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Masked: This package is masked.

Reason: Support for 5.10.x and 5.15.x kernels in Gentoo is being discontinued. These kernel branches differ so much from the mainline kernel that security patches are frequently delayed or never backported upstream at all. The need for proactive downstream backporting creates a lot of maintenance effort for us, and we neither feel confident with correctness, nor with completeness of our backports. Users can still download kernel sources from upstream repositories if necessary. Bug #976694. Removal on 2026-07-03.

Masked by Mike Pagano on 2026-06-03

Notice: This package is in a virtual group: virtual/dist-kernel, virtual/linux-sources
Equivalents: sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin, sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep, sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel, sys-kernel/asahi-sources, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, sys-kernel/git-sources, sys-kernel/linux-firmware, sys-kernel/linux-next, sys-kernel/mips-sources, sys-kernel/pf-sources, sys-kernel/raspberrypi-sources, sys-kernel/rt-sources, sys-kernel/vanilla-sources, sys-kernel/zen-sources

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel

Package Information

Description:: Linux kernel built with Gentoo patches
Homepage:: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel https://www.kernel.org/

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords
7.1.5	8	~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86
6.6.147	8	amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86
6.18.41	8	~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86
6.12.100	8	amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86
6.1.180	8	amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86

Metadata

Maintainers

Distribution Kernel Project (dist-kernel@gentoo.org) - Type: project

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="project">
		<email>dist-kernel@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Distribution Kernel Project</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="hardened">
			Use selection of hardening options recommended by Kernel Self
			Protection Project
		</flag>
		<flag name="initramfs">
			Build initramfs along with the kernel.
		</flag>
	</use>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 7.1.5 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 6.6.147 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 6.18.41 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 6.12.100 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'debug' in ebuild 6.1.180 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] Ebuild 7.1.5 is missing the SLOT variable.
[Warning] Ebuild 6.6.147 is missing the SLOT variable.
[Warning] Ebuild 6.18.41 is missing the SLOT variable.
[Warning] Ebuild 6.12.100 is missing the SLOT variable.
[Warning] Ebuild 6.1.180 is missing the SLOT variable.
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'gentoo-kernel-config-g19.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'kernel-6.1.102-gentoo.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'kernel-6.12.41-gentoo.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'kernel-6.18.12-gentoo.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'kernel-6.6.12-gentoo.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'kernel-7.1.4-gentoo.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-2cba742ab58c8ee8ca715d02c0bdbf61ecbed1cc.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-6.1.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-6.12.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-6.18.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-6.6.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-6.x-sha256sums-20260730.asc'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-7.1.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260724.asc'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-b19b382f183d421a407f5d708dde1eff5009274d.tar.bz2'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-gentoo-patches-6.1.178.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-gentoo-patches-6.12.97.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-gentoo-patches-6.18.40.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-gentoo-patches-6.6.145.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'linux-gentoo-patches-7.1.5.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'patch-6.1.180.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'patch-6.12.100.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'patch-6.18.41.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'patch-6.6.147.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'patch-7.1.5.xz'
[Error] Repository is missing a repo-name in metadata/layout.conf or profiles/repo_name
[Warning] Missing md5-cache for ebuild gentoo-kernel-7.1.5
[Warning] Missing md5-cache for ebuild gentoo-kernel-6.6.147
[Warning] Missing md5-cache for ebuild gentoo-kernel-6.18.41
[Warning] Missing md5-cache for ebuild gentoo-kernel-6.12.100
[Warning] Missing md5-cache for ebuild gentoo-kernel-6.1.180

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel | euse -E <flag> -p sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel | euse -D <flag> -p sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel

Flag	Description	7.1.5	6.6.147	6.18.41	6.12.100	6.1.180
debug	Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
hardened	Use selection of hardening options recommended by Kernel Self Protection Project	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	gentoo-kernel-config-g19.tar.bz2	5610 bytes
DIST	kernel-6.1.102-gentoo.tar.bz2	599178 bytes
DIST	kernel-6.12.41-gentoo.tar.bz2	1178332 bytes
DIST	kernel-6.18.12-gentoo.tar.bz2	1348595 bytes
DIST	kernel-6.6.12-gentoo.tar.bz2	730821 bytes
DIST	kernel-7.1.4-gentoo.tar.bz2	1354021 bytes
DIST	linux-2cba742ab58c8ee8ca715d02c0bdbf61ecbed1cc.tar.bz2	1407193 bytes
DIST	linux-6.1.tar.xz	134728520 bytes
DIST	linux-6.12.tar.xz	147906904 bytes
DIST	linux-6.18.tar.xz	154309096 bytes
DIST	linux-6.6.tar.xz	140064536 bytes
DIST	linux-6.x-sha256sums-20260730.asc	237001 bytes
DIST	linux-7.1.tar.xz	158304768 bytes
DIST	linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260724.asc	7879 bytes
DIST	linux-b19b382f183d421a407f5d708dde1eff5009274d.tar.bz2	1401905 bytes
DIST	linux-gentoo-patches-6.1.178.tar.xz	14432 bytes
DIST	linux-gentoo-patches-6.12.97.tar.xz	17192 bytes
DIST	linux-gentoo-patches-6.18.40.tar.xz	11772 bytes
DIST	linux-gentoo-patches-6.6.145.tar.xz	39848 bytes
DIST	linux-gentoo-patches-7.1.5.tar.xz	10484 bytes
DIST	patch-6.1.180.xz	7846572 bytes
DIST	patch-6.12.100.xz	5245604 bytes
DIST	patch-6.18.41.xz	2796664 bytes
DIST	patch-6.6.147.xz	6568988 bytes
DIST	patch-7.1.5.xz	882648 bytes