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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor-Pid-Control Margin-based Fan Control Daemon
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart={bindir}/swampd
+RestartSec=5
+StartLimitInterval=0
+Type=simple
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=@SYSTEMD_TARGET@