+dnl m4/pic_asm.m4
+dnl
+dnl Copyright (C) 2010
+dnl CACAOVM - Verein zur Foerderung der freien virtuellen Maschine CACAO
+dnl
+dnl This file is part of CACAO.
+dnl
+dnl This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+dnl published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+dnl your option) any later version.
+dnl
+dnl This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+dnl WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+dnl General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+dnl along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+dnl Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+dnl 02110-1301, USA.
+
+
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_ENABLE_PIC_ASM],[
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if we should use position independent assembler code])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([pic-asm],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-pic-asm,[use position independent assembler code, needed for Solaris i386] [[default=no]])],
+ [case "${enableval}" in
+ yes) ENABLE_PIC_ASM=yes;;
+ *) ENABLE_PIC_ASM=no;;
+ esac],
+ [ENABLE_PIC_ASM=no])
+AC_MSG_RESULT(${ENABLE_PIC_ASM})
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PIC_ASM], [test x"${ENABLE_PIC_ASM}" = "xyes"])
+])