A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on  Linux Kernel 5.16.8 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-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 5.16.8-xanmod1

9995a35 Linux 5.16.8-xanmod1
5291c32 Merge tag 'v5.16.8' into 5.16
df659eb Linux 5.16.8
0efb43e selftests: netfilter: check stateless nat udp checksum fixup
aa8fa75 selftests: nft_concat_range: add test for reload with no element add/del
bc3d8a9 gpio: mpc8xxx: Fix an ignored error return from platform_get_irq()
54e8d33 gpio: idt3243x: Fix an ignored error return from platform_get_irq()
4106968 tools include UAPI: Sync sound/asound.h copy with the kernel sources
bd69089 cgroup/cpuset: Fix "suspicious RCU usage" lockdep warning
6506bb5 net: dsa: mt7530: make NET_DSA_MT7530 select MEDIATEK_GE_PHY
a17cde2 ext4: fix incorrect type issue during replay_del_range
14aa3f4 ext4: fix error handling in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()
627b44c ext4: fix error handling in ext4_restore_inline_data()
3ecbe2f ext4: modify the logic of ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple
33fb593 ext4: prevent used blocks from being allocated during fast commit replay
11dfe20 EDAC/xgene: Fix deferred probing
9a258cb EDAC/altera: Fix deferred probing
a90f9f3 x86/perf: Default set FREEZE_ON_SMI for all
feffb6a perf/x86/intel/pt: Fix crash with stop filters in single-range mode
c5d62c8 perf stat: Fix display of grouped aliased events
8ee67e3 perf: Copy perf_event_attr::sig_data on modification
5f780b1 kvm/arm64: rework guest entry logic
bfa75fa kvm: add guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff()
f5b1465 objtool: Fix truncated string warning
d0a9662 rtc: cmos: Evaluate century appropriate
f96cdab e1000e: Separate ADP board type from TGP
fbc83ae tools/resolve_btfids: Do not print any commands when building silently
e224234 selftests: futex: Use variable MAKE instead of make
191edea selftests/exec: Remove pipe from TEST_GEN_FILES
d578933 bpf: Use VM_MAP instead of VM_ALLOC for ringbuf
7d9c470 gve: fix the wrong AdminQ buffer queue index check
7e7e81a nfsd: nfsd4_setclientid_confirm mistakenly expires confirmed client.
2d24336 scsi: bnx2fc: Make bnx2fc_recv_frame() mp safe
676c0f1 btrfs: fix use of uninitialized variable at rm device ioctl
be064d8 pinctrl: bcm2835: Fix a few error paths
4519e6f pinctrl: intel: fix unexpected interrupt
d0e869b pinctrl: intel: Fix a glitch when updating IRQ flags on a preconfigured line
68b70ac pinctrl: sunxi: Fix H616 I2S3 pin data
8377559 ASoC: qdsp6: q6apm-dai: only stop graphs that are started
8a2812b ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix return value of mixer put function
4bb0bd2 ASoC: codecs: lpass-rx-macro: fix sidetone register offsets
9167f27 ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix incorrect used of portid
f114fd6 ASoC: max9759: fix underflow in speaker_gain_control_put()
c6ede1d ASoC: cpcap: Check for NULL pointer after calling of_get_child_by_name
6a2ae1b ASoC: simple-card: fix probe failure on platform component
aa610c4 ASoC: xilinx: xlnx_formatter_pcm: Make buffer bytes multiple of period bytes
f5cfb8c ASoC: fsl: Add missing error handling in pcm030_fabric_probe
a2b79c1 ASoC: rt5682: Fix deadlock on resume
bd74133 drm/amd: avoid suspend on dGPUs w/ s2idle support when runtime PM enabled
855f152 drm/i915: Lock timeline mutex directly in error path of eb_pin_timeline
76aad71 drm/i915/overlay: Prevent divide by zero bugs in scaling
cb64de5 drm/kmb: Fix for build errors with Warray-bounds
6f9267e drm: mxsfb: Fix NULL pointer dereference
c16fb9e net: stmmac: ensure PTP time register reads are consistent
203a35e net, neigh: Do not trigger immediate probes on NUD_FAILED from neigh_managed_work
40d20d9 net: stmmac: dump gmac4 DMA registers correctly
40c80a3 net: macsec: Verify that send_sci is on when setting Tx sci explicitly
8299be1 net: macsec: Fix offload support for NETDEV_UNREGISTER event
5dc4be3 net: stmmac: properly handle with runtime pm in stmmac_dvr_remove()
262c05a net: stmmac: dwmac-visconti: No change to ETHER_CLOCK_SEL for unexpected speed request.
504078f net/smc: Forward wakeup to smc socket waitqueue after fallback
e2e9d2e net: ieee802154: Return meaningful error codes from the netlink helpers
d229540 netfilter: nft_reject_bridge: Fix for missing reply from prerouting
21feb6d net: ieee802154: ca8210: Stop leaking skb's
8170404 net: ieee802154: mcr20a: Fix lifs/sifs periods
03b0f85 net: ieee802154: hwsim: Ensure proper channel selection at probe time
8e3b022 IB/cm: Release previously acquired reference counter in the cm_id_priv
c2f79ff IB/hfi1: Fix tstats alloc and dealloc
447c3d4 spi: uniphier: fix reference count leak in uniphier_spi_probe()
af6825e spi: meson-spicc: add IRQ check in meson_spicc_probe
a05b7df spi: mediatek: Avoid NULL pointer crash in interrupt
6279623 spi: bcm-qspi: check for valid cs before applying chip select
0be365d iommu/amd: Fix loop timeout issue in iommu_ga_log_enable()
b62eceb iommu/vt-d: Fix potential memory leak in intel_setup_irq_remapping()
f2c290e ALSA: hda: Skip codec shutdown in case the codec is not registered
806943f ALSA: hda: Fix signedness of sscanf() arguments
95cb317 ALSA: usb-audio: initialize variables that could ignore errors
6c6c2b0 RDMA/mlx4: Don't continue event handler after memory allocation failure
2702b46 RDMA/siw: Fix broken RDMA Read Fence/Resume logic.
8218ef3 IB/rdmavt: Validate remote_addr during loopback atomic tests
fa3b844 RDMA/siw: Fix refcounting leak in siw_create_qp()
ee2477e RDMA/ucma: Protect mc during concurrent multicast leaves
3365f9d RDMA/cma: Use correct address when leaving multicast group
a64abe1 arm64: Add Cortex-A510 CPU part definition
50fefe7 KVM: arm64: Stop handle_exit() from handling HVC twice when an SError occurs
57e2986 KVM: arm64: Avoid consuming a stale esr value when SError occur
5e7161c RISC-V: KVM: make CY, TM, and IR counters accessible in VU mode
086daee Revert "ASoC: mediatek: Check for error clk pointer"
0890684 mptcp: fix msk traversal in mptcp_nl_cmd_set_flags()
72c4cec fbcon: Add option to enable legacy hardware acceleration
ba72432 Revert "fbcon: Disable accelerated scrolling"
0e90cb3 Revert "fbdev: Garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration, part 1 (from TODO list)"
1899c3c IB/hfi1: Fix AIP early init panic
2d0587a IB/hfi1: Fix alloc failure with larger txqueuelen
1530d84 IB/hfi1: Fix panic with larger ipoib send_queue_size
cc8f794 dma-buf: heaps: Fix potential spectre v1 gadget
6b064a4 cifs: fix workstation_name for multiuser mounts
464b609 block: bio-integrity: Advance seed correctly for larger interval sizes
cebb0ac mm/kmemleak: avoid scanning potential huge holes
d52d73a mm/pgtable: define pte_index so that preprocessor could recognize it
29183f6 mm/debug_vm_pgtable: remove pte entry from the page table
73fad64 nvme-fabrics: fix state check in nvmf_ctlr_matches_baseopts()
8e34ac5 drm/amd/display: Force link_rate as LINK_RATE_RBR2 for 2018 15" Apple Retina panels
f4b4b70 drm/amd/display: watermark latencies is not enough on DCN31
bd6e1b9 drm/amd/display: Update watermark values for DCN301
b39841e drm/amd/pm: correct the MGpuFanBoost support for Beige Goby
c51c6f1 drm/amdgpu: fix a potential GPU hang on cyan skillfish
2738324 drm/i915/adlp: Fix TypeC PHY-ready status readout
e7c36fa drm/nouveau: fix off by one in BIOS boundary checking
d99d14b Revert "fs/9p: search open fids first"
9372fa1 btrfs: fix use-after-free after failure to create a snapshot
31198e5 btrfs: fix deadlock between quota disable and qgroup rescan worker
65acdfd btrfs: don't start transaction for scrub if the fs is mounted read-only
02b554b ata: libata-core: Introduce ATA_HORKAGE_NO_LOG_DIR horkage
e100d54 ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix silent output on Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme after reboot from Windows
123be36 ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix silent output on Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master (newer chipset)
a41a88d ALSA: hda/realtek: Add missing fixup-model entry for Gigabyte X570 ALC1220 quirks
558d4b1 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for ASUS GU603
1dcfc5e ALSA: hda: realtek: Fix race at concurrent COEF updates
813e9f3 ALSA: hda: Fix UAF of leds class devs at unbinding
3437992 ALSA: usb-audio: Correct quirk for VF0770
e09cf39 ASoC: ops: Reject out of bounds values in snd_soc_put_xr_sx()
ef6cd9e ASoC: ops: Reject out of bounds values in snd_soc_put_volsw_sx()
bb72d2d ASoC: ops: Reject out of bounds values in snd_soc_put_volsw()
1552e66 ASoC: hdmi-codec: Fix OOB memory accesses
049b27e spi: stm32-qspi: Update spi registering
3b6b7cb ipc/sem: do not sleep with a spin lock held
2e45c87 audit: improve audit queue handling when "audit=1" on cmdline
7ed9cbf selinux: fix double free of cond_list on error paths
8c7fa17 drm/i915: Disable DSB usage for now


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