Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.17-rc5, and – as with -rc4 – the vmnet-patched VMware 10.0.3 and NVIDIA 340.32 both compile/load OK..

$ uname -a
Linux rg6830l 3.17.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 23:17:13 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1409.1/05124.html

Robert Gadsdon.   September 15, 2014.