A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on Linux Kernel 6.8.6 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 6.8.6-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
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-xanmodReboot.
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
* linux-firmware-image package is optionalDownload from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/
- b557e91 Linux 6.8.6-xanmod1
- c92d295 XANMOD: config: Change to full preemption by default
- cb35f8b mm/vmscan: vm.workingset_protection: Update to linux6.9-le9uo-1.6
- ee4bdd6 Merge tag 'v6.8.6' into 6.8
- 1f7d392 Linux 6.8.6
- aa665c3 Revert "drm/amd/amdgpu: Fix potential ioremap() memory leaks in amdgpu_device_init()"
- dd0ad48 x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-x32.o too
- f4bcada VMCI: Fix possible memcpy() run-time warning in vmci_datagram_invoke_guest_handler()
- 07a5449 net: mpls: error out if inner headers are not set
- 4a9abbc Bluetooth: btintel: Fixe build regression
- 4d5ee18 nouveau: fix devinit paths to only handle display on GSP.
- 96e08fb platform/x86: intel-vbtn: Update tablet mode switch at end of probe
- 3fe68ad platform/x86/intel/hid: Don't wake on 5-button releases
- 6be74b1 randomize_kstack: Improve entropy diffusion
- 51c84a8 media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect encoder context list
- 23aaf82 media: mediatek: vcodec: adding lock to protect decoder context list
- 521ce0e media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix oops when HEVC init fails
- 2d38d16 gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section
- 4f8154f drm/amdgpu: Init zone device and drm client after mode-1 reset on reload
- 8cae460 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirks for some Clevo laptops
- 1b107d6 fbmon: prevent division by zero in fb_videomode_from_videomode()
- de009f4 drivers/nvme: Add quirks for device 126f:2262
- b741f93 modpost: fix null pointer dereference
- cb1cd17 io_uring: clear opcode specific data for an early failure
- c818cb6 fbdev: viafb: fix typo in hw_bitblt_1 and hw_bitblt_2
- 6590199 x86/xen: attempt to inflate the memory balloon on PVH
- ac372b7 ASoC: soc-core.c: Skip dummy codec when adding platforms
- a2a46bb thermal/of: Assume polling-delay(-passive) 0 when absent
- 093924a ASoC: amd: yc: Fix non-functional mic on ASUS M7600RE
- e149466 usb: sl811-hcd: only defined function checkdone if QUIRK2 is defined
- 1bbeb31 usb: typec: tcpci: add generic tcpci fallback compatible
- 389c06c thunderbolt: Keep the domain powered when USB4 port is in redrive mode
- 9440179 serial: 8250_of: Drop quirk fot NPCM from 8250_port
- 0defcaa usb: typec: ucsi: Limit read size on v1.2
- 4664aa8 usb: gadget: uvc: mark incomplete frames with UVC_STREAM_ERR
- f3ad2c9 usb: gadget: uvc: refactor the check for a valid buffer in the pump worker
- 598a5ff thunderbolt: Calculate DisplayPort tunnel bandwidth after DPRX capabilities read
- aa4d55e usb: typec: ucsi: Add qcm6490-pmic-glink as needing PDOS quirk
- 10b1202 kernfs: RCU protect kernfs_nodes and avoid kernfs_idr_lock in kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_id()
- a2ce11b bus: mhi: host: Add MHI_PM_SYS_ERR_FAIL state
- 86a5318 tools: iio: replace seekdir() in iio_generic_buffer
- 67ef2f3 ring-buffer: use READ_ONCE() to read cpu_buffer->commit_page in concurrent environment
- 90371bb Input: xpad - add support for Snakebyte GAMEPADs
- 580815f ktest: force $buildonly = 1 for 'make_warnings_file' test type
- 17e7702 ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for Lenovo Yoga 9 14IMH9
- 20e9bdf perf/x86/amd/lbr: Discard erroneous branch entries
- 53d57bc platform/x86: touchscreen_dmi: Add an extra entry for a variant of the Chuwi Vi8 tablet
- 71dce80 platform/x86: acer-wmi: Add predator_v4 module parameter
- 82e4ead platform/x86: acer-wmi: Add support for Acer PH16-71
- c217305 Input: allocate keycode for Display refresh rate toggle
- 751cabd Input: imagis - use FIELD_GET where applicable
- c20331b RDMA/cm: add timeout to cm_destroy_id wait
- 98ddf26 block: prevent division by zero in blk_rq_stat_sum()
- 479b868 drivers/perf: hisi: Enable HiSilicon Erratum 162700402 quirk for HIP09
- 8616bc3 input/touchscreen: imagis: Correct the maximum touch area value
- d994f7d crypto: iaa - Fix async_disable descriptor leak
- 0fc5116 libperf evlist: Avoid out-of-bounds access
- 80b4355 Revert "ACPI: PM: Block ASUS B1400CEAE from suspend to idle by default"
- fb2b8b5 PCI: Disable D3cold on Asus B1400 PCI-NVMe bridge
- d338234 SUNRPC: increase size of rpc_wait_queue.qlen from unsigned short to unsigned int
- 956d840 drm: Check polling initialized before enabling in drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes
- 1845179 drm: Check output polling initialized before disabling
- 58edb8a drm/amd/amdgpu: Fix potential ioremap() memory leaks in amdgpu_device_init()
- 314e66e HID: input: avoid polling stylus battery on Chromebook Pompom
- c9f1010 i2c: designware: Fix RX FIFO depth define on Wangxun 10Gb NIC
- 88d6a73 accel/habanalabs: increase HL_MAX_STR to 64 bytes to avoid warnings
- fc04b1b drm/amd/display: Fix nanosec stat overflow
- 27ccb0d ext4: forbid commit inconsistent quota data when errors=remount-ro
- 59813a6 ext4: add a hint for block bitmap corrupt state in mb_groups
- 0b55c67 ASoC: Intel: avs: Populate board selection with new I2S entries
- 9146ef7 x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
- e125336 drm/panel: simple: Add BOE BP082WX1-100 8.2" panel
- 3c4d179 ALSA: firewire-lib: handle quirk to calculate payload quadlets as data block counter
- 3b028b9 media: sta2x11: fix irq handler cast
- b972e8a Julia Lawall reported this null pointer dereference, this should fix it.
- d3361f0 rcu-tasks: Repair RCU Tasks Trace quiescence check
- 927d1f4 rcu/nocb: Fix WARN_ON_ONCE() in the rcu_nocb_bypass_lock()
- bfcc9af ASoC: Intel: common: DMI remap for rebranded Intel NUC M15 (LAPRC710) laptops
- 28cacd3 ASoC: Intel: sof_rt5682: dmi quirk cleanup for mtl boards
- 971e7ba isofs: handle CDs with bad root inode but good Joliet root directory
- 2aac387 drm/amd/display: Disable idle reallow as part of command/gpint execution
- 3320126 scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc()
- a692242 sysv: don't call sb_bread() with pointers_lock held
- b02945e pinctrl: renesas: checker: Limit cfg reg enum checks to provided IDs
- bd72c52 drm/amd/display: increased min_dcfclk_mhz and min_fclk_mhz
- d15def2 scsi: ufs: qcom: Avoid re-init quirk when gears match
- b788c74 drm/ttm: return ENOSPC from ttm_bo_mem_space v3
- 1253b07 ASoC: SOF: amd: Optimize quirk for Valve Galileo
- 1116699 drm: panel-orientation-quirks: Add quirk for GPD Win Mini
- f2e638b Input: synaptics-rmi4 - fail probing if memory allocation for "phys" fails
- 395ca10 drm/amdgpu: Skip do PCI error slot reset during RAS recovery
- 1d6a47d drm/ci: uprev mesa version: fix kdl commit fetch
- 5343f72 drm/vc4: don't check if plane->state->fb == state->fb
- f37515d Bluetooth: Add new quirk for broken read key length on ATS2851
- 591a048 Bluetooth: btmtk: Add MODULE_FIRMWARE() for MT7922
- 22d3053 Bluetooth: btintel: Fix null ptr deref in btintel_read_version
- e8c1129 netdev: let netlink core handle -EMSGSIZE errors
- 6e92042 net/smc: reduce rtnl pressure in smc_pnet_create_pnetids_list()
- d3da0d4 ice: use relative VSI index for VFs instead of PF VSI number
- 0393861 btrfs: send: handle path ref underflow in header iterate_inode_ref()
- 484cb95 btrfs: export: handle invalid inode or root reference in btrfs_get_parent()
- 1f9212c btrfs: handle chunk tree lookup error in btrfs_relocate_sys_chunks()
- 16da1e1 wifi: cfg80211: check A-MSDU format more carefully
- 78c30f6 wifi: iwlwifi: Add missing MODULE_FIRMWARE() for *.pnvm
- c0d597e overflow: Allow non-type arg to type_max() and type_min()
- 804f5b3 cpufreq: Don't unregister cpufreq cooling on CPU hotplug
- 916f095 iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Hold arm_smmu_asid_lock during all of attach_dev
- ae5876b wifi: ath11k: decrease MHI channel buffer length to 8KB
- b57326c dma-direct: Leak pages on dma_set_decrypted() failure
- 0f53675 net: pcs: xpcs: Return EINVAL in the internal methods
- 4b0df9b tools/power x86_energy_perf_policy: Fix file leak in get_pkg_num()
- 6f9f2e4 pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
- 4af6a20 ACPI: x86: Add DELL0501 handling to acpi_quirk_skip_serdev_enumeration()
- 6998229 ACPI: x86: Move acpi_quirk_skip_serdev_enumeration() out of CONFIG_X86_ANDROID_TABLETS
- 7a749b8 wifi: mt76: mt7996: add locking for accessing mapped registers
- 6f4d5f9 wifi: mt76: mt7996: disable AMSDU for non-data frames
- 9864f58 wifi: mt76: mt7915: add locking for accessing mapped registers
- 2505a75 wifi: brcmfmac: Add DMI nvram filename quirk for ACEPC W5 Pro
- 3fe40a6 firmware: tegra: bpmp: Return directly after a failed kzalloc() in get_filename()
- fff05b2 net: skbuff: add overflow debug check to pull/push helpers
- 69a9604 ionic: set adminq irq affinity
- e4ede18 ACPI: resource: Add IRQ override quirk for ASUS ExpertBook B2502FBA
- b13c0d8 pmdomain: imx8mp-blk-ctrl: imx8mp_blk: Add fdcc clock to hdmimix domain
- 04f2351 pmdomain: ti: Add a null pointer check to the omap_prm_domain_init
- 54f1341 arm64: dts: qcom: qcs6490-rb3gen2: Declare GCC clocks protected
- 0981ac2 net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers
- 60b3f5f arm64: dts: rockchip: fix rk3399 hdmi ports node
- dde7c81 arm64: dts: rockchip: fix rk3328 hdmi ports node
- e5adbf6 ARM: dts: rockchip: fix rk322x hdmi ports node
- 2bf0625 ARM: dts: rockchip: fix rk3288 hdmi ports node
- 35b5f8e cpuidle: Avoid potential overflow in integer multiplication
- 6b8cd2b wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: Add new PCI device id and CNVI
- a63a05d dump_stack: Do not get cpu_sync for panic CPU
- 365224c panic: Flush kernel log buffer at the end
- 22a1194 printk: For @suppress_panic_printk check for other CPU in panic
- 3da0a5d arm64: dts: qcom: qrb2210-rb1: disable cluster power domains
- 8d390b8 net: dsa: qca8k: put MDIO controller OF node if unavailable
- 649e24f arm64: dts: qcom: qcm6490-idp: Add definition for three LEDs
- 87ce89b wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: Add the PCI device id for new hardware
- 491a1eb VMCI: Fix memcpy() run-time warning in dg_dispatch_as_host()
- 3fb9722 wifi: rtw89: pci: enlarge RX DMA buffer to consider size of RX descriptor
- c7ac2f9 wifi: rtw89: pci: validate RX tag for RXQ and RPQ
- 3419ee3 net: phy: phy_device: Prevent nullptr exceptions on ISR
- cce9340 net: stmmac: dwmac-starfive: Add support for JH7100 SoC
- 790ad96 bnx2x: Fix firmware version string character counts
- 4f11c74 wifi: rtw89: fix null pointer access when abort scan
- 30c09fb wifi: ath9k: fix LNA selection in ath_ant_try_scan()
- 0c33d11 amdkfd: use calloc instead of kzalloc to avoid integer overflow
