{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, cross ? null, kernel}:

assert cross == null -> stdenv.isLinux;

let
  version = kernel.version;
  kernelHeadersBaseConfig = if (cross == null) then
      stdenv.platform.kernelHeadersBaseConfig
    else
      cross.platform.kernelHeadersBaseConfig;
in

stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "linux-headers-${version}";

  src = kernel.headersSrc;

  targetConfig = if (cross != null) then cross.config else null;

  platform =
    if cross != null then cross.platform.kernelArch else
    if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "i386" else
    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "x86_64" else
    if stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then "powerpc" else
    if stdenv.system == "armv5tel-linux" then "arm" else
    if stdenv.platform ? kernelArch then stdenv.platform.kernelArch else
    abort "don't know what the kernel include directory is called for this platform";

  buildInputs = [perl];

  extraIncludeDirs =
    if cross != null then
	(if cross.arch == "powerpc" then ["ppc"] else [])
    else if stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then ["ppc"] else [];

  buildPhase = ''
    if test -n "$targetConfig"; then
       export ARCH=$platform
    fi
    make ${kernelHeadersBaseConfig}
    make mrproper headers_check
  '';

  installPhase = ''
    make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$out headers_install

    # Some builds (e.g. KVM) want a kernel.release.
    ensureDir $out/include/config
    echo "${version}-default" > $out/include/config/kernel.release
  '';

  # !!! hacky
  fixupPhase = ''
    ln -s asm $out/include/asm-$platform
    if test "$platform" = "i386" -o "$platform" = "x86_64"; then
      ln -s asm $out/include/asm-x86
    fi
  '';
}