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+<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,
+    <link xlink:href="options.html#opt-hardware.enableAllFirmware"><literal>hardware.enableAllFirmware</literal></link>
+    is enabled, and the firmware for the ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset is
+    specifically installed.
+  </para>
+</section>