Scope
Scope of this release is for RDK-B community.This is our Q4 2025 release of Banana Pi R4
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SD Build for Gateway with EasyMesh
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TBDrepo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -b rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml
repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle
MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband FEATURE_TYPE=EasyMesh source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb
bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image |
SD Build for Extender with EasyMesh
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TBDrepo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/rdkcmf/manifests -b rdkb-2025q4-kirkstone -m rdkb-bpi-ap-extsrc.xml
repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle
MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband-ap-extender source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb
bitbake rdk-generic-ap-extender-image |
SD Build for Gateway with USB RNDIS enabled
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- 2.4 Ghz (wifi0)
- 5 Ghz (wifi1)
- 6 Ghz(wifi2)
- Does it support multiple creations - As of now we have not created any VAP's.Technically that is possible based on requirement.
- Easy Mesh EasyMesh R6
- WiFi 7
Cellular Network highlights
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Validation Status
Sanity Status
| S.No | Sanity Tested on | Status |
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| 1 | erouter0 interface got Wan IPv4 and IPv6 | PASS |
| 2 | brlan0 interface got default LAN IP & Ipv6 | PASS |
| 3 | Able to take SSH Connection | PASS |
| 4 | All CCSP process are running | PASS |
| 5 | Able to Ping www.google.com & ping -6 www.google.com in Gateway (i,e erouter0) | PASS |
| 6 | All systemd services are running | PASS |
| 7 | Able to connect LAN client | PASS |
| 8 | LAN client got IP from default pool range for Ipv6 and Ipv4 | PASS |
| 9 | LAN client should open with CaptivePortal Page | PASS |
| 10 | Able to connect wireless client | PASS |
| 11 | Wireless client got IP from default pool range(i,e 2G,5G,6G) for Ipv4 and Ipv6 | PASS |
| 12 | Wireless client can access the CaptivePortal Page(i,e 2G,5G,6G) | PASS |
| 13 | Internet should work on Connected clients after changing the default credentials | PASS |
| 14 | Using dmcli to check the CCSP TR-181 DataModels | PASS |
| 15 | WebUI page should be loaded on Connected clients after changing the default credentials | PASS |
| 16 | WebUI page should be loaded through erouter0IP via RM | PASS |
| 17 | wifi0, wifi1, wifi2 interfaces should be UP and RUNNING | PASS |
| 18 | All ccsp logs files should be generated in /rdklogs/logs folder | PASS |
| 19 | Factory Reset | PASS |
| 20 | Device stable | PASS |
Features Status
| S.No | Features tested on | Status |
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| 1 | WebPa get and set should work, query device. | PASS |
| 2 | LogUpload/Logrotation | PASS |
| 3 | RFC | PASS |
| 4 | Webconfig | PASS |
| 5 | Telemetry 2 | PASS |
| 6 | Usppa get and set are working through DM’s | PASS |
| 7 | Cellular Mode | PASS |
| 8 | Local WebUI | RDKBACCL-1223 |
| 9 | Firewall | PASS |
| 10 | OneWiFi Triband |
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| 11 | CPU Proc Analyser | PASS |
| 12 | WAN Connectivity (i,e Ipv4) | PASS |
| 13 | WAN Connectivity (i,e Ipv6) | PASS |
| 14 | WiFi Connectivity | PASS |
| 15 | LAN Connectivity | PASS |
| 16 | SNMP | PASS |
| 17 | Bridge Mode | PASS |
| 18 | DAC | PASS |
| 19 | OneWifi with Single WiPhy Design |
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| 20 | TR069 | PASS |
| 21 | eSDK | RDKBACCL-1102 |
| 22 | PopulateSDK | PASS |
| 23 | SelfHeal | PASS |
| 24 | Test and Diagnostic | PASS |
| 25 | Crash Upload |
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| 26 | SD card support |
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| 27 | Factory reset | PASS |
List of Supported Features - User Manual's
- Webpa - WebPA Feature Support on BPI R4 - User Manual
- RFC -RFC Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User manual
- WebConfig -WebConfig Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
- Telemetry 2 - Telemetry 2.0 Feature support for RDKB BPI -User Manual
- Log Rotate -Log Rotation Feature Support in RDKB BPI - User manual
- Cellular - Cellular Feature support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
- UspPa
- Including UspPa in a device
- TR-369/USP on RDK-B
- OBUSPA 8.0 User Manual(Engineering Version)
- CpuProcAnalyser - Cpuprocanalyzer Feature support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
- OneWifi - OneWifi Integration in RDKB BPI - User Manual
- Selfheal - Self Heal Feature in BPI - User manual
- TR-69 - TR069 Support for Bananapi R4
- SNMP - SNMP Support for BPIR4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
- OneWifi with Single WiPhy support
- OneWifi Integration in RDKB BPI - User Manual
- Single wiphy design for Onewifi/rdk-wifi-hal
- Crashupload - Crash Upload Feature RDK-B - RDK - RDK Central Wiki
- Test and Diagnostics similar to RPI- Test and Diagnostic on R-Pi
- Bridge Mode similar to RPI- BridgeMode Feature support in RPI
- DAC similar to RPI
- Containerization using META DAC SDK in RDK-B RPI
- DAC on BPI R4 RDK-B -64 bit
- iperf3 application
- eSDK - RDKB: Extensible SDK support on (BananaPi R4) Yocto 4.0 Kirkstone build
- PopulateSDK : Creating Yocto SDK
- SD card support - SD Monolitic image build and flashing steps for BPI R4.
- SpeedTest Support : IMP/gateway speedtest integration in Banana Pi R4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
- WPS support https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/display/ASP/WPS+PBC+integration+in+RDK-B+BPI+R4
- Port Triggering (same as RPI) https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/display/RDK/Port+Triggering+in+RPI
- TelcoVoice - Telco Voice Manager
- Firmware upgrade - Firmware Upgradation for BPI using Xconf Server
- USB Dongle(RNDIS/MODEM type) support to CellularManager - Cellular RNDIS Feature User Manual
Roadmap of new Features
| Q4' 2024(Previous prebeta release,Oct 2024) | Q1' 2025 (current beta release,Feb 05 2025 ) | Q12025 official Release | Q2' 2025 | Q3' 2025 | Q4'2025 | Future |
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- Board bringup
- Core RDK-B Porting
- Ethernet WAN support
- LAN support
- Basic Wi-Fi bringup
- WebPA
- TR369
- Telemetry 2.0
- RFC
- Cellular WAN support
- DHCP(IPv4,IPv6)
- CPU Proc Analyzer
- Local WebUI
- Webconfig
- Log upload/Log rotation
- Firewall
| - Selfheal
- TR-69
- SNMP
- Onewifi with single WiPhy support(First RDK-B device with this design)
- Crashupload
- Test and Diagnostics
- Bridgemode
- SD Card Support
- DAC
- Bundlegen support for BPI R4
- meta-dac-sdk support for BPI R4
- eSDK
- PopulateSDK
- Factory reset
- Configurable WAN support
- USP 8.0 migration
| Same features of Beta Release | - Speedtest
- Port Triggering
- WPS
| - No Release due to GitHub migration
| - TelcoVoice
- Firmware upgrade
- EasyMesh Gateway
- EasyMesh Extender
- IEEE1905
- Kernel Migration to 6.6
- USB Dongle(RNDIS/MODEM type) support to CellularManager
- WiFi 7
- DAC support with meta-rdk-broadband-apps layer
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- Bluetooth/BlueZ
- WAN Over WiFI
- RDK Generic Broadband Dev Image
- Guest WiFi
- Scarthgap
- Mac Filtering
- PPPoE
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- Can be provided to RDK-B Licenses on demand
Test results reference
Additional info
For support
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