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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 710b52d87bdd..8090130b544b 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -979,8 +979,10 @@
[KNL] Debugging option to set a timeout in seconds for
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. This option will also
+ 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
+ successful driver registration. This option will also
dump out devices still on the deferred probe list after
retrying.
@@ -1101,7 +1103,10 @@
driver later using sysfs.
driver_async_probe= [KNL]
- List of driver names to be probed asynchronously.
+ List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. *
+ matches with all driver names. If * is specified, the
+ rest of the listed driver names are those that will NOT
+ match the *.
Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>...
drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]