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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-xanmod

Reboot.

Meta packages available: linux-xanmodlinux-xanmod-edgelinux-xanmod-ltslinux-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 5.12.10-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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