2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index e919509e724a5..791eba8a9301f 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ let
 
     # constants
     licenses = callLibs ./licenses.nix;
+    sourceTypes = callLibs ./source-types.nix;
     systems = callLibs ./systems;
 
     # serialization
diff --git a/lib/source-types.nix b/lib/source-types.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c4f263dcf4643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/source-types.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib }:
+
+let
+  defaultSourceType = tname: {
+    shortName = tname;
+    isSource = false;
+  };
+in lib.mapAttrs (tname: tset: defaultSourceType tname // tset) {
+
+  fromSource = {
+    isSource = true;
+  };
+
+  binaryNativeCode = {};
+
+  binaryBytecode = {};
+
+  binaryFirmware = {};
+}