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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] driver core: Add fw_devlink.timeout param to stop
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To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
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 <20221116120159.519908-1-javierm@redhat.com>
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Hi--

On 11/16/22 04:01, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index a465d5242774..38138a44d5ed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1581,6 +1581,13 @@
>  			dependencies. This only applies for fw_devlink=on|rpm.
>  			Format: <bool>
>  
> +	fw_devlink.timeout=
> +			[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
> +			drivers to give up waiting on dependencies and to probe
> +			these are optional. A timeout of 0 will timeout at the
> +			end of initcalls. If the time out hasn't expired, it'll

			                         timeout

> +			be restarted by each successful driver registration.

-- 
~Randy