A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 6.7.10 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 6.7.10-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

• 13c816f Linux 6.7.10-xanmod1
• 9c899fd Merge tag 'v6.7.10' into 6.7
• 9865e75 Linux 6.7.10
• baa5eee arch/arm/mm: fix major fault accounting when retrying under per-VMA lock
• 5acf0e7 ARM: 9328/1: mm: try VMA lock-based page fault handling first
• 26a1a10 selftests: mptcp: decrease BW in simult flows
• 5257222 readahead: avoid multiple marked readahead pages
• ffda0e9 net: pds_core: Fix possible double free in error handling path
• 16d7131 netrom: Fix data-races around sysctl_net_busy_read
• 0b8eb36 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_link_fails_count
• 859175d netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_routing_control
• 6f254ab netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_no_activity_timeout
• 0d43a58 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_requested_window_size
• 0a30016 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_busy_delay
• a22f919 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_acknowledge_delay
• 42e7140 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_maximum_tries
• 7d1e00f netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_transport_timeout
• dca1d93 netrom: Fix data-races around sysctl_netrom_network_ttl_initialiser
• 591192c netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_obsolescence_count_initialiser
• 392eb88 netrom: Fix a data-race around sysctl_netrom_default_path_quality
• c9f191a erofs: apply proper VMA alignment for memory mapped files on THP
• 80ee505 netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range
• 8ef601b netfilter: nft_ct: fix l3num expectations with inet pseudo family
• 9077613 net/rds: fix WARNING in rds_conn_connect_if_down
• 063faf4 net: dsa: microchip: fix register write order in ksz8_ind_write8()
• eaa7cb8 cpumap: Zero-initialise xdp_rxq_info struct before running XDP program
• 0b7de45 selftests/bpf: Fix up xdp bonding test wrt feature flags
• ebd1896 xdp, bonding: Fix feature flags when there are no slave devs anymore
• c5a1934 bpf: check bpf_func_state->callback_depth when pruning states
• 61b34f7 net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify()
• 1b3b823 igc: avoid returning frame twice in XDP_REDIRECT
• db29cef ice: fix uninitialized dplls mutex usage
• 0e29606 net: ice: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ice_bridge_setlink()
• 6d14736 ice: virtchnl: stop pretending to support RSS over AQ or registers
• 2b3aaa5 idpf: disable local BH when scheduling napi for marker packets
• 7180980 net: sparx5: Fix use after free inside sparx5_del_mact_entry
• 048e16d geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx()
• 9aa3b83 tracing/net_sched: Fix tracepoints that save qdisc_dev() as a string
• 4d9d5a2 net/mlx5e: Switch to using _bh variant of of spinlock API in port timestamping NAPI poll context
• 936ef08 net/mlx5e: Use a memory barrier to enforce PTP WQ xmit submission tracking occurs after populating the metadata_map
• ec2f4c9 net/mlx5e: Fix MACsec state loss upon state update in offload path
• dceece2 net/mlx5e: Change the warning when ignore_flow_level is not supported
• c381fa3 net/mlx5: Check capability for fw_reset
• 490b244 net/mlx5: Fix fw reporter diagnose output
• 0ae5112 net/mlx5: E-switch, Change flow rule destination checking
• aad5376 Revert "net/mlx5e: Check the number of elements before walk TC rhashtable"
• 1bcdd66 Revert "net/mlx5: Block entering switchdev mode with ns inconsistency"
• 3345e7c ice: reconfig host after changing MSI-X on VF
• 8910b1c ice: replace ice_vf_recreate_vsi() with ice_vf_reconfig_vsi()
• fdec2b4 ice: reorder disabling IRQ and NAPI in ice_qp_dis
• 6b109c5 i40e: disable NAPI right after disabling irqs when handling xsk_pool
• 7656bd2 ixgbe: {dis, en}able irqs in ixgbe_txrx_ring_{dis, en}able
• a382c4a net: lan78xx: fix runtime PM count underflow on link stop
• 104ecbf xfrm: Pass UDP encapsulation in TX packet offload
• 4aa935c xfrm: Clear low order bits of ->flowi4_tos in decode_session4().
• 56e70ce dmaengine: fsl-edma: correct max_segment_size setting
• f018075 dmaengine: fsl-edma: utilize common dt-binding header file
• eefa270 dt-bindings: dma: fsl-edma: Add fsl-edma.h to prevent hardcoding in dts
• 328607c KVM/x86: Export RFDS_NO and RFDS_CLEAR to guests
• fe5f4d1 x86/rfds: Mitigate Register File Data Sampling (RFDS)
• 13acf9f Documentation/hw-vuln: Add documentation for RFDS
• 18867a2 x86/mmio: Disable KVM mitigation when X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF is set

Homepage
Download Linux 6.7.10-xanmod1 source from GitHub