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Scope of this Beta engineering release is for RDK-B community to explore and understand RDK-B running on Banana pi R4.This has MVP RDK-B stack

Frequently Asked Questions

• Can i use this release for production - Not recommended
• Does it cover all features - Yes
• what release version i can use for deployment - 2025Q2 release is planned for deployment
• Can i share this Beta release with my OEM's/Operators/SI's/SoC's - You are free to share
• Can i contact rdk RDKM team if i have any queries/to give any feedback - Yes
• Is this Beta engineering release fully tested - Yes we have done End to End testing
• Can i use Beta release for my development/New enhancements - Yes
• Does beta release support 6.x linux kernel,If no what is the plan - Beta release support 5.4 kernel and we are planning linux kernel 6.1 upgrade with latest upcoming mediatek BSP release Post Beta release
• Does beta release support EasyMesh/Wi-Fi 7 - No,We plan Post beta release

Build instructions

• Code Block

  NAND repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/reference/manifests -m bpi4_tags/rdkb-bpi-extsrc-2025Q1.xml -b master repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image SD card Note: pls check here for more info -https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=354648448 repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b kirkstone -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml repo sync -j `nproc` --no-clone-bundle --no-tags MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband BPI_IMG_TYPE=sdmmc source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

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Pre-requirements: Install tftp server in you local machine and copy the image to tftp server location

Flashing instructions(SD card)

Tested machines - Linux,MacOs

Boot mode

• NAND 

  • switch configuration

    • https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Getting_Started_with_BPI-R4#Prepare_to_develop

• SD 

  • switch configuration

    • https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Getting_Started_with_BPI-R4#Prepare_to_develop

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1. Webpa - WebPA Feature Support on BPI R4 - User Manual
2. RFC -RFC Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User manual
3. WebConfig -WebConfig Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
4. Telemetry 2 - Telemetry 2.0 Feature support for RDKB BPI -User Manual
5. Log Rotate -Log Rotation Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User manual
6. Cellular -  Cellular Feature support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
7. UspPa - Including UspPa in a device
8. CpuProcAnalyser - Cpuprocanalyzer Feature support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
9. OneWifi - OneWifi Integration in RDKB BPI - User Manual
10. Selfheal - Self Heal Feature in BPI - User manual - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
11. TR-69 - TR069 Support for Bananapi R4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
12. SNMP - SNMP Support for BPIR4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
13. WiFi (6E)
14. Crashupload - Crash Upload Feature RDK-B - RDK - RDK Central Wiki
15. Test and Diagnostics similar to RPI- Test and Diagnostic on R-Pi
16. Bridge Mode similar to RPI- BridgeMode Feature support in RPI
17. DAC similar to RPI - Containerization using META DAC SDK in RDK-B RPI
18. eSDK similar to TurrisOmnia - ESDK dunfell  support on Turris Omnia 
19. PopulateSDK : Creating Yocto SDK 
20. SD card support - SD Monolitic image build and flashing steps for BPI R4.

Roadmap of new Features

Known issues  

• Bridge Mode is working when it is enabled. Device is not booting with bridgemode on reboot. To recover,  switch to router mode with command "dmcli eRT setv Device.X_CISCO_COM_DeviceControl.LanManagementEntry.1.LanMode string router"

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