--- configure.orig	2015-12-03 22:41:27 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -6946,7 +6946,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: PAPI requires FreeB
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     fi
     # Determine if HWPMC module is on the kernel
-    dmesg | grep hwpmc 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+    sysctl -a | grep hwpmc 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
     if test "$?" != "0" ; then
       { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: HWPMC module not found. (see INSTALL.TXT)" >&5
 echo "$as_me: error: HWPMC module not found. (see INSTALL.TXT)" >&2;}