Release Notes - 2020 - M8
RDK Reference Platform (RFP)


Version: 1.6
31st August 2020


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Revision History

Release No.

Date

Revision Description

1.0

02 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M2 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

1.1

31 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M3 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

Updated Known Issues and Limitations for

1.230 April 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M4 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

1.329 May 2020

Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M5 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

  • vc4graphics and v4l2 enabled for RDK Hybrid Thunder image on RPI platform to resolve MPEG TS streams playback issue - REFPLTV-433
  • RDK Generic Hybrid image support on RPI platform from yocto 3.1 manifest - REFPLTV-473
  • RDK Generic Mediaclient image support on RPI platform from yocto 3.1 fixing Issues - REFPLTV-474
  • Yocto - 3.1 support in Turris Omnia Target - RDK Broadband generic gateway image - REFPLTB-566
  • Implementated the hal-dhcpv4c api's for successfully fetching of Device.DHCPv4.Client.{i} data model tree - REFPLTB-635
  • Supported Firmware Upgrade with XConf server for RDK-C - REFPLTCAM-21
1.430 Jun 2020

Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M6 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

  • Firmware upgrade through XCONF server in Turris Omnia Platform - REFPLTB-665
  • Added RDKM logo support in UI page and corresponding syndication DM parameters also updated with respect to emulator - REFPLTB-623
  • Added Firmware Upgrade with http protocol support in rpi platform - REFPLTB-659
  • Supported Normal Thumbnail feature for RPI-0 Device - REFPLTCAM-15
  • Validation and fixes for various runtime/build time failures for rdk-generic-mediaclient-image - REFPLTV-474
1.531 July 2020

Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M7 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

  • Integarted SNMP module in RDKB stack in RPI - REFPLTB-714
  • RDKB Emulator hal refactoring - REFPLTB-758
  • Online / Offline status of connected devices on RDKB  in R-Pi - REFPLTB-622
  • Fixed high priority run-time/build time issues: Yocto 3.1 RDK MediaClient Generic Image - REFPLTV-474
  • Validation and fixes for runtime issues for Yocto 3.1 RDK Hybrid Generic image - REFPLTV-473
  • Integrate yocto3.1 for rdk-generic-camera-image - REFPLTCAM-31
  • Yocto 3.1 dunfell RDKB build for Turris Omnia: Brought all RDKB feature that are available in rdk-next build - REFPLTB-566
  • Git tagged release build(rdk-next) for Turris omnia - REFPLTB-680
1.631 Aug 2020

Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M8 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed


Contents


Introduction


This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2020 M8 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community

  1. Release Feature Information
  2. Software and Hardware requirements to build
  3. Known limitations
  4. Updated Platform Tickets

Release Information

Below are the list of release features supporting Turris Omnia, R-Pi and Emulator platforms.

S.NoFeatureDeviceProfileRemarksTickets
1RDK Services on Firebolt ® ImageR-PiRDK-V

RDKServices bringup and validation on Firebolt ® Mediaclient Image

  • Disable read-only-rootfs for RDK RPI images
  • Gstreamer Ugly Plugin commercial license flag whitelisting
  • WPE WebKit build error for cairo-gl.h header inclusion
  • Fixed Controller UI launching issue
  • Creation of separate manifest file with meta-wpe layer dependency to be removed in meta-cmf-raspberrypi
  • Enable RDK Shell Distro feature for RDK Services
2Yocto 3.1 Turris Omnia - Opensync integration with plume NOC and MeshAgent supportTurris-OmniaRDKB
  • Integrated Opensync and validated with Plume NOC 
  • Able to view the connected devices on Plume NOC
  • Updated rdkb-turris-hal for dunfell branch
  • Provided the fix for disabled AP's in RDKB webUI
3Telemetry with cron job supportR-PiRDKBAdded the support of cron job to the Telemetry feature for RaspberryiPi
4Yocto 3.1 integration  and validation for rdk-generic-camera-imageR-PiRDK-C
  • Resolved the build failure issue and ensured smooth yocto 3.1 rdk-generic-camera-image build.
  • Validated RDKC media server ( RMS ) , Continuous video recording( CVR ), Normal thumbnail and Firmware upgrade features.
5Community TicketsR-Pi, Turris Omnia and EmulatorRDKB
  • RPI-B Hostapd not starting on rdk-next with recent merges.
  • Initial wifi connection failure issue on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz
  • In rpi ,Some of the WiFI parameters are not persistent on reboot
  • [TDK] [AUTO] [RPI] Some of the parameters from PAM and WIFI are not persistent on reboot

  • RDKB RPI Failure Setting Device.X_CISCO_COM_DeviceControl.LanManagementEntry.1.LanMode

  • [TDK][AUTO]Factory Reset via SNMP showing time-out error

  • RPI-B Hostapd not starting on recent changes

  • Validating New flashing instruction for latest model of Turris Omnia

  • Fixing build issues following the changes for creating sysupgrade image(wic)
  • Mounting /nvram partition for newer model of Turris Omnia
  • RDK Firmware upgrade support for newer model of Turris Omnia
  • Removing u-boot marvell unused bbappend


6Community TicketsR-PiRDK-V
  • Change 40803 tries to start some critical services as non-root user but this fails on RPI
  • RPI-V AAMP Playback via rdkmediaplayer is broken

Hardware and Software Requirements

Supported software and hardware

  • Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: Tenda 150Mbps Wireless PICO USB Adapter with RT5370 chipset (W311MI) (or)
    Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred 5GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator/RPI:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred xfinity-wifi 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for RPI:  TP-LINK TL-WN823N 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
  • New dongle - Ultra-fast 1300 (867+400) mbps wireless speed with 802.11ac
  • Turris Omnia Target for Wi-Fi Extender functionality
  • USB to Ethernet
  • Desktop PCs
  • 8 GB SD-Card

Known Issues and Limitations

Yocto-3.1 RDK Generic Camera Image in R-PI:

  1.  WiFi connection:
    •  Wi-Fi IP is obtained through restarting the "wpa_supplicant.service" manually.
  2.  The system date and time are not properly updating.

RDK Services in R-PI's Firebolt ® Mediaclient:

  1. OCDM.json at /etc/WPEFramework/plugins directory has a syntax error in the "systems" parameter. An empty double quote ("") to be given as "systems":"",
  2. Bluetooth plugin/service is currently not available
  3. The referenceapp.service is inactive on bootup. When tried restarting this service manually, ResidentApp tab is visible from the Controller UI but no UI on the connected TV

Project Documentation

Below is the list of supporting documents that are part of the release

1User ManualThe user manual consists of a procedure to test the particular feature also covers Environment setup, Executing the System and Troubleshooting steps
2System Test Plan Results

This document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution

3Release NotesRelease Notes -This document

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