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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7dc4e1894a..9be7d9a27b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6210,6 +6210,33 @@ is not enabled by default. It can be enabled with @code{#:glib-or-gtk?}. @end table @end defvr +@defvr {Scheme Variable} linux-module-build-system +@var{linux-module-build-system} allows building Linux kernel modules. + +@cindex build phases +This build system is an extension of @var{gnu-build-system}, but with the +following phases changed: + +@table @code + +@item configure +This phase configures the environment so that the Linux kernel's Makefile +can be used to build the external kernel module. + +@item build +This phase uses the Linux kernel's Makefile in order to build the external +kernel module. + +@item install +This phase uses the Linux kernel's Makefile in order to install the external +kernel module. +@end table + +It is possible and useful to specify the Linux kernel to use for building +the module (in the "arguments" form of a package using the +linux-module-build-system, use the key #:linux to specify it). +@end defvr + Lastly, for packages that do not need anything as sophisticated, a ``trivial'' build system is provided. It is trivial in the sense that it provides basically no support: it does not pull any implicit inputs, |