine systems
• 4f90db2 ARM: OMAP2+: Fix uninitialized sr_inst
• 1fc087f ARM: footbridge: fix PCI interrupt mapping
• 11a718e ARM: 9069/1: NOMMU: Fix conversion for_each_membock() to for_each_mem_range()
• a13d4a1 ARM: OMAP2+: Fix warning for omap_init_time_of()
• 9143158 gro: ensure frag0 meets IP header alignment
• fd766f7 ch_ktls: do not send snd_una update to TCB in middle
• 65bdd56 ch_ktls: tcb close causes tls connection failure
• 5f3c278 ch_ktls: fix device connection close
• 8d5a9db ch_ktls: Fix kernel panic
• 976da1b ibmvnic: remove duplicate napi_schedule call in open function
• 008885a ibmvnic: remove duplicate napi_schedule call in do_reset function
• 685bc73 ibmvnic: avoid calling napi_disable() twice
• e154b50 ia64: tools: remove inclusion of ia64-specific version of errno.h header
• f8f01fc ia64: remove duplicate entries in generic_defconfig
• 1aec111 ethtool: pause: make sure we init driver stats
• 44ef38c i40e: fix the panic when running bpf in xdpdrv mode
• 35d7491 net: Make tcp_allowed_congestion_control readonly in non-init netns
• 76af812 mm: ptdump: fix build failure
• 33f3dab net: ip6_tunnel: Unregister catch-all devices
• ea0340e net: sit: Unregister catch-all devices
• 154ac84 net: davicom: Fix regulator not turned off on failed probe
• e072247 net/mlx5e: Fix setting of RS FEC mode
• dc1732b netfilter: nft_limit: avoid possible divide error in nft_limit_init
• cda5507 net/mlx5e: fix ingress_ifindex check in mlx5e_flower_parse_meta
• 40ed1d2 net: macb: fix the restore of cmp registers
• 7f8e59c libbpf: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
• 7824d5a netfilter: arp_tables: add pre_exit hook for table unregister
• 4d26865 netfilter: bridge: add pre_exit hooks for ebtable unregistration
• eb82199 libnvdimm/region: Fix nvdimm_has_flush() to handle ND_REGION_ASYNC
• a2af8a0 ice: Fix potential infinite loop when using u8 loop counter
• 783645e netfilter: conntrack: do not print icmpv6 as unknown via /proc
• 394c81e netfilter: flowtable: fix NAT IPv6 offload mangling
• be07581 ixgbe: fix unbalanced device enable/disable in suspend/resume
• 0ef9919 scsi: libsas: Reset num_scatter if libata marks qc as NODATA
• 6a70ab9 riscv: Fix spelling mistake "SPARSEMEM" to "SPARSMEM"
• f66d695 vfio/pci: Add missing range check in vfio_pci_mmap
• e617799 arm64: alternatives: Move length validation in alternative_{insn, endif}
• e2931f0 arm64: fix inline asm in load_unaligned_zeropad()
• 957f83a readdir: make sure to verify directory entry for legacy interfaces too
• 2b83087 dm verity fec: fix misaligned RS roots IO
• 18ba387 HID: wacom: set EV_KEY and EV_ABS only for non-HID_GENERIC type of devices
• dedf75a Input: i8042 - fix Pegatron C15B ID entry
• 8b97875 Input: s6sy761 - fix coordinate read bit shift
• 955da2b lib: fix kconfig dependency on ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
• 024f9d0 virt_wifi: Return micros for BSS TSF values
• cc413b3 mac80211: clear sta->fast_rx when STA removed from 4-addr VLAN
• 2e08d9a pcnet32: Use pci_resource_len to validate PCI resource
• 248b9b6 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for add llsec seclevel
• b97c7bc net: ieee802154: stop dump llsec seclevels for monitors
• ab9f9a1 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for del llsec devkey
• 4846c2d net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for add llsec devkey
• 0771422 net: ieee802154: stop dump llsec devkeys for monitors
• 4c1775d net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for del llsec dev
• 813b131 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for add llsec dev
• 2f80452 net: ieee802154: stop dump llsec devs for monitors
• 08744a6 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for del llsec key
• 7edf4d2 net: ieee802154: forbid monitor for add llsec key
• c09075d net: ieee802154: stop dump llsec keys for monitors
• 8b9485b iwlwifi: add support for Qu with AX201 device
• c836374 scsi: scsi_transport_srp: Don't block target in SRP_PORT_LOST state
• d9fc084 ASoC: fsl_esai: Fix TDM slot setup for I2S mode
• 79ef0e6 drm/msm: Fix a5xx/a6xx timestamps
• d61238a ARM: omap1: fix building with clang IAS
• 505c489 ARM: keystone: fix integer overflow warning
• 0d0ad98 neighbour: Disregard DEAD dst in neigh_update
• 7a1cd90 gpu/xen: Fix a use after free in xen_drm_drv_init
• bfb5a15 ASoC: max98373: Added 30ms turn on/off time delay
• 58d59d9 ASoC: max98373: Changed amp shutdown register as volatile
• b2f8476 xfrm: BEET mode doesn't support fragments for inner packets
• 806adda iwlwifi: Fix softirq/hardirq disabling in iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd()
• b448a6a arc: kernel: Return -EFAULT if copy_to_user() fails
• f12e8cf lockdep: Add a missing initialization hint to the "INFO: Trying to register non-static key" message
• a55de4f ARM: dts: Fix moving mmc devices with aliases for omap4 & 5
• 9f399a9 ARM: dts: Drop duplicate sha2md5_fck to fix clk_disable race
• f338b8f ACPI: x86: Call acpi_boot_table_init() after acpi_table_upgrade()
• e5eb975 dmaengine: idxd: fix wq cleanup of WQCFG registers
• 4c59c5c dmaengine: plx_dma: add a missing put_device() on error path
• ac030f5 dmaengine: Fix a double free in dma_async_device_register
• 56f9c04 dmaengine: dw: Make it dependent to HAS_IOMEM
• 4ecf255 dmaengine: idxd: fix wq size store permission state
• db23b7b dmaengine: idxd: fix opcap sysfs attribute output
• 0e3f147 dmaengine: idxd: fix delta_rec and crc size field for completion record
• a5ad12d dmaengine: idxd: Fix clobbering of SWERR overflow bit on writeback
• f567fde gpio: sysfs: Obey valid_mask
• dfed481 Input: nspire-keypad - enable interrupts only when opened
• b80ea54 mtd: rawnand: mtk: Fix WAITRDY break condition and timeout
• 5a62702 net/sctp: fix race condition in sctp_destroy_sock

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