Re: Soft scrolling on framebuffer consoles - with GPM Handling - revised for kernel 6.18.28 (etc.)

On 2026-05-13 14:24:46, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
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> Is this documented anywhere?

I don't think it will help much for kernel patches, but man 5 portage:

       /etc/portage/patches/
              In this directory patches to the package source tree can be cre‐
              ated.  For each package, patches are taken from these  subdirec‐
              tories in the following order:

              1. /etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${P}-${PR}[:${SLOT}]

              2. /etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${P}[:${SLOT}]

              3. /etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${PN}[:${SLOT}]

              Patches  from  more-specific  directories overrides patches from
              less-specific, i.e. if patches with the  same  name  coexist  in
              different  directories matches same package, only patch from di‐
              rectory matches the first  matching  pattern  will  be  applied.
              Patches  for each package are applied in the POSIX lexicographic
              order. Patch file name must end in ".patch" or, for EAPI  >=  6,
              in ".diff".

              If  package  ebuild  uses  EAPI  <= 5, it must explicitly invoke
              epatch_user or inherit  epatch.eclass(5)  and  rely  on  default
              src_prepare  for  apply patches. Otherwise, patches are silently
              ignored. If package ebuild uses EAPI >= 6, applying user patches
              is mandatory.