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From: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: update deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:41:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416144144.54547-1-johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)

Extend the deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation,
documenting that negative values are treated as an infinite timeout value.

Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 03a550630644..0f1a1332480f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1249,8 +1249,9 @@ Kernel parameters
 			deferred probe to give up waiting on dependencies to
 			probe. Only specific dependencies (subsystems or
 			drivers) that have opted in will be ignored. A timeout
-			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls. If the time
-			out hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
+			of 0 will timeout at the end of initcalls; a negative
+			value is treated as an infinite timeout value. If the
+			timeout hasn't expired, it'll be restarted by each
 			successful driver registration. This option will also
 			dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
 			retrying.
-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-16 14:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-16 14:41 Hans de Goede [this message]
2026-04-28 22:11 ` [PATCH] Documentation: update deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation Danilo Krummrich

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