A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 6.1.25 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.

Linux 6.1.25-xanmod1

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 6.1.25-xanmod1

f479cd8 Linux 6.1.25-xanmod1
018d3cc Merge tag 'v6.1.25' into 6.1
f17b0ab Linux 6.1.25
243d9f3 cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset_can_fork() and cpuset_cancel_fork() methods
e33ab28 cgroup/cpuset: Make cpuset_fork() handle CLONE_INTO_CGROUP properly
ff5a4fe cgroup/cpuset: Skip spread flags update on v2
1058e9a nvme-pci: add NVME_QUIRK_BOGUS_NID for T-FORCE Z330 SSD
dfae73f nvme-pci: mark Lexar NM760 as IGNORE_DEV_SUBNQN
f4523cd cifs: fix negotiate context parsing
8f09ece i2c: ocores: generate stop condition after timeout in polling mode
6f5758f x86/rtc: Remove _init for runtime functions
31c5ad4 sched/fair: Fix imbalance overflow
98c77ad powerpc/papr_scm: Update the NUMA distance table for the target node
9277d0e i2c: mchp-pci1xxxx: Update Timing registers
50eb90d ubi: Fix deadlock caused by recursively holding work_sem
3dce440 ubi: Fix failure attaching when vid_hdr offset equals to (sub)page size
aff9099 mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker
4d43392 mptcp: use mptcp_schedule_work instead of open-coding it
1f93ed9 drm/amd/pm: correct SMU13.0.7 max shader clock reporting
8464a01 drm/amd/pm: correct SMU13.0.7 pstate profiling clock settings
a746ad2 cgroup/cpuset: Wake up cpuset_attach_wq tasks in cpuset_cancel_attach()
f06c9b0 cgroup/cpuset: Fix partition root's cpuset.cpus update bug
5324449 cgroup: fix display of forceidle time at root
226f641 x86/PCI: Add quirk for AMD XHCI controller that loses MSI-X state in D3hot
f8e702c scsi: ses: Handle enclosure with just a primary component gracefully
c918d0b net: phy: nxp-c45-tja11xx: fix unsigned long multiplication overflow
4fb1a97 net: phy: nxp-c45-tja11xx: add remove callback
4b31019 net: sfp: initialize sfp->i2c_block_size at sfp allocation
6c8cc40 HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix kernel panic during warm reset
5d12b36 riscv: add icache flush for nommu sigreturn trampoline
a2f6ded ksmbd: avoid out of bounds access in decode_preauth_ctxt()
2128f7c maple_tree: fix write memory barrier of nodes once dead for RCU mode
f58574f tracing: Have tracing_snapshot_instance_cond() write errors to the appropriate instance
5620eeb tracing: Add trace_array_puts() to write into instance
41afd24 KVM: SVM: Flush Hyper-V TLB when required
d8b1253 x86/hyperv: KVM: Rename "hv_enlightenments" to "hv_vmcb_enlightenments"
8eb5ca7 KVM: SVM: Add a proper field for Hyper-V VMCB enlightenments
38b091c KVM: selftests: Move "struct hv_enlightenments" to x86_64/svm.h
59ef934 x86/hyperv: Move VMCB enlightenment definitions to hyperv-tlfs.h
6e999e4 ACPI: resource: Add Medion S17413 to IRQ override quirk
8c1e247 drm/amdgpu/gfx: set cg flags to enter/exit safe mode
b4efb6a drm/amdgpu: Force signal hw_fences that are embedded in non-sched jobs
df27bcd drm/amdgpu: add mes resume when do gfx post soft reset
6c2103d wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: protect TXQ list manipulation
742ae1a wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix mvmtxq->stopped handling
bb0cf2b nvme: send Identify with CNS 06h only to I/O controllers
3221808 asymmetric_keys: log on fatal failures in PE/pkcs7
d29a47b verify_pefile: relax wrapper length check
9d482a0 hwmon: (xgene) Fix ioremap and memremap leak
f2226c8 hwmon: (peci/cputemp) Fix miscalculated DTS for SKX
1fe2ed7 drm: panel-orientation-quirks: Add quirk for Lenovo Yoga Book X90F
25d3621 ACPI: video: Add backlight=native DMI quirk for Acer Aspire 3830TG
cec44fd block: ublk_drv: mark device as LIVE before adding disk
09b1f40 efi: sysfb_efi: Add quirk for Lenovo Yoga Book X91F/L
a1cfba5 i2c: hisi: Avoid redundant interrupts
bd51c04 i2c: imx-lpi2c: clean rx/tx buffers upon new message
bf7d62c wifi: mwifiex: mark OF related data as maybe unused
3565e0b selftests/bpf: Fix progs/find_vma_fail1.c build error.
ac5866f power: supply: axp288_fuel_gauge: Added check for negative values
d71b48d power: supply: cros_usbpd: reclassify "default case!" as debug
43bba80 power: supply: rk817: Fix unsigned comparison with less than zero
eb365d1 ARM: dts: qcom: apq8026-lg-lenok: add missing reserved memory
19fdbc6 ARM: 9290/1: uaccess: Fix KASAN false-positives
8a53428 libbpf: Fix single-line struct definition output in btf_dump
71850b5 skbuff: Fix a race between coalescing and releasing SKBs
9412a9b net: macb: fix a memory corruption in extended buffer descriptor mode
ecdf42c udp6: fix potential access to stale information
6985701 selftests: openvswitch: adjust datapath NL message declaration
370280c RDMA/core: Fix GID entry ref leak when create_ah fails
5c9367a sctp: fix a potential overflow in sctp_ifwdtsn_skip
bef57c2 net: qrtr: Fix an uninit variable access bug in qrtr_tx_resume()
3756171 cgroup,freezer: hold cpu_hotplug_lock before freezer_mutex
eabf778 net: wwan: iosm: Fix error handling path in ipc_pcie_probe()
f517b5e qlcnic: check pci_reset_function result
09f4dec drm/armada: Fix a potential double free in an error handling path
a3f1344 Bluetooth: Set ISO Data Path on broadcast sink
2fcfd51 Bluetooth: SCO: Fix possible circular locking dependency sco_sock_getsockopt
99f1bc3 Bluetooth: Fix printing errors if LE Connection times out
7c90d78 Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix not cleaning up on LE Connection failure
644b305 net: openvswitch: fix race on port output
d10c951 iavf: remove active_cvlans and active_svlans bitmaps
aa0f377 iavf: refactor VLAN filter states
4f6c08c bonding: fix ns validation on backup slaves
9d77656 tcp: restrict net.ipv4.tcp_app_win
53a22fa niu: Fix missing unwind goto in niu_alloc_channels()
24da576 KVM: arm64: Advertise ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.CSV2/3 to protected VMs
361b02e KVM: arm64: Initialise hypervisor copies of host symbols unconditionally
8b9c649 bpf, arm64: Fixed a BTI error on returning to patched function
c4002b9 9p/xen : Fix use after free bug in xen_9pfs_front_remove due to race condition
b7abd53 dmaengine: apple-admac: Fix 'current_tx' not getting freed
fdbd039 dmaengine: apple-admac: Set src_addr_widths capability
c7bb085 dmaengine: apple-admac: Handle 'global' interrupt flags
37b3934 LoongArch, bpf: Fix jit to skip speculation barrier opcode
db9c908 bpf: tcp: Use sock_gen_put instead of sock_put in bpf_iter_tcp
02eabb6 RDMA/cma: Allow UD qp_type to join multicast only
74f4471 clk: rs9: Fix suspend/resume
132918e RDMA/erdma: Defer probing if netdevice can not be found
d682c9b RDMA/erdma: Inline mtt entries into WQE if supported
3570f3c RDMA/erdma: Update default EQ depth to 4096 and max_send_wr to 8192
9554a6b IB/mlx5: Add support for 400G_8X lane speed
6ea322a RDMA/irdma: Add ipv4 check to irdma_find_listener()
ad960ae RDMA/irdma: Increase iWARP CM default rexmit count
ee02fa4 RDMA/irdma: Fix memory leak of PBLE objects
6d61b0c RDMA/irdma: Do not generate SW completions for NOPs
b8f3162 clk: sprd: set max_register according to mapping range
8d901a3 drm/i915/dsi: fix DSS CTL register offsets for TGL+
b15df14 fbcon: set_con2fb_map needs to set con2fb_map!
93aa242 fbcon: Fix error paths in set_con2fb_map
d6c4dfb KVM: arm64: PMU: Restore the guest's EL0 event counting after migration
3ad4914 mtd: rawnand: stm32_fmc2: use timings.mode instead of checking tRC_min
1029642 mtd: rawnand: stm32_fmc2: remove unsupported EDO mode
4efb01e mtd: rawnand: meson: fix bitmask for length in command word
205c503 mtdblock: tolerate corrected bit-flips
d5392c1 fbmem: Reject FB_ACTIVATE_KD_TEXT from userspace
874cf0b btrfs: fix fast csum implementation detection
3103c07 btrfs: restore the thread_pool= behavior in remount for the end I/O workqueues
8c4b65f Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix possible UAF
4290d89 Bluetooth: Free potentially unfreed SCO connection
ba7d939 bluetooth: btbcm: Fix logic error in forming the board name.
f6719fd Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hidp_session_thread
348d446 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_disconnect{req,rsp}
71964e9 ALSA: hda/hdmi: disable KAE for Intel DG2
d5c9d46 ALSA: hda/sigmatel: fix S/PDIF out on Intel D45 motherboards
cd65ce6 ALSA: emu10k1: don't create old pass-through playback device on Audigy
8456a96 ALSA: firewire-tascam: add missing unwind goto in snd_tscm_stream_start_duplex()
97d7039 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirks for Lenovo Z13/Z16 Gen2
474f951 ALSA: hda: patch_realtek: add quirk for Asus N7601ZM
165182b ALSA: i2c/cs8427: fix iec958 mixer control deactivation
721cdcb ALSA: hda/sigmatel: add pin overrides for Intel DP45SG motherboard
409f3e5 ALSA: emu10k1: fix capture interrupt handler unlinking
779fd2a drm/amd/display: Pass the right info to drm_dp_remove_payload
8b1700d Revert "pinctrl: amd: Disable and mask interrupts on resume"

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