Kernel 5.14-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2107.1/02943.html

The latest VMware 16.1.2 patch includes a fix for 5.14-rc, and compiles and runs OK (tested with 5.14-rc1).   Find it at:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-16.1.2

NVIDIA 470.42.01 compile failed:
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/home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h: In function ‘nv_sleep_ms’:
/home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h:217:18: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘state’; did you mean ‘__state’?
217 | current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
| ^~~~~
| __state
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:271: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/nvidia/nv.o] Error 1
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Bodged this by simply changing ‘state‘ to ‘__state‘ in line 217 of NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/common/inc/nv-time.h (note that other changes may be necessary..), and then the compile failed with:

/home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:925:14: error: ‘struct drm_device’ has no member named ‘pdev’; did you mean ‘dev’?
925 | dev->pdev = to_pci_dev(device);
| ^~~~
| dev
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:271: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o] Error 1

The driver can be compiled/loaded by using the # NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-470.42.01.run –no-drm option..    More investigation needed…

Robert Gadsdon    July 11th 2021.