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</code></pre></div></div><p>In Helm deployments, <ahref="/node-feature-discovery/v0.16/deployment/helm.html#worker-pod-parameters">Worker pod parameter</a><codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge notranslate">worker.config</code> can be used to edit the respective configuration.</p><p>See <ahref="../reference/worker-configuration-reference">nfd-worker configuration file reference</a> for more details. The (empty-by-default) <ahref="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/blob/v0.16.6/deployment/components/worker-config/nfd-worker.conf.example">example config</a> contains all available configuration options and can be used as a reference for creating a configuration.</p><p>Configuration options can also be specified via the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge notranslate">-options</code> command line flag, in which case no mounts need to be used. The same format as in the config file must be used, i.e. JSON (or YAML). For example:</p><divclass="language-bash highlighter-rouge notranslate"><divclass="highlight"><preclass="highlight"><code><spanclass="nt">-options</span><spanclass="o">=</span><spanclass="s1">'{"sources": { "pci": { "deviceClassWhitelist": ["12"] } } }'</span>
