A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 6.6.10 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 6.6.10-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 6.6.10-xanmod1

• aacf21a Linux 6.6.10-xanmod1
• 992feab Merge tag 'v6.6.10' into 6.6
• c9a51eb Linux 6.6.10
• 9b60307 Revert "platform/x86: p2sb: Allow p2sb_bar() calls during PCI device probe"
• b7f1c01 netfilter: nf_tables: skip set commit for deleted/destroyed sets
• e904e81 wifi: nl80211: fix deadlock in nl80211_set_cqm_rssi (6.6.x)
• d673099 wifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use
• ccd4870 tracing: Fix blocked reader of snapshot buffer
• a12754a ftrace: Fix modification of direct_function hash while in use
• baa8894 ring-buffer: Fix wake ups when buffer_percent is set to 100
• c62b9a2 Revert "nvme-fc: fix race between error recovery and creating association"
• d16c5d2 mm/memory-failure: check the mapcount of the precise page
• 8c7da70 mm/memory-failure: cast index to loff_t before shifting it
• 07550b1 mm: migrate high-order folios in swap cache correctly
• d16eb52 mm/filemap: avoid buffered read/write race to read inconsistent data
• 09141f0 selftests: secretmem: floor the memory size to the multiple of page_size
• 2c30b8b maple_tree: do not preallocate nodes for slot stores
• 11d41d0 platform/x86: p2sb: Allow p2sb_bar() calls during PCI device probe
• 7d5f219 ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in smb_strndup_from_utf16()
• 33fd5fb platform/x86/intel/pmc: Move GBE LTR ignore to suspend callback
• 91dcd5e platform/x86/intel/pmc: Allow reenabling LTRs
• 8663b99 platform/x86/intel/pmc: Add suspend callback
• b5f63f5 block: renumber QUEUE_FLAG_HW_WC
• cf742d0 mptcp: fix inconsistent state on fastopen race
• 44ee476 mptcp: fix possible NULL pointer dereference on close
• 34c7757 mptcp: refactor sndbuf auto-tuning
• 183c897 linux/export: Ensure natural alignment of kcrctab array
• 466e9af linux/export: Fix alignment for 64-bit ksymtab entries
• 7844d7d kexec: select CRYPTO from KEXEC_FILE instead of depending on it
• 78422b7 kexec: fix KEXEC_FILE dependencies
• 28d6cde virtio_ring: fix syncs DMA memory with different direction
• 9a49874 fs: cifs: Fix atime update check
• 23171df client: convert to new timestamp accessors
• 5b5599a fs: new accessor methods for atime and mtime
• 861eaba ksmbd: avoid duplicate opinfo_put() call on error of smb21_lease_break_ack()
• ab5a0a1 ksmbd: lazy v2 lease break on smb2_write()
• 3c1e602 ksmbd: send v2 lease break notification for directory
• 572388f ksmbd: downgrade RWH lease caching state to RH for directory
• d7af4e4 ksmbd: set v2 lease capability
• bc025d4 ksmbd: set epoch in create context v2 lease
• 3da8467 ksmbd: don't update ->op_state as OPLOCK_STATE_NONE on error
• b06c963 ksmbd: move setting SMB2_FLAGS_ASYNC_COMMAND and AsyncId
• fa86141 ksmbd: release interim response after sending status pending response
• e4ae195 ksmbd: move oplock handling after unlock parent dir
• f263652 ksmbd: separately allocate ci per dentry
• 8d69547 ksmbd: prevent memory leak on error return
• cdb93ef ksmbd: fix kernel-doc comment of ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked()
• b48bb8c ksmbd: no need to wait for binded connection termination at logoff
• 0bd595c ksmbd: add support for surrogate pair conversion
• dca63ba ksmbd: fix missing RDMA-capable flag for IPoIB device in ksmbd_rdma_capable_netdev()
• 31c453b ksmbd: fix kernel-doc comment of ksmbd_vfs_setxattr()
• d737378 ksmbd: reorganize ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp()
• 3ba08c4 ksmbd: Remove unused field in ksmbd_user struct

Homepage
Download Linux 6.6.10-xanmod1 source from GitHub