diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cc1923a..c8cfe39 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8
+3.10
diff --git a/examples/clock.c b/examples/clock.c
index 5ca98fd..a6b6567 100644
--- a/examples/clock.c
+++ b/examples/clock.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void drawClockHands (void)
   struct tm *now ;
   double angle, p, x0, y0, x1, y1 ;
   int h24, h, m, s ;
-  char text [20] ;
+  char text [40] ;
 
   time (&t) ;
   now = localtime (&t) ;
diff --git a/examples/delayTest.c b/examples/delayTest.c
index 16245c3..af74e9f 100644
--- a/examples/delayTest.c
+++ b/examples/delayTest.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int main()
   int t ;
   int max, min ;
   int del ;
-  int underRuns, overRuns, exactRuns, bogusRuns, total ;
+  int underRuns, overRuns, exactRuns, total ;
   int descheds ;
 
 
diff --git a/examples/speed.c b/examples/speed.c
index 19b2b06..23a3a50 100644
--- a/examples/speed.c
+++ b/examples/speed.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int main (void)
 // character device ABI
 
   printf ("\ncharacter device ABI method: (%8d iterations)\n", SLOW_COUNT) ;
-  wiringPiSetupGpioDevice () ;
+  wiringPiSetupGpioDevice (WPI_PIN_BCM) ;
   pinMode (17, OUTPUT) ;
   speedTest (17, SLOW_COUNT) ;
 
diff --git a/gpio/Makefile b/gpio/Makefile
index 249bb24..bc0829f 100644
--- a/gpio/Makefile
+++ b/gpio/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #	  A swiss-army knige of GPIO shenanigans.
 #	https://github.com/wiringPi/wiringPi
 #
-#	Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Gordon Henderson
+#	Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Gordon Henderson and contributors
 #################################################################################
 # This file is part of wiringPi:
 #	A "wiring" library for the Raspberry Pi
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ install: gpio
 	$Q mkdir -p		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	$Q cp gpio		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 ifneq ($(WIRINGPI_SUID),0)
-	$Q chown root.root	$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/gpio
+	$Q chown root:root	$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/gpio
 	$Q chmod 4755		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/gpio
 endif
 	$Q mkdir -p		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
diff --git a/gpio/readall.c b/gpio/readall.c
index c28f7fe..8d2ffba 100644
--- a/gpio/readall.c
+++ b/gpio/readall.c
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ static void doReadallExternal (void)
  *********************************************************************************
  */
 
+#define MAX_ALTS 11
 static const char unknown_alt[] = " - ";
-static const char *alts [] =
+static const char *alts [MAX_ALTS+1] =
 {
   "IN", "OUT", "ALT5", "ALT4", "ALT0", "ALT1", "ALT2", "ALT3", "ALT6", "ALT7", "ALT8", "ALT9"
 } ;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ static const char *alts [] =
 
 static const char* GetAltString(int alt) {
 
-  if (alt>=0 && alt<=11) {
+  if (alt>=0 && alt<=MAX_ALTS) {
     return alts[alt];
   }
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index b79a6e9..8ef452a 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#define VERSION "3.8"
+#define VERSION "3.10"
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 3
-#define VERSION_MINOR 8
+#define VERSION_MINOR 10
diff --git a/wiringPi/wiringPi.c b/wiringPi/wiringPi.c
index eb2090e..bc00369 100644
--- a/wiringPi/wiringPi.c
+++ b/wiringPi/wiringPi.c
@@ -1658,19 +1658,62 @@ void pinEnableED01Pi (int pin)
 }
 #endif
 
+#define ZeroMemory(Destination,Length) memset((Destination),0,(Length))
 
-const char DEV_GPIO_PI[] ="/dev/gpiochip0";
-const char DEV_GPIO_PI5[]="/dev/gpiochip4";
+
+int OpenAndCheckGpioChip(int GPIONo, const char* label, const unsigned int lines) {
+  char szGPIOChip[30];
+
+  sprintf(szGPIOChip, "/dev/gpiochip%d", GPIONo);
+  int Fd = open(szGPIOChip, O_RDWR);
+  if (Fd < 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "wiringPi: ERROR: %s open ret=%d\n", szGPIOChip, Fd);
+    return Fd;
+  } else {
+    if (wiringPiDebug) {
+      printf("wiringPi: Open chip %s succeded, fd=%d\n", szGPIOChip, Fd) ;
+    }
+    struct gpiochip_info chipinfo;
+    ZeroMemory(&chipinfo, sizeof(chipinfo));
+    int ret = ioctl(Fd, GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL, &chipinfo);
+    if (0==ret) {
+      if (wiringPiDebug) {
+        printf("%s: name=%s, label=%s, lines=%u\n", szGPIOChip, chipinfo.name, chipinfo.label, chipinfo.lines) ;
+      }
+      int chipOK = 1;
+      if (label[0]!='\0' && NULL==strstr(chipinfo.label, label)) {
+        chipOK = 0;
+      }
+      if (lines>0 && chipinfo.lines!=lines) {
+        chipOK = 0;
+      }
+      if (chipOK) {
+        if (wiringPiDebug) {
+          printf("%s: valid, fd=%d\n", szGPIOChip, Fd);
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (wiringPiDebug) {
+          printf("%s: invalid, search for '%s' with %u lines!\n", szGPIOChip, label, lines) ;
+        }
+        close(Fd);
+        return -1; // invalid chip
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return Fd;
+}
 
 int wiringPiGpioDeviceGetFd() {
   if (chipFd<0) {
     piBoard();
-    const char* gpiochip = PI_MODEL_5 == RaspberryPiModel ? DEV_GPIO_PI5 : DEV_GPIO_PI;
-    chipFd = open(gpiochip, O_RDWR);
-    if (chipFd < 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "wiringPi: ERROR: %s open ret=%d\n", gpiochip, chipFd);
-    } else if (wiringPiDebug) {
-      printf ("wiringPi: Open chip %s succeded, fd=%d\n", gpiochip, chipFd) ;
+    if (PI_MODEL_5 == RaspberryPiModel) {
+      chipFd = OpenAndCheckGpioChip(0, "rp1", 54);   // /dev/gpiochip0 @ Pi5 since Kernel 6.6.47
+      if (chipFd<0) {
+        chipFd = OpenAndCheckGpioChip(4, "rp1", 54);  // /dev/gpiochip4 @ Pi5 with older kernel
+      }
+    } else {
+      // not all Pis have same number of lines: Pi0, Pi1, Pi3, 54 lines, Pi4, 58 lines (CM ?), see #280, so this check is disabled
+      chipFd = OpenAndCheckGpioChip(0, "bcm", 0);
     }
   }
   return chipFd;
diff --git a/wiringPiD/Makefile b/wiringPiD/Makefile
index d7ebec8..6226b2e 100644
--- a/wiringPiD/Makefile
+++ b/wiringPiD/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #	The wiringPiD utility:
 #	https://github.com/wiringPi/wiringPi
 #
-#	Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Gordon Henderson
+#	Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Gordon Henderson and contributors
 #################################################################################
 # This file is part of wiringPi:
 #	A "wiring" library for the Raspberry Pi
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ install: wiringpid
 	$Q echo "[Install]"
 	$Q mkdir -p		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
 	$Q cp wiringpid		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
-	$Q chown root.root	$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin/wiringpid
+	$Q chown root:root	$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin/wiringpid
 
 #	$Q mkdir -p		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man8
 #	$Q cp gpio.1		$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man8