Having trouble compiling netmap kernel module

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Hey everyone,
First time poster here. Hopefully this question isn't too stupid but I've been having a hard time figuring this out.
I'm trying to install the netmap drivers for Arch. I've downloaded the header files through pacman, but the configure script for netmap spits out an error stating it requires the full kernel source.
This is where I'm unsure of what to do. I've gone to kernel.org and downloaded this tar ball: http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/sou … src.tar.gz
I unpacked it to /usr/src/ and, as instructed in the configure script's error, I run the script with an option to point to the kernel source as such:
./configure --kernel-sources=/usr/src/linux/
********************************** ERROR **********************************
*** Cannot find full kernel sources.
*** We need the full kernel sources to build the netmap-enabled drivers.
*** Please note that most distributions provide separate packages for kernel
*** headers and sources. Once you know the path to kernel sources, you can
*** rerun this script with the additional
*** --kernel-sources=/path/to/sources
*** option.
*** If you are only interested in VALE and pipes, you can rerun the script
*** now with the '--no-drivers' option. Hardware devices will then be accessed
*** via a generic adapter at reduced performance."
*** Current configuration values:
*** kernel directory /lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/build
*** [/usr/lib/modules/3.18.6-1-ARCH/build]
*** linux version 31206 [3.18.6]
*** module file netmap.ko
*** subsystems generic monitor pipe vale
*** no-drivers
But it keeps giving me the same error! Did I not download the kernel source? I feel like I'm so close...
- Cory
Last edited by burning_flag (2015-03-19 05:28:36)

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