man/systemd-efi-boot-generator.xml

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<refentry id="systemd-efi-boot-generator">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd-efi-boot-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>
                <refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refname>
                <refpurpose>Generator for automatically mounting the
                EFI System Partition used by the current boot to
                <filename>/boot</filename></refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-efi-boot-generator</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><filename>systemd-efi-boot-generator</filename>
                is a generator that automatically creates mount and
                automount units for the EFI System Partition (ESP),
                mounting it to <filename>/boot</filename>. Note that
                this generator will execute no operation on non-EFI
                systems, on systems where the boot loader does not
                communicate the used ESP to the OS, on systems where
                <filename>/boot</filename> is an explicitly configured
                mount (for example, listed in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) or where the <filename>/boot</filename> mount
                point is non-empty. Since this generator creates an
                automount unit, the mount will only be activated
                on-demand, when accessed.</para>

                <para><filename>systemd-efi-boot-generator</filename>
                implements the <ulink
                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators">generator
                specification</ulink>.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.automount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-gpt-auto-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gummiboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>