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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Andrea Conti <alyf@alyf.net> wrote:
> Most settings in that submenu depend on specifig things being enabled
> elsewhere (e.g. an ACPI driver). If you have actually selected
> X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES=Y, and you get an empty submenu, chances are the
> rest of your configuration is such that nothing in there can be selected.

Also, in menuconfig you can type / which will allow you to search. The
search results will tell you which other options the items depend on
and which menu they are located in, so you can find them and enable as
needed.