--- branches/magellan-next/include/kernel.sminc	2011/12/01 16:32:00	9465
+++ branches/magellan-next/include/kernel.sminc	2011/12/01 16:48:58	9466
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #   ${EXTRAVERSION}:  optinal, extra version for the kernel name
 #                     default setting is ${PSUBVER}-${BRANCH}-${PBUILD}
 #   ${KERNEL_IMAGE_PATH}: override the default KERNEL_IMAGE_PATH (to build xen images for e.g.)
+#   ${COMPRESS_MODULES}: compresses the kernel modules with given compressor (gzip|bzip2|xz)
 
 sminclude mtools
 
@@ -31,6 +32,32 @@
 		>= sys-kernel/linux-firmware-${LINUX_FIRMWARE}"
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -z ${COMPRESS_MODULES} ]]
+then
+	case ${COMPRESS_MODULES} in
+		gzip)
+			COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD="gzip -9v"
+			SDEPEND="${SDEPEND}
+				>= app-arch/gzip-1.4"
+			;;
+		bzip2)
+			COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD="bzip2 -9v"
+			SDEPEND="${SDEPEND}
+				>= app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6"
+			;;
+		xz)
+			COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD="xz -9v"
+			SDEPEND="${SDEPEND}
+				>= app-arch/xz-5"
+			;;
+		none)
+			echo "Disabled compressed kernel-modules!"
+			COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD=""
+			;;
+		*) die "Unkown compression format '${COMPRESS_MODULES}'" ;;
+	esac
+fi
+
 # some sane defaults
 : ${PCATEGORIE="sys-kernel"}
 : ${HOMEPAGE="http://magellan-linux.de/"}
@@ -235,6 +262,22 @@
 			/lib/modules/${PVER}-${BRANCH}-${PBUILD}${KERNEL_ARCH_EXTENSION}/source \
 			|| die
 	fi
+
+	# remove firmware bits if $LINUX_FIRMWARE was set
+	if [[ ! -z ${LINUX_FIRMWARE} ]] && [[ ${LINUX_FIRMWARE} != internal ]]
+	then
+		if [[ -d ${BINDIR}/lib/firmware ]]
+		then
+			rm -rv ${BINDIR}/lib/firmware
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# compress modules if COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD was set
+	if [[ ! -z ${COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD} ]]
+	then
+		# compress all kernel modules
+		find ${BINDIR} -name \*.ko | xargs ${COMPRESS_MODULES_CMD} || die
+	fi
 }
 
 kernel_headers_src_install()
@@ -390,15 +433,6 @@
 	ln -snf config-${KPVER}-${KBRANCH}-${KPBUILD} ${MROOT}/boot/config
 	[[ -f ${MROOT}/boot/initrd-${KPVER}-${KBRANCH}-${KPBUILD}.img ]] &&
 		ln -snf initrd-${KPVER}-${KBRANCH}-${KPBUILD}.img ${MROOT}/boot/initrd
-
-	# remove firmware bits if $LINUX_FIRMWARE was set
-	if [[ ! -z ${LINUX_FIRMWARE} ]] && [[ ${LINUX_FIRMWARE} != internal ]]
-	then
-		if [[ -d ${BINDIR}/lib/firmware ]]
-		then
-			rm -rv ${BINDIR}/lib/firmware
-		fi
-	fi
 }
 
 kernel_sources_postinstall()