/*
* determine if VFIO is present on the system
*/
-#ifdef RTE_EAL_VFIO
+#if !defined(VFIO_PRESENT) && defined(RTE_EAL_VFIO)
#include <linux/version.h>
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 6, 0)
+#define VFIO_PRESENT
+#else
+#pragma message("VFIO configured but not supported by this kernel, disabling.")
+#endif /* kernel version >= 3.6.0 */
+#endif /* RTE_EAL_VFIO */
+
+#ifdef VFIO_PRESENT
+
#include <linux/vfio.h>
#define RTE_VFIO_TYPE1 VFIO_TYPE1_IOMMU
#define SOCKET_NO_FD 0x1
#define SOCKET_ERR 0xFF
-#define VFIO_PRESENT
-#endif /* kernel version */
-#endif /* RTE_EAL_VFIO */
+#endif /* VFIO_PRESENT */
#endif /* EAL_VFIO_H_ */