A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.51 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 5.10.51-xanmod1

• 2306132 Linux 5.10.51-xanmod1
• 01c7795 net-tcp_bbr: v2: Fix missing ECT markings on retransmits for BBRv2
• f8506cd char/lrng: add power-on and runtime self-tests
• 7bb8e15 char/lrng: add interface for gathering of raw entropy
• ff45cc8 char/lrng: add SP800-90B compliant health tests
• 3ffc529 char/lrng: add Jitter RNG fast noise source
• fa904d4 crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state
• 1f6797a char/lrng: add kernel crypto API PRNG extension
• d88d16e char/lrng: add SP800-90A DRBG extension
• eaa716d crypto: drbg - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG
• a3623ba char/lrng: add common generic hash support
• e672c58 char/lrng: add switchable DRNG support
• 6cfc1a2 char/lrng: sysctls and /proc interface
• 44d4abd char/lrng: allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node
• 0028deb drivers/char: Introduce the Linux Random Number Generator
• f130488 Merge tag 'v5.10.51' into 5.10
• f682613 Linux 5.10.51
• 8678660 f2fs: fix to avoid racing on fsync_entry_slab by multi filesystem instances
• 5e4f513 ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super
• 3780348 smackfs: restrict bytes count in smk_set_cipso()
• 8018936 jfs: fix GPF in diFree
• fcb041c drm/ast: Remove reference to struct drm_device.pdev
• 3785f3c pinctrl: mcp23s08: Fix missing unlock on error in mcp23s08_irq()
• b716ccf dm writecache: write at least 4k when committing
• 0905880 io_uring: fix clear IORING_SETUP_R_DISABLED in wrong function
• aa57b2d media: uvcvideo: Fix pixel format change for Elgato Cam Link 4K
• 31874b6 media: gspca/sunplus: fix zero-length control requests
• de95c0b media: gspca/sq905: fix control-request direction
• c57bfd8 media: zr364xx: fix memory leak in zr364xx_start_readpipe
• dbd58d3 media: dtv5100: fix control-request directions
• db317a3 media: subdev: disallow ioctl for saa6588/davinci
• e2c1218 PCI: aardvark: Implement workaround for the readback value of VEND_ID
• 1309197 PCI: aardvark: Fix checking for PIO Non-posted Request
• f147115 PCI: Leave Apple Thunderbolt controllers on for s2idle or standby
• ba47e65 dm btree remove: assign new_root only when removal succeeds
• 1b5918b dm writecache: flush origin device when writing and cache is full
• cbc03ff dm zoned: check zone capacity
• 35c1c4b coresight: tmc-etf: Fix global-out-of-bounds in tmc_update_etf_buffer()
• 048624a coresight: Propagate symlink failure
• 0c2bc14 ipack/carriers/tpci200: Fix a double free in tpci200_pci_probe
• eb81b5a tracing: Resize tgid_map to pid_max, not PID_MAX_DEFAULT
• 3cda5b7 tracing: Simplify & fix saved_tgids logic
• 8cc58a6 rq-qos: fix missed wake-ups in rq_qos_throttle try two
• f9fb498 seq_buf: Fix overflow in seq_buf_putmem_hex()
• 418b333 extcon: intel-mrfld: Sync hardware and software state on init
• af092ec selftests/lkdtm: Fix expected text for CR4 pinning
• 0af643f lkdtm/bugs: XFAIL UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE
• baedb1f nvmem: core: add a missing of_node_put
• f0a079c mfd: syscon: Free the allocated name field of struct regmap_config
• a8a2e50 power: supply: ab8500: Fix an old bug
• 38dde03 ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations
• 690a11f thermal/drivers/int340x/processor_thermal: Fix tcc setting
• ef5066f ipmi/watchdog: Stop watchdog timer when the current action is 'none'
• 7ade84f qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute
• 02671ed i40e: fix PTP on 5Gb links
• ab9d7c5 ASoC: tegra: Set driver_name=tegra for all machine drivers
• e0d9beb fpga: stratix10-soc: Add missing fpga_mgr_free() call
• 5a5ebf5 clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Improve Allwinner A64 timer workaround
• b5e26be cpu/hotplug: Cure the cpusets trainwreck
• a11a457 arm64: tlb: fix the TTL value of tlb_get_level
• 0afa6ad ata: ahci_sunxi: Disable DIPM
• 5543f61 mmc: core: Allow UHS-I voltage switch for SDSC cards if supported
• b53b0ca mmc: core: clear flags before allowing to retune
• 658f581 mmc: sdhci: Fix warning message when accessing RPMB in HS400 mode
• 5ced01c mmc: sdhci-acpi: Disable write protect detection on Toshiba Encore 2 WT8-B
• 3f9c2a0 drm/i915/display: Do not zero past infoframes.vsc
• 8abf5ee drm/nouveau: Don't set allow_fb_modifiers explicitly
• 42a333e drm/arm/malidp: Always list modifiers
• 0bcc074 drm/msm/mdp4: Fix modifier support enabling
• 4d61ddd drm/tegra: Don't set allow_fb_modifiers explicitly
• c601693 drm/amd/display: Reject non-zero src_y and src_x for video planes
• 7d30538 pinctrl/amd: Add device HID for new AMD GPIO controller
• b13574f drm/amd/display: fix incorrrect valid irq check
• 3c8216b drm/rockchip: dsi: remove extra component_del() call
• 2998599 drm/dp: Handle zeroed port counts in drm_dp_read_downstream_info()
• 98bd09d drm/vc4: hdmi: Prevent clock unbalance
• a2b8835 drm/vc4: crtc: Skip the TXP
• 293e520 drm/vc4: txp: Properly set the possible_crtcs mask
• 0d50d93 drm/radeon: Call radeon_suspend_kms() in radeon_pci_shutdown() for Loongson64
• 7aa28f2 drm/radeon: Add the missed drm_gem_object_put() in radeon_user_framebuffer_create()
• 2674ffc drm/amdgpu: enable sdma0 tmz for Raven/Renoir(V2)
• 8f933b2 drm/amdgpu: Update NV SIMD-per-CU to 2
• 97ebbfe powerpc/powernv/vas: Release reference to tgid during window close
• a024e88 powerpc/barrier: Avoid collision with clang's __lwsync macro
• d2e52d4 powerpc/mm: Fix lockup on kernel exec fault
• 4ad382b scsi: iscsi: Fix iSCSI cls conn state
• 221b7e1 scsi: iscsi: Fix race condition between login and sync thread
• 9073188 io_uring: convert io_buffer_idr to XArray
• c5a50a2 io_uring: Convert personality_idr to XArray
• cb2985f io_uring: simplify io_remove_personalities()
• 7d4f961 mm,hwpoison: return -EBUSY when migration fails
• fd6625a loop: fix I/O error on fsync() in detached loop devices
• 88f0bc8 arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable USB3 for rk3328 Rock64
• 421aff5 arm64: dts: rockchip: add rk3328 dwc3 usb controller node
• 8eb12fa ath11k: unlock on error path in ath11k_mac_op_add_interface()
• 9706c53 MIPS: MT extensions are not available on MIPS32r1
• 6cf2e90 selftests/resctrl: Fix incorrect parsing of option "-t"
• 10f8fca MIPS: set mips32r5 for virt extensions
• ff4762b MIPS: loongsoon64: Reserve memory below starting pfn to prevent Oops
• 6ef81a5 sctp: add size validation when walking chunks
• d4dbef7 sctp: validate from_addr_param return
• e83f312 flow_offload: action should not be NULL when it is referenced
• a61af01 bpf: Fix false positive kmemleak report in bpf_ringbuf_area_alloc()
• 20285dc sched/fair: Ensure _sum and _avg values stay consistent
• e2296a4 Bluetooth: btusb: fix bt fiwmare downloading failure issue for qca btsoc.
• 8d7a398 Bluetooth: mgmt: Fix the command returns garbage parameter value
• 05298f1 Bluetooth: btusb: Add support USB ALT 3 for WBS
• cc49ab2 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix invalid access on ECRED Connection response
• 79a3130 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix invalid access if ECRED Reconfigure fails
• c4a9967 Bluetooth: btusb: Add a new QCA_ROME device (0cf3:e500)
• 60789af Bluetooth: Shutdown controller after workqueues are flushed or cancelled
• 5147d86 Bluetooth: Fix alt settings for incoming SCO with transparent coding format
• 8f939b4 Bluetooth: Fix the HCI to MGMT status conversion table
• 5f5f802 Bluetooth: btusb: Fixed too many in-token issue for Mediatek Chip.
• 3d08b59 RDMA/cma: Fix rdma_resolve_route() memory leak
• a8585fd net: ip: avoid OOM kills with large UDP sends over loopback
• 04177aa media, bpf: Do not copy more entries than user space requested
• d8bb134 IB/isert: Align target max I/O size to initiator size
• d330f5f mac80211_hwsim: add concurrent channels scanning support over virtio
• 97f0677 mac80211: consider per-CPU statistics if present
• 1b72886 cfg80211: fix default HE tx bitrate mask in 2G band
• 0a7ba5d wireless: wext-spy: Fix out-of-bounds warning
• c1ad55b sfc: error code if SRIOV cannot be disabled
• 1013dc8 sfc: avoid double pci_remove of VFs
• 7cd6986 iwlwifi: pcie: fix context info freeing
• b98ec6d iwlwifi: pcie: free IML DMA memory allocation
• 78eadad iwlwifi: mvm: fix error print when session protection ends
• 1e1bb1e iwlwifi: mvm: don't change band on bound PHY contexts
• 1df3603 RDMA/rxe: Don't overwrite errno from ib_umem_get()
• ee33c04 vsock: notify server to shutdown when client has pending signal
• 38bc2eb atm: nicstar: register the interrupt handler in the right place
• 90efb7f atm: nicstar: use 'dma_free_coherent' instead of 'kfree'
• 1d304c7 net: fec: add ndo_select_queue to fix TX bandwidth fluctuations
• c7a31ae MIPS: add PMD table accounting into MIPS'pmd_alloc_one
• 50ce920 rtl8xxxu: Fix device info for RTL8192EU devices
• a10e871 mt76: mt7915: fix IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP7_MAX_NC for station mode
• 4cd713e drm/amdkfd: Walk through list with dqm lock hold
• a2122e0 drm/amdgpu: fix bad address translation for sienna_cichlid
• 932be4c io_uring: fix false WARN_ONCE
• 92a9fb5 net: sched: fix error return code in tcf_del_walker()
• d2801d1 net: ipa: Add missing of_node_put() in ipa_firmware_load()
• 5cc0cf7 net: fix mistake path for netdev_features_strings
• 891db09 mt76: mt7615: fix fixed-rate tx status reporting
• 090b06b ice: mark PTYPE 2 as reserved
• b88a907 ice: fix incorrect payload indicator on PTYPE
• 2e66c36 bpf: Fix up register-based shifts in interpreter to silence KUBSAN
• 0e72b15 drm/amdkfd: Fix circular lock in nocpsch path
• cd29db4 drm/amdkfd: fix circular locking on get_wave_state
• 9d21abc cw1200: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
• c5e4a10 wl1251: Fix possible buffer overflow in wl1251_cmd_scan
• 5a3d373 wlcore/wl12xx: Fix wl12xx get_mac error if device is in ELP
• ad7083a dm writecache: commit just one block, not a full page
• 57f7ed2 xfrm: Fix error reporting in xfrm_state_construct.
• a5f8862 drm/amd/display: Verify Gamma & Degamma LUT sizes in amdgpu_dm_atomic_check
• db3c364 r8169: avoid link-up interrupt issue on RTL8106e if user enables ASPM
• f383718 selinux: use __GFP_NOWARN with GFP_NOWAIT in the AVC
• 0a244be fjes: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• 378c156 drm/amdkfd: use allowed domain for vmbo validation
• fb3b4bc net: sgi: ioc3-eth: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• e613f67 selftests: Clean forgotten resources as part of cleanup()
• 8a4318c net: phy: realtek: add delay to fix RXC generation issue
• c71de31 drm/amd/display: Fix off-by-one error in DML
• afa0644 drm/amd/display: Set DISPCLK_MAX_ERRDET_CYCLES to 7
• 02f4443 drm/amd/display: Release MST resources on switch from MST to SST
• 01d6a69 drm/amd/display: Update scaling settings on modeset
• 57c63b4 drm/amd/display: Fix DCN 3.01 DSCCLK validation
• 8e4da40 net: moxa: Use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource()
• 278dc34 net: micrel: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• ce1307e net: mvpp2: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• 49b3a7f net: bcmgenet: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• 92820a1 net: mscc: ocelot: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
• f3b96f4 virtio_net: Remove BUG() to avoid machine dead
• 87c3904 ice: fix clang warning regarding deadcode.DeadStores
• e352556 ice: set the value of global config lock timeout longer
• b5f2982 pinctrl: mcp23s08: fix race condition in irq handler
• a4a8640 net: bridge: mrp: Update ring transitions.
• cc4f0a9 dm: Fix dm_accept_partial_bio() relative to zone management commands
• 939f750 dm writecache: don't split bios when overwriting contiguous cache content
• 65e7806 dm space maps: don't reset space map allocation cursor when committing
• 313d9f2 RDMA/cxgb4: Fix missing error code in create_qp()
• f9c67c1 net: tcp better handling of reordering then loss cases
• 8fa6473 drm/amdgpu: remove unsafe optimization to drop preamble ib
• c5b518f drm/amd/display: Avoid HDCP over-read and corruption
• 3c172f6 MIPS: ingenic: Select CPU_SUPPORTS_CPUFREQ && MIPS_EXTERNAL_TIMER
• 0903ac8 MIPS: cpu-probe: Fix FPU detection on Ingenic JZ4760(B)
• 8f939b7 ipv6: use prandom_u32() for ID generation
• c92298d virtio-net: Add validation for used length
• 5e039a8 drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix PM reference leak in
• d1eaf4c clk: tegra: Ensure that PLLU configuration is applied properly
• dc5bace clk: tegra: Fix refcounting of gate clocks
• 3159888 RDMA/rtrs: Change MAX_SESS_QUEUE_DEPTH
• 4f6a0f3 net: stmmac: the XPCS obscures a potential "PHY not found" error
• a7d608b drm: rockchip: add missing registers for RK3066
• d89ea20 drm: rockchip: add missing registers for RK3188
• e54b4a5 net/mlx5: Fix lag port remapping logic
• 62137d1 net/mlx5e: IPsec/rep_tc: Fix rep_tc_update_skb drops IPsec packet
• 2191504 clk: renesas: r8a77995: Add ZA2 clock
• 0680344 drm/bridge: cdns: Fix PM reference leak in cdns_dsi_transfer()
• 95f8ce9 igb: fix assignment on big endian machines
• 66d593a igb: handle vlan types with checker enabled
• ffb8657 e100: handle eeprom as little endian
• f06ea02 drm/vc4: hdmi: Fix PM reference leak in vc4_hdmi_encoder_pre_crtc_co()
• 48c96d5 drm/vc4: Fix clock source for VEC PixelValve on BCM2711
• 21bf141 udf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in udf_symlink function
• 0687411 drm/sched: Avoid data corruptions
• 5ed8c29 drm/scheduler: Fix hang when sched_entity released
• 73ac001 pinctrl: equilibrium: Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
• 1b832bd net/sched: cls_api: increase max_reclassify_loop
• 6ceb018 net: mdio: provide shim implementation of devm_of_mdiobus_register
• d2d17ca drm/virtio: Fix double free on probe failure
• 69a71b5 reiserfs: add check for invalid 1st journal block
• c507310 drm/bridge: lt9611: Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
• b5713da net: mdio: ipq8064: add regmap config to disable REGCACHE
• c0dd36b drm/mediatek: Fix PM reference leak in mtk_crtc_ddp_hw_init()
• 3393405 net: Treat __napi_schedule_irqoff() as __napi_schedule() on PREEMPT_RT
• a7f7c42 atm: nicstar: Fix possible use-after-free in nicstar_cleanup()
• b7ee9ae mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup()
• e759ff7 atm: iphase: fix possible use-after-free in ia_module_exit()
• 2292d96 hugetlb: clear huge pte during flush function on mips platform
• a748721 clk: renesas: rcar-usb2-clock-sel: Fix error handling in .probe()
• 3ca86d4 drm/amd/display: fix use_max_lb flag for 420 pixel formats
• 5953b98 net: pch_gbe: Use proper accessors to BE data in pch_ptp_match()
• fb96072 drm/bridge: nwl-dsi: Force a full modeset when crtc_state->active is changed to be true
• 796554d drm/vc4: fix argument ordering in vc4_crtc_get_margins()
• b025bc0 drm/amd/amdgpu/sriov disable all ip hw status by default
• fb7479d drm/amd/display: fix HDCP reset sequence on reinitialize
• d055669 drm/ast: Fixed CVE for DP501
• 95c3133 drm/zte: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
• b60ae0f drm/mxsfb: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER

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