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
+ 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
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
</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
mapper device is set up under the names