An updated XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 5.13.8 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 5.13.8-xanmod1
- efee38d Linux 5.13.8-xanmod1
- efc5ff0 netfilter: Add full cone NAT support
- 373133e fs/ntfs3: Fix unsupported flags by clang
- 8b1416f fs/ntfs3: Add MAINTAINERS
- fc6e42f fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS3 in fs/Kconfig and fs/Makefile
- 0d44595 fs/ntfs3: Add Kconfig, Makefile and doc
- 1731a94 fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS journal
- c14f0a7 fs/ntfs3: Add compression
- 508ab95 fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations
- 0a8ab6a fs/ntfs3: Add file operations and implementation
- 84587e8 fs/ntfs3: Add bitmap
- bd0a52c fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block
- 4a4ab59 fs/ntfs3: Add headers and misc files
- 7cfee9f Merge tag 'v5.13.8' into 5.13
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| * 3cfdd72 Linux 5.13.8
| * d92d15c octeontx2-af: Remove unnecessary devm_kfree
| * 187463c perf pmu: Fix alias matching
| * 5e1fc53 can: j1939: j1939_session_deactivate(): clarify lifetime of session object
| * f27deb3 i40e: Add additional info to PHY type error
| * e95d994 io_uring: fix race in unified task_work running
| * ee6d50c Revert "perf map: Fix dso->nsinfo refcounting"
| * 9755a44 powerpc/pseries: Fix regression while building external modules
| * c732569 powerpc/vdso: Don't use r30 to avoid breaking Go lang
| * 52e9158 SMB3: fix readpage for large swap cache
| * 19f60bf bpf: Fix pointer arithmetic mask tightening under state pruning
| * 8595837 bpf: verifier: Allocate idmap scratch in verifier env
| * 738ab7d bpf: Remove superfluous aux sanitation on subprog rejection
| * 0b27bdf bpf: Fix leakage due to insufficient speculative store bypass mitigation
| * ddab060 bpf: Introduce BPF nospec instruction for mitigating Spectre v4
| * 9ec5443 can: hi311x: fix a signedness bug in hi3110_cmd()
| * dda5c13 sis900: Fix missing pci_disable_device() in probe and remove
| * 6cbc642 tulip: windbond-840: Fix missing pci_disable_device() in probe and remove
| * c7d5458 sctp: fix return value check in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup
| * fc55300 block: delay freeing the gendisk
| * 926fa65 net/mlx5: Fix mlx5_vport_tbl_attr chain from u16 to u32
| * 601c356 net/mlx5e: Fix nullptr in mlx5e_hairpin_get_mdev()
| * 6b35ae3 net/mlx5: Unload device upon firmware fatal error
| * 9bf4345 net/mlx5e: Fix page allocation failure for ptp-RQ over SF
| * 09f2d23 net/mlx5e: Fix page allocation failure for trap-RQ over SF
| * e6eaea0 net/mlx5e: Add NETIF_F_HW_TC to hw_features when HTB offload is available
| * b0ba8a1 net/mlx5e: RX, Avoid possible data corruption when relaxed ordering and LRO combined
| * 4d253ea net/mlx5: E-Switch, handle devcom events only for ports on the same device
| * 0b26a4e net/mlx5: E-Switch, Set destination vport vhca id only when merged eswitch is supported
| * 1dc7f12 net/mlx5e: Disable Rx ntuple offload for uplink representor
| * 644c3c5 net/mlx5: Fix flow table chaining
| * 951e41d bpf, sockmap: Zap ingress queues after stopping strparser
| * 0664f9a KVM: selftests: Fix missing break in dirty_log_perf_test arg parsing
| * 9e27f57 drm/msm/dp: Initialize the INTF_CONFIG register
| * c122e93 drm/msm/dp: use dp_ctrl_off_link_stream during PHY compliance test run
| * 58389fa drm/msm/dpu: Fix sm8250_mdp register length
| * 5e8c20b net: llc: fix skb_over_panic
| * 40e7995 KVM: x86: Check the right feature bit for MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_ACK access
| * 9eb2c41 drm/i915/bios: Fix ports mask
| * 4689d61 drm/panel: panel-simple: Fix proper bpc for ytc700tlag_05_201c
| * 7d93d61 mlx4: Fix missing error code in mlx4_load_one()
| * 58b30f9 net: phy: broadcom: re-add check for PHY_BRCM_DIS_TXCRXC_NOENRGY on the BCM54811 PHY
| * 0379d6b octeontx2-pf: Dont enable backpressure on LBK links
| * 4182c0d octeontx2-pf: Fix interface down flag on error
| * b8a0718 tipc: do not write skb_shinfo frags when doing decrytion
| * 0e99b79 can: mcp251xfd: mcp251xfd_irq(): stop timestamping worker in case error in IRQ
| * d689219 ionic: count csum_none when offload enabled
| * 70da7c5 ionic: fix up dim accounting for tx and rx
| * e892739 ionic: remove intr coalesce update from napi
| * b367a9a ionic: catch no ptp support earlier
| * 12e8827 ionic: make all rx_mode work threadsafe
| * 2e618cf net: qrtr: fix memory leaks
| * 56a5e59 loop: reintroduce global lock for safe loop_validate_file() traversal
| * fcc99d4 net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: silently accept the deletion of VID 0 too
| * a6964b4 net: Set true network header for ECN decapsulation
| * 7b3f852 tipc: fix sleeping in tipc accept routine
| * a73d038 tipc: fix implicit-connect for SYN+
| * 457202b i40e: Fix log TC creation failure when max num of queues is exceeded
| * a7ce706 i40e: Fix queue-to-TC mapping on Tx
| * 6445752 i40e: Fix firmware LLDP agent related warning
| * 79c71f5 i40e: Fix logic of disabling queues
| * 367bec7 netfilter: nft_nat: allow to specify layer 4 protocol NAT only
| * 62659ab netfilter: conntrack: adjust stop timestamp to real expiry value
| * 525e6eb mac80211: fix enabling 4-address mode on a sta vif after assoc
| * 13b8ab2 bpf: Fix OOB read when printing XDP link fdinfo
| * 467c905 netfilter: nf_tables: fix audit memory leak in nf_tables_commit
| * f704644 RDMA/rxe: Fix memory leak in error path code
| * 1544d2b platform/x86: amd-pmc: Fix missing unlock on error in amd_pmc_send_cmd()
| * d23677f platform/x86: amd-pmc: Fix SMU firmware reporting mechanism
| * 91f5c8f platform/x86: amd-pmc: Fix command completion code
| * 7113367 RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix stats counters
| * d68acf3 cfg80211: Fix possible memory leak in function cfg80211_bss_update
| * a8d4169 io_uring: fix poll requests leaking second poll entries
| * 5db0ca0 io_uring: don't block level reissue off completion path
| * 5bb49c8 io_uring: fix io_prep_async_link locking
| * ca324a2 nfc: nfcsim: fix use after free during module unload
| * caed0df blk-iocost: fix operation ordering in iocg_wake_fn()
| * 749abc8 drm/amdgpu: Fix resource leak on probe error path
| * 070f46b drm/amdgpu: Avoid printing of stack contents on firmware load error
| * 4e7961b drm/amdgpu: Check pmops for desired suspend state
| * 0652b1e drm/amd/display: ensure dentist display clock update finished in DCN20
| * 9c2cae7 NIU: fix incorrect error return, missed in previous revert
| * 633799d net: stmmac: add est_irq_status callback function for GMAC 4.10 and 5.10
| * fa1c5ef HID: wacom: Re-enable touch by default for Cintiq 24HDT / 27QHDT
| * 892ced3 alpha: register early reserved memory in memblock
| * a63d311 can: esd_usb2: fix memory leak
| * d23e7c0 can: ems_usb: fix memory leak
| * 6236584 can: usb_8dev: fix memory leak
| * 78673a8 can: mcba_usb_start(): add missing urb->transfer_dma initialization
| * 87d268f can: peak_usb: pcan_usb_handle_bus_evt(): fix reading rxerr/txerr values
| * aec236c can: raw: raw_setsockopt(): fix raw_rcv panic for sock UAF
| * ea9e6fc can: j1939: j1939_xtp_rx_dat_one(): fix rxtimer value between consecutive TP.DT to 750ms
| * 9293727 mm/memcg: fix NULL pointer dereference in memcg_slab_free_hook()
| * 87370a9 mm: memcontrol: fix blocking rstat function called from atomic cgroup1 thresholding code
| * 3df2bd9 ocfs2: issue zeroout to EOF blocks
| * c9302ab ocfs2: fix zero out valid data
| * a9f2d08 KVM: add missing compat KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG
| * a80e324 x86/kvm: fix vcpu-id indexed array sizes
| * 3c82e27 ACPI: DPTF: Fix reading of attributes
| * cf90e1c Revert "ACPI: resources: Add checks for ACPI IRQ override"
| * 1d381ac btrfs: mark compressed range uptodate only if all bio succeed
| * c543bce btrfs: fix rw device counting in __btrfs_free_extra_devids
| * 9e4417a btrfs: fix lost inode on log replay after mix of fsync, rename and inode eviction
| * 89e3499 fs/ext2: Avoid page_address on pages returned by ext2_get_page
| * f0aa1bc pipe: make pipe writes always wake up readers
| * 5a5aaf4 selftest: fix build error in tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c- 344250c Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add headers and misc files"
- 04733e6 Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block"
- 7c728ed Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add bitmap"
- 3106ddf Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add file operations and implementation"
- f98b896 Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations"
- 3eeace2 Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add compression"
- eb1de7e Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS journal"
- 9eab383 Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add Kconfig, Makefile and doc"
- a97e3c3 Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS3 in fs/Kconfig and fs/Makefile"
- 0efe06a Revert "fs/ntfs3: Add MAINTAINERS"
- 93c7b9a Revert "fs/ntfs3: Fix unsupported flags by clang ( #146)"
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