Maybe you have "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" set
to no in the "Code maturity level options" section?
But more in general how can one find out what the dependencies are for a
certain option in the kernel configuration?
From Jason Corcoran to 'ilug at linux.ie' and suse-linux-e at suse.com about...:
> List,
>> I'm trying to update my kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.4.3. But inorder for my
> system, laptop with a SiS 630 graphics card, to work I need to compile vesa
> frame buffer capabilites into the kernel, But if I try do a make menuconfig
> there are no framebuffer options and if I try the make xconfig the frame
> buffer options are greyed out. Is there a way to force a frame buffer
> configuration, or do I need to select some options to enable the frame buffer.
>>
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dieter
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