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systemd.device(5)


NAME

   systemd.device - Device unit configuration

SYNOPSIS

   device.device

DESCRIPTION

   A unit configuration file whose name ends in ".device" encodes
   information about a device unit as exposed in the sysfs/udev(7) device
   tree.

   This unit type has no specific options. See systemd.unit(5) for the
   common options of all unit configuration files. The common
   configuration items are configured in the generic "[Unit]" and
   "[Install]" sections. A separate "[Device]" section does not exist,
   since no device-specific options may be configured.

   systemd will dynamically create 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. To tag a udev device, use
   "TAG+="systemd"" in the udev rules file, see udev(7) for details.

   Device units are named after the /sys and /dev paths they control.
   Example: the device /dev/sda5 is exposed in systemd as dev-sda5.device.
   For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path
   to a unit name see systemd.unit(5).

AUTOMATIC DEPENDENCIES

   Many unit types automatically acquire dependencies on device units of
   devices they require. For example, .socket unit acquire dependencies on
   the device units of the network interface specified in BindToDevice=.
   Similar, swap and mount units acquire dependencies on the units
   encapsulating their backing block devices.

THE UDEV DATABASE

   The settings of device units may either be configured via unit files,
   or directly from the udev database (which is recommended). The
   following udev device properties are understood by systemd:

   SYSTEMD_WANTS=, SYSTEMD_USER_WANTS=
       Adds dependencies of type Wants from the device unit to all listed
       units. The first form is used by the system systemd instance, the
       second by user systemd instances. Those settings 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 "systemd" string in the udev
       database, because otherwise the device is not exposed as a systemd
       unit (see above).

       Note that systemd will only act on Wants dependencies when a device
       first becomes active. It will not act on them if they are added to
       devices that are already active. Use SYSTEMD_READY= (see below) to
       influence on which udev event to trigger the dependencies.

   SYSTEMD_ALIAS=
       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.)

   SYSTEMD_READY=
       If set to 0, systemd will consider this device unplugged even if it
       shows up in the udev tree. If this property is unset or set to 1,
       the device will be considered plugged if it is visible in the udev
       tree. This property has no influence on the behavior when a device
       disappears from the udev tree.

       This option is useful to support devices that initially show up in
       an uninitialized state in the tree, and for which a "changed" event
       is generated the moment they are fully set up. Note that
       SYSTEMD_WANTS= (see above) is not acted on as long as
       SYSTEMD_READY=0 is set for a device.

   ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=, ID_MODEL=
       If set, this property is used as description string for the device
       unit.

SEE ALSO

   systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd.unit(5), udev(7),
   systemd.directives(7)



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