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• 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 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 upcoming mediatek BSP release
• Does beta release support EasyMesh/Wi-Fi 7 - No,We plan Post beta release
• Can i expand RAM in BPI R4 - You have to do it on Hand,Please refer here https://forum.banana-pi.org/t/bpi-r4-successfully-upgraded-8gb-ram-on-bpi-r4/17882/5

Build instructions

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

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repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/reference/manifests -

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m bpi4_tags/rdkb-bpi-extsrc-2025Q1.xml -b master
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

Common Build Error 

• Please follow link below to build binary if not having access to artifacts and getting below error

           https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=354648448

• Copy the built binary to necessary path in meta-cmf-bananapi and change the SRC_URI to pint to the binary
  
  

ERROR: bootloader-prebuild-r0 do_fetch: Bitbake Fetcher Error: FetchError('Unable to fetch URL from any source.', 'https://artifactory.rdkcentral.com/artifactory/RDKB-Platform/BPI-R4/uboot-2024.04/bpi-r4_sdmmc_bl2.img;name=bl2')

Flashing instructions(NAND flash)

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• Version

  • Kirkstone(Yocto 4.0)

• SoC meta layers

  • meta-filogic
  • meta-cmf-filogic

• RDK meta layers

  • meta-cmf-bananapi
    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/meta-cmf-bananapi/tree/Beta

Kernel & user space

• Kernel 5.4 
• Full 64bit (User space and kernel space)

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Wi-Fi highlights

• 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.

Cellular Network highlights

• Tested in North America & APAC regions

Flashing mechanism

• Primary

  • NAND flash supported in Beta Engineering release

• Secondary

  • SD flash supported in Beta Engineering release
  • Prerequisites:You may need to compile your own uboot and copy files to build system before build.The reason is uboot code is not fully open.as of now we are not authorized to host binaries in RDKM(SD Monolitic image build and flashing steps for BPI R4.)

Hardware & Peripherals

• Banana Pi R4 Router Board
• BE14 Wi-Fi 7 card & Antennas
• Quectel EM05-G Cellular Modem
• Power supply & Heat sinks
• Case (Optional)
• serial cable

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• Cellular Modem - Quectel EM05-G LTE M.2 Module/Simcom Module 8200EAM2
  • Note: For testing with other CellularModules,There might need some changes in ModemManager (You can plan it on your own)

Features supported in

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Beta engineering release

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Validation  Status

Sanity Status 

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List of Supported Features - User Manual's

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 
   UspPa -
   1.  Including UspPa in a device
   2. TR-369/USP on RDK-B
   3. OBUSPA 8.0 User Manual(Engineering Version)
   1. CpuProcAnalyser - Cpuprocanalyzer Feature support in RDKB BPI - User Manual
   2. OneWifi - OneWifi Integration in RDKB BPI - User Manual
   3. Selfheal - Self Heal Feature in BPI - User manual - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
   4. TR-69 - TR069 Support for Bananapi R4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
   5. SNMP - SNMP Support for BPIR4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central WikiWiFi (6E)
   6. OneWifi with Single WiPhy support 
      1. OneWifi Integration in RDKB BPI - User Manual
      2. Single wiphy design for Onewifi/rdk-wifi-hal
   7. Crashupload - Crash Upload Feature RDK-B - RDK - RDK Central Wiki
   8. Test and Diagnostics similar to RPI- Test and Diagnostic on R-Pi
   9. Bridge Mode similar to RPI- BridgeMode Feature support in RPI
   10. DAC similar to RPI - RPI 
       1. Containerization using META DAC SDK in RDK-B RPI
       2. DAC on BPI R4 RDK-B -64 bit
       3. iperf3 application
   11. eSDK similar to TurrisOmnia - ESDK dunfell  support on Turris Omnia - RDKB: Extensible SDK support on (BananaPi R4) Yocto 4.0 Kirkstone build
   12. PopulateSDK : Creating Yocto SDK 
   13. SD card support - SD Monolitic image build and flashing steps for BPI R4.

   Roadmap of new Features

   Q4' 2024(Previous prebeta release,Oct 2024)	Q1' 2025 (current beta release,Feb 05 2025 )	Q2' 2025	Future
   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

8. WiFi (6E)

Onewifi with single WiPhy support(First RDK-B device with this design) 2.4 Ghz 5 Ghz 6 Ghz Crashupload Test and Diagnostics Bridgemode SD Card Support DAC

Firmware upgrade

Bundlegen support for BPI R4 meta-dac-sdk support for BPI R4 eSDK PopulateSDK Factory reset Configurable WAN support USP 8.0 migration

WiFi 7 TelcoVoice Scarthgap PPPoE WPS Mac Filtering Speedtest Port Triggering

9. Factory reset

Firmware upgrade EasyMesh Gateway EasyMesh Extender

IoT Bluetooth/BlueZ

• WiFi 7
• TelcoVoice
• Scarthgap
• PPPoE
10. IoT
EasyMesh

WAN Over WiFI RDK Generic Broadband Dev Image Guest WiFi