A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.47 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 5.10.47-xanmod1

• 18de5f6 Linux 5.10.47-xanmod1
• 45bbc94 Merge tag 'v5.10.47' into 5.10
• 4357ae2 Linux 5.10.47
• 1573d59 integrity: Load mokx variables into the blacklist keyring
• c6ae6f8 certs: Add ability to preload revocation certs
• 72d6f5d certs: Move load_system_certificate_list to a common function
• 4510906 certs: Add EFI_CERT_X509_GUID support for dbx entries
• 0ba128f Revert "drm: add a locked version of drm_is_current_master"
• 0463b49 netfs: fix test for whether we can skip read when writing beyond EOF
• e610814 swiotlb: manipulate orig_addr when tlb_addr has offset
• 7570a8b KVM: SVM: Call SEV Guest Decommission if ASID binding fails
• 377a796 mm, futex: fix shared futex pgoff on shmem huge page
• ab9d178 mm/thp: another PVMW_SYNC fix in page_vma_mapped_walk()
• 915c3a2 mm/thp: fix page_vma_mapped_walk() if THP mapped by ptes
• 90073ae mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): get vma_address_end() earlier
• bf60fc2 mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): use goto instead of while (1)
• 9f85dca mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): add a level of indentation
• e56bdb3 mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): crossing page table boundary
• 8dc191e mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): prettify PVMW_MIGRATION block
• 7b55a4b mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): use pmde for *pvmw->pmd
• 1cb0b90 mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): settle PageHuge on entry
• 65febb4 mm: page_vma_mapped_walk(): use page for pvmw->page
• 825c280 mm: thp: replace DEBUG_VM BUG with VM_WARN when unmap fails for split
• 0010275 mm/thp: unmap_mapping_page() to fix THP truncate_cleanup_page()
• 38cda6b mm/thp: fix page_address_in_vma() on file THP tails
• 37ffe9f mm/thp: fix vma_address() if virtual address below file offset
• 66be14a mm/thp: try_to_unmap() use TTU_SYNC for safe splitting
• 6527d8e mm/thp: make is_huge_zero_pmd() safe and quicker
• a8f4ea1 mm/thp: fix __split_huge_pmd_locked() on shmem migration entry
• 32f954e mm, thp: use head page in __migration_entry_wait()
• bfd90b5 mm/rmap: use page_not_mapped in try_to_unmap()
• ff81af8 mm/rmap: remove unneeded semicolon in page_not_mapped()
• a0ad7ea mm: add VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE() macro
• 130a1d7 x86/fpu: Make init_fpstate correct with optimized XSAVE
• 51d8011 x86/fpu: Preserve supervisor states in sanitize_restored_user_xstate()
• 2b35a4e kthread: prevent deadlock when kthread_mod_delayed_work() races with kthread_cancel_delayed_work_sync()
• bfe28af kthread_worker: split code for canceling the delayed work timer
• 02c303f ceph: must hold snap_rwsem when filling inode for async create
• de0af26 i2c: robotfuzz-osif: fix control-request directions
• dd8ed6c KVM: do not allow mapping valid but non-reference-counted pages
• 5fd0c2c s390/stack: fix possible register corruption with stack switch helper
• ab5bef9 nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_delete_device_group
• ace31c9 scsi: sd: Call sd_revalidate_disk() for ioctl(BLKRRPART)
• b9e6c20 gpiolib: cdev: zero padding during conversion to gpioline_info_changed
• 0221a5a i2c: i801: Ensure that SMBHSTSTS_INUSE_STS is cleared when leaving i801_access
• 018d03f pinctrl: stm32: fix the reported number of GPIO lines per bank
• df654cd perf/x86: Track pmu in per-CPU cpu_hw_events
• f9e73b2 net: ll_temac: Avoid ndo_start_xmit returning NETDEV_TX_BUSY
• 1c9cf96 net: ll_temac: Add memory-barriers for TX BD access
• bafb6cd PCI: Add AMD RS690 quirk to enable 64-bit DMA
• d91c50e recordmcount: Correct st_shndx handling
• fb71d81 mac80211: handle various extensible elements correctly
• 676a7cb mac80211: reset profile_periodicity/ema_ap
• ca0e1fe net: qed: Fix memcpy() overflow of qed_dcbx_params()
• 4658a8d KVM: selftests: Fix kvm_check_cap() assertion
• e83e3c5 r8169: Avoid memcpy() over-reading of ETH_SS_STATS
• 992b105 sh_eth: Avoid memcpy() over-reading of ETH_SS_STATS
• a10856e r8152: Avoid memcpy() over-reading of ETH_SS_STATS
• 196b22e net/packet: annotate accesses to po->ifindex
• da8b3ae net/packet: annotate accesses to po->bind
• 18ed178 net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_open
• edcd759 riscv32: Use medany C model for modules
• 47c07f9 net: phy: dp83867: perform soft reset and retain established link
• f57132a net/packet: annotate data race in packet_sendmsg()
• 9707960 inet: annotate date races around sk->sk_txhash
• 7293f63 net: annotate data race in sock_error()
• 61b132f ping: Check return value of function 'ping_queue_rcv_skb'
• 08c389d inet: annotate data race in inet_send_prepare() and inet_dgram_connect()
• c2311fd net: ethtool: clear heap allocations for ethtool function
• c2813d1 mac80211: drop multicast fragments
• fedc4d4 net: ipv4: Remove unneed BUG() function
• 93c2aac dmaengine: mediatek: use GFP_NOWAIT instead of GFP_ATOMIC in prep_dma
• 0f48f92 dmaengine: mediatek: do not issue a new desc if one is still current
• 63fa5b2 dmaengine: mediatek: free the proper desc in desc_free handler
• 78fa0f7 dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Fix PM reference leak in rcar_dmac_probe()
• 6a07cf3 cfg80211: call cfg80211_leave_ocb when switching away from OCB
• a902833 mac80211_hwsim: drop pending frames on stop
• 8cfe765 mac80211: remove warning in ieee80211_get_sband()
• b671b98 dmaengine: xilinx: dpdma: Limit descriptor IDs to 16 bits
• 524f70b dmaengine: xilinx: dpdma: Add missing dependencies to Kconfig
• 13b245a dmaengine: stm32-mdma: fix PM reference leak in stm32_mdma_alloc_chan_resourc()
• 86f3e72 dmaengine: zynqmp_dma: Fix PM reference leak in zynqmp_dma_alloc_chan_resourc()
• 4df9ed0 perf/x86/intel/lbr: Zero the xstate buffer on allocation
• 56bc20e perf/x86/lbr: Remove cpuc->lbr_xsave allocation from atomic context
• ca2acbd locking/lockdep: Improve noinstr vs errors
• 59aa5c9 x86/xen: Fix noinstr fail in exc_xen_unknown_trap()
• cb83c99 x86/entry: Fix noinstr fail in __do_fast_syscall_32()
• cf59354 drm/vc4: hdmi: Make sure the controller is powered in detect
• f73aca8 drm/vc4: hdmi: Move the HSM clock enable to runtime_pm
• f11f9ff Revert "PCI: PM: Do not read power state in pci_enable_device_flags()"
• 4b06eba spi: spi-nxp-fspi: move the register operation after the clock enable
• 50a1312 arm64: Force NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS if crashkernel reservation is required
• bd5d4df arm64: Ignore any DMA offsets in the max_zone_phys() calculation
• 3bbdf5a MIPS: generic: Update node names to avoid unit addresses
• 03096a4 mmc: meson-gx: use memcpy_to/fromio for dram-access-quirk
• b8fd230 ARM: 9081/1: fix gcc-10 thumb2-kernel regression
• 3d6c4f7 drm/amdgpu: wait for moving fence after pinning
• 694bb36 drm/radeon: wait for moving fence after pinning
• bcfea24 drm/nouveau: wait for moving fence after pinning v2
• 3ef0ca0 drm: add a locked version of drm_is_current_master
• fea853a Revert "drm/amdgpu/gfx10: enlarge CP_MEC_DOORBELL_RANGE_UPPER to cover full doorbell."
• 1bd8142 Revert "drm/amdgpu/gfx9: fix the doorbell missing when in CGPG issue."
• 3051f23 module: limit enabling module.sig_enforce

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