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diff --git a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml index 3fbe215c41..d98ef2003f 100644 --- a/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml +++ b/man/systemd-gpt-auto-generator.xml @@ -3,38 +3,12 @@ <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ - - This file is part of systemd. - - Copyright 2013 Lennart Poettering - - systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it - under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - - systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - Lesser General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License - along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-gpt-auto-generator"> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</title> <productname>systemd</productname> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <contrib>Developer</contrib> - <firstname>Lennart</firstname> - <surname>Poettering</surname> - <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> - </author> - </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> @@ -62,8 +36,9 @@ 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 @@ -78,13 +53,13 @@ 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 @@ -153,6 +128,48 @@ </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 |