A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.83 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 5.10.83-xanmod1

f3b9c6a Linux 5.10.83-xanmod1
22ca7c8 Merge tag 'v5.10.83' into 5.10
a324ad7 Linux 5.10.83
45b42cd drm/amdgpu/gfx9: switch to golden tsc registers for renoir+
98b0275 net: stmmac: platform: fix build warning when with !CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
a15261d shm: extend forced shm destroy to support objects from several IPC nses
aa20e96 s390/mm: validate VMA in PGSTE manipulation functions
a94e4a7 tty: hvc: replace BUG_ON() with negative return value
1c5f722 xen/netfront: don't trust the backend response data blindly
334b0f2 xen/netfront: disentangle tx_skb_freelist
e17ee04 xen/netfront: don't read data from request on the ring page
f5e4937 xen/netfront: read response from backend only once
1ffb20f xen/blkfront: don't trust the backend response data blindly
8e14785 xen/blkfront: don't take local copy of a request from the ring page
273f04d xen/blkfront: read response from backend only once
b98284a xen: sync include/xen/interface/io/ring.h with Xen's newest version
406f2d5 tracing: Check pid filtering when creating events
4fd0ad0 vhost/vsock: fix incorrect used length reported to the guest
fbc0514 iommu/amd: Clarify AMD IOMMUv2 initialization messages
5655b8b smb3: do not error on fsync when readonly
c380062 ceph: properly handle statfs on multifs setups
22423c9 f2fs: set SBI_NEED_FSCK flag when inconsistent node block found
e6ee7ab sched/scs: Reset task stack state in bringup_cpu()
71e38a0 tcp: correctly handle increased zerocopy args struct size
72f2117 net: mscc: ocelot: correctly report the timestamping RX filters in ethtool
73115a2 net: mscc: ocelot: don't downgrade timestamping RX filters in SIOCSHWTSTAMP
62343da net: hns3: fix VF RSS failed problem after PF enable multi-TCs
215167d net/smc: Don't call clcsock shutdown twice when smc shutdown
6e800ee net: vlan: fix underflow for the real_dev refcnt
ae2659d net/sched: sch_ets: don't peek at classes beyond 'nbands'
e3509fe tls: fix replacing proto_ops
2215624 tls: splice_read: fix record type check
3b6c71c MIPS: use 3-level pgtable for 64KB page size on MIPS_VA_BITS_48
a6a5d85 MIPS: loongson64: fix FTLB configuration
5e823db igb: fix netpoll exit with traffic
f2a58ff nvmet: use IOCB_NOWAIT only if the filesystem supports it
12ceb52 net/smc: Fix loop in smc_listen
c94cbd2 net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereferencing in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk()
3d4937c net: phylink: Force retrigger in case of latched link-fail indicator
50162ff net: phylink: Force link down and retrigger resolve on interface change
95ba8f0 lan743x: fix deadlock in lan743x_phy_link_status_change()
c5e4316 tcp_cubic: fix spurious Hystart ACK train detections for not-cwnd-limited flows
3187623 drm/amd/display: Set plane update flags for all planes in reset
f634c75 PM: hibernate: use correct mode for swsusp_close()
440bd9f net/ncsi : Add payload to be 32-bit aligned to fix dropped packets
ac88cb3 nvmet-tcp: fix incomplete data digest send
8889ff8 net: marvell: mvpp2: increase MTU limit when XDP enabled
90d0736 mlxsw: spectrum: Protect driver from buggy firmware
33d8912 mlxsw: Verify the accessed index doesn't exceed the array length
29e1b57 net/smc: Ensure the active closing peer first closes clcsock
77d9c2e erofs: fix deadlock when shrink erofs slab
9f540c7 scsi: scsi_debug: Zero clear zones at reset write pointer
725ba12 scsi: core: sysfs: Fix setting device state to SDEV_RUNNING
e65a870 ice: avoid bpf_prog refcount underflow
1eb5395 ice: fix vsi->txq_map sizing
26ed13d net: nexthop: release IPv6 per-cpu dsts when replacing a nexthop group
3c40584 net: ipv6: add fib6_nh_release_dsts stub
dc2f7e9 net: stmmac: retain PTP clock time during SIOCSHWTSTAMP ioctls
79068e6 net: stmmac: fix system hang caused by eee_ctrl_timer during suspend/resume
cc301ad nfp: checking parameter process for rx-usecs/tx-usecs is invalid
9b44cb6 ipv6: fix typos in __ip6_finish_output()
6d9e8da firmware: smccc: Fix check for ARCH_SOC_ID not implemented
bbd1683 mptcp: fix delack timer
0615428 ALSA: intel-dsp-config: add quirk for JSL devices based on ES8336 codec
f5af2de iavf: Prevent changing static ITR values if adaptive moderation is on
5dca8ef net: marvell: prestera: fix double free issue on err path
b33c5c8 drm/vc4: fix error code in vc4_create_object()
2bf9c5a scsi: mpt3sas: Fix kernel panic during drive powercycle test
29ecb4c drm/nouveau/acr: fix a couple NULL vs IS_ERR() checks
0effb7f ARM: socfpga: Fix crash with CONFIG_FORTIRY_SOURCE
86c5adc NFSv42: Don't fail clone() unless the OP_CLONE operation failed
c9ba786 firmware: arm_scmi: pm: Propagate return value to caller
8730a67 net: ieee802154: handle iftypes as u32
2925aad ASoC: codecs: wcd934x: return error code correctly from hw_params
3a25def ASoC: topology: Add missing rwsem around snd_ctl_remove() calls
4a4f900 ASoC: qdsp6: q6asm: fix q6asm_dai_prepare error handling
9196a68 ASoC: qdsp6: q6routing: Conditionally reset FrontEnd Mixer
2be17ec ARM: dts: bcm2711: Fix PCIe interrupts
9db1d4a ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Add interrupt properties to GPIO node
b2cd6fd ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Fix I2C controller interrupt
b7ef25e netfilter: flowtable: fix IPv6 tunnel addr match
d689176 netfilter: ipvs: Fix reuse connection if RS weight is 0
994065f netfilter: ctnetlink: do not erase error code with EINVAL
a3d829e netfilter: ctnetlink: fix filtering with CTA_TUPLE_REPLY
a8a9170 proc/vmcore: fix clearing user buffer by properly using clear_user()
1f520a0 PCI: aardvark: Fix link training
aec0751 PCI: aardvark: Simplify initialization of rootcap on virtual bridge
df57480 PCI: aardvark: Implement re-issuing config requests on CRS response
e7f2e2c PCI: aardvark: Update comment about disabling link training
2b7bc1c PCI: aardvark: Deduplicate code in advk_pcie_rd_conf()
dfe906d powerpc/32: Fix hardlockup on vmap stack overflow
bf00edd mdio: aspeed: Fix "Link is Down" issue
14c3ce3 mmc: sdhci: Fix ADMA for PAGE_SIZE >= 64KiB
6319570 mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: disable CMDQ support
092a58f tracing: Fix pid filtering when triggers are attached
68fa6bf tracing/uprobe: Fix uprobe_perf_open probes iteration
b777c86 KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent POWER7/8 TLB flush flushing SLB
bfed9c2 xen: detect uninitialized xenbus in xenbus_init
e1d492c xen: don't continue xenstore initialization in case of errors
8f4d071 fuse: release pipe buf after last use
8d0163c staging: rtl8192e: Fix use after free in _rtl92e_pci_disconnect()
0bfed81 staging: greybus: Add missing rwsem around snd_ctl_remove() calls
146283f staging/fbtft: Fix backlight
8fc5e3c HID: wacom: Use "Confidence" flag to prevent reporting invalid contacts
6ca32e2 Revert "parisc: Fix backtrace to always include init funtion names"
3a4aeb3 media: cec: copy sequence field for the reply
3798218 ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix LED on HP ProBook 435 G7
60274e2 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for ASRock NUC Box 1100
172167b ALSA: ctxfi: Fix out-of-range access
4402cf0 binder: fix test regression due to sender_euid change
aea184a usb: hub: Fix locking issues with address0_mutex
5bf3a0c usb: hub: Fix usb enumeration issue due to address0 race
00f1038 usb: typec: fusb302: Fix masking of comparator and bc_lvl interrupts
56fbab4 usb: chipidea: ci_hdrc_imx: fix potential error pointer dereference in probe
b70ff39 net: nexthop: fix null pointer dereference when IPv6 is not enabled
0755f3f usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix null pointer exception
140e2df usb: dwc3: gadget: Check for L1/L2/U3 for Start Transfer
3abf746 usb: dwc3: gadget: Ignore NoStream after End Transfer
2b7ab82 usb: dwc2: hcd_queue: Fix use of floating point literal
4b18cca usb: dwc2: gadget: Fix ISOC flow for elapsed frames
16f1cac USB: serial: option: add Fibocom FM101-GL variants
ff72128 USB: serial: option: add Telit LE910S1 0x9200 composition
854c14b ACPI: Get acpi_device's parent from the parent field
33fe044 bpf: Fix toctou on read-only map's constant scalar tracking


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