<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
+ the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
Partitions Specification</ulink>. Note that this generator has no
- effect on non-GPT systems, on systems where the units are
- explicitly configured (for example, listed in
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>),
- or where the mount points are non-empty.</para>
+ 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 overridden, but additional
+ automatic 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.
</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),
+ mounting it to <filename>/boot</filename>, are generated on EFI
+ systems where the boot loader communicates the used ESP to the operating
+ system. Since this generator creates an automount unit, the mount will
+ only be activated on-demand, when accessed. On systems where
+ <filename>/boot</filename> 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> 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>,