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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst index e5242ff17e9b..981d6a907699 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst @@ -123,3 +123,11 @@ Other examples (per target): 0 1638400 verity 1 8:1 8:2 4096 4096 204800 1 sha256 fb1a5a0f00deb908d8b53cb270858975e76cf64105d412ce764225d53b8f3cfd 51934789604d1b92399c52e7cb149d1b3a1b74bbbcb103b2a0aaacbed5c08584 + +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>] |