<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-profile-all-hardware">
  <title>All Hardware</title>
  <para>
    Enables all hardware supported by NixOS: i.e., all firmware is
    included, and all devices from which one may boot are enabled in the
    initrd. Its primary use is in the NixOS installation CDs.
  </para>
  <para>
    The enabled kernel modules include support for SATA and PATA, SCSI
    (partially), USB, Firewire (untested), Virtio (QEMU, KVM, etc.),
    VMware, and Hyper-V. Additionally,
    <xref linkend="opt-hardware.enableAllFirmware" /> is enabled, and
    the firmware for the ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset is specifically installed.
  </para>
</section>
