<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <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 <literal>[Unit]</literal> and <literal>[Install]</literal> sections. A separate <literal>[Device]</literal> 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 arbitrary units, when a specific device becomes available. Note that this and the other tags are not taken into account unless the device is tagged with the "<literal>systemd</literal>" string in the udev database, because otherwise the device is not exposed as systemd unit.</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>1</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>