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6 systemd.device - Device unit configuration
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9 device.device
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12 A unit configuration file whose name ends in ".device" encodes
13 information about a device unit as exposed in the sysfs/udev(7) device
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16 This unit type has no specific options. See systemd.unit(5) for the
17 common options of all unit configuration files. The common
18 configuration items are configured in the generic "[Unit]" and
19 "[Install]" sections. A separate "[Device]" section does not exist,
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22 systemd will dynamically create device units for all kernel devices
23 that are marked with the "systemd" udev tag (by default all block and
24 network devices, and a few others). This may be used to define
25 dependencies between devices and other units. To tag a udev device, use
26 "TAG+="systemd"" in the udev rules file, see udev(7) for details.
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28 Device units are named after the /sys and /dev paths they control.
29 Example: the device /dev/sda5 is exposed in systemd as dev-sda5.device.
30 For details about the escaping logic used to convert a file system path
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34 The settings of device units may either be configured via unit files,
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39 Adds dependencies of type Wants from the device unit to all listed
40 units. This settings may be used to activate arbitrary units when a
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43 Note that this and the other tags are not taken into account unless
44 the device is tagged with the "systemd" string in the udev
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48 Note that systemd will only act on Wants dependencies when a device
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50 devices that are already active. Use SYSTEMD_READY= (see below) to
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54 Adds an additional alias name to the device unit. This must be an
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61 the device will be considered plugged if it is visible in the udev
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65 This option is useful to support devices that initially show up in
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68 SYSTEMD_WANTS= (see above) is not acted on as long as
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