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doc/rl-2611: mention vmTools img -> kernelImage rename and kernelModules

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- `linux-kernel.DTB` is available as the `buildDTBs` parameter and passthru attribute on the kernel builders.
- `linux-kernel.{autoModules,preferBuiltin,extraConfig}` were already available as kernel builder parameters.
- The `img` argument of `vmTools` has been renamed to `kernelImage`, as it collided with the top-level `img` package.
Additionally, the kernel module tree used inside the VM has been split out of the `kernel` argument into a new `kernelModules` argument (defaulting to `kernel`).
Callers that overrode `kernel` with a module tree (e.g. from `pkgs.aggregateModules`) to make extra modules available must now pass it via `kernelModules` instead, keeping `kernel` pointing at a bootable kernel derivation.
- The ARMv5 Linux kernel build now uses a standard configuration and generates a standard compressed image instead of the deprecated legacy U‐Boot image format.
`lib.systems.{examples,platforms}.{sheevaplug,pogoplug4}` have been unified into `lib.systems.examples.armv5tel-multiplatform`.
Note that there is no official support for ARMv5 and it is not possible to build even a simple NixOS configuration out of the box.