On 05/18/2013 10:14 AM, Armin K. wrote:
> On 05/18/2013 10:13 AM, Niels Terp wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having a very strange problem with kernel 3.9.2:
>>
>> I compile the kernel, it works fine but a few problems I would like to 
>> correct. I save my .config file, and do a make mrproper.
>>
>> If now I do a make menuconfig I should - as I understand it - be able to 
>> start from scratch. But all my settings is still there ! It is like the 
>> .config file was still there, and I had done a make oldconfig.
>>
>> Now I have even tried to rm -rf the whole linux-3.9.2 folder, and untarring 
>> the .xz file again, do make mrproper, do make menuconfig - and everything is 
>> still there.
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how I can get a really clean kernel ?
>>
>> Niels
>>
>
> make defconfig
>

And to clarify why you always get the old config, I think it looks for 
/boot/config-same-version-as-the-kernel (or just /boot/config*) and uses it.
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