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Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentatio= n/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. --=20 2.53.0