Introduction
BPI platform MUST upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.6 so that device has latest security patches and kernel capabilities and align with Yocto 5.0 upgrade requirement.
List of changes
BPI-R4 build instruction
Controller build steps
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repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b kirkstone -m rdkb-bpi-extsrc.xml
repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle
#CP the below change in meta-cmf-bananapi
https://github.com/rdkcentral/meta-cmf-bananapi/pull/293
#with EasyMesh
MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband KERNEL_TYPE=kernel6-6 FEATURE_TYPE=EasyMesh source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb
#without Easymesh
MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband KERNEL_TYPE=kernel6-6 source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb
Please refer the Bootloader steps to download the bl2 and fip binaries
#to CP the below change for fynecli access for utopia component
https://github.com/rdkcentral/utopia/pull/47
bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image
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Note - Kernel6-6 builds only supports SDcard imagesand does not have NAND images support yet
Extender build steps
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repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b kirkstone -m rdkb-bpi-ap-extsrc.xml
repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
#Default build with AL_SAP
MACHINE=bananapi4-rdk-broadband-ap-extender KERNEL_TYPE=kernel6-6 source meta-cmf-bananapi/setup-environment-refboard-rdkb
Please refer the Bootloader steps to download the bl2 and fip binaries
bitbake rdk-generic-ap-extender-image |
Bootloader steps
#to download the bl2.img, bl2_B.img, fip.bin and fip_B.bin, please use below command
wget https://artifactory.rdkcentral.com/artifactory/RDKB-Platform/BPI-R4/uboot-2025.01/bpi-r4_sdmmc_bl2_B_6-6.img https://artifactory.rdkcentral.com/artifactory/RDKB-Platform/BPI-R4/uboot-2025.01/bpi-r4_sdmmc_fip_B_6-6.bin https://artifactory.rdkcentral.com/artifactory/RDKB-Platform/BPI-R4/uboot-2025.01/bpi-r4_sdmmc_bl2_6-6.img https://artifactory.rdkcentral.com/artifactory/RDKB-Platform/BPI-R4/uboot-2025.01/bpi-r4_sdmmc_fip_6-6.bin
# If you don't have access to above resources,
# Please follow instruction in https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=354648448#SDMonoliticimagebuildandflashingstepsforBPIR4.-Buildingbl2.imgandfip.binincaseofnothavingaccesstoartifactoryrepository to build bl2 and fip binaries yourselves |
Flashing instructions(SD card)
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Copy *.wic.bz2 from build machine (image path is ~/build-bananapi4-rdk-broadband/tmp/deploy/images/bananapi4-rdk-broadband/)
bzip2 -d <Path to ImageName.wic.bz2>
sudo -E bmaptool copy --nobmap <Path to ImageName.wic> <Path to SD card device file> |
References
https://git01.mediatek.com/plugins/gitiles/openwrt/feeds/mtk-openwrt-feeds/+/refs/heads/master/autobuild/unified/#wi_fi-7-latest-release-version-filogic-880_860_850-wifi7-mp4_2-release-2025_09_12-wifi-package-version
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