dm init: add dm-mod.waitfor to wait for asynchronously probed block devices

[platform/kernel/linux-rpi.git] / Documentation / admin-guide / device-mapper / dm-init.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst
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--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst
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@@ -123,3 +123,11 @@ Other examples (per target):
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+For setups using device-mapper on top of asynchronously probed block
+devices (MMC, USB, ..), it may be necessary to tell dm-init to
+explicitly wait for them to become available before setting up the
+device-mapper tables. This can be done with the "dm-mod.waitfor="
+module parameter, which takes a list of devices to wait for::
+
+  dm-mod.waitfor=<device1>[,..,<deviceN>]