A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 6.6.11 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 6.6.11-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 6.6.11-xanmod1

• 76dbdd6 Linux 6.6.11-xanmod1
• 627963a Fix merge [2/2]: "tcp: introduce per-route feature RTAX_FEATURE_ECN_LOW"
• bd790be Merge tag 'v6.6.11' into 6.6
• f1b2b0d Fix merge [1/2]: "tcp: introduce per-route feature RTAX_FEATURE_ECN_LOW"
• 22852ea Linux 6.6.11
• e53b78e media: qcom: camss: Comment CSID dt_id field
• c897fb3 cxl/memdev: Hold region_rwsem during inject and clear poison ops
• 0a46048 cxl/hdm: Fix a benign lockdep splat
• c56f610 cxl: Add cxl_num_decoders_committed() usage to cxl_test
• 2e22a90 mmc: sdhci-sprd: Fix eMMC init failure after hw reset
• 73432eb mmc: core: Cancel delayed work before releasing host
• 882ab49 mmc: rpmb: fixes pause retune on all RPMB partitions.
• 1f1e1d8 mmc: meson-mx-sdhc: Fix initialization frozen issue
• ceb3af6 drm/amd/display: Fix sending VSC (+ colorimetry) packets for DP/eDP displays without PSR
• fd32475 drm/amd/display: add nv12 bounding box
• 039c455 drm/amdgpu: skip gpu_info fw loading on navi12
• 2247df4 mm: fix unmap_mapping_range high bits shift bug
• b240a3e i2c: core: Fix atomic xfer check for non-preempt config
• dfb8a42 x86/kprobes: fix incorrect return address calculation in kprobe_emulate_call_indirect
• d44bd49 firewire: ohci: suppress unexpected system reboot in AMD Ryzen machines and ASM108x/VT630x PCIe cards
• e73022d mm/mglru: skip special VMAs in lru_gen_look_around()
• 22c8e0b net: constify sk_dst_get() and __sk_dst_get() argument
• f797a2f net: libwx: fix memory leak on free page
• 5107937 cxl/pmu: Ensure put_device on pmu devices
• 95b3904 net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment()
• e1b45ba powerpc/pseries/vas: Migration suspend waits for no in-progress open windows
• 24f855a RISCV: KVM: update external interrupt atomically for IMSIC swfile
• 4438606 dmaengine: fsl-edma: fix wrong pointer check in fsl_edma3_attach_pd()
• 7734bb3 dmaengine: idxd: Protect int_handle field in hw descriptor
• 1695423 drm/amd/display: Increase frame warning limit with KASAN or KCSAN in dml
• e4a5b2f kernel/resource: Increment by align value in get_free_mem_region()
• 4c26935 cxl/core: Always hold region_rwsem while reading poison lists
• 07f9a20 cxl: Add cxl_decoders_committed() helper
• 9826255 drm/amd/display: Increase num voltage states to 40
• 93d67b6 drm/i915: Call intel_pre_plane_updates() also for pipes getting enabled
• c33fc69 clk: rockchip: rk3128: Fix SCLK_SDMMC's clock name
• b58d2fc clk: rockchip: rk3128: Fix aclk_peri_src's parent
• 09aa95c phy: sunplus: return negative error code in sp_usb_phy_probe
• c7573ba phy: mediatek: mipi: mt8183: fix minimal supported frequency
• 9cdfbfc iommu/vt-d: Support enforce_cache_coherency only for empty domains
• 41294f9 iio: imu: adis16475: use bit numbers in assign_bit()
• 634d43a dmaengine: fsl-edma: Add judgment on enabling round robin arbitration
• df9e537 dmaengine: fsl-edma: Do not suspend and resume the masked dma channel when the system is sleeping
• 2bd6f21 dmaengine: ti: k3-psil-am62a: Fix SPI PDMA data
• 6c9e7ca dmaengine: ti: k3-psil-am62: Fix SPI PDMA data
• a7ccc9d phy: ti: gmii-sel: Fix register offset when parent is not a syscon node
• 42db009 KVM: s390: vsie: fix wrong VIR 37 when MSO is used
• b649a7f riscv: don't probe unaligned access speed if already done
• 5d1e4e5 rcu/tasks-trace: Handle new PF_IDLE semantics
• b3ffc11 rcu/tasks: Handle new PF_IDLE semantics
• 547c59c rcu: Introduce rcu_cpu_online()
• 39d04e5 rcu: Break rcu_node_0 --> &rq->__lock order
• 17f4496 ACPI: thermal: Fix acpi_thermal_unregister_thermal_zone() cleanup
• 04ebb29 RDMA/mlx5: Fix mkey cache WQ flush
• eaab31d clk: si521xx: Increase stack based print buffer size in probe
• 94eacb4 vfio/mtty: Overhaul mtty interrupt handling
• 6feb483 crypto: hisilicon/qm - fix EQ/AEQ interrupt issue
• bcf6fe3 crypto: qat - fix double free during reset
• 64170e8 crypto: xts - use 'spawn' for underlying single-block cipher
• 3f1800c bpftool: Align output skeleton ELF code
• 0b39339 bpftool: Fix -Wcast-qual warning
• 030346d tcp: derive delack_max from rto_min
• 88a884d media: qcom: camss: Fix genpd cleanup
• 3c97918 media: qcom: camss: Fix V4L2 async notifier error path
• f302f37 xsk: add multi-buffer support for sockets sharing umem
• bf07fda mm/memory-failure: pass the folio and the page to collect_procs()
• 393155f mm: convert DAX lock/unlock page to lock/unlock folio
• 200bc36 net: Implement missing SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW cmsg support
• ea37c4b bnxt_en: Remove mis-applied code from bnxt_cfg_ntp_filters()
• 428ae1b net: ravb: Wait for operating mode to be applied
• ba75a06 asix: Add check for usbnet_get_endpoints
• 67a4a25 octeontx2-af: Re-enable MAC TX in otx2_stop processing
• f725e89 octeontx2-af: Always configure NIX TX link credits based on max frame size
• 511e4a5 net/smc: fix invalid link access in dumping SMC-R connections
• ed19224 net/qla3xxx: fix potential memleak in ql_alloc_buffer_queues
• 3ffd05c virtio_net: fix missing dma unmap for resize
• e2e5c2a virtio_net: avoid data-races on dev->stats fields
• 6d2e4e5 apparmor: Fix move_mount mediation by detecting if source is detached
• 1d95d87 igc: Fix hicredit calculation
• 17f5cfe i40e: Restore VF MSI-X state during PCI reset
• 1ee4eb8 ASoC: meson: g12a-tohdmitx: Fix event generation for S/PDIF mux
• 3d5a6ed ASoC: meson: g12a-toacodec: Fix event generation
• 28fdf45 ASoC: meson: g12a-tohdmitx: Validate written enum values
• 97ee19f ASoC: meson: g12a-toacodec: Validate written enum values
• d715f29 i40e: fix use-after-free in i40e_aqc_add_filters()
• d5e0bb0 net: Save and restore msg_namelen in sock_sendmsg
• 9824064 netfilter: nft_immediate: drop chain reference counter on error
• 97cbb82 netfilter: nf_nat: fix action not being set for all ct states
• d4969c2 net: bcmgenet: Fix FCS generation for fragmented skbuffs
• 9f2e244 sfc: fix a double-free bug in efx_probe_filters
• 015414f ARM: sun9i: smp: Fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in sunxi_mc_smp_init
• 4d9b792 selftests: bonding: do not set port down when adding to bond
• 742e4af net: Implement missing getsockopt(SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW)
• d090faa r8169: Fix PCI error on system resume
• 4083c9b net: sched: em_text: fix possible memory leak in em_text_destroy()
• 463fe69 mlxbf_gige: fix receive packet race condition
• ad0ea7a ASoC: mediatek: mt8186: fix AUD_PAD_TOP register and offset
• 4deed2c ASoC: fsl_rpmsg: Fix error handler with pm_runtime_enable
• 38036a7 igc: Check VLAN EtherType mask
• 08144ba igc: Check VLAN TCI mask
• 4109b21 igc: Report VLAN EtherType matching back to user
• 0ec87fc i40e: Fix filter input checks to prevent config with invalid values
• a659ce1 ice: Shut down VSI with "link-down-on-close" enabled
• 49b1e2a ice: Fix link_down_on_close message
• 03ed388 drm/i915/perf: Update handling of MMIO triggered reports
• c3d24a3 drm/i915/dp: Fix passing the correct DPCD_REV for drm_dp_set_phy_test_pattern
• 029d4ab octeontx2-af: Fix marking couple of structure as __packed
• fb195df nfc: llcp_core: Hold a ref to llcp_local->dev when holding a ref to llcp_local
• d27e279 netfilter: nf_tables: set transport offset from mac header for netdev/egress
• 8b410ab drm/bridge: ps8640: Fix size mismatch warning w/ len
• 1688af7 drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi86: Never store more than msg->size bytes in AUX xfer
• ce5b06e drm/bridge: parade-ps8640: Never store more than msg->size bytes in AUX xfer
• ad1220b wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: don't synchronize IRQs from IRQ
• f8d0c6d accel/qaic: Implement quirk for SOC_HW_VERSION
• efcedd5 accel/qaic: Fix GEM import path code
• 30912a7 KVM: x86/pmu: fix masking logic for MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL
• 30aae98 cifs: do not depend on release_iface for maintaining iface_list
• 40fc7df cifs: cifs_chan_is_iface_active should be called with chan_lock held
• feef4dc drm/mgag200: Fix gamma lut not initialized for G200ER, G200EV, G200SE
• 8cc22ba Revert "PCI/ASPM: Remove pcie_aspm_pm_state_change()"
• c25546c mptcp: prevent tcp diag from closing listener subflows
• 67df4c4 drm/amd/display: pbn_div need be updated for hotplug event
• 0c01923 ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix mute and mic-mute LEDs for HP ProBook 440 G6
• 855c75f ALSA: hda/realtek: fix mute/micmute LEDs for a HP ZBook
• 0fc0d04 ALSA: hda/realtek: enable SND_PCI_QUIRK for hp pavilion 14-ec1xxx series
• 0ccbd44 ALSA: hda/tas2781: remove sound controls in unbind
• cb7a397 ALSA: hda/tas2781: move set_drv_data outside tasdevice_init
• aee67bb ALSA: hda/tas2781: do not use regcache
• da89365 keys, dns: Fix missing size check of V1 server-list header

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