Fedora 27 - kernel 4.14.3 - dkms does not build

[ManOrs]

Hello,
kernel 4.14.3 appeared in Fedora 27 repos,
I updated as usual, but veeamsnap dkms modue was not able to build itself

here is the log:

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DKMS make.log for veeamsnap-1.0.1.371 for kernel 4.14.3-300.fc27.x86_64 (x86_64)
lun 11 dic 2017, 09.55.49, CET
make: ingresso nella directory "/usr/src/kernels/4.14.3-300.fc27.x86_64"
  AR      /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/mem_alloc.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/sparse_array_1lv.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/sparse_bitmap.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/container.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/container_spinlocking.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/queue_spinlocking.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/bitmap_sync.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/log.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/page_array.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.o
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c: In function ‘blk_dev_redirect_part’:
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c:385:13: error: ‘struct bio’ has no member named ‘bi_bdev’; did you mean ‘bi_iter’?
    new_bio->bi_bdev = blk_dev;
             ^~~~~~~
             bi_iter
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c: In function ‘__dev_direct_submit_pages’:
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c:746:6: error: ‘struct bio’ has no member named ‘bi_bdev’; did you mean ‘bi_iter’?
  bb->bi_bdev = blkdev;
      ^~~~~~~
      bi_iter
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c: In function ‘blk_dev_direct_submit_page’:
/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.c:840:6: error: ‘struct bio’ has no member named ‘bi_bdev’; did you mean ‘bi_iter’?
  bb->bi_bdev = blkdev;
      ^~~~~~~
      bi_iter
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:314: /var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build/blk_dev_utile.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Attesa per i processi non terminati....
make: *** [Makefile:1507: _module_/var/lib/dkms/veeamsnap/1.0.1.371/build] Error 2
make: uscita dalla directory "/usr/src/kernels/4.14.3-300.fc27.x86_64"

do you already have a workaround?
should I open a ticket?

[PTide]

Hi,

Please note, that Fedora 27 is not on the list of supported distributions for VAL v1.1. The fix will be available after v2.0 release which is to happen very soon.

Thanks