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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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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
   OBUSPa 8.0 -
   1. TR-369/USP on RDK-B
   2. 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
   4. TR-69 - TR069 Support for Bananapi R4
   5. SNMP - SNMP Support for BPIR4 - Preferred Program - RDK Central Wiki
   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 
       1. Containerization using META DAC SDK in RDK-B RPI
       2. DAC on BPI R4 RDK-B -64 bit
       3. iperf3 application
   11. eSDK - 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.

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   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 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 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 Firmware upgrade EasyMesh Gateway EasyMesh Extender	IoT Bluetooth/BlueZ WAN Over WiFI RDK Generic Broadband Dev Image Guest WiFi

   Known issues  

   • NA

   References

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   • BPI-R4 E2E Report
     View file name Minimal-Functionality-for-BPI-R4-64bit-kirkstone_Feb5.docx height 250

   Additional info

   • As of now Bluetooth/BlueZ is not supported in Beta release.in case if some organization need.pls add this code manually -Bluetooth support in Banana Pi R4(Reference) - Generic Module

   For support

   • Please reachout to support@rdkcentral.com

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