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<refentry id="systemd-gpt-auto-generator">
generator that automatically discovers root,
<filename>/home</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename> and swap
partitions and creates mount and swap units for them, based on the
- partition type GUIDs of GUID partition tables (GPT). It implements
- the <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
+ partition type GUIDs of GUID partition tables (GPT),
+ see <ulink url="http://www.uefi.org/specifications">UEFI Specification</ulink>, chapter 5.
+ It implements the <ulink
+ url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
Partitions Specification</ulink>. Note that this generator has no
effect on non-GPT systems, or where the directories under the
mount points are already non-empty. Also, on systems where the
units are explicitly configured (for example, listed in
<citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
- the units this generator creates are overriden, but additional
- automatic dependencies might be created.</para>
+ the units this generator creates are overridden, but additional
+ implicit dependencies might be created.</para>
<para>This generator will only look for root partitions on the
same physical disk the EFI System Partition (ESP) is located on.
It will only look for the other partitions on the same physical
disk the root file system is located on. These partitions will not
- be searched on systems where the root file system is distributed
+ be searched for on systems where the root file system is distributed
on multiple disks, for example via btrfs RAID.</para>
<para><filename>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename> is useful
for centralizing file system configuration in the partition table
- and making manual configuration in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
- or suchlike unnecessary.</para>
+ and making configuration in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> unnecessary.
+ </para>
<para>This generator looks for the partitions based on their
partition type GUID. The following partition type GUIDs are
<entry><filename>Root Partition (64-bit ARM)</filename></entry>
<entry>On 64-bit ARM systems, the first ARM root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>993d8d3d-f80e-4225-855a-9daf8ed7ea97</entry>
+ <entry><filename>Root Partition (Itanium/IA-64)</filename></entry>
+ <entry>On Itanium systems, the first Itanium root partition on the disk the EFI ESP is located on is mounted to the root directory <filename>/</filename>.</entry>
+ </row>
<row>
<entry>933ac7e1-2eb4-4f13-b844-0e14e2aef915</entry>
<entry>Home Partition</entry>
<entry>Swap</entry>
<entry>All swap partitions located on the disk the root partition is located on are enabled.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b</entry>
+ <entry>EFI System Partition (ESP)</entry>
+ <entry>The first ESP located on the disk the root partition is located on is mounted to <filename>/boot</filename> or <filename>/efi</filename>, see below.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <para>This generator understands the following attribute flags for partitions:</para>
+
+ <table>
+ <title>Partition Attributes</title>
+ <tgroup cols='4' align='left' colsep='1' rowsep='1'>
+ <colspec colname="attribute" />
+ <colspec colname="value" />
+ <colspec colname="where" />
+ <colspec colname="explanation" />
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Name</entry>
+ <entry>Value</entry>
+ <entry>Applicable to</entry>
+ <entry>Explanation</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>GPT_FLAG_READ_ONLY</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x1000000000000000</entry>
+ <entry><filename>/</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename>, <filename>/home</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Partition is mounted read-only</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>GPT_FLAG_NO_AUTO</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x8000000000000000</entry>
+ <entry><filename>/</filename>, <filename>/srv</filename>, <filename>/home</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Partition is not mounted automatically</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>GPT_FLAG_NO_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0000000000000002</entry>
+ <entry>ESP</entry>
+ <entry>Partition is not mounted automatically</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>The <filename>/home</filename> and <filename>/srv</filename>
- partitions may be encrypted in LUKS format. In this case a device
+ partitions may be encrypted in LUKS format. In this case, a device
mapper device is set up under the names
<filename>/dev/mapper/home</filename> and
<filename>/dev/mapper/srv</filename>. Note that this might create
<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> with a different device mapper
device name.</para>
- <para>Also note that
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- will mount the EFI System Partition (ESP) to
- <filename>/boot</filename> if not otherwise mounted.</para>
+ <para>Mount and automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP) are generated on EFI systems. The ESP is mounted
+ to <filename>/boot</filename>, unless a mount point directory <filename>/efi</filename> exists, in which case it is
+ mounted there. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will only be activated on-demand, when
+ accessed. On systems where <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename> if it exists) is an explicitly
+ configured mount (for example, listed in <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) or where the
+ <filename>/boot</filename> (or <filename>/efi</filename>) mount point is non-empty, no mount units are
+ generated.</para>
<para>When using this generator in conjunction with btrfs file
systems, make sure to set the correct default subvolumes on them,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.swap</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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