A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux Kernel 6.1.62 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 6.1.62-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 6.1.62-xanmod1

• 1797803 Linux 6.1.62-xanmod1
• 7e748ed XANMOD: config: Change to 250 Hz timer frequency
• 3c7c119 Merge tag 'v6.1.62' into 6.1
• fb2635a Linux 6.1.62
• 585da49 ASoC: SOF: sof-pci-dev: Fix community key quirk detection
• c1c15b0 ALSA: hda: intel-dsp-config: Fix JSL Chromebook quirk detection
• 5c59879 misc: pci_endpoint_test: Add deviceID for J721S2 PCIe EP device support
• 6bebd30 tty: 8250: Add Brainboxes Oxford Semiconductor-based quirks
• 3017a17 tty: 8250: Add support for Intashield IX cards
• c344489 tty: 8250: Add support for additional Brainboxes PX cards
• 31ebf43 tty: 8250: Fix up PX-803/PX-857
• bfe9bde tty: 8250: Fix port count of PX-257
• b75ee2d tty: 8250: Add support for Intashield IS-100
• cdd260b tty: 8250: Add support for Brainboxes UP cards
• 8af676c tty: 8250: Add support for additional Brainboxes UC cards
• abcb12f tty: 8250: Remove UC-257 and UC-431
• df6cfab tty: n_gsm: fix race condition in status line change on dead connections
• 2310798 usb: raw-gadget: properly handle interrupted requests
• e7a8024 usb: typec: tcpm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in tcpm_pd_svdm()
• 6f17be2 usb: storage: set 1.50 as the lower bcdDevice for older "Super Top" compatibility
• b25a2f2 PCI: Prevent xHCI driver from claiming AMD VanGogh USB3 DRD device
• 977ae4d ALSA: usb-audio: add quirk flag to enable native DSD for McIntosh devices
• 9411dbe mmap: fix error paths with dup_anon_vma()
• 21ca008 mm/mempolicy: fix set_mempolicy_home_node() previous VMA pointer
• 7ab62e3 x86: KVM: SVM: always update the x2avic msr interception
• e833591 perf evlist: Avoid frequency mode for the dummy event
• b3eed11 power: supply: core: Use blocking_notifier_call_chain to avoid RCU complaint
• 803cc77 ceph_wait_on_conflict_unlink(): grab reference before dropping ->d_lock
• 9eab500 io_uring: kiocb_done() should not trust ->ki_pos if ->{read,write}_iter() failed
• ed0ba37 powerpc/mm: Fix boot crash with FLATMEM
• 31ae787 r8152: Check for unplug in r8153b_ups_en() / r8153c_ups_en()
• f90656f r8152: Check for unplug in rtl_phy_patch_request()
• 98567c9 net: chelsio: cxgb4: add an error code check in t4_load_phy_fw
• ff86d69 drm/amdgpu: Reserve fences for VM update
• 8e4a77b platform/mellanox: mlxbf-tmfifo: Fix a warning message
• 0f2840d netfilter: nf_tables: audit log object reset once per table
• ec80ad4 LoongArch: Replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() in copy_user_highpage()
• afe80b5 LoongArch: Export symbol invalid_pud_table for modules building
• 9f9b2ec gpu/drm: Eliminate DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_UNSET
• cafa191 drm/amdgpu: Unset context priority is now invalid
• 0eb733b scsi: mpt3sas: Fix in error path
• 4e000da fbdev: uvesafb: Call cn_del_callback() at the end of uvesafb_exit()
• 5073646 fbdev: omapfb: fix some error codes
• 6a87b33 drm/ttm: Reorder sys manager cleanup step
• 9951b23 ASoC: codecs: tas2780: Fix log of failed reset via I2C.
• b7ed4aa ASoC: rt5650: fix the wrong result of key button
• 8e1a659 efi: fix memory leak in krealloc failure handling
• 678edd2 netfilter: nfnetlink_log: silence bogus compiler warning
• c6f6a50 spi: npcm-fiu: Fix UMA reads when dummy.nbytes == 0
• 6a7a2d5 fs/ntfs3: Avoid possible memory leak
• 84aabd1 fs/ntfs3: Fix directory element type detection
• 3bff4bb fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL pointer dereference on error in attr_allocate_frame()
• c8cbae3 fs/ntfs3: Fix possible NULL-ptr-deref in ni_readpage_cmpr()
• 6fe32f7 fs/ntfs3: Use kvmalloc instead of kmalloc(... __GFP_NOWARN)
• 92f9c7c fs/ntfs3: Write immediately updated ntfs state
• fc91bb3 fs/ntfs3: Add ckeck in ni_update_parent()
• 768e857 fbdev: atyfb: only use ioremap_uc() on i386 and ia64
• dd6d75e Input: synaptics-rmi4 - handle reset delay when using SMBus trsnsport
• c64c237 powerpc/85xx: Fix math emulation exception
• 96c7aac dmaengine: ste_dma40: Fix PM disable depth imbalance in d40_probe
• 9ef4697 irqchip/stm32-exti: add missing DT IRQ flag translation
• 7378415 irqchip/riscv-intc: Mark all INTC nodes as initialized
• d3204c0 net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32_init()
• f15dbcd ASoC: tlv320adc3xxx: BUG: Correct micbias setting
• 30ed998 coresight: tmc-etr: Disable warnings for allocation failures
• 6618e7a ASoC: simple-card: fixup asoc_simple_probe() error handling

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Download Linux 6.1.61-xanmod1 source from GitHub