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+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         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>