Make SCSI SG v4 driver enabled by default and remove EXPERIMENTAL dependency, since udev depends on BSG

Make Block Layer SG support v4 the default, since recent udev versions
depend on this to access serial numbers and other low level info properly.

This should be backported to older kernels as well, since most distros have
enabled this for a long time.

Signed-off-by: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 95a86adc33a1..9be0b56eaee1 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ config LBDAF
           If unsure, say Y.
 
 config BLK_DEV_BSG
-        bool "Block layer SG support v4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-        depends on EXPERIMENTAL
-        ---help---
+        bool "Block layer SG support v4"
+        default y
+        help
           Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
           for any block device.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ config BLK_DEV_BSG
           protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
           Attached SCSI).
 
-          If unsure, say N.
+          This option is required by recent UDEV versions to properly
+          access device serial numbers, etc.
+
+          If unsure, say Y.
 
 config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
         bool "Block layer data integrity support"