On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Brice Goglin <brice.gog...@inria.fr> wrote:

>> How about:
>> 
>> - Check for libpciaccess.  If found, use it. STOP.
>> - If not found:
>>  - check for libpci.
>>  - if found, and if --enable-gpl-taint was specified, use it. STOP.
>>  - if not found, display the usual "no pci support" message at the end. STOP.
>>  - if found:
>>    - display the usual "no pci support" message at the end
>>    - but also display a big, bold, flashing message saying "We can enable 
>> PCI support in one of two ways: 1) download/install libpciaccess 
>> (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libpciaccess/), or 2) pass 
>> --enable-gpl-taint to allow hwloc to use libpci, BUT BE AWARE THAT THIS 
>> MAKES THIS HWLOC BINARY AND EVERYTHING THAT IT LINKS TO BE GPL!"
> 
> If "configure --help" and the big warning both say that enabling it
> *may* taint as GPL, the option could just be "--enable-libpci".


Sounds ok to me (sorry for the delay in replying; I was traveling Friday).

Did you use the rest of the above scheme?

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