--- branches/magellan-next/include/kernel.sminc	2011/12/01 15:50:56	9463
+++ branches/magellan-next/include/kernel.sminc	2011/12/01 16:32:00	9465
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
 	KERNEL_ARCH_EXTENSION=""
 fi
 
+# remove included firmware bits if requested
+# set the version here like USE_LINUX_FIRMARE="20110605"
+# version "internal" keeps the bits too
+if [[ ! -z ${LINUX_FIRMWARE}  ]] && [[ ${LINUX_FIRMWARE} != internal ]]
+then
+	DEPEND="${DEPEND}
+		>= sys-kernel/linux-firmware-${LINUX_FIRMWARE}"
+fi
+
 # some sane defaults
 : ${PCATEGORIE="sys-kernel"}
 : ${HOMEPAGE="http://magellan-linux.de/"}
@@ -381,6 +390,15 @@
 	ln -snf config-${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()