portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ license portage://sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925
└─step 2─┤ download portage://sys-apps/iucode_tool-2.3.1-r2
│ └─ file ─┤ 149.79 Kb iucode-tool_2.3.1.tar.xz
│ download portage://sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925
│ └─ file ─┤ 27.08 Mb intel-microcode-collection-20260925.tar.xz
│ │ 99.00 Kb intel-ucode-sig_0x406e3-rev_0xd6.bin
│ │ 16.77 Mb microcode-20260925.tar.gz
└─step 3─┤ install portage://sys-apps/iucode_tool-2.3.1-r2
└─step 4─┤ install portage://sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925 (license)
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "initramfs split-ucode -dist-kernel -hostonly -vanilla"
└─step 5─┤ run portage://sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925
Total: 6 actions (1 license, 2 downloads, 2 installs, 1 run), grouped into 5 steps.
44.09 Mb to be downloaded.
>>> Assumptions taken during proving & planning:
License acceptance (1 package):
Add to /etc/portage/package.license:
==sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20260925_p20260925 intel-ucode