An updated XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 5.13.3 has been released to address an issue. 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 5.13.2-xanmod1
- e6112eb Linux 5.13.3-xanmod1
- 17e281f net-tcp_bbr: v2: Fix missing ECT markings on retransmits for BBRv2
- 84c286a char/lrng: add power-on and runtime self-tests
- 9933931 char/lrng: add interface for gathering of raw entropy
- 3c2074a char/lrng: add SP800-90B compliant health tests
- 5a544a2 char/lrng: add Jitter RNG fast noise source
- 3c1b9ec crypto: provide access to a static Jitter RNG state
- ba11ba6 char/lrng: add kernel crypto API PRNG extension
- b8c18fb char/lrng: add SP800-90A DRBG extension
- 7f2f0a3 crypto: drbg - externalize DRBG functions for LRNG
- e502fe2 char/lrng: add common generic hash support
- 8780138 char/lrng: add switchable DRNG support
- 79cbad5 char/lrng: sysctls and /proc interface
- 056bcf3 char/lrng: allocate one DRNG instance per NUMA node
- 23fd5d3 drivers: Introduce the Linux Random Number Generator
- 9656c60 Merge tag 'v5.13.3' into 5.13
- f86aa26 Linux 5.13.3
- e472b27 f2fs: fix to avoid racing on fsync_entry_slab by multi filesystem instances
- 258fd82 smackfs: restrict bytes count in smk_set_cipso()
- bfb48b5 media: v4l2-core: explicitly clear ioctl input data
- 42f102e jfs: fix GPF in diFree
- 7ed572c ext4: fix possible UAF when remounting r/o a mmp-protected file system
- e9f6b57 drm/ast: Remove reference to struct drm_device.pdev
- 7eefc57 pinctrl: mcp23s08: Fix missing unlock on error in mcp23s08_irq()
- e294f97 dm writecache: write at least 4k when committing
- 691e71c media: uvcvideo: Fix pixel format change for Elgato Cam Link 4K
- 7c14814 media: gspca/sunplus: fix zero-length control requests
- 8f6a609 media: gspca/sq905: fix control-request direction
- 90be28e media: ccs: Fix the op_pll_multiplier address
- d69b39d media: zr364xx: fix memory leak in zr364xx_start_readpipe
- 2f920c1 media: dtv5100: fix control-request directions
- 7be5e03 media: i2c: ccs-core: fix pm_runtime_get_sync() usage count
- 8b39b43 media: subdev: disallow ioctl for saa6588/davinci
- eda818a PCI: aardvark: Implement workaround for the readback value of VEND_ID
- 678d93d PCI: aardvark: Fix checking for PIO Non-posted Request
- 9789b16 PCI: Leave Apple Thunderbolt controllers on for s2idle or standby
- ad365e9 dm btree remove: assign new_root only when removal succeeds
- 3993b84 dm writecache: flush origin device when writing and cache is full
- 14f19e5 dm zoned: check zone capacity
- 0115687 coresight: tmc-etf: Fix global-out-of-bounds in tmc_update_etf_buffer()
- 2ac133f coresight: Propagate symlink failure
- 5b37fd9 ipack/carriers/tpci200: Fix a double free in tpci200_pci_probe
- 1d2865b tracing: Resize tgid_map to pid_max, not PID_MAX_DEFAULT
- 3816490 tracing: Simplify & fix saved_tgids logic
- 589f6fa rq-qos: fix missed wake-ups in rq_qos_throttle try two
- d57fcab seq_buf: Fix overflow in seq_buf_putmem_hex()
- 775ab9f lkdtm: Enable DOUBLE_FAULT on all architectures
- 42e7376 extcon: intel-mrfld: Sync hardware and software state on init
- 6fd650c selftests/lkdtm: Fix expected text for CR4 pinning
- 07b761c lkdtm/bugs: XFAIL UNALIGNED_LOAD_STORE_WRITE
- 866573b nvmem: core: add a missing of_node_put
- 9c6c73f mfd: syscon: Free the allocated name field of struct regmap_config
- 8451754 power: supply: ab8500: Fix an old bug
- c0756f7 ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations
- ec00b71 thermal/drivers/int340x/processor_thermal: Fix tcc setting
- 238a7c0 ipmi/watchdog: Stop watchdog timer when the current action is 'none'
- 13b3078 qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute
- 1e71e13 i40e: fix PTP on 5Gb links
- 35af69c mwifiex: bring down link before deleting interface
- 5665e64 ASoC: tegra: Set driver_name=tegra for all machine drivers
- 7210455 fpga: stratix10-soc: Add missing fpga_mgr_free() call
- c3f4ad1 clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Improve Allwinner A64 timer workaround
- a342955 cpu/hotplug: Cure the cpusets trainwreck
- dcb4b49 arm64: tlb: fix the TTL value of tlb_get_level
- 31d1d7d ata: ahci_sunxi: Disable DIPM
- 3b7c612 docs: Makefile: Use CONFIG_SHELL not SHELL
- 5c8e4b2 mmc: core: Allow UHS-I voltage switch for SDSC cards if supported
- 3d2e043 mmc: core: clear flags before allowing to retune
- c1b907e mmc: sdhci: Fix warning message when accessing RPMB in HS400 mode
- 7210a1b mmc: sdhci-acpi: Disable write protect detection on Toshiba Encore 2 WT8-B
- 970aa4a drm/i915/display: Do not zero past infoframes.vsc
- b4772d4 drm/ingenic: Switch IPU plane to type OVERLAY
- 0256fdf drm/nouveau: Don't set allow_fb_modifiers explicitly
- 8c5960e drm/arm/malidp: Always list modifiers
- a2c6790 drm/msm/mdp4: Fix modifier support enabling
- 337e397 drm/tegra: Don't set allow_fb_modifiers explicitly
- 5c2196d drm/ingenic: Fix pixclock rate for 24-bit serial panels
- 858d383 drm/amd/display: Reject non-zero src_y and src_x for video planes
- 6683128 pinctrl/amd: Add device HID for new AMD GPIO controller
- dcb7f78 drm/amd/display: fix incorrrect valid irq check
- 72cba7b drm/rockchip: dsi: remove extra component_del() call
- e7762bc drm/dp: Handle zeroed port counts in drm_dp_read_downstream_info()
- bab3618 drm/vc4: hdmi: Prevent clock unbalance
- dee3974 drm/vc4: crtc: Skip the TXP
- da442a7 drm/vc4: txp: Properly set the possible_crtcs mask
- e4f2d5c drm/radeon: Call radeon_suspend_kms() in radeon_pci_shutdown() for Loongson64
- 63de459 drm/radeon: Add the missed drm_gem_object_put() in radeon_user_framebuffer_create()
- 7764d2c drm/amdgpu: fix the hang caused by PCIe link width switch
- 0d3a1e5 drm/amdgpu: fix NAK-G generation during PCI-e link width switch
- 5af51c7 drm/amdgpu: enable sdma0 tmz for Raven/Renoir(V2)
- fb5beb2 drm/amdgpu: Update NV SIMD-per-CU to 2
- 788c261 drm/amdgpu: add new dimgrey cavefish DID
- 7fad977 powerpc/powernv/vas: Release reference to tgid during window close
- 30a401a powerpc/barrier: Avoid collision with clang's __lwsync macro
- cc74420 powerpc/xive: Fix error handling when allocating an IPI
- 7feb683 powerpc/bpf: Reject atomic ops in ppc32 JIT
- 8a96ec5 powerpc/mm: Fix lockup on kernel exec fault
- 987a852 mm/mremap: hold the rmap lock in write mode when moving page table entries.
- f908381 MIPS: MT extensions are not available on MIPS32r1
- eecc96e PCI: tegra194: Fix host initialization during resume
- b63416b MIPS: CI20: Reduce clocksource to 750 kHz.
- 8e3f6e9 MIPS: set mips32r5 for virt extensions
- 1930d84 MIPS: loongsoon64: Reserve memory below starting pfn to prevent Oops
- 92b7437 sctp: add size validation when walking chunks
- 4ecabee sctp: validate from_addr_param return
- 5f7ca34 flow_offload: action should not be NULL when it is referenced
- e9d02db bpf: Fix false positive kmemleak report in bpf_ringbuf_area_alloc()
- 5f2d7f0 sched/fair: Ensure _sum and _avg values stay consistent
- 377c584 Bluetooth: btusb: fix bt fiwmare downloading failure issue for qca btsoc.
- 387d99b Bluetooth: btusb: use default nvm if boardID is 0 for wcn6855.
- 8e4a714 Bluetooth: mgmt: Fix the command returns garbage parameter value
- 15407b1 Bluetooth: btusb: Add support USB ALT 3 for WBS
- 69ccde8 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix invalid access on ECRED Connection response
- 840907e Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix invalid access if ECRED Reconfigure fails
- efffb78 Bluetooth: btusb: Add a new QCA_ROME device (0cf3:e500)
- c19a282 Bluetooth: Shutdown controller after workqueues are flushed or cancelled
- 286bba2 Bluetooth: Fix alt settings for incoming SCO with transparent coding format
- cbb2f56 Bluetooth: Fix the HCI to MGMT status conversion table
- 5c73a80 Bluetooth: cmtp: fix file refcount when cmtp_attach_device fails
- dc239f4 Bluetooth: btusb: Fixed too many in-token issue for Mediatek Chip.
- 07583ba RDMA/cma: Fix rdma_resolve_route() memory leak
- e4d57b3 net: ip: avoid OOM kills with large UDP sends over loopback
- 602b0c1 net: retrieve netns cookie via getsocketopt
- b01ad7c media, bpf: Do not copy more entries than user space requested
- e6b42db IB/isert: Align target max I/O size to initiator size
- b3d56dd mac80211: Properly WARN on HW scan before restart
- e32446d mac80211_hwsim: add concurrent channels scanning support over virtio
- 6f9ae4a mac80211: consider per-CPU statistics if present
- 5924678 cfg80211: fix default HE tx bitrate mask in 2G band
- e1d8892 wireless: wext-spy: Fix out-of-bounds warning
- 649adc3 sfc: error code if SRIOV cannot be disabled
- 65c8d58 sfc: avoid double pci_remove of VFs
- 81772d2 rtw88: add quirks to disable pci capabilities
- 2002b7a rtw88: 8822c: update RF parameter tables to v62
- 5a7db30 iwlwifi: pcie: fix context info freeing
- 5b2b879 iwlwifi: pcie: free IML DMA memory allocation
- 44164d5 iwlwifi: mvm: fix error print when session protection ends
- 111fa98 iwlwifi: mvm: apply RX diversity per PHY context
- 89b944c iwlwifi: mvm: don't change band on bound PHY contexts
- af10365 RDMA/rxe: Don't overwrite errno from ib_umem_get()
- 6e34e09 drm/amd/display: Fix edp_bootup_bl_level initialization issue
- f033a30 vsock: notify server to shutdown when client has pending signal
- ac05406 atm: nicstar: register the interrupt handler in the right place
- 3c0b0b2 atm: nicstar: use 'dma_free_coherent' instead of 'kfree'
- 5ad7f38 net: fec: add ndo_select_queue to fix TX bandwidth fluctuations
- df628a2 net: fec: add FEC_QUIRK_HAS_MULTI_QUEUES represents i.MX6SX ENET IP
- b223fca MIPS: add PMD table accounting into MIPS'pmd_alloc_one
- 59dc71f rtl8xxxu: Fix device info for RTL8192EU devices
- 97e50ed mt76: fix iv and CCMP header insertion
- 65c015b mt76: mt7915: fix IEEE80211_HE_PHY_CAP7_MAX_NC for station mode
- 9b6248b mt76: connac: fix the maximum interval schedule scan can support
- bbe1d0a mt76: connac: fix UC entry is being overwritten
- 5760213 mt76: mt7921: enable hw offloading for wep keys
- 869417f mt76: mt7921: reset wfsys during hw probe
- 6620a41 mt76: mt7921: fix reset under the deep sleep is enabled
- 7922a84 mt76: mt7915: fix tssi indication field of DBDC NICs
- 38b73fe drm/amdkfd: Walk through list with dqm lock hold
- af15052 drm/amdgpu: fix bad address translation for sienna_cichlid
- a8eca69 io_uring: fix false WARN_ONCE
- 9e13424 net: sched: fix error return code in tcf_del_walker()
- 0664819 net: ipa: Add missing of_node_put() in ipa_firmware_load()
- 0147b9c net: fix mistake path for netdev_features_strings
- 4d23e60 mt76: dma: use ieee80211_tx_status_ext to free packets when tx fails
- 2a64f37 mt76: mt7615: fix fixed-rate tx status reporting
- b2b6955 ice: mark PTYPE 2 as reserved
- 008ec09 ice: fix incorrect payload indicator on PTYPE
- eb7b40d ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super
- 4d39b8f bpf: Fix up register-based shifts in interpreter to silence KUBSAN
- 2cb8539 net: hsr: don't check sequence number if tag removal is offloaded
- 3382ec3 drm/amdkfd: Fix circular lock in nocpsch path
- 161c4c2 drm/amdkfd: fix circular locking on get_wave_state
- 118e6ae cw1200: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
- 40af396 wl1251: Fix possible buffer overflow in wl1251_cmd_scan
- 36409fe net: phy: nxp-c45-tja11xx: enable MDIO write access to the master/slave registers
- 84bb21d wlcore/wl12xx: Fix wl12xx get_mac error if device is in ELP
- ce6dc85 dm writecache: commit just one block, not a full page
- 7cc35bd xfrm: Fix error reporting in xfrm_state_construct.
- 62adf2a ibmvnic: fix kernel build warnings in build_hdr_descs_arr
- 20102b0 drm/amd/display: Verify Gamma & Degamma LUT sizes in amdgpu_dm_atomic_check
- 66fc286 r8169: avoid link-up interrupt issue on RTL8106e if user enables ASPM
- 4b58c28 selinux: use __GFP_NOWARN with GFP_NOWAIT in the AVC
- dd18ad9 net: mido: mdio-mux-bcm-iproc: Use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource()
- 7ca7d44 fjes: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- 61e364f drm/amdkfd: use allowed domain for vmbo validation
- 3b5c55d net: sgi: ioc3-eth: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- 42b8412 selftests: Clean forgotten resources as part of cleanup()
- 3243866 net: phy: realtek: add delay to fix RXC generation issue
- 3df8a15 drm/amd/display: Fix crash during MPO + ODM combine mode recalculation
- caef3b9 drm/amd/display: Fix off-by-one error in DML
- 6f88bc7 drm/amd/display: Set DISPCLK_MAX_ERRDET_CYCLES to 7
- db1ca54 drm/amd/display: Release MST resources on switch from MST to SST
- 71e0e43 drm/amd/display: Update scaling settings on modeset
- dc9e10e drm/amd/display: Revert "Fix clock table filling logic"
- ef48594 drm/amd/display: Fix DCN 3.01 DSCCLK validation
- 18aa107 net: moxa: Use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource()
- c015401 net: micrel: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- 373db5a net: mvpp2: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- cd9575c net: bcmgenet: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- 43630cb net: mscc: ocelot: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()
- e8f0393 virtio_net: Remove BUG() to avoid machine dead
- 47cafc5 ice: fix clang warning regarding deadcode.DeadStores
- 63efeeb ice: set the value of global config lock timeout longer
- 22f5c64 pinctrl: mcp23s08: fix race condition in irq handler
- 88e1357 net: bridge: mrp: Update ring transitions.
- 03de5ab block: introduce BIO_ZONE_WRITE_LOCKED bio flag
- 4068cb7 dm: Fix dm_accept_partial_bio() relative to zone management commands
- 0a8a108 dm writecache: don't split bios when overwriting contiguous cache content
- 3c8afdb dm space maps: don't reset space map allocation cursor when committing
- c5cc910 RDMA/cxgb4: Fix missing error code in create_qp()
- 957d6d7 icmp: fix lib conflict with trinity
- e0b8274 net: tcp better handling of reordering then loss cases
- b01c274 clk: tegra: tegra124-emc: Fix clock imbalance in emc_set_timing()
- 3da33bf drm/amdgpu: remove unsafe optimization to drop preamble ib
- 3b2b93a drm/amd/display: Avoid HDCP over-read and corruption
- 060a3b1 drm/amdgpu: fix sdma firmware version error in sriov
- 3e7b751 drm/amdgpu: fix metadata_size for ubo ioctl queries
- 7c77db5 MIPS: ingenic: Select CPU_SUPPORTS_CPUFREQ && MIPS_EXTERNAL_TIMER
- 181bc6b MIPS: cpu-probe: Fix FPU detection on Ingenic JZ4760(B)
- 8853d2c ipv6: use prandom_u32() for ID generation
- ba710ba virtio-net: Add validation for used length
- 8d7221a drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix PM reference leak in
- 4dbd10b clk: tegra: Ensure that PLLU configuration is applied properly
- 9178953 clk: tegra: Fix refcounting of gate clocks
- 9bce65a drm/tegra: hub: Fix YUV support
- 86e0ca4 RDMA/rtrs: Change MAX_SESS_QUEUE_DEPTH
- f2aad10 net: stmmac: the XPCS obscures a potential "PHY not found" error
- 7366ccb drm: rockchip: add missing registers for RK3066
- 20f8820 drm: rockchip: add missing registers for RK3188
- c77ad9c net/mlx5: Fix lag port remapping logic
- f39de3c net/mlx5e: IPsec/rep_tc: Fix rep_tc_update_skb drops IPsec packet
- ba2d947 drm/amdgpu/swsmu/aldebaran: fix check in is_dpm_running
- 93ed1b0 drm/amd/display: fix odm scaling
- 669f0f6 clk: renesas: r8a77995: Add ZA2 clock
- 3831144 drm/bridge: cdns: Fix PM reference leak in cdns_dsi_transfer()
- 4432f36 igb: fix assignment on big endian machines
- 003d37f igb: handle vlan types with checker enabled
- dd658e3 e100: handle eeprom as little endian
- 38d70d2 drm/vc4: hdmi: Fix PM reference leak in vc4_hdmi_encoder_pre_crtc_co()
- 62f6160 drm/vc4: Fix clock source for VEC PixelValve on BCM2711
- 6d0f488 drm/amd/pm: fix return value in aldebaran_set_mp1_state()
- 8722275 net: xilinx_emaclite: Do not print real IOMEM pointer
- 5150877 udf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in udf_symlink function
- 50d7e03 drm/sched: Avoid data corruptions
- baf802c drm/scheduler: Fix hang when sched_entity released
- cef0b8e pinctrl: equilibrium: Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
- 248fc26 net: ethernet: ixp4xx: Fix return value check in ixp4xx_eth_probe()
- 7b77777 net/sched: cls_api: increase max_reclassify_loop
- 0f20ce7 net: mdio: provide shim implementation of devm_of_mdiobus_register
- 5cb3b25 drm/virtio: Fix double free on probe failure
- 5ac1c5f reiserfs: add check for invalid 1st journal block
- b8f63c9 drm/bridge: lt9611: Add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
- 3828625 net: mdio: ipq8064: add regmap config to disable REGCACHE
- 8f5cc4d drm/panfrost: devfreq: Disable devfreq when num_supplies > 1
- e049b85 drm/mediatek: Fix PM reference leak in mtk_crtc_ddp_hw_init()
- 609ee98 net: Treat __napi_schedule_irqoff() as __napi_schedule() on PREEMPT_RT
- 5b991df atm: nicstar: Fix possible use-after-free in nicstar_cleanup()
- ed7c373 mISDN: fix possible use-after-free in HFC_cleanup()
- d1fb124 atm: iphase: fix possible use-after-free in ia_module_exit()
- 72bdf3c hugetlb: clear huge pte during flush function on mips platform
- d2958a2 MIPS: Loongson64: Fix build error 'secondary_kexec_args' undeclared under !SMP
- 6102f34 clk: renesas: rcar-usb2-clock-sel: Fix error handling in .probe()
- 5ec05aa drm/amd/display: fix use_max_lb flag for 420 pixel formats
- 57092f4 drm/amd/display: Fix clock table filling logic
- 3eb50ab drm/amdgpu: change the default timeout for kernel compute queues
- c9c0029 net: pch_gbe: Use proper accessors to BE data in pch_ptp_match()
- ae1864f drm/imx: Add 8 pixel alignment fix
- 925a6b2 drm/bridge: nwl-dsi: Force a full modeset when crtc_state->active is changed to be true
- 0cf0cb0 drm/vc4: fix argument ordering in vc4_crtc_get_margins()
- e684e0e drm/amd/amdgpu/sriov disable all ip hw status by default
- eeb44b6 drm/amd/display: Fix BSOD with NULL check
- 3728601 drm/amd/display: Revert wait vblank on update dpp clock
- 73893fe drm/amd/display: fix HDCP reset sequence on reinitialize
- fc2e7ae drm/ast: Fixed CVE for DP501
- d5d89dd drm/zte: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
- 992b191 drm/mxsfb: Don't select DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER
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