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To install Repo make sure you have a /bin directory in your home directory and that it is included in your path

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$ mkdir ~/bin

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$ PATH=~/bin:$PATH

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Download the repo tool and ensure that it is executable

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$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/

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repo > ~/bin/repo

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$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Note: it is also recommended to put credentials in ~/.netrc when interacting with repo.

A sample ~/.netrc file is illustrated below

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machine code
machine code.rdkcentral.com


login YOUR_USERNAME


password YOUR_PASSWORD

Yocto Build Steps

To build, follow below instructions

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$ mkdir

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 <workspace dir>
$ cd <workspace dir>
$ repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b kirkstone -m rdkb-extsrc.xml

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$ repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle

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$ MACHINE=raspberrypi4-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment

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$ bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

 

Flashing Procedure

Following command can be used to flash the RPI image to sd card using linux machine . bmap tool should be available in linux

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bzip2 -d <path to ImageName.wic.bz2>

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sudo -E bmaptool copy --nobmap <path to ImageName.wic> <path to SD card space>

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Example:

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$ bzip2 -d rdk-generic-broadband-image-raspberrypi-rdk-broadband.wic.bz2

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$ sudo -E bmaptool copy --nobmap rdk-generic-broadband-image-raspberrypi-rdk-broadband.wic.bz2 /dev/sdb