--- libffado-2.4.1/SConstruct.orig	2019-02-20 12:16:38.576884822 +0100
+++ libffado-2.4.1/SConstruct	2019-02-20 12:17:11.466999088 +0100
@@ -606,8 +606,7 @@
         # 64-bit (x86_64/AMD64/Intel64)
         # Long Mode (x86-64: amd64, also known as Intel 64, i.e. 64-bit capable)
         self.is_64bit = (self.is_x86 and 'lm' in self.x86_flags) or \
-                        (self.is_powerpc and \
-                            ('970' in self.ppc_type or 'power8' in self.ppc_type.lower()))
+                        (self.is_powerpc) 
 
         # Hardware virtualization capable: vmx (Intel), svm (AMD)
         self.has_hwvirt = self.is_x86 and (
@@ -768,22 +767,9 @@
     """add certain gcc -m flags based on CPU model
     """
     cc_opts = []
-    if cpuinfo.is_altivec_supported:
-        cc_opts.append ('-maltivec')
-        cc_opts.append ('-mabi=altivec')
-
-    if re.match('74[0145][0578]A?', cpuinfo.ppc_type) is not None:
-        cc_opts.append ('-mcpu=7400')
-        cc_opts.append ('-mtune=7400')
-    elif re.match('750', cpuinfo.ppc_type) is not None:
-        cc_opts.append ('-mcpu=750')
-        cc_opts.append ('-mtune=750')
-    elif re.match('PPC970', cpuinfo.ppc_type) is not None:
-        cc_opts.append ('-mcpu=970')
-        cc_opts.append ('-mtune=970')
-    elif re.match('Cell Broadband Engine', cpuinfo.ppc_type) is not None:
-        cc_opts.append('-mcpu=cell')
-        cc_opts.append('-mtune=cell')
+    cc_opts.append ('-maltivec')
+    cc_opts.append ('-mabi=altivec')
+
     return cc_opts
 #=== End Revised CXXFLAGS =========================================
 
@@ -826,7 +812,7 @@
             print("Doing a 32-bit PowerPC build for %s CPU" % cpuinfo.ppc_type)
             machineflags = { 'CXXFLAGS' : ['-m32'] }
         else:
-            print("Doing a 64-bit PowerPC build for %s CPU" % cpuinfo.ppc_type)
+            print("Doing a 64-bit PowerPC build for POWER8 CPU")
             machineflags = { 'CXXFLAGS' : ['-m64'] }
         env.MergeFlags( machineflags )
     elif cpuinfo.is_x86: