portage-ng --merge
>>> Emerging : portage://sys-firmware/sof-firmware-2026.09.2:run?{[]}
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
└─step 1─┤ download portage://sys-firmware/sof-firmware-2026.09.2
│ └─ file ─┤ 16.74 Mb sof-firmware-2026.09.2.tar.gz
└─step 2─┤ install portage://sys-firmware/sof-firmware-2026.09.2
│ └─ conf ─┤ USE = "-tools"
└─step 3─┤ run portage://sys-firmware/sof-firmware-2026.09.2
Total: 3 actions (1 download, 1 install, 1 run), grouped into 3 steps.
16.74 Mb to be downloaded.