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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-02 03:28:33 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-07-02 03:28:33 +0200
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+
+<refentry id="systemd.device">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd.device</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd.device</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd.device</refname>
+ <refpurpose>systemd device configuration files</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd.device</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
+ <filename>.device</filename> encodes information about
+ a device unit as exposed in the
+ sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ device tree.</para>
+
+ <para>This unit type has no specific options. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for the common options of all unit configuration
+ files. The common configuration items are configured
+ in the generic [Unit] and [Install] sections. A
+ seperate [Device] section does not exist, since no
+ device-specific options may be configured.</para>
+
+ <para>systemd will automatically create dynamic device
+ units for all kernel devices that are marked with the
+ "systemd" udev tag (by default all block and network
+ devices, and a few others). This may be used to define
+ dependencies between devices and other
+ units.</para>
+
+ <para>Device units are named after the
+ <filename>/sys</filename> and
+ <filename>/dev</filename> paths they control. Example:
+ the device <filename>/dev/sda5</filename> is exposed
+ in systemd as <filename>dev-sda5.device</filename>. For
+ details about the escaping logic used to convert a
+ file system path to a unit name see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>The udev Database</title>
+
+ <para>The settings of device units may either be
+ configured via unit files, or directly from the udev
+ database (which is recommended). The following udev
+ properties are understood by systemd:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Adds dependencies of
+ type <varname>Wants</varname> from
+ this unit to all listed units. This
+ may be used to activate aritrary units
+ if a specific device becomes
+ available.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SYSTEMD_ALIAS=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Adds an additional
+ alias name to the device unit. This
+ must be an absolute path that is
+ automatically transformed into a unit
+ name. (See above.)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>ID_MODEL=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If set, this property is
+ used as description string for the
+ device unit.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>