driver core: Make deferred_probe_timeout default a Kconfig option

Code using driver_deferred_probe_check_state() differs from most
EPROBE_DEFER handling in the kernel. Where other EPROBE_DEFER handling
(e.g. clks, gpios and regulators) waits indefinitely for suppliers to
show up, code using driver_deferred_probe_check_state() will fail
after the deferred_probe_timeout.

This is a problem for generic distro kernels which want to support many
boards using a single kernel build. These kernels want as much drivers to
be modular as possible. The initrd also should be as small as possible,
so the initrd will *not* have drivers not needing to get the rootfs.

Combine this with waiting for a full-disk encryption password in
the initrd and it is pretty much guaranteed that the default 10s timeout
will be hit, causing probe() failures when drivers on the rootfs happen
to get modprobe-d before other rootfs modules providing their suppliers.

Make the default timeout configurable from Kconfig to allow distro kernel
configs where many of the supplier drivers are modules to set the default
through Kconfig.

Reviewed-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260314084916.10868-1-johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com
[ Drop deferred_probe_timeout documentation change in
  kernel-parameters.txt. - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>

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