<para>If <option>--verbose</option> is used, <varname>$KERNEL_INSTALL_VERBOSE=1</varname> will be
exported for plugins. They may output additional logs in this case.</para>
+ <para><varname>$KERNEL_INSTALL_IMAGE_TYPE=uki|pe|unknown</varname> is set for the plugins to specify the
+ type of the kernel image.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>uki</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Unified kernel image.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pe</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>PE binary.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>unknown</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Unknown type.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
<para><varname>$KERNEL_INSTALL_MACHINE_ID</varname> is set for the plugins to the desired machine-id to
use. It's always a 128-bit ID. Normally it's read from <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>, but it can
also be overridden via <varname>$MACHINE_ID</varname> (see below). If not specified via these methods,