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+/*-
+ * BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
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+ */
+
+#ifndef EAL_VFIO_H_
+#define EAL_VFIO_H_
+
+/*
+ * determine if VFIO is present on the system
+ */
+#ifdef RTE_EAL_VFIO
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0)
+#include <linux/vfio.h>
+
+#define VFIO_PRESENT
+#endif /* kernel version */
+#endif /* RTE_EAL_VFIO */
+
+#endif /* EAL_VFIO_H_ */