Raspberry Pi 4

Has anyone any idea when there will be a stable release for the Raspberry Pi 4? I want to set up a router for my home lan but I just keep finding bugs and missing package upgrades to get things working for example the official fan needs kernel 5.4.128 but it does not exist as an upgrade as yet.

Thanks Colin

Will be included in 21.02

So far kernel is at .124

Do you mean the fan that comes with the official raspberry pi case? If so you just need to install kmod-hwmon-gpiofan and it will work with the current builds.

Yes I know but that module is not available for the 124 kernel only the 128 revision :frowning: Thanks for the replies.

please provide a source for this statement and the module/kconfig you are referring to...

general claims without evidence don't exactly assist you or others...

The kernel in the release I donwloaded yesterday is 5.4.124 and the module hwmon-gpiofan is only available that I can find is for the 5.4.128 kernel.

kmod-hwmon-gpiofan - 5.4.128-1 - Kernel module for GPIO controlled FANs
kmod-hwmon-gpiofan - 5.4.124-1 - Kernel module for GPIO controlled FANs

The above is from the list of software but when I try to install the module it wants to install the updated version 5.4.128. I cannot get it to install the 5.4.124 version?

Colin

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gpiofan has been and is available regardless of kernel version for at least 6 months probably 12;

./kmods/5.4.85-1-58b5abfd02b97ae62b3c10ea85105d70/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.85-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.108-1-5082ee74a25df4a3fe07454eb1c5689b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.108-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.87-1-3093b325eca0c7f19f6befffb058adb2/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.87-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.81-1-f0ce86fc6a6908c7275a13331c8317ed/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.81-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.95-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.95-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.96-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.96-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.110-1-bcfe871b76db0ebdf95e110f81e790ce/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.110-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.102-1-3d2e18bf877eb0d194bc4a6ff5f11d99/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.102-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.60-1-2a98c054b7cbf0b334b907234df1a161/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.60-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.124-1-272d8d859b9c04efc790e7b6c91cc80f/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.124-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.74-1-b5126fb13c29ea3221287a66d17449ed/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.74-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.99-1-8e9f75c0eb8c609c994d377d72cfa245/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.99-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.61-1-2a98c054b7cbf0b334b907234df1a161/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.61-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.71-1-b46ecacb47deb234827a8ddda38ec9cf/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.71-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.81-1-2473f231fb330bba343f0e28d6fc5413/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.81-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.66-1-5bce2209885de4a03488d29e7c2dd93e/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.66-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.80-1-2473f231fb330bba343f0e28d6fc5413/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.80-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.63-1-ae64cdd66752027353ba1146d2af0803/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.63-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.99-1-da99851d65a91062e4ded24a69866956/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.99-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.115-1-3b027d2f6da44ed7a48f652399debe9c/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.115-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.77-1-e2202261d8d97069c53b903eb9986de9/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.77-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.70-1-b46ecacb47deb234827a8ddda38ec9cf/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.70-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.65-1-ae64cdd66752027353ba1146d2af0803/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.65-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.90-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.90-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.94-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.94-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.117-1-3b027d2f6da44ed7a48f652399debe9c/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.117-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.59-1-6b9b38032e2b529d6fd8d86a546ac48f/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.59-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.113-1-bcfe871b76db0ebdf95e110f81e790ce/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.113-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.92-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.92-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.80-1-46e055e192e5be3a20d991b2cfe45271/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.80-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.105-1-e6bc2400f376a9e1e6c0d7653674211c/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.105-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.72-1-d8d015ae98546607a0af30183f28383b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.72-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.105-1-3d2e18bf877eb0d194bc4a6ff5f11d99/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.105-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.99-1-d341bbc89e0c7b58679f43aeb2421763/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.99-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.67-1-5bce2209885de4a03488d29e7c2dd93e/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.67-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.106-1-5082ee74a25df4a3fe07454eb1c5689b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.106-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.83-1-d66a600dbf75f9a526b03d6768b0ef7a/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.83-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.59-1-2a98c054b7cbf0b334b907234df1a161/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.59-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.61-1-ae64cdd66752027353ba1146d2af0803/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.61-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.87-1-12d0f3eebfbd482ddba5940a77b3e73f/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.87-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.93-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.93-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.101-1-0119c5def0bca6ddf851820ee3e097af/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.101-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.109-1-5082ee74a25df4a3fe07454eb1c5689b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.109-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.113-1-19d85a1f15c966c0f7e9b5dd7fb9739a/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.113-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.82-1-9c8ae92a7cae5c0da821e5ef6f3edb59/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.82-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.85-1-6f935bb8f82dbf6e9acde21ac2a1006b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.85-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.110-1-5082ee74a25df4a3fe07454eb1c5689b/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.110-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.91-1-d38e2aaa338add4a409aced8a9c159b0/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.91-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
./kmods/5.4.61-1-5994ff0ca823d433c327b0f27a8bb848/kmod-hwmon-gpiofan_5.4.61-1_aarch64_cortex-a72.ipk
dtoverlay=gpio-fan,gpiopin=<PIN>,temp=<TEMP>

as mike already informed you...

Finally got it working I told it to 'opkg install kmod-hwmon-gpiofan' and it did this time :slight_smile: so now happy thanks for the help every one.

Thanks

Colin

likely week/s not month/s

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