Just installed Kernel 3.16-r3 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (340.17) install and load/run OK..

Brief details of changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1406.3/03892.html

#uname -a
Linux rglinux-i7 3.16.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 30 09:33:45 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Robert Gadsdon…   June 30, 2014