--- a/copy-firmware.sh	2024-10-19 13:21:08.888499335 -0000
+++ b/copy-firmware.sh	2024-10-19 13:23:16.775386475 -0000
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
             shift
             ;;
 
+        --firmware-list)
+            if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+                FIRMWARE_LIST=`cat $2`
+                shift 2
+            else
+                echo "ERROR: '--firmware-list' requires a non-empty option argument of firmware files to install"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
+
+
         *)
             if test -n "$destdir"; then
                 err "unknown command-line options: $*"
@@ -70,6 +81,7 @@ $verbose "Checking that WHENCE file is f
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2162 # file/folder name can include escaped symbols
 grep -E '^(RawFile|File):' WHENCE | sed -E -e 's/^(RawFile|File): */\1 /;s/"//g' | while read k f; do
+    [ -n "${FIRMWARE_LIST}" ]  && if ! echo "${FIRMWARE_LIST}" | grep -q "${f}"; then continue; fi
     install -d "$destdir/$(dirname "$f")"
     $verbose "copying/compressing file $f$compext"
     if test "$compress" != "cat" && test "$k" = "RawFile"; then
@@ -82,6 +94,7 @@ done
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2162 # file/folder name can include escaped symbols
 grep -E '^Link:' WHENCE | sed -e 's/^Link: *//g;s/-> //g' | while read l t; do
+    [ -n "${FIRMWARE_LIST}" ]  && if ! echo "${FIRMWARE_LIST}" | grep -q "${t}"; then continue; fi
     directory="$destdir/$(dirname "$l")"
     install -d "$directory"
     target="$(cd "$directory" && realpath -m -s "$t")"
@@ -96,7 +109,9 @@ done
 
 # Verify no broken symlinks
 if test "$(find "$destdir" -xtype l | wc -l)" -ne 0 ; then
-    err "Broken symlinks found:\\n$(find "$destdir" -xtype l)"
+    if  [ -z "${FIRMWARE_LIST}" ]; then
+        err "Broken symlinks found:\\n$(find "$destdir" -xtype l)"
+    fi
 fi
 
 exit 0