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This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2013 Lennart Poettering
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<refsynopsisdiv>
- <para><filename>&rootlibexecdir;/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-gpt-auto-generator</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<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="https://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
+ 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.
<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>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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