Missing config options in menuconfig

[lokuarachi]

Olé!!!!

Doing a fresh install on a macbook and the keyboard doesnt work. so i checked the config file and reran genkernel but to no avail. then i noticed that when using the .config that i saved from the intial compilation, certain options (notably CONFIG_HID_APPLE & CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD) do not show up in menuconfig.....however, if i switch to the stock .config, they show up.....there are several other CONFIG lines that dont appear iin one but appear in the other.

the kernel in ?uestion is gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r5

am now gonna compile using the stock .config and see if i get the keyboard to work......if not ill switch back to git-sources where everything was ok.
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[lokuarachi]

so I guess the question im asking is how comes the config file will change the options displayed in menuconfig? is this intentional???
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mek dem carry on like a travelling bag

[foxicatko]

Hi.
What I have noticed is that some options are shown only when you enable certain prerequisite options. You have probably forgotten to enable such prerequisity....

[ok]

If you type '/' in menuconfig you can search for a symbol w/o CONFIG_.
/CONFIG_HID_APPLE: