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 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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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
-                separate [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 arbitrary units,
-                                when 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>
+  <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>Device unit configuration</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename><replaceable>device</replaceable>.device</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
+    <literal>.device</literal> 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 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 <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in the udev
+    rules file, see
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    for details.</para>
+
+    <para>Device units are named after the <filename>/sys</filename>
+    and <filename>/dev</filename> paths they control. Example: the
+    device <filename noindex='true'>/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 device properties are understood
+    by systemd:</para>
+
+    <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname></term>
+        <term><varname>SYSTEMD_USER_WANTS=</varname></term>
+        <listitem><para>Adds dependencies of type
+        <varname>Wants</varname> 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.</para>
+
+        <para>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 a systemd unit
+        (see above).</para>
+
+        <para>Note that systemd will only act on
+        <varname>Wants</varname> dependencies when a device first
+        becomes active. It will not act on them if they are added to
+        devices that are already active. Use
+        <varname>SYSTEMD_READY=</varname> (see below) to influence on
+        which udev event to trigger the dependencies.
+        </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>SYSTEMD_READY=</varname></term>
+        <listitem><para>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.</para>
+
+        <para>This option is useful to support devices that initially
+        show up in an uninitialized state in the tree, and for which a
+        <literal>changed</literal> event is generated the moment they
+        are fully set up. Note that <varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname>
+        (see above) is not acted on as long as
+        <varname>SYSTEMD_READY=0</varname> is set for a
+        device.</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>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+      </para>
+  </refsect1>
 
 </refentry>