AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_RANLIB
+#
+# Check for required packages
+*
+
+AC_PATH_PROG([XML2_CONFIG], [xml2-config], [],)
+if test -z "$XML2_CONFIG"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([xml2-config not found; libxml2-dev libraries must be installed.])
+fi
+XML2_CFLAGS=$($XML2_CONFIG --cflags)
+XML2_LIBS=$($XML2_CONFIG --libs)
+AC_SUBST(XML2_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(XML2_LIBS)
+
# Kernel build environment.
ac_default_prefix=
bindir='${exec_prefix}/usr/bin'