diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20251212:
+	Timeouts for SCSI bus probing have been drastically reduced. They are
+	now tuneables that can be set in the boot loader should you have a
+	device that requires a longer-than-standards imply timeout but
+	none-the-less works.
+
+	kern.cam.tur_timeout		(default was 60s, now 1s)
+	kern.cam.inquiry_timeout	(default was 60s, now 1s)
+	kern.cam.reportluns_timeout	(default is 60s)
+	kern.cam.modesense_timeout	(default was 60s, now 1s)
+
 20251115:
 	The FreeBSD-base repository is now defined in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf,
 	disabled by default.  In -CURRENT and -STABLE this points at nightly
diff --git a/share/man/man4/scsi.4 b/share/man/man4/scsi.4
--- a/share/man/man4/scsi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/scsi.4
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
-.Dd December 11, 2023
+.Dd December 11, 2025
 .Dt CAM 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -69,6 +69,38 @@
 The
 .Xr pass 4
 driver, if it is configured in the kernel, will attach to all devices.
+.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
+The following variables are available as both
+.Xr sysctl 8
+variables and
+.Xr loader 8
+tunables:
+.Bl -tag -width 12
+.It Va kern.cam.cam_srch_hi
+Search above LUN 7 for SCSI3 and greater devices.
+.It Va kern.cam.tur_timeout
+Timeout, in ms, for the initial TESTUNITREADY command we send to the devices
+during their initial probing.
+Defaults to 1s.
+.Fx 15
+and earlier set this to 60s.
+.It Va kern.cam.inquiry_timeout
+Timeout, in ms, for the initial INQUIRY command we send to the devices
+during their initial probing.
+Defaults to 1s.
+.Fx 15
+and earlier set this to 60s.
+.It Va kern.cam.reportluns_timeout
+Timeout, in ms, for the initial REPORTLUNS command we send to the devices
+during their initial probing.
+Defaults to 50s.
+.It Va kern.cam.modesense_timeout
+Timeout, in ms, for the initial MODESENSE command we send to the devices
+during their initial probing.
+Defaults to 1s.
+.Fx 15
+and earlier set this to 60s.
+.El
 .Sh KERNEL CONFIGURATION
 There are a number of generic kernel configuration options for the
 .Nm
diff --git a/sys/cam/scsi/scsi_xpt.c b/sys/cam/scsi/scsi_xpt.c
--- a/sys/cam/scsi/scsi_xpt.c
+++ b/sys/cam/scsi/scsi_xpt.c
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@
 SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, cam_srch_hi, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
     &cam_srch_hi, 0, "Search above LUN 7 for SCSI3 and greater devices");
 
+static int tur_timeout = 1000;	/* 1s now, 60s before */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, tur_timeout, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &tur_timeout, 0, "TESTUNITREADY timeout on probing");
+
+static int inquiry_timeout = 1000; /* 1s now, 60s before */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, inquiry_timeout, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &inquiry_timeout, 0, "INQUIRY timeout on probing");
+
+static int reportluns_timeout = 60000; /* 60s */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, reportluns_timeout, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &reportluns_timeout, 0, "REPORTLUNS timeout on probing");
+
+static int modesense_timeout = 1000; /* 1s now, 60s */
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, modesense_timeout, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &modesense_timeout, 0, "MODESENSE timeout on probing");
+
 #define	CAM_SCSI2_MAXLUN	8
 #define	CAM_CAN_GET_SIMPLE_LUN(x, i)				\
 	((((x)->luns[i].lundata[0] & RPL_LUNDATA_ATYP_MASK) ==	\
@@ -760,7 +776,7 @@
 				     probedone,
 				     MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG,
 				     SSD_FULL_SIZE,
-				     /*timeout*/60000);
+				     /*timeout*/tur_timeout);
 		break;
 	}
 	case PROBE_INQUIRY:
@@ -816,7 +832,7 @@
 			     /*evpd*/FALSE,
 			     /*page_code*/0,
 			     SSD_MIN_SIZE,
-			     /*timeout*/60 * 1000);
+			     /*timeout*/inquiry_timeout);
 		break;
 	}
 	case PROBE_REPORT_WLUNS:
@@ -856,7 +872,7 @@
 		}
 		scsi_report_luns(csio, 5, probedone, MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG,
 		    RPL_REPORT_DEFAULT, rp, periph->path->target->rpl_size,
-		    SSD_FULL_SIZE, 60000);
+		    SSD_FULL_SIZE, reportluns_timeout);
 		break;
 	}
 	case PROBE_MODE_SENSE:
@@ -879,7 +895,7 @@
 					mode_buf,
 					mode_buf_len,
 					SSD_FULL_SIZE,
-					/*timeout*/60000);
+					/*timeout*/modesense_timeout);
 			break;
 		}
 		xpt_print(periph->path,
@@ -1026,7 +1042,7 @@
 					     probedone,
 					     MSG_SIMPLE_Q_TAG,
 					     SSD_FULL_SIZE,
-					     /*timeout*/60000);
+					     /*timeout*/tur_timeout);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -1039,7 +1055,7 @@
 			     /*evpd*/FALSE,
 			     /*page_code*/0,
 			     SSD_MIN_SIZE,
-			     /*timeout*/60 * 1000);
+			     /*timeout*/inquiry_timeout);
 		break;
 	}
 	default: