[PATCH 4/4] bsg: Kconfig updates

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- add the detailed explanation.
- remove 'default y'.
- make 'EXPERIMENTAL' keyword visible to the user in menu.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 block/Kconfig |   13 +++++++++----
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 6597b60..0768741 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -52,11 +52,16 @@ config LSF
 endif # BLOCK
 
 config BLK_DEV_BSG
-	bool "Block layer SG support"
+	bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on (SCSI=y) && EXPERIMENTAL
-	default y
 	---help---
-	Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4
-	support for any block device.
+	Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
+	for any block device.
+
+	Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
+	can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
+	with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
+	protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
+	Attached SCSI).
 
 source block/Kconfig.iosched
-- 
1.4.3.2

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