2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sys/boot/common/help.common b/sys/boot/common/help.common
index 6b148c1775eb..617d035f5d47 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/help.common
+++ b/sys/boot/common/help.common
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@
 		value is 1 (default), but this may cause problems with
 		some peripherals.  Set to 0 to disable.
 
+	set vfs.root.mountdelay=<value>
+
+		Delay root partition mount if there is no required provider.
+
+		value is a maximum number of seconds to wait for provider to
+		show up (default is 5 seconds).
+
 ################################################################################
 # Tshow DShow the values of variables
 
diff --git a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
index d5516d98e7d8..9460886c57c8 100644
--- a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
+++ b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ module_path="/boot/modules"	# Set the module search path
 #net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize=""	# Set the value of TCBHASHSIZE
 #vfs.root.mountfrom=""		# Specify root partition in a way the
 				# kernel understands
+#vfs.root.mountdelay="5"	# Delay root partition mount if there is no
+				# required provider
 #vm.kmem_size=""		# Sets the size of kernel memory (bytes)
 #debug.ktr.cpumask="0xf"	# Bitmask of CPUs to enable KTR on
 #debug.ktr.mask="0x1200"	# Bitmask of KTR events to enable