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From f0f727fbb8576afc7ea31f2b6aacccdd565472d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:38:51 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] man: explain in more detail how SYSTEMD_READY= influences
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 SYSTEMD_WANTS= in udev rules
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026860
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---
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 man/systemd.device.xml | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
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 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/man/systemd.device.xml b/man/systemd.device.xml
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index 96ebe89..002b647 100644
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--- a/man/systemd.device.xml
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+++ b/man/systemd.device.xml
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@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@
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                 since no device-specific options may be
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                 configured.</para>
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-                <para>systemd will automatically create dynamic device
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-                units for all kernel devices that are marked with the
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-                "systemd" udev tag (by default all block and network
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-                devices, and a few others). This may be used to define
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-                dependencies between devices and other
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-                units.</para>
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+                <para>systemd will dynamically create device units for
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+                all kernel devices that are marked with the "systemd"
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+                udev tag (by default all block and network devices,
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+                and a few others). This may be used to define
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+                dependencies between devices and other units. To tag a
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+                udev device use <literal>TAG+="systemd"</literal> in
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+                the udev 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>Device units are named after the
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                 <filename>/sys</filename> and
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@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@
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                 <para>The settings of device units may either be
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                 configured via unit files, or directly from the udev
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-                database (which is recommended). The following udev
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+                database (which is recommended). The following udev device
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                 properties are understood by systemd:</para>
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                 <variablelist class='udev-directives'>
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@@ -101,16 +104,26 @@
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                                 <term><varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname></term>
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                                 <listitem><para>Adds dependencies of
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                                 type <varname>Wants</varname> from
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-                                this unit to all listed units. This
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+                                the device unit to all listed units. This
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                                 may be used to activate arbitrary
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-                                units, when a specific device becomes
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+                                units when a specific device becomes
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                                 available. Note that this and the
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                                 other tags are not taken into account
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                                 unless the device is tagged with the
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                                 <literal>systemd</literal> string in
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                                 the udev database, because otherwise
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                                 the device is not exposed as systemd
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-                                unit.</para></listitem>
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+                                unit (see above). Note that systemd
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+                                will only act on
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+                                <varname>Wants</varname> dependencies
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+                                when a device first becomes active, it
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+                                will not act on them if they are added
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+                                to devices that are already
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+                                active. Use
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+                                <varname>SYSTEMD_READY=</varname> (see
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+                                below) to influence on which udev
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+                                event to trigger the device
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+                                dependencies.</para></listitem>
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                         </varlistentry>
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                         <varlistentry>
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@@ -135,10 +148,14 @@
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                                 device disappears from the udev
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                                 tree. This option is useful to support
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                                 devices that initially show up in an
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-                                uninitialized state in the tree, and for
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-                                which a changed event is generated the
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-                                moment they are fully set
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-                                up.</para></listitem>
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+                                uninitialized state in the tree, and
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+                                for which a <literal>changed</literal>
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+                                event is generated the moment they are
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+                                fully set up. Note that
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+                                <varname>SYSTEMD_WANTS=</varname> (see
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+                                above) is not acted on as long as
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+                                <varname>SYSTEMD_READY=0</varname> is
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+                                set for a device.</para></listitem>
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                         </varlistentry>
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                         <varlistentry>