Install ZFS on Fedora 25 with kernel 4.8.13-300

After I had my Fedora 24 upgraded to 25 on my desktop, ZFS no longer worked. I tried to remove zfs package and reinstalled; it didn’t work.

Here’s how I got it working after trying many things. There could be a different way to fix it, though.

Let’s check the version of the kernel:

[root@sangkae ~]# uname -r
4.8.13-300.fc25.x86_64

Check if spl, zfs are already installed:

[root@sangkae ~]# dnf info spl
Last metadata expiration check: 1:01:18 ago on Thu Dec 15 22:42:25 2016.
Installed Packages
Name        : spl
Arch        : x86_64
Epoch       : 0
Version     : 0.6.5.8
Release     : 1.fc25
Size        : 48 k
Repo        : @System
From repo   : zfs
Summary     : Commands to control the kernel modules
URL         : http://zfsonlinux.org/
License     : GPLv2+
Description : This package contains the commands to verify the SPL
            : kernel modules are functioning properly.

[root@sangkae ~]# dnf info zfs
Last metadata expiration check: 1:01:26 ago on Thu Dec 15 22:42:25 2016.
Installed Packages
Name        : zfs
Arch        : x86_64
Epoch       : 0
Version     : 0.6.5.8
Release     : 1.fc25
Size        : 808 k
Repo        : @System
From repo   : zfs
Summary     : Commands to control the kernel modules and libraries
URL         : http://zfsonlinux.org/
License     : CDDL
Description : This package contains the ZFS command line utilities.

Manually install spl, dkms:

# dkms install spl/0.6.5.8
# dkms install zfs/0.6.5.8

Load zfs module:

# modprobe zfs

Voilla, I got ZFS working again.