A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 5.12.10 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-xanmodReboot.
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
* linux-firmware-image package is optionalDownload from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/
In terminal:sudo dpkg -i linux-image-*xanmod*.deb linux-headers-*xanmod*.deb Reboot.
Check it:cat /proc/version
Linux 5.12.10-xanmod1
- bc7897f Linux 5.12.10-xanmod1-cacule
- c5e3c66 XANMOD: Makefile: Turn off loop vectorization for GCC -O3 optimization level
- cffba13 init: wait for partition and retry scan
- e203678 drivers: initialize ata before graphics
- e2ede20 Merge tag 'v5.12.10' into 5.12-cacule
- 8a901e1 Linux 5.12.10
- ddf088d neighbour: allow NUD_NOARP entries to be forced GCed
- caec9bc xen-netback: take a reference to the RX task thread
- 2682184 netfilter: nf_tables: missing error reporting for not selected expressions
- 551677d x86/fault: Don't send SIGSEGV twice on SEGV_PKUERR
- 542bbca i2c: qcom-geni: Suspend and resume the bus during SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM ops
- 3762e84 ARM: OMAP1: isp1301-omap: Add missing gpiod_add_lookup_table function
- 5a3d82d KVM: arm64: Resolve all pending PC updates before immediate exit
- 830e765 KVM: arm64: Commit pending PC adjustemnts before returning to userspace
- 9b77839 x86/kvm: Disable all PV features on crash
- 1df2dc0 x86/kvm: Disable kvmclock on all CPUs on shutdown
- d1629b5 x86/kvm: Teardown PV features on boot CPU as well
- 6f2a834 KVM: SVM: Truncate GPR value for DR and CR accesses in !64-bit mode
- 9ddd1b2 drm/msm/dpu: always use mdp device to scale bandwidth
- 6280e8a mm, hugetlb: fix simple resv_huge_pages underflow on UFFDIO_COPY
- 7feb736 btrfs: fix deadlock when cloning inline extents and low on available space
- ff8de2c btrfs: abort in rename_exchange if we fail to insert the second ref
- 4cd3037 btrfs: fixup error handling in fixup_inode_link_counts
- a70d4da btrfs: check error value from btrfs_update_inode in tree log
- b37885c btrfs: fix fsync failure and transaction abort after writes to prealloc extents
- 363747a btrfs: return errors from btrfs_del_csums in cleanup_ref_head
- 99eee2e btrfs: fix error handling in btrfs_del_csums
- 22beee8 btrfs: mark ordered extent and inode with error if we fail to finish
- 5086301 powerpc/kprobes: Fix validation of prefixed instructions across page boundary
- 3cbf4d6 x86/thermal: Fix LVT thermal setup for SMI delivery mode
- 25823b4 x86/apic: Mark all legacy interrupts when IO/APIC is missing
- a1f1053 drm/amdgpu: make sure we unpin the UVD BO
- 9d1d6c0 drm/amdgpu: Don't query CE and UE errors
- 0c45597 nfc: fix NULL ptr dereference in llcp_sock_getname() after failed connect
- bf63f36 KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Save host FSCR in the P7/8 path
- 0104994 x86/sev: Check SME/SEV support in CPUID first
- de8a25b dmaengine: idxd: Use cpu_feature_enabled()
- 25aaa06 x86/cpufeatures: Force disable X86_FEATURE_ENQCMD and remove update_pasid()
- 4c438ac scsi: lpfc: Fix failure to transmit ABTS on FC link
- 455170a mm/page_alloc: fix counting of free pages after take off from buddy
- 3c822fe mm/debug_vm_pgtable: fix alignment for pmd/pud_advanced_tests()
- 0a31dd6 ocfs2: fix data corruption by fallocate
- b8ff869 pid: take a reference when initializing cad_pid
- 9a01a5c kfence: use TASK_IDLE when awaiting allocation
- 18071d6 kfence: maximize allocation wait timeout duration
- 08ec01b Revert "MIPS: make userspace mapping young by default"
- 62fa43c usb: dwc2: Fix build in periphal-only mode
- c48d71d ext4: fix accessing uninit percpu counter variable with fast_commit
- 04fb2ba ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.
- ba499e0 ext4: fix fast commit alignment issues
- 48105dc ext4: fix bug on in ext4_es_cache_extent as ext4_split_extent_at failed
- 1385b23 ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super
- ff7fe51 ARM: dts: imx6q-dhcom: Add PU,VDD1P1,VDD2P5 regulators
- d16c0b0 ARM: dts: imx6dl-yapp4: Fix RGMII connection to QCA8334 switch
- 5c671c9 ALSA: hda: update the power_state during the direct-complete
- 89b6aac ALSA: hda: Fix for mute key LED for HP Pavilion 15-CK0xx
- 6015542 ALSA: timer: Fix master timer notification
- 112c92c gfs2: fix scheduling while atomic bug in glocks
- 92462d2 HID: multitouch: require Finger field to mark Win8 reports as MT
- 9cf2747 HID: magicmouse: fix NULL-deref on disconnect
- 4a88d92 HID: i2c-hid: Skip ELAN power-on command after reset
- dde8686 net: caif: fix memory leak in cfusbl_device_notify
- 6a0e317 net: caif: fix memory leak in caif_device_notify
- 88550e9 net: caif: add proper error handling
- 19e089e net: caif: added cfserl_release function
- 5ceb59f wireguard: allowedips: free empty intermediate nodes when removing single node
- af04157 wireguard: allowedips: allocate nodes in kmem_cache
- 6f425fc wireguard: allowedips: remove nodes in O(1)
- 8eee870 wireguard: allowedips: initialize list head in selftest
- 90b33db wireguard: selftests: make sure rp_filter is disabled on vethc
- 4b8aa95 wireguard: selftests: remove old conntrack kconfig value
- 3709c87 wireguard: use synchronize_net rather than synchronize_rcu
- 958810e wireguard: peer: allocate in kmem_cache
- 8af215c wireguard: do not use -O3
- 7422ead Bluetooth: use correct lock to prevent UAF of hdev object
- 3556fac Bluetooth: fix the erroneous flush_work() order
- af512f0 drm/amdgpu/jpeg3: add cancel_delayed_work_sync before power gate
- 805e5a2 drm/amdgpu/jpeg2.5: add cancel_delayed_work_sync before power gate
- 4a72869 drm/amdgpu/vcn3: add cancel_delayed_work_sync before power gate
- 1f64f5e io_uring: fix ltout double free on completion race
- 9e44293 io_uring: wrap io_kiocb reference count manipulation in helpers
- 0cd6e16 io_uring: use better types for cflags
- 876808d io_uring: fix link timeout refs
- 5a5357c amdgpu: fix GEM obj leak in amdgpu_display_user_framebuffer_create
- 904987a riscv: vdso: fix and clean-up Makefile
- f9a2672 serial: stm32: fix threaded interrupt handling
- ab5cfe2 tipc: fix unique bearer names sanity check
- 506285a tipc: add extack messages for bearer/media failure
- ca93a7e arm64: meson: select COMMON_CLK
- c8f7f44 bus: ti-sysc: Fix flakey idling of uarts and stop using swsup_sidle_act
- 0c41a11 ARM: dts: imx: emcon-avari: Fix nxp,pca8574 #gpio-cells
- 1f00cc0 ARM: dts: imx7d-pico: Fix the 'tuning-step' property
- 250792f ARM: dts: imx7d-meerkat96: Fix the 'tuning-step' property
- 8567131 arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: var1: fix RGMII clock and voltage
- f3b70e4 arm64: dts: freescale: sl28: var4: fix RGMII clock and voltage
- f61ce6a arm64: dts: zii-ultra: fix 12V_MAIN voltage
- e86d02d arm64: dts: zii-ultra: remove second GEN_3V3 regulator instance
- c57ad9d arm64: dts: ls1028a: fix memory node
- 4846349 bus: ti-sysc: Fix am335x resume hang for usb otg module
- bc6a0df optee: use export_uuid() to copy client UUID
- 435d7f1 arm64: dts: ti: j7200-main: Mark Main NAVSS as dma-coherent
- 8872804 ixgbe: add correct exception tracing for XDP
- 85e8a90 ixgbe: optimize for XDP_REDIRECT in xsk path
- 1b002f3 ice: add correct exception tracing for XDP
- e2d914b ice: optimize for XDP_REDIRECT in xsk path
- 567d67a i40e: add correct exception tracing for XDP
- c93d6b8 i40e: optimize for XDP_REDIRECT in xsk path
- 0ce8949 cxgb4: avoid link re-train during TC-MQPRIO configuration
- 2411c02 sch_htb: fix refcount leak in htb_parent_to_leaf_offload
- bf807cf i2c: qcom-geni: Add shutdown callback for i2c
- 5cd9ec7 ice: Allow all LLDP packets from PF to Tx
- 9ba861c ice: report supported and advertised autoneg using PHY capabilities
- 4f000fa ice: handle the VF VSI rebuild failure
- 53ba29c ice: Fix VFR issues for AVF drivers that expect ATQLEN cleared
- e2bd0bc ice: Fix allowing VF to request more/less queues via virtchnl
- 0a462e2 ipv6: Fix KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions
- 511ffe9 cxgb4: fix regression with HASH tc prio value update
- 1d34fa4 ice: track AF_XDP ZC enabled queues in bitmap
- a1c1b1e ixgbevf: add correct exception tracing for XDP
- 5a8e2bf igb: add correct exception tracing for XDP
- bb5da05 igb: Fix XDP with PTP enabled
- 6820c1a ieee802154: fix error return code in ieee802154_llsec_getparams()
- e5a8231 ieee802154: fix error return code in ieee802154_add_iface()
- acc43fc bpf, lockdown, audit: Fix buggy SELinux lockdown permission checks
- f2c444c drm/i915/selftests: Fix return value check in live_breadcrumbs_smoketest()
- 851fcb1 netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: hit EBUSY on updates if size mismatches
- 2c0e6b3 netfilter: nft_ct: skip expectations for confirmed conntrack
- 8a452d6 nvmet: fix freeing unallocated p2pmem
- ef94ecf net/mlx5: DR, Create multi-destination flow table with level less than 64
- 500563c net/mlx5e: Fix adding encap rules to slow path
- 9606de3 net/mlx5e: Check for needed capability for cvlan matching
- d1ead78 net/mlx5: Check firmware sync reset requested is set before trying to abort it
- f8bdc8d net/mlx5e: Fix incompatible casting
- 0f1e6fe net/tls: Fix use-after-free after the TLS device goes down and up
- aada297 net/tls: Replace TLS_RX_SYNC_RUNNING with RCU
- 80cebcc net: sock: fix in-kernel mark setting
- ee64a27 net: dsa: tag_8021q: fix the VLAN IDs used for encoding sub-VLANs
- eba7c76 perf probe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in convert_variable_location()
- b894744 ACPICA: Clean up context mutex during object deletion
- ec6793f nvme-rdma: fix in-casule data send for chained sgls
- 7d4446b mptcp: do not reset MP_CAPABLE subflow on mapping errors
- 9d0d1d1 mptcp: always parse mptcp options for MPC reqsk
- b9c78b1 mptcp: fix sk_forward_memory corruption on retransmission
- 41d6cc0 net/sched: act_ct: Fix ct template allocation for zone 0
- 3082278 net/sched: act_ct: Offload connections with commit action
- 36c19ac devlink: Correct VIRTUAL port to not have phys_port attributes
- 47b0e37 kbuild: Quote OBJCOPY var to avoid a pahole call break the build
- c30c289 HID: i2c-hid: fix format string mismatch
- 29beade HID: amd_sfh: Fix memory leak in amd_sfh_work
- 427bc15 HID: pidff: fix error return code in hid_pidff_init()
- 1925767 HID: logitech-hidpp: initialize level variable
- 2577591 ipvs: ignore IP_VS_SVC_F_HASHED flag when adding service
- f1a02cd vfio/platform: fix module_put call in error flow
- a5ed751 samples: vfio-mdev: fix error handing in mdpy_fb_probe()
- 1752346 vfio/pci: zap_vma_ptes() needs MMU
- 2d5e0f9 vfio/pci: Fix error return code in vfio_ecap_init()
- 99702e4 efi: cper: fix snprintf() use in cper_dimm_err_location()
- e786eac efi/libstub: prevent read overflow in find_file_option()
- 68e3441 efi: Allow EFI_MEMORY_XP and EFI_MEMORY_RO both to be cleared
- 8a7e8b4 efi/fdt: fix panic when no valid fdt found
- dda954b netfilter: conntrack: unregister ipv4 sockopts on error unwind
- 62c5250 hwmon: (pmbus/isl68137) remove READ_TEMPERATURE_3 for RAA228228
- 9cad2c7 hwmon: (dell-smm-hwmon) Fix index values
- 068c4db mt76: mt76x0e: fix device hang during suspend/resume
- 6919e8a mt76: mt7921: fix possible AOOB issue in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report
- a31a199 mt76: mt7921: add rcu section in mt7921_mcu_tx_rate_report
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