[gentoo-user] Kernel setting for frame buffer (2.6.23-r5)

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For a good while now I've had a setting like this in grub.conf:

(wrapped for mail)
kernel /kernel-2.6.23-r5 root=/dev/hda5 \
      vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap

I'm not sure any more how much of that is necessary.

I have it there to allow console mode to have much larger resolution than
default (The appearance is much smaller text)

I think this setting in kernel config is the one needed for that:
   CONFIG_FB_VESA=y

But I'm trying to build a pared down kernel a console only setup.
Going thru the kernel settings in menuconfig... I'm not finding the one
that creates that `CONFIG_FB_VESA=y' element.

I've gone back and forth through the setting under:
Device drivers/Graphics-support .. checking Support for FrameBuffer
devices (both as module and builtin in different saves).

The only other setting that looks to be about framebuffer is
Userspace VESA VGA graphics support but I think that one is this line
in .config # CONFIG_FB_UVESA is not set

Examining the resulting .config with and without that one set I never
see this CONFIG_FB_VESA=y

That line ends up unset in every way I've thought to try.

However it is in the /usr/share/[...]kernel-2.6 config that genkernel
uses. 

I want to have the ability to have the larger resolution in console
mode but the kernel build is way pared down from what genkernel would
do.   So what settings do I need to have the effect like posted in
grub.conf line above?

  

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