A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 6.6.32 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 6.6.31-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

• efb5780 Linux 6.6.32-xanmod1
• 1858c5e XANMOD: LTS: .gitlab-ci: Change docker image to bookworm-slim
• e60c3cc Merge tag 'v6.6.32' into 6.6
• 91de249 Linux 6.6.32
• 3ffef55 block: add a partscan sysfs attribute for disks
• d6b6dff block: add a disk_has_partscan helper
• fe4549b Docs/admin-guide/mm/damon/usage: fix wrong example of DAMOS filter matching sysfs file
• 7148304 docs: kernel_include.py: Cope with docutils 0.21
• 1266e5a admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling: fix return type of PR_SCHED_CORE_GET
• 1c652e1 KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails
• 26c6d7d remoteproc: mediatek: Make sure IPI buffer fits in L2TCM
• 6420695 serial: kgdboc: Fix NMI-safety problems from keyboard reset code
• 40b963e usb: typec: tipd: fix event checking for tps6598x
• 2f95dfb usb: typec: ucsi: displayport: Fix potential deadlock
• a202b26 net: usb: ax88179_178a: fix link status when link is set to down/up
• ec96bcf usb: dwc3: Wait unconditionally after issuing EndXfer command
• 71df2cb binder: fix max_thread type inconsistency
• c364e7a drm/amdgpu: Fix possible NULL dereference in amdgpu_ras_query_error_status_helper()
• f9b877a erofs: reliably distinguish block based and fscache mode
• 3924179 erofs: get rid of erofs_fs_context
• fcb05fe bpf: Add missing BPF_LINK_TYPE invocations
• f70d849 kselftest: Add a ksft_perror() helper
• 7b4bd57 mmc: core: Add HS400 tuning in HS400es initialization
• e628352 KEYS: trusted: Fix memory leak in tpm2_key_encode()
• ad3f798 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix div-by-zero in l2cap_le_flowctl_init()
• cfe560c Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect()
• 4d29fd5 ice: remove unnecessary duplicate checks for VF VSI ID
• 0ca683f ice: pass VSI pointer into ice_vc_isvalid_q_id
• 3a7ac49 net: ks8851: Fix another TX stall caused by wrong ISR flag handling
• 7e4f50d drm/amd/display: Fix division by zero in setup_dsc_config
• d4a079d smb: smb2pdu.h: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
• 5a65254 ksmbd: add continuous availability share parameter
• 07e76ea cifs: Add tracing for the cifs_tcon struct refcounting
• 2004e41 smb: client: instantiate when creating SFU files
• 01bce09 smb: client: fix NULL ptr deref in cifs_mark_open_handles_for_deleted_file()
• dbd2df3 smb3: add trace event for mknod
• 8aff8b8 smb311: additional compression flag defined in updated protocol spec
• a9aa7a7 smb311: correct incorrect offset field in compression header
• c1f3c82 cifs: Move some extern decls from .c files to .h
• 39bdc41 ksmbd: fix potencial out-of-bounds when buffer offset is invalid
• 9e4937c ksmbd: fix slab-out-of-bounds in smb_strndup_from_utf16()
• 74dc3e5 ksmbd: Fix spelling mistake "connction" -> "connection"
• 27b40b7 ksmbd: fix possible null-deref in smb_lazy_parent_lease_break_close
• 8b23269 cifs: remove redundant variable assignment
• 1598a01 cifs: fixes for get_inode_info
• 91cdeb0 cifs: defer close file handles having RH lease
• 8df4bcd ksmbd: add support for durable handles v1/v2
• 665e858 ksmbd: mark SMB2_SESSION_EXPIRED to session when destroying previous session
• eb4a05e smb: common: simplify compression headers
• fdd938b smb: common: fix fields sizes in compression_pattern_payload_v1
• e8aee4f smb: client: negotiate compression algorithms
• 25f3604 smb3: add dynamic trace point for ioctls
• c057a80 smb: client: return reparse type in /proc/mounts
• 5825240 smb: client: set correct d_type for reparse DFS/DFSR and mount point
• 97db416 smb: client: parse uid, gid, mode and dev from WSL reparse points
• 7449d73 smb: client: introduce SMB2_OP_QUERY_WSL_EA
• b93ac66 smb: client: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check in wsl_set_xattrs()
• df0a8a1 smb: client: add support for WSL reparse points
• 831ffbd smb: client: reduce number of parameters in smb2_compound_op()
• 84c597f smb: client: fix potential broken compound request
• db0f1c0 smb: client: move most of reparse point handling code to common file
• c1468c7 smb: client: introduce reparse mount option
• 1e60bc0 smb: client: retry compound request without reusing lease
• b6e27f7 smb: client: do not defer close open handles to deleted files
• f93d145 smb: client: reuse file lease key in compound operations
• cfb8f73 smb: client: get rid of smb311_posix_query_path_info()
• a90f37e smb: client: parse owner/group when creating reparse points
• e423201 smb3: update allocation size more accurately on write completion
• fff4045 smb: client: handle path separator of created SMB symlinks
• 1b5f292 cifs: update the same create_guid on replay
• 7541783 ksmbd: Add kernel-doc for ksmbd_extract_sharename() function
• cdd7870 cifs: set replay flag for retries of write command
• 433042a cifs: commands that are retried should have replay flag set
• a5df782 smb: client: delete "true", "false" defines
• 5cf3fdd smb: Fix some kernel-doc comments
• b4ca294 cifs: new mount option called retrans
• de2cadf smb: client: don't clobber ->i_rdev from cached reparse points
• 6789c83 cifs: new nt status codes from MS-SMB2
• b96ea43 cifs: pick channel for tcon and tdis
• 36f8070 cifs: minor comment cleanup
• 8358f46 cifs: remove redundant variable tcon_exist
• 67ed045 ksmbd: vfs: fix all kernel-doc warnings
• d4caa98 ksmbd: auth: fix most kernel-doc warnings
• 4243063 cifs: remove unneeded return statement
• 8e6a399 cifs: get rid of dup length check in parse_reparse_point()
• 774c645 cifs: Pass unbyteswapped eof value into SMB2_set_eof()
• 88e07de smb3: Improve exception handling in allocate_mr_list()
• d53fcb4 cifs: fix in logging in cifs_chan_update_iface
• 304ff3c smb: client: handle special files and symlinks in SMB3 POSIX
• 870c73a smb: client: cleanup smb2_query_reparse_point()
• 00ecebc smb: client: allow creating symlinks via reparse points
• a158bb6 smb: client: optimise reparse point querying
• 02bcf86 smb: client: allow creating special files via reparse points
• 886b7fb smb: client: extend smb2_compound_op() to accept more commands
• da70c1d smb: client: Fix minor whitespace errors and warnings
• abea3c9 smb: client: introduce cifs_sfu_make_node()
• a7b537b cifs: fix use after free for iface while disabling secondary channels
• bb53689 Missing field not being returned in ioctl CIFS_IOC_GET_MNT_INFO
• 210c8b9 smb3: minor cleanup of session handling code
• cc3035d smb3: more minor cleanups for session handling routines
• b74c8d9 smb3: minor RDMA cleanup
• 9c88aae cifs: print server capabilities in DebugData
• 69a1669 smb: use crypto_shash_digest() in symlink_hash()
• 5b3c763 Add definition for new smb3.1.1 command type
• c5c6310 SMB3: clarify some of the unused CreateOption flags
• 6bd52f4 cifs: Add client version details to NTLM authenticate message

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