Fix build on PowerPC SPE systems

SPE systems don't support AltiVec instructions.

Fixes #172

acinclude.m4

@@ -252,3 +252,34 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_COMPATIBLE_ARM64_ASSEMBLER_IFELSE],[
     $2
   fi
 ])
+
+# AC_CHECK_ALTIVEC
+# ----------------
+# Test whether AltiVec intrinsics are supported
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_ALTIVEC],[
+  ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -maltivec"
+  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+    #include <altivec.h>
+    int main(void) {
+      __vector int vi = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+      return vi[0];
+    }]])], ac_has_altivec=yes)
+  CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+  if test "x$ac_has_altivec" = "xyes" ; then
+    $1
+  else
+    $2
+  fi
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_NO_SIMD],[
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no ("$1")])
+  with_simd=no;
+  if test "x${require_simd}" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([SIMD support not available for this CPU.])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_WARN([SIMD support not available for this CPU.  Performance will\
+ suffer.])
+  fi
+])

configure.ac

@@ -517,17 +517,13 @@ if test "x${with_simd}" != "xno"; then
       fi
       ;;
     powerpc*)
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([yes (powerpc)])
+      AC_CHECK_ALTIVEC(
-      simd_arch=powerpc
+        [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes (powerpc)])
+         simd_arch=powerpc],
+        [AC_NO_SIMD(PowerPC SPE)])
       ;;
     *)
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([no ("$host_cpu")])
+      AC_NO_SIMD($host_cpu)
-      with_simd=no;
-      if test "x${require_simd}" = "xyes"; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([SIMD support not available for this CPU.])
-      else
-        AC_MSG_WARN([SIMD support not available for this CPU.  Performance will suffer.])
-      fi
       ;;
   esac