diff -Nurp open-vm-tools-modules/modprobe.conf ./modprobe.conf
--- open-vm-tools-modules/modprobe.conf	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-modules/modprobe.conf	2011-11-14 12:14:23.148186782 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#VMware net driver
+install pcnet32 /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install vmxnet; /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install pcnet32 ; /bin/true;
diff -Nurp open-vm-tools-modules/open-vm-tools-modules.install ./open-vm-tools-modules.install
--- open-vm-tools-modules/open-vm-tools-modules.install	2011-11-14 06:10:10.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-modules/open-vm-tools-modules.install	2011-11-14 12:15:58.197369275 +0100
@@ -3,15 +3,8 @@ KERNEL_VERSION='3.1.0-4-ARCH'
 post_install() {
   depmod -a -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-  VMXNET="install pcnet32 /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install vmxnet;"
-  VMXNET="$VMXNET /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install pcnet32 $CMDLINE_OPTS;"
-  VMXNET="$VMXNET /bin/true;"
-
-  echo ">>> Enabling vmxnet driver in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
+  echo ">>> Enabling vmxnet driver in /etc/modprobe.d/open-vm-tools-modules.conf"
   echo ">>> (this will disable pcnet32 driver)"
-  sed "$ a \\\n#VMware net driver\n$VMXNET" -i /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
-  echo
-
   echo ">>>"
   echo ">>> If vmxnet driver doesn't handle your NIC, you have to manually"
   echo ">>> disable loading of pcnet32 driver"
@@ -25,9 +18,6 @@ post_upgrade() {
 post_remove() {
   depmod -a -v $KERNEL_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
 
-  echo ">>> Disabling vmxnet driver in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
-  sed "/VMware net driver/,+1 d" -i /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
-
   echo ">>>"
   echo ">>> Remember to un-blacklist pcnet32 driver"
   echo ">>>"
diff -Nurp open-vm-tools-modules/PKGBUILD ./PKGBUILD
--- open-vm-tools-modules/PKGBUILD	2011-11-14 06:10:10.000000000 +0100
+++ open-vm-tools-modules/PKGBUILD	2011-11-14 12:18:08.541752855 +0100
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ makedepends=('libdnet' 'icu' 'uriparser'
 depends=("linux")
 install=$pkgname.install
 options=('!strip')
-source=("http://downloads.sourceforge.net/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-$pkgver-${_pkgsubver}.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('06f299375a91fbcba9d16b5007490023')
+source=("modprobe.conf"
+	"http://downloads.sourceforge.net/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-$pkgver-${_pkgsubver}.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('ac9b8e3cb798f5056ca92767ec705117'
+         '06f299375a91fbcba9d16b5007490023')
 
 build() {
   _kernver=`pacman -Q linux | cut -d . -f 2 | cut -f 1 -d -`
@@ -40,4 +42,6 @@ package() {
   done
   sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='$KERNEL_VERSION'/" $startdir/$pkgname.install
   gzip $pkgdir/lib/modules/extramodules-3.${_kernver}-ARCH/*.ko
+
+  install -D -m 644 ${srcdir}/modprobe.conf ${pkgdir}/etc/modprobe.d/${pkgname}.conf 
 }