1# All Hardware {#sec-profile-all-hardware} 2 3Enables all hardware supported by NixOS: i.e., all firmware is included, and 4all devices from which one may boot are enabled in the initrd. Its primary 5use is in the NixOS installation CDs. 6 7The enabled kernel modules include support for SATA and PATA, SCSI 8(partially), USB, Firewire (untested), Virtio (QEMU, KVM, etc.), VMware, and 9Hyper-V. Additionally, [](#opt-hardware.enableAllFirmware) is 10enabled, and the firmware for the ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset is specifically 11installed.