A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 6.1.61 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 6.1.61-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 6.1.61-xanmod1

• c20d80e Linux 6.1.61-xanmod1
• 125075c Merge tag 'v6.1.61' into 6.1
• 4a61839 Linux 6.1.61
• 5926b08 objtool/x86: add missing embedded_insn check
• 2afa9f7 ext4: avoid overlapping preallocations due to overflow
• fcefddf ext4: fix BUG in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa() due to overflow
• 495c4c5 ext4: add two helper functions extent_logical_end() and pa_logical_end()
• d022e4e platform/x86: Add s2idle quirk for more Lenovo laptops
• 48ebeab clk: Sanitize possible_parent_show to Handle Return Value of of_clk_get_parent_name
• 65e5a98 sparc32: fix a braino in fault handling in csum_and_copy_..._user()
• 8b8cde8 perf/core: Fix potential NULL deref
• 5e232f2 x86/cpu: Add model number for Intel Arrow Lake mobile processor
• 63cc3d5 x86/i8259: Skip probing when ACPI/MADT advertises PCAT compatibility
• 3749584 nvmem: imx: correct nregs for i.MX6UL
• 116671d nvmem: imx: correct nregs for i.MX6SLL
• b90b863 nvmem: imx: correct nregs for i.MX6ULL
• cc87c73 misc: fastrpc: Unmap only if buffer is unmapped from DSP
• 38c5faf misc: fastrpc: Clean buffers on remote invocation failures
• 7737e93 misc: fastrpc: Free DMA handles for RPC calls with no arguments
• 1e8851b misc: fastrpc: Reset metadata buffer to avoid incorrect free
• 5a35fc1 tracing/kprobes: Fix the description of variable length arguments
• 91b95e3 i2c: aspeed: Fix i2c bus hang in slave read
• 11602ca i2c: stm32f7: Fix PEC handling in case of SMBUS transfers
• ff0312a i2c: muxes: i2c-demux-pinctrl: Use of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node()
• f9a7b3b i2c: muxes: i2c-mux-gpmux: Use of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node()
• 48a365a i2c: muxes: i2c-mux-pinctrl: Use of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node()
• 6ec8405 iio: adc: xilinx-xadc: Correct temperature offset/scale for UltraScale
• e26fd38 iio: adc: xilinx-xadc: Don't clobber preset voltage/temperature thresholds
• cb01837 iio: exynos-adc: request second interupt only when touchscreen mode is used
• 7a641bc iio: afe: rescale: Accept only offset channels
• 9236d2e io_uring/fdinfo: lock SQ thread while retrieving thread cpu/pid
• 1684909 kasan: print the original fault addr when access invalid shadow
• 6a5b845 blk-throttle: check for overflow in calculate_bytes_allowed
• bb20a24 scsi: sd: Introduce manage_shutdown device flag
• 93fa578 iavf: in iavf_down, disable queues when removing the driver
• f7f660d drm/logicvc: Kconfig: select REGMAP and REGMAP_MMIO
• cb115b6 i40e: Fix wrong check for I40E_TXR_FLAGS_WB_ON_ITR
• 144f93c gtp: fix fragmentation needed check with gso
• 039a050 gtp: uapi: fix GTPA_MAX
• 664a358 tcp: fix wrong RTO timeout when received SACK reneging
• 5b100bb r8152: Release firmware if we have an error in probe
• ecb51a4 r8152: Cancel hw_phy_work if we have an error in probe
• 8737614 r8152: Run the unload routine if we have errors during probe
• ee73f93 r8152: Increase USB control msg timeout to 5000ms as per spec
• 9eb275f net: usb: smsc95xx: Fix uninit-value access in smsc95xx_read_reg
• 7c799bc net: ieee802154: adf7242: Fix some potential buffer overflow in adf7242_stats_show()
• 55b01c5 net: ethernet: adi: adin1110: Fix uninitialized variable
• 9d2b588 igc: Fix ambiguity in the ethtool advertising
• fa28949 neighbour: fix various data-races
• c166dd5 igb: Fix potential memory leak in igb_add_ethtool_nfc_entry
• 9a19406 treewide: Spelling fix in comment
• b1ad0a1 i40e: Fix I40E_FLAG_VF_VLAN_PRUNING value
• d8ac13a iavf: initialize waitqueues before starting watchdog_task
• 66e8795 r8169: fix the KCSAN reported data race in rtl_rx while reading desc->opts1
• d101409 r8169: fix the KCSAN reported data-race in rtl_tx while reading TxDescArray[entry].opts1
• 4138a02 r8169: fix the KCSAN reported data-race in rtl_tx() while reading tp->cur_tx
• 29f365f clk: ti: Fix missing omap5 mcbsp functional clock and aliases
• 2ba943c clk: ti: Fix missing omap4 mcbsp functional clock and aliases
• 8d8346e firmware/imx-dsp: Fix use_after_free in imx_dsp_setup_channels()
• df4169f ARM: OMAP: timer32K: fix all kernel-doc warnings
• 6c668e2 drm/dp_mst: Fix NULL deref in get_mst_branch_device_by_guid_helper()
• 024251b drm/amd: Disable ASPM for VI w/ all Intel systems
• eded5f5 drm/i915/pmu: Check if pmu is closed before stopping event
• 4f46c17 nfsd: lock_rename() needs both directories to live on the same fs
• 3262ff5 maple_tree: add GFP_KERNEL to allocations in mas_expected_entries()
• b1b2750 hugetlbfs: extend hugetlb_vma_lock to private VMAs
• c9b066f mm/migrate: fix do_pages_move for compat pointers
• a6fbf02 mm/page_alloc: correct start page when guard page debug is enabled
• 0aa7b24 hugetlbfs: clear resv_map pointer if mmap fails
• 38d0d1c mm: fix vm_brk_flags() to not bail out while holding lock
• 38930ec arm64: dts: rockchip: Fix i2s0 pin conflict on ROCK Pi 4 boards
• 9d72254 arm64: dts: rockchip: Add i2s0-2ch-bus-bclk-off pins to RK3399
• 08e6b68 vhost: Allow null msg.size on VHOST_IOTLB_INVALIDATE
• 1f14ded vsock/virtio: initialize the_virtio_vsock before using VQs
• 534487c virtio_pci: fix the common cfg map size
• 86f467d virtio-crypto: handle config changed by work queue
• a9d4a1e virtio-mmio: fix memory leak of vm_dev
• 19b30a8 virtio_balloon: Fix endless deflation and inflation on arm64
• bede8b4 mcb-lpc: Reallocate memory region to avoid memory overlapping
• c9efc3e mcb: Return actual parsed size when reading chameleon table
• e58ab83 pinctrl: qcom: lpass-lpi: fix concurrent register updates
• 018b11e ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix runtime PM imbalance on remove
• 508c335 ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: fix regulator leaks on probe errors
• 877fc75 ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: Simplify with dev_err_probe
• 629ba75 ASoC: codecs: wcd938x: Convert to platform remove callback returning void
• 1fae817 mmc: core: Fix error propagation for some ioctl commands
• 719c01f mmc: block: ioctl: do write error check for spi
• 651e66d mmc: core: Align to common busy polling behaviour for mmc ioctls
• d3466ce KVM: x86/pmu: Truncate counter value to allowed width on write

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