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+Title: Libre Kernel Gentoo USE Flag and Fixes
+Author: projectmoon <projectmoon@agnos.is>
+Posted: 2023-03-01
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+
+The latest libre-kernel ebuild (6.1.2) has been revised to support a new
+gentoo USE flag, as well as fixes to the kernel configuration version.
+The new USE flag applies a subset of the Gentoo kernel patchset (from
+the gentoo-kernel package) to the Linux-libre kernel source. Most of the
+patches apply, but the larger patchsets for the kernel do not, in many
+cases because it seems like those patches have already been applied to
+the upstream source.
+
+Applying of the Gentoo kernel patchset is controlled by the new local
+USE flag gentoo. It is enabled by default. The USE flag can be disabled
+by turning it off in /etc/portage/package.use:
+
+    sys-kernel/libre-kernel -gentoo
+
+Note: whether or not the USE flag is enabled, the patch for the default
+Gentoo kernel configuration will always be applied.
+
+Additionally, the Gentoo kernel config version has been fixed in the r1
+ebuild. The kernel configuration applied was being used from a 5.x
+build. In the future, the correct kernel config version will follow the
+gentoo-kernel package.