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A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 5.12.11 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 5.12.11-xanmod1

  • bd9cb29 Linux 5.12.11-xanmod1
  • 19797d2 Merge tag 'v5.12.11' into 5.12
  • d7f82a4 Linux 5.12.11
  • 9be4a3e proc: only require mm_struct for writing
  • 3483123 scsi: core: Only put parent device if host state differs from SHOST_CREATED
  • c446ec4 scsi: core: Put .shost_dev in failure path if host state changes to RUNNING
  • 4aaa0d8 scsi: core: Fix failure handling of scsi_add_host_with_dma()
  • 45d83db scsi: core: Fix error handling of scsi_host_alloc()
  • 2431180 NFSv4: nfs4_proc_set_acl needs to restore NFS_CAP_UIDGID_NOMAP on error.
  • 64c21cd NFSv4: Fix second deadlock in nfs4_evict_inode()
  • 72651c6 NFS: Fix use-after-free in nfs4_init_client()
  • 13f3c16 kvm: fix previous commit for 32-bit builds
  • 1e3f498 perf session: Correct buffer copying when peeking events
  • ff7b80b pinctrl: qcom: Make it possible to select SC8180x TLMM
  • dc3406d NFSv4: Fix deadlock between nfs4_evict_inode() and nfs4_opendata_get_inode()
  • 58ddf61 NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client()
  • 3e670c5 IB/mlx5: Fix initializing CQ fragments buffer
  • 9fb088c KVM: x86: Ensure liveliness of nested VM-Enter fail tracepoint message
  • 22cf65b x86/nmi_watchdog: Fix old-style NMI watchdog regression on old Intel CPUs
  • 63345c0 platform/surface: aggregator: Fix event disable function
  • 322fd1c sched/fair: Fix util_est UTIL_AVG_UNCHANGED handling
  • 996c241 ASoC: SOF: reset enabled_cores state at suspend
  • 5e3fb56 sched/fair: Make sure to update tg contrib for blocked load
  • 2481ecc sched/fair: Keep load_avg and load_sum synced
  • 20d396b dt-bindings: connector: Replace BIT macro with generic bit ops
  • df4c7e3 perf: Fix data race between pin_count increment/decrement
  • 5138f8d perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix a kernel WARNING triggered by maxcpus=1
  • 9f6025f pinctrl: qcom: Fix duplication in gpio_groups
  • dd55331 gpio: wcd934x: Fix shift-out-of-bounds error
  • 7307a2d phy: ti: Fix an error code in wiz_probe()
  • 37d144c ASoC: meson: gx-card: fix sound-dai dt schema
  • 047fd16 ASoC: core: Fix Null-point-dereference in fmt_single_name()
  • 02b07dd phy: cadence: Sierra: Fix error return code in cdns_sierra_phy_probe()
  • 8c87830 tools/bootconfig: Fix error return code in apply_xbc()
  • 05471eb vmlinux.lds.h: Avoid orphan section with !SMP
  • d37fa2a ARM: cpuidle: Avoid orphan section warning
  • 8dc1b0e RDMA: Verify port when creating flow rule
  • fdeb9f8 RDMA/mlx5: Block FDB rules when not in switchdev mode
  • 73b2733 RDMA/mlx4: Do not map the core_clock page to user space unless enabled
  • 98b6c67 RDMA/mlx5: Use different doorbell memory for different processes
  • 0a672f7 RDMA/ipoib: Fix warning caused by destroying non-initial netns
  • 1ed3c16 hwmon: (tps23861) correct shunt LSB values
  • 7ee186a hwmon: (tps23861) set current shunt value
  • c1723ce hwmon: (tps23861) define regmap max register
  • e3b478d hwmon: (corsair-psu) fix suspend behavior
  • 0c010ea drm/msm/a6xx: avoid shadow NULL reference in failure path
  • 868fb39 drm/msm/a6xx: update/fix CP_PROTECT initialization
  • 1071073 drm/msm/a6xx: fix incorrectly set uavflagprd_inv field for A650
  • b6ed987 drm/mcde: Fix off by 10^3 in calculation
  • 95aadff usb: typec: mux: Fix copy-paste mistake in typec_mux_match
  • 0908fb0 usb: typec: tcpm: Fix misuses of AMS invocation
  • aad940c usb: typec: tcpm: Correct the responses in SVDM Version 2.0 DFP
  • 63784c4 usb: dwc3: gadget: Disable gadget IRQ during pullup disable
  • ed57e68 usb: cdns3: Enable TDL_CHK only for OUT ep
  • 9a80147 phy: usb: Fix misuse of IS_ENABLED
  • b7611c3 regulator: rtmv20: Fix .set_current_limit/.get_current_limit callbacks
  • 131503c regulator: atc260x: Fix n_voltages and min_sel for pickable linear ranges
  • 4c44559 regulator: bd71828: Fix .n_voltages settings
  • 9f61978 regulator: scmi: Fix off-by-one for linear regulators .n_voltages setting
  • 30db23b regulator: fixed: Ensure enable_counter is correct if reg_domain_disable fails
  • b4b7438 regulator: fan53880: Fix missing n_voltages setting
  • f52a932 regulator: da9121: Return REGULATOR_MODE_INVALID for invalid mode
  • 76d8e9b regulator: bd718x7: Fix the BUCK7 voltage setting on BD71837
  • 0d36883 regulator: max77620: Use device_set_of_node_from_dev()
  • b0dd9b3 regulator: core: resolve supply for boot-on/always-on regulators
  • b83c739 usb: typec: tcpm: Do not finish VDM AMS for retrying Responses
  • cd32d4e usb: typec: tcpm: cancel frs hrtimer when unregister tcpm port
  • d0a0669 usb: typec: tcpm: cancel vdm and state machine hrtimer when unregister tcpm port
  • b2d5b31 usb: typec: tcpm: Properly handle Alert and Status Messages
  • ca6bc27 usb: fix various gadget panics on 10gbps cabling
  • f17aae7 usb: fix various gadgets null ptr deref on 10gbps cabling.
  • 0ee582b usb: gadget: eem: fix wrong eem header operation
  • ae746b6 usb: cdnsp: Fix deadlock issue in cdnsp_thread_irq_handler
  • 04e24bd USB: serial: cp210x: fix CP2102N-A01 modem control
  • 802fcbd USB: serial: cp210x: fix alternate function for CP2102N QFN20
  • 0337fee USB: serial: quatech2: fix control-request directions
  • db5cd62 USB: serial: omninet: add device id for Zyxel Omni 56K Plus
  • ae923b0 USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add NovaTech OrionMX product ID
  • 3d47267 usb: gadget: f_fs: Ensure io_completion_wq is idle during unbind
  • cad7ce2 usb: typec: intel_pmc_mux: Add missed error check for devm_ioremap_resource()
  • 49d9e9e usb: typec: intel_pmc_mux: Put fwnode in error case during ->probe()
  • 02cd2a5 usb: typec: ucsi: Clear PPM capability data in ucsi_init() error path
  • 733101e usb: typec: wcove: Use LE to CPU conversion when accessing msg->header
  • b9f8edb usb: musb: fix MUSB_QUIRK_B_DISCONNECT_99 handling
  • cb65ff0 usb: pci-quirks: disable D3cold on xhci suspend for s2idle on AMD Renoir
  • 7887557 usb: dwc3: ep0: fix NULL pointer exception
  • 4aad390 usb: dwc3: gadget: Bail from dwc3_gadget_exit() if dwc->gadget is NULL
  • 2bdf746 usb: dwc3: meson-g12a: Disable the regulator in the error handling path of the probe
  • d8dd375 usb: dwc3-meson-g12a: fix usb2 PHY glue init when phy0 is disabled
  • 9015140 usb: pd: Set PD_T_SINK_WAIT_CAP to 310ms
  • 8ceb322 usb: f_ncm: only first packet of aggregate needs to start timer
  • 9e5f198 USB: f_ncm: ncm_bitrate (speed) is unsigned
  • da7ed08 mmc: renesas_sdhi: Fix HS400 on R-Car M3-W+
  • 800ad91 mmc: renesas_sdhi: abort tuning when timeout detected
  • a209728 tools/bootconfig: Fix a build error accroding to undefined fallthrough
  • b16a249 tracing: Correct the length check which causes memory corruption
  • 3e4ddeb ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug()
  • 2145c61 cgroup1: don't allow '\n' in renaming
  • ac62404 coredump: Limit what can interrupt coredumps
  • 7253a49 btrfs: promote debugging asserts to full-fledged checks in validate_super
  • 2818ecb btrfs: return value from btrfs_mark_extent_written() in case of error
  • d7c3101 btrfs: zoned: fix zone number to sector/physical calculation
  • fb58673 btrfs: do not write supers if we have an fs error
  • 2c9809a async_xor: check src_offs is not NULL before updating it
  • 555002a bcache: avoid oversized read request in cache missing code path
  • 7550b63 bcache: remove bcache device self-defined readahead
  • 616126b tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed
  • c597d5c bus: mhi: pci_generic: Fix possible use-after-free in mhi_pci_remove()
  • 0bb28bc misc: rtsx: separate aspm mode into MODE_REG and MODE_CFG
  • 2147684 usb: misc: brcmstb-usb-pinmap: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
  • f44f1fc staging: rtl8723bs: Fix uninitialized variables
  • ed0e2a8 kvm: avoid speculation-based attacks from out-of-range memslot accesses
  • 7707f72 KVM: X86: MMU: Use the correct inherited permissions to get shadow page
  • 1f297c5 KVM: x86: Unload MMU on guest TLB flush if TDP disabled to force MMU sync
  • 82cc1c4 perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix M2M event umask for Ice Lake server
  • 8c9987a x86, lto: Pass -stack-alignment only on LLD < 13.0.0
  • dfedcac drm: Lock pointer access in drm_master_release()
  • f773f8c drm: Fix use-after-free read in drm_getunique()
  • 135076c ACPI: Pass the same capabilities to the _OSC regardless of the query flag
  • 6192af0 Revert "ACPI: sleep: Put the FACS table after using it"
  • 01415ff spi: bcm2835: Fix out-of-bounds access with more than 4 slaves
  • b788678 ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs for HP ZBook Power G8
  • e0173c3 ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs for HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8
  • 3513eda ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs and speaker for HP EliteBook x360 1040 G8
  • b5a06c7 ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs and speaker for HP Elite Dragonfly G2
  • a2901ac ALSA: hda/realtek: headphone and mic don't work on an Acer laptop
  • 05e4def ALSA: firewire-lib: fix the context to call snd_pcm_stop_xrun()
  • 536a764 ALSA: seq: Fix race of snd_seq_timer_open()
  • 9f573a7 i2c: mpc: implement erratum A-004447 workaround
  • a08e677 i2c: mpc: Make use of i2c_recover_bus()
  • 1cbb5b9 spi: Cleanup on failure of initial setup
  • a3576a4 spi: Don't have controller clean up spi device before driver unbind
  • 4d5773d powerpc/fsl: set fsl,i2c-erratum-a004447 flag for P1010 i2c controllers
  • a808954 powerpc/fsl: set fsl,i2c-erratum-a004447 flag for P2041 i2c controllers
  • 983b526 nvmet: fix false keep-alive timeout when a controller is torn down
  • c4082a9 nvme-tcp: remove incorrect Kconfig dep in BLK_DEV_NVME
  • 8086763 bnx2x: Fix missing error code in bnx2x_iov_init_one()
  • fb429fa dm verity: fix require_signatures module_param permissions
  • 3a0753c bpf, selftests: Adjust few selftest result_unpriv outcomes
  • 050a7e2 MIPS: Fix kernel hang under FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER and PREEMPT_TRACER
  • 268323c nvme-fabrics: decode host pathing error for connect
  • 3dc1e20 Makefile: LTO: have linker check -Wframe-larger-than
  • 0f34aff net: dsa: microchip: enable phy errata workaround on 9567
  • 42e7fa0 net: appletalk: cops: Fix data race in cops_probe1
  • 1f66d0d net: macb: ensure the device is available before accessing GEMGXL control registers
  • 817a9bb scsi: target: qla2xxx: Wait for stop_phase1 at WWN removal
  • b392e2f scsi: hisi_sas: Drop free_irq() of devm_request_irq() allocated irq
  • 87bf5d1 scsi: vmw_pvscsi: Set correct residual data length
  • e573390 scsi: bnx2fc: Return failure if io_req is already in ABTS processing
  • 81c4d1d net:sfc: fix non-freed irq in legacy irq mode
  • 495d051 RDS tcp loopback connection can hang
  • 2ed296c net/qla3xxx: fix schedule while atomic in ql_sem_spinlock
  • 8b30908 wq: handle VM suspension in stall detection
  • ac91f6b cgroup: disable controllers at parse time
  • a244250 net: mdiobus: get rid of a BUG_ON()
  • 76cc8e0 netlink: disable IRQs for netlink_lock_table()
  • cf3f90b bonding: init notify_work earlier to avoid uninitialized use
  • 6249193 isdn: mISDN: netjet: Fix crash in nj_probe:
  • 0a42b3f usb: chipidea: udc: assign interrupt number to USB gadget structure
  • cec6430 spi: sprd: Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
  • 51bd6bf ASoC: sti-sas: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
  • 320b3e0 vfio-ccw: Serialize FSM IDLE state with I/O completion
  • 50360f4 vfio-ccw: Reset FSM state to IDLE inside FSM
  • f5e770c bpf: Add deny list of btf ids check for tracing programs
  • d573fd0 ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Add quirk for the Lenovo Miix 3-830 tablet
  • 903491d ASoC: Intel: bytcr_rt5640: Add quirk for the Glavey TM800A550L tablet
  • 9f1bab3 usb: cdns3: Fix runtime PM imbalance on error
  • 90d0a3c net/nfc/rawsock.c: fix a permission check bug
  • abcc543 ASoC: codecs: lpass-tx-macro: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
  • 4cacae8 ASoC: codecs: lpass-rx-macro: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
  • 2b9cceb bpf: Forbid trampoline attach for functions with variable arguments
  • cbdf358 spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix stack violation bug
  • e92ac92 spi: Fix spi device unregister flow
  • 9911e50 ASoC: amd: fix for pcm_read() error
  • 8b6fb11 ASoC: max98088: fix ni clock divider calculation
  • 35b9a92 proc: Track /proc/$pid/attr/ opener mm_struct
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