A new XanMod Linux kernel based on Linux kernel 6.6.58 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 6.6.58-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

Change log

• 139eaf5 Linux 6.6.58-xanmod1
• a7ef8d7 Merge tag 'v6.6.58' into 6.6
• 18916a6 Linux 6.6.58
• fd6e2af ALSA: hda/conexant - Use cached pin control for Node 0x1d on HP EliteOne 1000 G2
• 9698088 nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry()
• 87cb3f6 selftests: mptcp: remove duplicated variables
• ec0d0fc selftests: mptcp: join: test for prohibited MPC to port-based endp
• d46b96f selftests: mptcp: join: change capture/checksum as bool
• 229dfdc tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit
• 647cd44 serial: qcom-geni: fix receiver enable
• 61c8f74 serial: qcom-geni: fix dma rx cancellation
• 7176aee serial: qcom-geni: revert broken hibernation support
• 90e3f81 serial: qcom-geni: fix polled console initialisation
• 6acd19a irqchip/sifive-plic: Unmask interrupt in plic_irq_enable()
• 01282ab irqchip/gic-v4: Don't allow a VMOVP on a dying VPE
• fad940e pinctrl: apple: check devm_kasprintf() returned value
• 3b36bb1 pinctrl: stm32: check devm_kasprintf() returned value
• 20728e8 pinctrl: ocelot: fix system hang on level based interrupts
• 481b477 x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand
• c29f192 tty: n_gsm: Fix use-after-free in gsm_cleanup_mux
• 227358e x86/entry_32: Clear CPU buffers after register restore in NMI return
• 0c6a7e2 x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF
• c8170b5 x86/CPU/AMD: Only apply Zenbleed fix for Zen2 during late microcode load
• 6663f0c x86/apic: Always explicitly disarm TSC-deadline timer
• 16d7d35 x86/resctrl: Annotate get_mem_config() functions as __init
• 6602907 parport: Proper fix for array out-of-bounds access
• c895d48 serial: imx: Update mctrl old_status on RTSD interrupt
• 245bee1 misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: add support for NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO for OTP device
• 78df421 misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: add support for NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO for EEPROM device
• c3d3501 usb: dwc3: Wait for EndXfer completion before restoring GUSB2PHYCFG
• 479830f usb: typec: qcom-pmic-typec: fix sink status being overwritten with RP_DEF
• 86c68aa USB: serial: option: add Telit FN920C04 MBIM compositions
• 90a5c64 USB: serial: option: add support for Quectel EG916Q-GL
• 53cd1bb xhci: Mitigate failed set dequeue pointer commands
• cc7b705 xhci: Fix incorrect stream context type macro
• 9c696bf xhci: tegra: fix checked USB2 port number
• dc2d5f0 vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get()
• 885f8c8 Bluetooth: btusb: Fix regression with fake CSR controllers 0a12:0001
• 8fb8e91 Bluetooth: ISO: Fix multiple init when debugfs is disabled
• 59bd80d Bluetooth: Remove debugfs directory on module init failure
• 05f84d8 Bluetooth: Call iso_exit() on module unload
• 232c2eb iio: accel: kx022a: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• d8ef39d iio: adc: ti-ads124s08: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• 48e594b iio: adc: ti-lmp92064: add missing select REGMAP_SPI in Kconfig
• 2f76deb iio: dac: ad3552r: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• ad60bbd iio: proximity: mb1232: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• 1fcc9d6 iio: dac: ad5766: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• 66bfe12 iio: light: bu27008: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• 5d41abc iio: frequency: adf4377: add missing select REMAP_SPI in Kconfig
• dc7a11e iio: amplifiers: ada4250: add missing select REGMAP_SPI in Kconfig
• 7f06b15 iio: light: opt3001: add missing full-scale range value
• 2cbb41a iio: light: veml6030: fix IIO device retrieval from embedded device
• 6bd2b16 iio: light: veml6030: fix ALS sensor resolution
• 6acb0a4 iio: hid-sensors: Fix an error handling path in _hid_sensor_set_report_latency()
• 082a755 iio: adc: ti-ads8688: add missing select IIO_(TRIGGERED_)BUFFER in Kconfig
• e0eb585 iio: dac: stm32-dac-core: add missing select REGMAP_MMIO in Kconfig
• ea81805 iio: dac: ltc1660: add missing select REGMAP_SPI in Kconfig
• c3a230c iio: dac: ad5770r: add missing select REGMAP_SPI in Kconfig
• 64cf93b drm/amdgpu: prevent BO_HANDLES error from being overwritten
• db0978d drm/amdgpu/swsmu: Only force workload setup on init
• 7c0763f drm/vmwgfx: Handle surface check failure correctly
• 1a235af drm/radeon: Fix encoder->possible_clones
• 8e6ca01 scsi: ufs: core: Fix the issue of ICU failure
• 7bd9af2 scsi: ufs: core: Set SDEV_OFFLINE when UFS is shut down
• d3c4f41 Input: xpad - add support for MSI Claw A1M
• a16af52 selftest: hid: add the missing tests directory
• 6414ab5 ublk: don't allow user copy for unprivileged device
• 2762b3c io_uring/sqpoll: close race on waiting for sqring entries
• 4c5b123 blk-rq-qos: fix crash on rq_qos_wait vs. rq_qos_wake_function race
• c04670d x86/bugs: Do not use UNTRAIN_RET with IBPB on entry
• c42a343 x86/bugs: Skip RSB fill at VMEXIT
• 61211f2 x86/entry: Have entry_ibpb() invalidate return predictions
• b28d3f4 x86/cpufeatures: Add a IBPB_NO_RET BUG flag
• 6ccc10e x86/cpufeatures: Define X86_FEATURE_AMD_IBPB_RET
• 3695352 KVM: s390: Change virtual to physical address access in diag 0x258 handler
• 88607ed KVM: s390: gaccess: Check if guest address is in memslot
• 82b433f s390/sclp_vt220: Convert newlines to CRLF instead of LFCR
• ccea29b s390/sclp: Deactivate sclp after all its users
• fe2e0b6 iommu/vt-d: Fix incorrect pci_for_each_dma_alias() for non-PCI devices
• 37d9305 mptcp: prevent MPC handshake on port-based signal endpoints
• 6365900 net: fec: Remove duplicated code
• 1e1eb62 net: fec: Move fec_ptp_read() to the top of the file
• 677f1df maple_tree: correct tree corruption on spanning store
• 9a0ab4f xfs: restrict when we try to align cow fork delalloc to cowextsz hints
• 3eeac33 xfs: allow unlinked symlinks and dirs with zero size
• 2bc2d49 xfs: fix freeing speculative preallocations for preallocated files
• 740a427 xfs: fix unlink vs cluster buffer instantiation race
• 0e52b98 xfs: make sure sb_fdblocks is non-negative
• 0aca739 xfs: allow symlinks with short remote targets
• 4c99f30 xfs: convert delayed extents to unwritten when zeroing post eof blocks
• 36081fd xfs: make xfs_bmapi_convert_delalloc() to allocate the target offset
• 0f726c1 xfs: make the seq argument to xfs_bmapi_convert_delalloc() optional
• f24ba21 xfs: match lock mode in xfs_buffered_write_iomap_begin()
• 7c03b12 xfs: use dontcache for grabbing inodes during scrub
• 20adb1e xfs: revert commit  44af6c7
• 5689d23 xfs: enforce one namespace per attribute
• 9716cdc xfs: validate recovered name buffers when recovering xattr items
• db460c2 xfs: check shortform attr entry flags specifically
• cad0518 xfs: fix missing check for invalid attr flags
• 0934046 xfs: check opcode and iovec count match in xlog_recover_attri_commit_pass2
• c13c21f xfs: require XFS_SB_FEAT_INCOMPAT_LOG_XATTRS for attr log intent item recovery
• c299188 xfs: remove a racy if_bytes check in xfs_reflink_end_cow_extent
• 4bcef72 xfs: fix xfs_bmap_add_extent_delay_real for partial conversions
• f43bd35 xfs: fix error returns from xfs_bmapi_write
• bed2b90 mm/swapfile: skip HugeTLB pages for unuse_vma
• a0035fc mm/mglru: only clear kswapd_failures if reclaimable
• 17396e3 mm/mremap: fix move_normal_pmd/retract_page_tables race
• 6b91fd6 selftests/mm: fix deadlock for fork after pthread_create on ARM
• 8f5fa1c selftests/mm: replace atomic_bool with pthread_barrier_t
• a9af9d5 fat: fix uninitialized variable
• 8e29f32 irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix VSYNC referencing an unmapped VPE on GIC v4.1
• 20b5342 net: microchip: vcap api: Fix memory leaks in vcap_api_encode_rule_test()
• 81db1e5 net: macb: Avoid 20s boot delay by skipping MDIO bus registration for fixed-link PHY
• 8165bf8 arm64: probes: Fix uprobes for big-endian kernels
• 173c13e arm64: probes: Fix simulate_ldr*_literal()
• 9f1e773 arm64: probes: Remove broken LDR (literal) uprobe support
• a3f169e posix-clock: Fix missing timespec64 check in pc_clock_settime()
• 75150ba net: enetc: add missing static descriptor and inline keyword
• 760a7c9 net: enetc: disable NAPI after all rings are disabled
• a419f47 net: enetc: disable Tx BD rings after they are empty
• 3718434 net: enetc: block concurrent XDP transmissions during ring reconfiguration
• 1c95443 net: enetc: remove xdp_drops statistic from enetc_xdp_drop()
• 7b2e478 mptcp: pm: fix UaF read in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow
• 3c088db ALSA: hda/conexant - Fix audio routing for HP EliteOne 1000 G2
• 5511999 ksmbd: fix user-after-free from session log off
• 7fc7c47 btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free on read_alloc_one_name() error
• e11ce03 btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free in add_inode_ref()

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Download Linux 6.6.58-xanmod1 source from GitHub