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This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2013 Lennart Poettering
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
+ 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.
<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>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>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,