[Buildroot] simicsfs 1.18 does not build with kernel 4.12.2

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:25:51 +0800, Bin Meng wrote:

> >> However they are moving away from the simicsfs kernel module,
> >> replacing it with the user mode Simics Agent (Matic). They've seen
> >> that the kernel module has required too much maintenance work. For
> >> this reason they don't want to encourage use of it.  
> >
> > So, we want to get rid of the simicsfs package in Buildroot ?
> 
> I think so. Since they do not want new users of SimicsFS I don't think
> we want buildroot to automatically include it. Users should move to
> the Simics Agent instead. Otherwise they will be stuck supporting
> SimicsFS.

OK. Could you send a patch dropping the Buildroot package? Don't forget
to add the relevant logic in Config.in.legacy, and the entry in the
DEVELOPERS file.

Thanks!

Thomas
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