Pi4 64bit not recognized?

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Ekki Plicht

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Dec 26, 2021, 12:41:09 PM12/26/21
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Hi.

Thanks for providing this module!

Unfortunately I cant get it to work on my newest Pi4.
Running dump_board_info returns "Virtual or Unknown Raspberry Pi", same when the script runs as root.

I installed the HiPi module with cpan, all dependencies with apt.

$ perl -v
This is perl 5, version 32, subversion 1 (v5.32.1) built for aarch64-linux-gnu-thread-multi

$ uname -a
Linux pinot4 5.10.0-10-arm64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.84-1 (2021-12-08) aarch64 GNU/Linux


$ cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4

$ cpan -D HiPi                             
Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging
Reading '/home/ekki/.cpan/Metadata'
 Database was generated on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 11:29:02 GMT
HiPi
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
       (no description)
       M/MD/MDOOTSON/HiPi-0.86.tar.gz
       /home/ekki/perl5/lib/perl5/aarch64-linux-gnu-thread-multi/HiPi.pm
       Installed: 0.86
       CPAN:      0.86  up to date
       Mark Dootson (MDOOTSON)
       mdoo...@cpan.org


Output of dump_board_info
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /home/ekki/perl5/lib/perl5/aarch64-linux-gnu-thread-multi/HiPi/RaspberryPi.pm line 495.
--------------------------------------------------
Raspberry Pi Board Info
--------------------------------------------------
Model Name       : Virtual or Unknown Raspberry Pi
Released         : Q1 2012
Manufacturer     : HiPi Virtual
Memory           : 1024
Processor        : BCM2835
Hardware         : BCM2709
Description      : Type 3 40 pin GPIO header
Revision         : UNKNOWN
Serial Number    : UNKNOWN
GPIO Header Type : 3
Revision Number  :  
Device Tree      : Yes
Is Raspberry     : No
Is Raspberry 2   : No
Is Raspberry 3   : No
Is Raspberry 4   : No
Alt Function Map : Version 1

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Tried so far:
- googled for similar errors, no luck
- ran script as root, same result

Any idea of what might be wrong? Any information I should provide?

Thanks,
Ekki









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