diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 826931501..8f1517115 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 "Software :chains:":
   - lib/*
+  - tools/*
   - config/cli/*
   - .github/workflows/*
 
diff --git a/tools/README.md b/tools/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a77dce54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+|tool| usage|
+|:--|:--|
+|mk_format_patch|facilitate the creation of a series of non-numbered patches|
+|unifying_configs|helps to unify kernel configs (kernel 5.x only)|
diff --git a/tools/mk_format_patch b/tools/mk_format_patch
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f4eee773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mk_format_patch
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#	License: (MIT) <https://mit-license.org/>
+#
+#	Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Leonid Gasheev aka <https://github.com/The-going>
+#
+#	mkdir -p ~/tmp/kernel.org-5.10/patches.kernel.org
+#	cd /gituser/linux-stable>
+#	mk_format_patch . v5.10.40..v5.10.41 ~/tmp/kernel.org-5.10/patches.kernel.org
+#
+
+used_f ()
+{
+	echo -e "$mess"
+	echo -e "\n    Used:"
+	echo -e "\n$0 <LOCAL GIT URL> <tag..tag> <patches.name dir>\n\nor"
+	echo -e "\n$0 <LOCAL GIT URL> <tag..tag> <patches.name dir> <prefix=PREF> <numbered=true>\n"
+}
+
+# intelect copy
+# Copy only those patches that have changed their content,
+# so as not to create unnecessary noise.
+ii_cp()
+{
+	local new_p=$1
+	local old_p=$2
+
+	if [ "$(diff -N \
+		--ignore-matching-lines="^From [0-9a-f]\{40\}" \
+		--ignore-matching-lines="^index [0-9a-f]\{7\}" \
+		--ignore-matching-lines="^Subject:" \
+		$old_p $new_p 2>/dev/null)" != "" ]
+	then
+		cp --backup=none -f $new_p $old_p
+		counter=1
+	else
+		counter=0
+	fi
+}
+
+mk_patch_series ()
+{
+	local url_t="${1}"
+	if test -d "$url_t"; then url_t="$(realpath $url_t)"; fi
+	local range="${2:-HEAD..HEAD}"
+	local target="${3:-~/tmp}"
+	if test -d $target; then target="$(realpath $target)"; fi
+	for p in ${4} ${5} ${6}
+	do
+		case $p in
+			*=*) eval "local ${p}" ;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	local target_name
+	local target_dir
+	local mess=""
+
+	echo -e "\nLOCAL GIT URL =: [\033[1;34m$url_t\033[0m]"
+	echo -e "revision range =: [\033[1;34m$range\033[0m]"
+	echo -e "target folder for patches =: [\033[1;34m$target\033[0m]"
+	echo -e "prefix =: [\033[1;34m$prefix\033[0m]"
+	echo -e "numbered =: [\033[1;31m${numbered:-false}\033[0m]\n"
+
+	[ -d $url_t ] || mess+="  bad url [$url_t]\n"
+	[ "$(git -C $url_t rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null)" != ".git" ] && \
+	mess+="  It's NOT git\n"
+
+	[ $(git -C $url_t rev-list ${range%..*} -1 2>/dev/null) ] || \
+	mess+="  bad first tag [${range%..*}]\n"
+
+	[ $(git -C $url_t rev-list ${range#*..} -1 2>/dev/null) ] || \
+	mess+="  bad second tag [${range#*..}]\n"
+
+	[ -d $target ] || mess+="  bad target dir [$target]\n"
+
+if [ "$mess" == "" ]
+then
+	local tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/format_patch_XXXXXXX)
+	local origin_url="$(git -C $url_t remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null)"
+
+	echo "    It's generate format-patch: "
+	echo "    In tmp folder: $tmp_dir"
+
+	target_name="$(basename $target)"
+	target_dir="$(dirname $target)"
+
+	if ! $numbered
+	then
+		numbered=false
+		if test "${target_name#*.}" != "$target_name"
+		then
+			sufix="${target_name#*.}"
+		else
+			sufix="conf"
+		fi
+	else
+		case "$origin_url" in
+
+		*linux-stable*)
+			numbered=${numbered:-true}
+			prefix="${range#*..v}-"
+			sufix="kernel.org"
+			;;
+
+		*megous*)
+			numbered=${numbered:-false}
+			t_branch="$(git -C $url_t branch --show-current)"
+			prefix=${prefix:-"o${t_branch#*-}-"}
+			#sufix="${t_branch%%-*}${t_branch#*-}"
+			sufix="megous"
+			;;
+
+		*linux-evl*)
+			numbered=${numbered:-false}
+			t_branch="$(git -C $url_t branch --show-current)"
+			sufix='evl'
+			;;
+
+		*)
+			numbered=${numbered:-true}
+			prefix=PREF
+			sufix=SUF
+			;;
+		esac
+
+	fi
+
+
+	if [ -f ${target_dir}/series.$sufix ];then
+
+		mv -f ${target_dir}/series.$sufix	${target_dir}/series.${sufix}.old
+		grep "^#.*$" ${target_dir}/series.${sufix}.old > ${target_dir}/series.$sufix
+
+	else
+
+		echo -e "#\n#\tAutomatically generated by the script mk_format_patch\n#" \
+			>${target_dir}/series.$sufix
+
+		[ -n "$origin_url" ] && \
+		echo -e "#\t${origin_url}\n#" >>${target_dir}/series.$sufix
+
+	fi
+
+	if $numbered
+	then
+		$(git -C $url_t \
+			format-patch $range \
+			-o $tmp_dir/
+		) 2>/dev/null
+
+		echo -e "\t\tAll generated patches: [$(ls $tmp_dir | wc -l)]"
+		$(cd $tmp_dir
+			for pt in $(ls)
+			do
+				if test -s $pt
+				then
+					echo -e "\t$target_name/${prefix}${pt#*0}" \
+						>> ${target_dir}/series.$sufix
+
+					mv $pt ${target}/${prefix}${pt#*0}
+				fi
+			done
+		)
+
+	else
+		mkdir $tmp_dir/$target_name
+		sum_counter=0
+		prefix=""
+
+		$(git -C $url_t \
+			format-patch --filename-max-length=75 $range \
+			-o $tmp_dir/$target_name
+		) 2>/dev/null
+
+		echo -e "\t\tAll generated patches: [$(cd $tmp_dir/$target_name; ls | wc -l)]"
+		$(cd $tmp_dir/$target_name
+			for pt in $(ls)
+			do
+				if test -s $pt
+				then
+					if test -f ${prefix}${pt#*-} && test -f "2-${prefix}${pt#*-}";then
+
+						$(konsole -e /usr/bin/nano "2-${prefix}${pt#*-}") & \
+						konsole -e /usr/bin/nano ${pt} & \
+						konsole -e /usr/bin/nano ../series.$sufix && \
+						wait
+
+					elif test -f ${prefix}${pt#*-};then
+
+						echo -e "\t$target_name/2-${prefix}${pt#*-}" \
+							>> ../series.$sufix
+						mv $pt "2-${prefix}${pt#*-}"
+
+					else
+						echo -e "\t$target_name/${prefix}${pt#*-}" \
+							>> ../series.$sufix
+						mv $pt ${prefix}${pt#*-}
+					fi
+				else
+					rm $pt
+				fi
+			done
+		)
+		echo -e "\t\tGood patches: [$(cd $tmp_dir/$target_name; ls | wc -l)]"
+
+		# Remove non-existent patches if they have been renamed or are no longer applied.
+		$(cd $target
+			for pt in $(ls)
+			do
+				if test ! -f $tmp_dir/$target_name/$pt;then rm $pt;fi
+			done
+		)
+
+		# Intelligent copying
+		$(cd $tmp_dir/$target_name
+			for pt in $(ls)
+			do
+				ii_cp $pt $target/$pt
+			done
+		)
+		cat $tmp_dir/series.$sufix >>${target_dir}/series.$sufix
+		rm -f ${target_dir}/series.${sufix}.old
+
+	fi
+
+	rm -rf $tmp_dir
+else
+	used_f
+fi
+}
+
+########## start ##########
+counter=0
+#echo "cmd line = [$@]"
+mk_patch_series ${1} ${2} ${3} ${4} ${5} ${6}
+
+###########
+exit
+###########
diff --git a/tools/unifying_configs b/tools/unifying_configs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e5e8d6dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/unifying_configs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#	License: (MIT) <https://mit-license.org/>
+#
+#	Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Igor Pecovnik
+#
+#       This small snippet helps to unify kernel configs > v5 uptions
+#
+#       Usage:
+#       cd config/kernel
+#       bash unifying_configs CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER y
+#
+
+if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
+
+while true; do
+    read -p "Do you wish to apply changes? " yn
+    case $yn in
+        [Yy]* )
+		LOCATION=($(grep " Kernel Configuration" *.config | grep " 5." | cut -d":" -f1))
+		for loc in "${LOCATION[@]}"
+		do
+		if grep --quiet "# $1 is not set" $loc; then
+			echo "Changing ... $1 in file $loc"
+			sed -i -- 's/# '$1' is not set/'$1'='$2'/g' $loc
+		fi
+		done
+		break;;
+        [Nn]* ) exit;;
+        * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
+    esac
+done
+else
+	echo "Example use: bash $(basename "$0") CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER y"
+fi