Hello All!   
      
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   [I] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources   
        Available versions:     
        (4.1.43-r1) *4.1.43-r1^bs   
        (4.1.48) ~*4.1.48^bs   
        (4.4.87-r1) 4.4.87-r1^bs   
        (4.4.104) ~4.4.104^bs   
        (4.4.105) ~4.4.105^bs   
        (4.4.106) ~4.4.106^bs   
        (4.4.107) ~4.4.107^bs   
        (4.4.108) ~4.4.108^bs   
        (4.4.109) ~4.4.109^bs   
        (4.4.110) ~4.4.110^bs   
        (4.9.49-r1) 4.9.49-r1^bs   
        (4.9.67) ~4.9.67^bs   
        (4.9.68) ~4.9.68^bs   
        (4.9.69) ~4.9.69^bs   
        (4.9.70) ~4.9.70^bs   
        (4.9.71) ~4.9.71^bs   
        (4.9.72) 4.9.72^bs   
        (4.9.73) ~4.9.73^bs   
        (4.9.74) ~4.9.74^bs   
        (4.9.75) ~4.9.75^bs   
        (4.12.12) [M]~4.12.12^bs   
        (4.12.13) [M]~4.12.13^bs   
        (4.12.14) [M]~4.12.14^bs   
        (4.14.8-r1) [M]~4.14.8-r1^bs   
        (4.14.9) [M]~4.14.9^bs   
        (4.14.10) [M]~4.14.10^bs   
        (4.14.10-r1) [M]~4.14.10-r1^bs   
        (4.14.11) [M]~4.14.11^bs   
        (4.14.11-r1) ~4.14.11-r1^bs   
        (4.14.11-r2) ~4.14.11-r2^bs   
        (4.14.12) ~4.14.12^bs   
          {build experimental symlink}   
        Installed versions:  4.9.72(4.9.72)^bs(16:47:08 29-12-2017)(symlink   
   -build -experimental)   
        Homepage:            https://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches   
        Description:         Full sources including the Gentoo patchset for the   
   4.14 kernel tree   
      
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   so nearly all is now considered unstable, 4.9.72 maked a stable kernel for me,   
   4.12.12 was masked stable but was not stable   
      
   how is it on other linux flaviours ?   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)   
      
   --- Msged/LNX 6.2.0 (Linux/4.9.72-gentoo (i686))   
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0)