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This is the first community release to add support for Banana PI

• RDK-B Banana Pi R4 - 2025Q1 Release(March 2025)For RPI 4 Extender see RPI4 Extender - reference implementation
  

Note: The latest rdkb quarterly release addresses licensing issues so users are advised to move to the latest iteration.

• RDKB-2024q42025q1-kirkstone RPi4 32bit Broadband License Manifest Report
• RDKB-2024q42025q1-kirkstone RPi4 64bit Broadband License Manifest Report
• RDKB-2024q42025q1-kirkstone RPi4 32bit Extender License Manifest Report
• RDKB-2025q1-kirkstone Banana Pi Broadband License Manifest Report

https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/display/CMF/RDKB-2025q1-kirkstone+Banana+Pi+Broadband+License+Manifest+Report

• TDK-B Test Reports - M131RDKB - Test Reports 2024Q4 Kirkstone buildrdkb-2025q1-kirkstone

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Baseline

Highlights

Components updated since rdkb-2024q1-kirkstone

Community contributions

A detailed changelog since the last release rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone can be found here. 

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mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

# RPI 
repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone  

# BPI
repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone  

repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

• The -m <manifest.xml> in the sequence above is important. If this is not specified, you will get an RDK-V tree by default.

  • For RPI builds use manifest: rdkb.xml

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    repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone

• The -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone in the build sequence above specifies the branch to use.
• If you omit the -b rdkb-2024q4-kirkstone entirely, you will get the HEAD of each component

Building the code

RDKB

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2025Q1 Manifests

Building for RaspberryPi 4B 32 Bit

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mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-pod-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags  

cd meta-cmf-broadband
<UPDATE 0001-Update-bhaul-credential.patch with credential and redirector URL>
cd ../

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

bitbake rdk-generic-extender-image

Building for Banana Pi Nand Image

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband BPI_IMG_TYPE=nand source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb

bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

Building for Banana Pi SD Image

mkdir <workspace dir> 
cd <workspace dir>

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml -b rdkb-2025q1-kirkstone  
repo sync --no-clone-bundle --no-tags 

MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb

bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

Documentation 

Documentation on the RDK-B reference platforms including host requirement setup and flashing instructions are available from the following links:

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RDK-B (Raspberry Pi) Build and Setup Manual - Router Profile

RDK-B BananaPi R4

RDK-B TurrisBanana Pi R4 - 2025Q1 Release(March 2025)

Kirkstone (Yocto 4.0) Migration - RDK-B

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For all other RDK documentation please refer to the RDK wiki at https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/ 

Testing

Sanity Testing

Automated RPI Sanity tests include:

• Services checks (OneWifi, ccsp processes)
• Network (WAN) connectivity 
• LAN client
• Wifi 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz hotspot testing.
• Login, menu navigation, parameter modification, e.g. Wifi SSID/password change and re-connection, changing admin password.

Additional Manual Sanity Tests on RPI and BPI:

TDK & Automatics Testing

• TDK component, VRT and E2E tests were run against the release on both 32 bit and 64 bit builds
• TDK Manager used is TDK-B Release M131M135
• TDK-B Test Reports - rdkb- M131RDKB - Test Reports 2024Q4 Kirkstone build2025q1-kirkstone