A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.53 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 5.10.53-xanmod1

• 570b8d6 Linux 5.10.53-xanmod1
• 9651073 Merge tag 'v5.10.53' into 5.10
• 71046ea Linux 5.10.53
• 6cd9bd2 udp: annotate data races around unix_sk(sk)->gso_size
• bfdb38a drm/panel: nt35510: Do not fail if DSI read fails
• 0d90d84 perf test bpf: Free obj_buf
• a9f36bf bpf: Track subprog poke descriptors correctly and fix use-after-free
• 782d71e bpftool: Properly close va_list 'ap' by va_end() on error
• 2381b8e tools: bpf: Fix error in 'make -C tools/ bpf_install'
• 6386329 tcp: call sk_wmem_schedule before sk_mem_charge in zerocopy path
• 2fee3cf ipv6: tcp: drop silly ICMPv6 packet too big messages
• ad4ba34 tcp: fix tcp_init_transfer() to not reset icsk_ca_initialized
• d60f07b tcp: annotate data races around tp->mtu_info
• ea66fcb tcp: consistently disable header prediction for mptcp
• c28c747 ARM: dts: tacoma: Add phase corrections for eMMC
• e551605 ARM: dts: aspeed: Fix AST2600 machines line names
• ff4b8f3 kbuild: do not suppress Kconfig prompts for silent build
• 0d51418 dma-buf/sync_file: Don't leak fences on merge failure
• f336059 net: fddi: fix UAF in fza_probe
• 66c73f1 net: dsa: properly check for the bridge_leave methods in dsa_switch_bridge_leave()
• 7d7d0e8 Revert "mm/shmem: fix shmem_swapin() race with swapoff"
• 2179d96 net: validate lwtstate->data before returning from skb_tunnel_info()
• b61d881 net: send SYNACK packet with accepted fwmark
• f2a062f net: ti: fix UAF in tlan_remove_one
• b560521 net: qcom/emac: fix UAF in emac_remove
• dbbf5b9 net: moxa: fix UAF in moxart_mac_probe
• 88ff9ec net: ip_tunnel: fix mtu calculation for ETHER tunnel devices
• 846829e net: bcmgenet: Ensure all TX/RX queues DMAs are disabled
• b9fa660 net: netdevsim: use xso.real_dev instead of xso.dev in callback functions of struct xfrmdev_ops
• 59070cc net: bridge: sync fdb to new unicast-filtering ports
• 7b5a291 net/sched: act_ct: remove and free nf_table callbacks
• 6d44762 vmxnet3: fix cksum offload issues for tunnels with non-default udp ports
• c3bc9ce net/sched: act_ct: fix err check for nf_conntrack_confirm
• fc40fde netfilter: ctnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo
• 34365de net: ipv6: fix return value of ip6_skb_dst_mtu
• 7314674 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable devlink ATU hash param for Topaz
• a8c7ba3 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable .rmu_disable() on Topaz
• 14cd8ce net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: use correct .stats_set_histogram() on Topaz
• c657413 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable .port_set_policy() on Topaz
• fcb970e net: bcmgenet: ensure EXT_ENERGY_DET_MASK is clear
• 4e275a4 usb: cdns3: Enable TDL_CHK only for OUT ep
• ce6ee46 mm/page_alloc: fix memory map initialization for descending nodes
• 9e1cf2d mm/userfaultfd: fix uffd-wp special cases for fork()
• 84ff5f6 mm/thp: simplify copying of huge zero page pmd when fork
• a62177b f2fs: Show casefolding support only when supported
• 277b311 Revert "swap: fix do_swap_page() race with swapoff"
• d92aa22 arm64: dts: marvell: armada-37xx: move firmware node to generic dtsi file
• 0e67c76 firmware: turris-mox-rwtm: add marvell,armada-3700-rwtm-firmware compatible string
• e58c162 cifs: prevent NULL deref in cifs_compose_mount_options()
• faa3e7d s390: introduce proper type handling call_on_stack() macro
• be10fff s390/traps: do not test MONITOR CALL without CONFIG_BUG
• 9beba14 thermal/core/thermal_of: Stop zone device before unregistering it
• 7412c98 perf/x86/intel/uncore: Clean up error handling path of iio mapping
• 892387e sched/fair: Fix CFS bandwidth hrtimer expiry type
• eb859b0 scsi: qedf: Add check to synchronize abort and flush
• a4a54c5 scsi: libfc: Fix array index out of bound exception
• 0d7596a scsi: libsas: Add LUN number check in .slave_alloc callback
• 2f8df63 scsi: aic7xxx: Fix unintentional sign extension issue on left shift of u8
• cdb995a rtc: max77686: Do not enforce (incorrect) interrupt trigger type
• d3ba15f arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell: fix NAND partitioning scheme
• e378db1 kbuild: mkcompile_h: consider timestamp if KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is set
• 8c12a3a thermal/drivers/sprd: Add missing of_node_put for loop iteration
• 20babcd thermal/drivers/imx_sc: Add missing of_node_put for loop iteration
• 469951c thermal/drivers/rcar_gen3_thermal: Do not shadow rcar_gen3_ths_tj_1
• bd40e2d thermal/core: Correct function name thermal_zone_device_unregister()
• 6c099d5 arm64: dts: imx8mq: assign PCIe clocks
• 24c41aa arm64: dts: ls208xa: remove bus-num from dspi node
• 7e3f573 firmware: tegra: bpmp: Fix Tegra234-only builds
• 7c03982 soc/tegra: fuse: Fix Tegra234-only builds
• ffa6f08 ARM: OMAP2+: Block suspend for am3 and am4 if PM is not configured
• f40a7c9 ARM: dts: stm32: fix stpmic node for stm32mp1 boards
• 2670d3d ARM: dts: stm32: Rename spi-flash/mx66l51235l@N to flash@N on DHCOM SoM
• 26cd441 ARM: dts: stm32: Drop unused linux,wakeup from touchscreen node on DHCOM SoM
• a5bc2a2 ARM: dts: stm32: fix the Odyssey SoM eMMC VQMMC supply
• e27052f ARM: dts: stm32: move stmmac axi config in ethernet node on stm32mp15
• 6a7af63 ARM: dts: stm32: fix i2c node name on stm32f746 to prevent warnings
• 160c92d ARM: dts: rockchip: fix supply properties in io-domains nodes
• d671fae arm64: dts: juno: Update SCPI nodes as per the YAML schema
• fc71d8d ARM: dts: bcm283x: Fix up GPIO LED node names
• 4bc03e3 ARM: dts: bcm283x: Fix up MMC node names
• 15d727c firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the build when CONFIG_MAILBOX is not selected
• b4009ea firmware: arm_scmi: Add SMCCC discovery dependency in Kconfig
• 41e2bcc memory: tegra: Fix compilation warnings on 64bit platforms
• 7ad965c ARM: dts: stm32: fix timer nodes on STM32 MCU to prevent warnings
• ccec32f ARM: dts: stm32: fix RCC node name on stm32f429 MCU
• bfbc4b4 ARM: dts: stm32: fix gpio-keys node on STM32 MCU boards
• 34ec670 ARM: dts: stm32: fix stm32mp157c-odyssey card detect pin
• 44f4e34 ARM: dts: stm32: Fix touchscreen node on dhcom-pdk2
• 3534a4b ARM: dts: stm32: Remove extra size-cells on dhcom-pdk2
• 8da771b arm64: dts: qcom: sc7180: Move rmtfs memory region
• a74d3bb ARM: tegra: nexus7: Correct 3v3 regulator GPIO of PM269 variant
• e89f409 ARM: tegra: wm8903: Fix polarity of headphones-detection GPIO in device-trees
• c8815d6 arm64: dts: ti: k3-am654x/j721e/j7200-common-proc-board: Fix MCU_RGMII1_TXC direction
• 28d2ae9 ARM: dts: OMAP2+: Replace underscores in sub-mailbox node names
• a73a22a ARM: dts: am335x: fix ti,no-reset-on-init flag for gpios
• ddf2d14 ARM: dts: am437x-gp-evm: fix ti,no-reset-on-init flag for gpios
• a09b4c4 ARM: dts: am57xx-cl-som-am57x: fix ti,no-reset-on-init flag for gpios
• 3f09485 kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build
• 27582c9 rtc: mxc_v2: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
• 6f5891a ARM: dts: imx6dl-riotboard: configure PHY clock and set proper EEE value
• 5190a66 ARM: dts: ux500: Fix orientation of accelerometer
• 61fda04 ARM: dts: ux500: Rename gpio-controller node
• 985947c ARM: dts: ux500: Fix interrupt cells
• ff9ef21 arm64: dts: rockchip: fix regulator-gpio states array
• 31e1b8c ARM: imx: pm-imx5: Fix references to imx5_cpu_suspend_info
• d05ebef ARM: dts: imx6: phyFLEX: Fix UART hardware flow control
• 249d8e4 ARM: dts: Hurricane 2: Fix NAND nodes names
• f654140 ARM: dts: BCM63xx: Fix NAND nodes names
• b5fc6b9 ARM: NSP: dts: fix NAND nodes names
• 5f84400 ARM: Cygnus: dts: fix NAND nodes names
• 9525d58 ARM: brcmstb: dts: fix NAND nodes names
• 4e8eb51 reset: ti-syscon: fix to_ti_syscon_reset_data macro
• cabcb57 arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for rk3399
• 81ea23d arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for rk3328
• e4f97b7 arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for px30
• 95b64be ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for rk3288
• 5881af8 ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for rk3188
• 70abb82 ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix power-controller node names for rk3066a
• fc01549 ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix IOMMU nodes properties on rk322x
• 55014c3 ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix the timer clocks order
• 2e1f681 arm64: dts: rockchip: fix pinctrl sleep nodename for rk3399.dtsi
• 7d3408c ARM: dts: rockchip: fix pinctrl sleep nodename for rk3036-kylin and rk3288
• e2d1e44 ARM: dts: rockchip: Fix thermal sensor cells o rk322x
• c8f0cef ARM: dts: gemini: add device_type on pci
• 191523d ARM: dts: gemini: rename mdio to the right name

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Download Linux 5.10.53-xanmod1 source from GitHub