A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on  Linux Kernel 5.16.12 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-xanmod, linux-xanmod-edge, linux-xanmod-lts, linux-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 5.16.12-xanmod1

97785cf Linux 5.16.12-xanmod1
4b5f307 Merge tag 'v5.16.12' into 5.16
d6d1706 Linux 5.16.12
12fd767 memblock: use kfree() to release kmalloced memblock regions
d648885 gpio: tegra186: Fix chip_data type confusion
eb9a2a4 pinctrl: k210: Fix bias-pull-up
ed03888 pinctrl: fix loop in k210_pinconf_get_drive()
bb8c499 tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock in gsmtty_open()
822c6ed tty: n_gsm: fix wrong modem processing in convergence layer type 2
67e22f7 tty: n_gsm: fix wrong tty control line for flow control
bcb9635 tty: n_gsm: fix NULL pointer access due to DLCI release
c559f05 tty: n_gsm: fix proper link termination after failed open
4c105c0 tty: n_gsm: fix encoding of command/response bit
6900a25 tty: n_gsm: fix encoding of control signal octet bit DV
43761d9 hugetlbfs: fix a truncation issue in hugepages parameter
2f4827d mm/hugetlb: fix kernel crash with hugetlb mremap
b5e1804 riscv: fix oops caused by irqsoff latency tracer
be88258 riscv: fix nommu_k210_sdcard_defconfig
6f5b66b IB/qib: Fix duplicate sysfs directory name
1d3461d tps6598x: clear int mask on probe failure
95adc8e staging: fbtft: fb_st7789v: reset display before initialization
33c73a4 thermal: int340x: fix memory leak in int3400_notify()
d350724 RDMA/cma: Do not change route.addr.src_addr outside state checks
8a47491 btrfs: reduce extent threshold for autodefrag
78cddcd btrfs: autodefrag: only scan one inode once
833df0a btrfs: defrag: allow defrag_one_cluster() to skip large extent which is not a target
e326bd0 btrfs: prevent copying too big compressed lzo segment
ad2e1db btrfs: defrag: remove an ambiguous condition for rejection
167a600 btrfs: defrag: don't defrag extents which are already at max capacity
f7e196f btrfs: defrag: don't try to merge regular extents with preallocated extents
702c717 driver core: Free DMA range map when device is released
4b1b0ba mtd: core: Fix a conflict between MTD and NVMEM on wp-gpios property
9897a00 nvmem: core: Fix a conflict between MTD and NVMEM on wp-gpios property
1223115 xhci: Prevent futile URB re-submissions due to incorrect return value.
a17b5a9 xhci: re-initialize the HC during resume if HCE was set
38a3a28 usb: dwc3: gadget: Let the interrupt handler disable bottom halves.
fa75881 usb: dwc3: pci: Fix Bay Trail phy GPIO mappings
b1d3c2a usb: dwc3: pci: Add "snps,dis_u2_susphy_quirk" for Intel Bay Trail
04060a6 usb: dwc2: drd: fix soft connect when gadget is unconfigured
22da8a2 USB: serial: option: add Telit LE910R1 compositions
622106f USB: serial: option: add support for DW5829e
7b9429a tracefs: Set the group ownership in apply_options() not parse_options()
3221ef4 USB: gadget: validate endpoint index for xilinx udc
33222d1 usb: gadget: rndis: add spinlock for rndis response list
b745003 Revert "USB: serial: ch341: add new Product ID for CH341A"
477c14f ata: pata_hpt37x: disable primary channel on HPT371
daedfa9 sc16is7xx: Fix for incorrect data being transmitted
c67c010 iio: Fix error handling for PM
9445c50 iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: wait for settling time in st_lsm6dsx_read_oneshot
e2fa4d4 iio: accel: fxls8962af: add padding to regmap for SPI
253bc9c iio: adc: ad7124: fix mask used for setting AIN_BUFP & AIN_BUFM bits
082d2c0 iio: adc: tsc2046: fix memory corruption by preventing array overflow
d6ed542 iio: adc: men_z188_adc: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
654c9b9 iio:imu:adis16480: fix buffering for devices with no burst mode
13600dd tracing: Have traceon and traceoff trigger honor the instance
950f98c tracing: Dump stacktrace trigger to the corresponding instance
f0ce1bc bpf: Fix crash due to out of bounds access into reg2btf_ids.
1bd5b96 bpf: Extend kfunc with PTR_TO_CTX, PTR_TO_MEM argument support
98d0566 RDMA/ib_srp: Fix a deadlock
3aadfd4 configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()
6d25109 bnxt_en: Increase firmware message response DMA wait time
d32190a RDMA/rtrs-clt: Move free_permit from free_clt to rtrs_clt_close
fa49805 RDMA/rtrs-clt: Fix possible double free in error case
caf122c net-timestamp: convert sk->sk_tskey to atomic_t
7446bba net: use sk_is_tcp() in more places
1f6e409 regmap-irq: Update interrupt clear register for proper reset
8d2a894 gpio: rockchip: Reset int_bothedge when changing trigger
6618a54 PCI: mvebu: Fix device enumeration regression
b9dd08c spi: spi-zynq-qspi: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in zynq_qspi_exec_mem_op()
fedf7df net/mlx5e: Add missing increment of count
87e64b9 net/mlx5: Update log_max_qp value to be 17 at most
4ad319c net/mlx5: DR, Fix slab-out-of-bounds in mlx5_cmd_dr_create_fte
fe992d6 net/mlx5e: kTLS, Use CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY for device-offloaded packets
94f2f1b net/mlx5e: MPLSoUDP decap, fix check for unsupported matches
ea662cb net/mlx5: DR, Fix the threshold that defines when pool sync is initiated
968709d net/mlx5: Fix wrong limitation of metadata match on ecpf
5f0be43 net/mlx5: Fix possible deadlock on rule deletion
d57fb42 net/mlx5: DR, Don't allow match on IP w/o matching on full ethertype/ip_version
150058a ibmvnic: schedule failover only if vioctl fails
a2101e9 net/mlx5: DR, Cache STE shadow memory
53742bd udp_tunnel: Fix end of loop test in udp_tunnel_nic_unregister()
d64fe6c surface: surface3_power: Fix battery readings on batteries without a serial number
8507fba net/smc: Use a mutex for locking "struct smc_pnettable"
34bb90e netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update
770aac3 net: mdio-ipq4019: add delay after clock enable
4086d24 nfp: flower: Fix a potential leak in nfp_tunnel_add_shared_mac()
5241119 net: dsa: avoid call to __dev_set_promiscuity() while rtnl_mutex isn't held
b4fcc08 netfilter: nf_tables: unregister flowtable hooks on netns exit
4031626 net: Force inlining of checksum functions in net/checksum.h
b39b900 net: ll_temac: check the return value of devm_kmalloc()
e9408de net/sched: act_ct: Fix flow table lookup after ct clear or switching zones
164fcd1 drm/amd/display: For vblank_disable_immediate, check PSR is really used
950480c drm/i915/dg2: Print PHY name properly on calibration error
2f52329 drm/vc4: crtc: Fix runtime_pm reference counting
7c5612a block: clear iocb->private in blkdev_bio_end_io_async()
af01394 net/mlx5e: TC, Reject rules with drop and modify hdr action
231a6ea net/mlx5e: TC, Reject rules with forward and drop actions
d24d3ef net/mlx5e: Fix wrong return value on ioctl EEPROM query failure
e9bf955 drm/edid: Always set RGB444
a142b69 openvswitch: Fix setting ipv6 fields causing hw csum failure
bb9753a net: mv643xx_eth: process retval from of_get_mac_address
a739963 gso: do not skip outer ip header in case of ipip and net_failover
7be5a92 clk: qcom: gcc-msm8994: Remove NoC clocks
e6ad72c tipc: Fix end of loop tests for list_for_each_entry()
e02fa47 nvme: also mark passthrough-only namespaces ready in nvme_update_ns_info
f2be82b net: __pskb_pull_tail() & pskb_carve_frag_list() drop_monitor friends
8f3cc3c io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers()
7e80999 bpf: Add schedule points in batch ops
9ee239e bpf: Fix a bpf_timer initialization issue
920546b selftests: bpf: Check bpf_msg_push_data return value
b35d12b bpf: Do not try bpf_msg_push_data with len 0
eca9bd2 bpf: Fix crash due to incorrect copy_map_value
c2dbbea net/mlx5: Update the list of the PCI supported devices
c2bd9d6 ice: initialize local variable 'tlv'
6f5173c ice: check the return of ice_ptp_gettimex64
2a3e61d ice: fix concurrent reset and removal of VFs
7712629 ice: fix setting l4 port flag when adding filter
9c190f2 net/mlx5: Fix tc max supported prio for nic mode
8a1969e hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly
62a915c bnxt_en: Restore the resets_reliable flag in bnxt_open()
e84efb4 bnxt_en: Fix incorrect multicast rx mask setting when not requested
489629a bnxt_en: Fix occasional ethtool -t loopback test failures
54a458e bnxt_en: Fix offline ethtool selftest with RDMA enabled
8bdd496 bnxt_en: Fix active FEC reporting to ethtool
8375041 bnxt_en: Fix devlink fw_activate
d1b360d bnx2x: fix driver load from initrd
44efebe selftests: mptcp: be more conservative with cookie MPJ limits
b52841a selftests: mptcp: fix diag instability
2c1acac mptcp: add mibs counter for ignored incoming options
c12bad2 mptcp: fix race in incoming ADD_ADDR option processing
bc7a68b perf data: Fix double free in perf_session__delete()
0565de3 perf evlist: Fix failed to use cpu list for uncore events
f4e02e4 gpu: host1x: Always return syncpoint value when waiting
7b4a02d Revert "i40e: Fix reset bw limit when DCB enabled with 1 TC"
e8a457d ping: remove pr_err from ping_lookup
6bff27c netfilter: nf_tables_offload: incorrect flow offload action array size
08d8b59 netfilter: xt_socket: missing ifdef CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES dependency
3db2cbd netfilter: xt_socket: fix a typo in socket_mt_destroy()
7b737e4 CDC-NCM: avoid overflow in sanity checking
6207926 USB: zaurus: support another broken Zaurus
639f72d sr9700: sanity check for packet length
374b09b drm/i915: Fix bw atomic check when switching between SAGV vs. no SAGV
6e611b9 drm/i915: Correctly populate use_sagv_wm for all pipes
fd8f15c drm/i915: Disconnect PHYs left connected by BIOS on disabled ports
3b44e99 drm/i915: Widen the QGV point mask
6465f35 drm/amdgpu: do not enable asic reset for raven2
f9d4572 drm/amdgpu: disable MMHUB PG for Picasso
7b15d3f drm/amd: Check if ASPM is enabled from PCIe subsystem
b0a5fbb drm/amd/pm: fix some OEM SKU specific stability issues
6f770a6 drm/amd/display: Protect update_bw_bounding_box FPU code.
3804ac7 drm/amd/display: Fix stream->link_enc unassigned during stream removal
259846e KVM: x86: nSVM: disallow userspace setting of MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO to non default value when tsc scaling disabled
62040f5 KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug
f03bc9b parisc/unaligned: Fix ldw() and stw() unalignment handlers
a7d7946 parisc/unaligned: Fix fldd and fstd unaligned handlers on 32-bit kernel
f9919d8 vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock_stop() while releasing
f72cf14 selinux: fix misuse of mutex_is_locked()
cb87bfc io_uring: disallow modification of rsrc_data during quiesce
ac14631 io_uring: don't convert to jiffies for waiting on timeouts
6b0d719 clk: jz4725b: fix mmc0 clock gating
004aae4 slab: remove __alloc_size attribute from __kmalloc_track_caller
e8069b5 btrfs: tree-checker: check item_size for dev_item
9ddba55 btrfs: tree-checker: check item_size for inode_item
112775b cgroup-v1: Correct privileges check in release_agent writes
b87df67 cgroup/cpuset: Fix a race between cpuset_attach() and cpu hotplug
ace802c mm/filemap: Fix handling of THPs in generic_file_buffered_read()


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