discover.conf(5)

💖 discover.conf — like, the whole vibe of the config file for discover(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the discover.conf page, and yeah it lives in the File Formats Manual section of the manual (section 5, for the record 🎀). it's the lil guide to how you configure discover(1) and honestly it's giving main character energy. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

discover.conf — configuration file format for discover(1)

🌸 Description 🌸

so Discover goes looking for configuration files in a configuration directory, and that directory holds a bunch of files, okay? and those files are the ones that decide:

• which system buses get scanned by default 🫶
• which ones should never be scanned, like absolutely not, not on our watch 💀
• and the URLs for hardware data files that go <em>beyond the local copy</em> that ships with the software ✨

the file format is XML — yes bestie, XML, we love a structured moment. the DTD is provided with the Discover software, and you can use it for informational or validation purposes. no cap, it's right there for you 💅

🎀 Examples 🎀

establishing default buses to scan 👑

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE conffile SYSTEM "conffile.dtd">

<conffile>
<busscan scan="default">
<bus name="ata"/>
<bus name="pci"/>
<bus name="pcmcia"/>
<bus name="scsi"/>
<bus name="usb"/>
</busscan>
</conffile>

a more complex example 🦋

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE conffile SYSTEM "conffile.dtd">

<conffile>
<busscan scan="default">
<bus name="ata"/>
<bus name="pci"/>
<bus name="pcmcia"/>
<bus name="usb"/>
</busscan>
<!-- My ancient SCSI card locks up when probed -->
<busscan scan="never">
<bus name="scsi"/>
</busscan>
<data-sources>
<data-source url="http://www.example.com/discover/xfree86.xml"
label="Updated XFree86 hardware information">
</data-sources>
</conffile>

like, see how scsi is in the default list in the first example and then gets banished to scan="never" in the second one? because that ancient SCSI card locks up when probed 😭 the comment in the XML says it and everything. iconic behavior honestly, protecting your own machine from itself 🫶

👑 Authors 👑

Josh Bressers, John R. Daily, and G. Branden Robinson developed the current implementation of Discover for Progeny Linux Systems. absolute legends, we stan 🌟

the Linux implementation of the system-dependent interfaces is derived from detect, by MandrakeSoft SA. giving credit where credit is due, periodt 💜

🌈 See Also 🌈

• discover(1)

ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and configure responsibly 💅✨

discover.conf(5) — filed under the File Formats Manual, dated discover.conf(5) at the bottom of the page 🎀 mwah, thanks for reading, ily, bye 🫶💖