Kernel 4.0 ‘Final’ – OK with latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..
Updated to Kernel 4.0 (from kernel.org), and the latest NVIDIA driver (346.59) and ‘patched’ VMware 11.1 both compile and install/run OK..
$ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.0.0 #1 SMP Sun Apr 12 17:26:04 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1504.1/03200.html
Robert Gadsdon. April 12, 2015.
Where did you get the patched VMWare Files for kernel 4.0? I have VMWare Workstation and Kernel 4.0 and am unable to get it working.