Maybe kernel 6.1 and newer needs configuration changes

[Hanzel]

Heya, For reference I do not notice any difference in performance with the 6.1 kernel on hardware and virtuals (I use libvirt/qemu with virtmanager)

The extra memory usage would not bother me, anything in ram is available faster then from disk so that is more of a plus I’d say.

Post some hard data / times so other users can compare with your specific situation.

An option is to build your own and see what works for you.

[HowTo] Build your very first custom kernel

Difficulty: ★★★★☆ If you compile your own custom kernel, you’re basically creating your own distro, so before you post any support questions here on the forum, please revert back to the Manjaro kernel first! To start, grab the Linux kernel source. Go ahead and head to kernel.org, and choose the kernel you want to compile. I’ll use the mainline kernel as an example, which is 5.11-rc2 at the time of writing this post. You can grab it with git clone or wget the download link to it if…