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man: say that .device units need udev
This was implied by the need to tag them with "systemd", but let's make this obvious, since it's rather easy to trip over this as a user. Inspired by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941458.
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
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<literal>.device</literal> encodes information about a device unit
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as exposed in the
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sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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device tree.</para>
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<para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in <literal>.device</literal> encodes information about a
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device unit as exposed in the
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sysfs/<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> device
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tree. This may be used to define dependencies between devices and other units.</para>
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<para>This unit type has no specific options. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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sections. A separate [Device] section does not
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exist, since no device-specific options may be configured.</para>
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<para>systemd will dynamically create device units for all kernel
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devices that are marked with the "systemd" udev tag (by default
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all block and network devices, and a few others). This may be used
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to define dependencies between devices and other units. To tag a
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udev device, use <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in the udev
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rules file, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for details.</para>
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<para>systemd will dynamically create device units for all kernel devices that are marked with the
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<literal>systemd</literal> udev tag (by default all block and network devices, and a few others). Note
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that <emphasis>if <filename>systemd-udev.service</filename> is not running, no device units will be
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available (for example in a typical container)</emphasis>.</para>
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<para>Device units are named after the <filename>/sys/</filename>
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and <filename>/dev/</filename> paths they control. Example: the
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name see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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<para>To tag a udev device, use <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in the udev rules file, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details.
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</para>
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<para>Device units will be reloaded by systemd whenever the
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corresponding device generates a <literal>changed</literal> event.
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Other units can use <varname>ReloadPropagatedFrom=</varname> to react
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