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From 9395355f4733cecc72b31f384e313606745c14d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:20:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] man: document fail/nofail, auto/noauto

Also s/filesystem/file system/ in a few places.

Conflicts:
	TODO
	man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
	man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml
---
 man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml   |  5 ++++-
 man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml |  6 ++++++
 man/systemd-halt.service.xml    |  2 +-
 man/systemd.mount.xml           | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 man/systemd.unit.xml            |  2 +-
 man/udevadm.xml                 |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml b/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
index e934352..c653dc5 100644
--- a/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-fsck@.service.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@
                 system
                 check. <filename>systemd-fsck-root.service</filename> is
                 responsible for file system checks on the root
-                file system.</para>
+                file system. The root file system check is performed
+                before the other file systems. Either service is enabled
+                at boot if passno in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> for
+                the file system is set to a value greater than zero.</para>
 
                 <para><filename>systemd-fsck</filename> will
                 forward file system checking progress to the
diff --git a/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml b/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml
index 9ca16c7..e3cf5d2 100644
--- a/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-fstab-generator.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@
                 reloaded. This will instantiate mount and swap units
                 as necessary.</para>
 
+                <para>The <varname>passno</varname> field is treated
+                like a simple boolean, and the ordering information is
+                discarded. However, if the root file system is
+                checked, it is checked before all the other
+                file systems.</para>
+
                 <para>See
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 and
diff --git a/man/systemd-halt.service.xml b/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
index 99457aa..bec2e36 100644
--- a/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-halt.service.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                 <para>It is necessary to have this code in a separate binary
                 because otherwise rebooting after an upgrade might be broken —
                 the running PID 1 could still depend on libraries which are not
-                available any more, thus keeping the filesystem busy, which
+                available any more, thus keeping the file system busy, which
                 then cannot be re-mounted read-only.</para>
 
                 <para>Immediately before executing the actual system
diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index 6f9f70c..cadf950 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@
                 for details). Mounts listed in
                 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> will be converted into
                 native units dynamically at boot and when the
-                configuration of the system manager is reloaded. See
+                configuration of the system manager is reloaded. In
+                general, configuring mount points through
+                <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is the preferred
+                approach. See
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 for details about the conversion.</para>
 
@@ -159,6 +162,21 @@
                 <literal>s</literal>, <literal>min</literal>,
                 <literal>h</literal>, <literal>ms</literal>.</para>
 
+                <para>If <option>nofail</option> is given, this mount
+                will be only wanted, not required, by the
+                <filename>local-fs.target</filename>. This means that
+                the boot will continue even if this mount point is not
+                mounted successfully. Option <option>fail</option> has
+                the opposite meaning and is the default.</para>
+
+                <para>If <option>noauto</option> is given, this mount
+                will not be added as a dependency for
+                <filename>local-fs.target</filename>. This means that
+                it will not be mounted automatically during boot,
+                unless it is pulled in by some other unit. Option
+                <option>auto</option> has the opposite meaning and is
+                the default.</para>
+
                 <para>If a mount point is configured in both
                 <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and a unit file that
                 is stored below <filename>/usr</filename>, the former
diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index f6b4b24..4704352 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
                 multiple units from a single configuration file. If
                 systemd looks for a unit configuration file, it will
                 first search for the literal unit name in the
-                filesystem. If that yields no success and the unit
+                file system. If that yields no success and the unit
                 name contains an <literal>@</literal> character, systemd will look for a
                 unit template that shares the same name but with the
                 instance string (i.e. the part between the <literal>@</literal> character
diff --git a/man/udevadm.xml b/man/udevadm.xml
index a1ffe42..ca3713f 100644
--- a/man/udevadm.xml
+++ b/man/udevadm.xml
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>--root=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Alternative root path in the filesystem for reading and writing files.</para>
+            <para>Alternative root path in the file system for reading and writing files.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>