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diff --git a/man/udevd.xml b/man/udevd.xml
index de670cb578..cfbb798428 100644
--- a/man/udevd.xml
+++ b/man/udevd.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
<arg><option>--children-max=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--exec-delay=</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--event-timeout=</option></arg>
<arg><option>--resolve-names=early|late|never</option></arg>
<arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
@@ -50,10 +51,11 @@
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>The behavior of the running daemon can be changed
- dynamically with <command>udevadm control</command>, or
- configured using
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ <para>The behavior of the daemon can be configured using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ its command-line options, environment variables, and on the kernel
+ command-line, or changed dynamically with <command>udevadm
+ control</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -65,50 +67,55 @@
<para>Detach and run in the background.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--debug</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para>
+ <para>Print debug messages to standard error.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--children-max=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Limit the number of events executed in parallel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--exec-delay=</option></term>
<listitem>
+ <para>Delay the execution of <varname>RUN</varname>
+ instructions by the given number of seconds. This option
+ might be useful when debugging system crashes during
+ coldplug caused by loading non-working kernel
+ modules.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <para>Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given
- number of seconds. This option might be useful when
- debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading
- non-working kernel modules.</para>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--event-timeout=</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the number of seconds to wait for events to finish. After
+ this time the event will be terminated. The default is 30 seconds.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--resolve-names=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specify when udevd should resolve names of users and groups.
- When set to <option>early</option> (the default) names will be
+ When set to <option>early</option> (the default), names will be
resolved when the rules are parsed. When set to
- <option>late</option> names will be resolved for every event.
- When set to <option>never</option> names will never be resolved
+ <option>late</option>, names will be resolved for every event.
+ When set to <option>never</option>, names will never be resolved
and all devices will be owned by root.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Print version number.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Print help text.</para>
- </listitem>
+
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -146,20 +153,31 @@
<term><varname>udev.exec-delay=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.udev.exec-delay=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given
+ <para>Delay the execution of <varname>RUN</varname> instructions by the given
number of seconds. This option might be useful when
debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading
non-working kernel modules.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>udev.event-timeout=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>rd.udev.event-timeout=</varname></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Wait for events to finish up to the given number
+ of seconds. This option might be useful if events are
+ terminated due to kernel drivers taking too long to initialize.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names
- when possible. It is enabled by default, specifying 0 disables it.</para>
+ when possible. It is enabled by default; specifying 0 disables it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+ <!-- when adding entries here, consider also adding them
+ in kernel-command-line.xml -->
</refsect1>
<refsect1>