Documentation: update deferred_probe_timeout cmdline parameter documentation

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>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416144144.54547-1-johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4d0f545fb3ec5a1750d9112a851deb8fd976d32d..b5a51a36a048b7fef91a00887ebd177ea393116d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1246,8 +1246,9 @@ 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.