This is the script we used for vmxnet. If you are searching for vlance (pcnet32) instead of vmxnet then you need to make the change. Put the script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmxnet_build then do a chkconfig add for vmxnet_build. The script will run when you boot your linux VM. There was one condition that causes the script to get into a loop but it is very rare, so rare I cannot recall what causes it.
#!/bin/sh
#
\# chkconfig: 3 09 89
\# description: vmware
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#
\# Purpose: This script will check for the existence of the vmxnet driver
\# (vmxnet.o) in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc. If the driver is not
\# there, the script will build it.
\# Author: Tom Crowe
\# Revisions: 02/21/05 - script was created
\# 02/02/2006 - comment out references to "old: vmware builds
#
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#
\# source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
do_check_for_module() {
if \[ -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmxnet.o ] ; then
driver is there
success $"vmxnet module exists:"
else
module is not there, build it
failure $"vmxnet module does NOT exist:"
do_build_module
fi
echo
}
do_build_module() {
echo -n $"Building new vmxnet module:"
\# if \[ -x /usr/local/src/vmware-tools-distrib/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl ] ; then
\# # if the script is executable, run it
\# initlog -c "/usr/local/src/vmware-tools-distrib/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl d"
\# RETVAL=$?
\# elif \[ -x /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl ] ; then
if \[ -x /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl ] ; then
else, if this other script is executable, run it
initlog -c "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl d"
RETVAL=$?
fi
if \[ $RETVAL = 0 ] ; then
success $"re-build of vmxnet module:"
echo -n $"Re-checking for vmxnet module:"
do_check_for_module
else
failure $"re-build of vmxnet module:"
fi
}
echo -n $"Checking for vmxnet module:"
do_check_for_module
