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Contents

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Introduction

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This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2020 M8 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community

  1. Release Feature Information
  2. Software and Hardware requirements to build
  3. Known limitations
  4. Updated Platform Tickets

Release Information

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Below are the list of release features supporting Turris Omnia, R-Pi and Emulator platforms.

S.NoFeatureDeviceProfileRemarksTickets
1RDK Services on Firebolt ImageR-PiRDK-V

RDKServices bringup and validation on Firebolt Mediaclient Image

  • Disable read-only-rootfs for RDK RPI images
  • Gstreamer Ugly Plugin commercial license flag whitelisting
  • WPE WebKit build error for cairo-gl.h header inclusion
  • Fixed Controller UI launching issue
  • Creation of separate manifest file with meta-wpe layer dependency to be removed in meta-cmf-raspberrypi
  • Enable RDK Shell Distro feature for RDK Services
2Yocto 3.1 Turris Omnia - Opensync integration with plume NOC and MeshAgent supportTurris-OmniaRDKB
  • Integrated Opensync and validated with Plume NOC 
  • Able to view the connected devices on Plume NOC
  • Updated rdkb-turris-hal for dunfell branch
  • Provided the fix for disabled AP's in RDKB webUI
3Telemetry with cron job supportR-PiRDKBAdded the support of cron job to the Telemetry feature for RaspberryiPi
4Yocto 3.1 integration  and validation for rdk-generic-camera-imageR-PiRDK-C
  • Resolved the build failure issue and ensured smooth yocto 3.1 rdk-generic-camera-image build.
  • Validated RDKC media server ( RMS ) , Continuous video recording( CVR ), Normal thumbnail and Firmware upgrade features.
5Community TicketsR-Pi, Turris Omnia and EmulatorRDKB
  • RPI-B Hostapd not starting on rdk-next with recent merges.
  • Initial wifi connection failure issue on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz
  • In rpi ,Some of the WiFI parameters are not persistent on reboot
  • [TDK] [AUTO] [RPI] Some of the parameters from PAM and WIFI are not persistent on reboot
  • RDKB RPI Failure Setting Device.X_CISCO_COM_DeviceControl.LanManagementEntry.1.LanMode

  • [TDK][AUTO]Factory Reset via SNMP showing time-out error

  • RPI-B Hostapd not starting on recent changes

  • Validating New flashing instruction for latest model of Turris Omnia

  • Fixing build issues following the changes for creating sysupgrade image(wic)
  • Mounting /nvram partition for newer model of Turris Omnia
  • RDK Firmware upgrade support for newer model of Turris Omnia
  • Removing u-boot marvell unused bbappend


6Community TicketsR-PiRDK-V
  • Change 40803 tries to start some critical services as non-root user but this fails on RPI
  • RPI-V AAMP Playback via rdkmediaplayer is broken

Hardware and Software Requirements

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Supported software and hardware

  • Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: Tenda 150Mbps Wireless PICO USB Adapter with RT5370 chipset (W311MI) (or)
    Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred 5GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator/RPI:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred xfinity-wifi 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for RPI:  TP-LINK TL-WN823N 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
  • New dongle - Ultra-fast 1300 (867+400) mbps wireless speed with 802.11ac
  • Turris Omnia Target for Wi-Fi Extender functionality
  • USB to Ethernet
  • Desktop PCs
  • 8 GB SD-Card

Known Issues and Limitations

Yocto-3.1 RDK Generic Camera Image in R-PI:

  1.  WiFi connection:
    •  Wi-Fi IP is obtained through restarting the "wpa_supplicant.service" manually.
  2.  The system date and time are not properly updating.

Project Documentation

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Below is the list of supporting documents that are part of the release

Technical Support contact

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