Page History

• Introduction
• Yocto Build Steps
• Image Flash Procedure
• Firmware Upgrade Validation Procedure
  • TFTP Server Setup
  • XCONF Server Setup
    • XConf URL
    • Create Environments
    • Create Model
    • Create MAC List
    • Create Firmware config
    • Create Firmware Rule
    • Edit Download Location Round Robin Filter
    • Verify XConf server configuration
  • Activate the System Serivce Plugin in the Controller UI
  • Provide the UpdateFirmware Curl command in the Rpi board
  • RPI-Board
• Conclusion
• Limitations

Introduction

The Firmware upgrade will upgrade higher or lower version of the current image in RPI target with the help of Xconf server and Local TFTP server by using Rdk Services

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Refer below link to build rdkv image

Yocto Build Instructions - RPi - RDK Video - 2020 - M12#196872666

Image Flash Procedure

Image Flash step

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vi /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
tftp-hpa File Content

STEP 6:

Start tftp server and xinetd server

XCONF Server Setup

XConf URL

Enter XConf server wiki page with below URL to create Environment,Model,Mac list,Firmware config,Firmware rule and Download Location Round Robin Filter.
XConf URL

Create Environments

STEP 1:

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Provide the UpdateFirmware Curl command in the Rpi board

RPI-Board

1. Flash the RDKV image supported for Firmware upgrade feature in the Rpi and verify the 2 partitions(ex. mmcblk0p1, mmcblk0p2) present under dev folder (use command ls /dev)
2. Verify System Service plugin is activated in controller UI as: http://<ip_address_pi_board>:9998
3. Provide the updateFirmware curl command on the pi board ex: root@raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid:~# curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"3","method":"org.rdk.System.1.updateFirmware","params":{}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://localhost:9998/jsonrpc
4. Device auto-reboots and verify there are 2 more additional partitions are created (ex. mmcblk0p3, mmcblk0p4).
5. After the board gets auto-reboots for creation of 2 more additional partitions (ex. mmcblk0p3, mmcblk0p4).Again  activate the  System Service plugin  in controller UI as: http://<ip_address_pi_board>:9998
6. Provide the updateFirmware curl command on the pi board ex: root@raspberrypi-rdk-hybrid:~# curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"3","method":"org.rdk.System.1.updateFirmware","params":{}}' -H 'content-type:text/plain;' http://localhost:9998/jsonrpc
7. Open /etc/include.properties file and verify the CLOUDURL parameter where XConf Server URL is configured
8. Verify the image version ( cat /version.txt) displays the flashed image version
9. Open /opt/logs/swupdate.log to verify the communication from RPI board with XConf Server and the download status
10. Verify the tftp download is happening by noticing the change of file size using below command: ls /extblock/tftpimage/imagedwnldls  -sh  (use this command frequently to verify the file size change)
11. Once image download completed, the Rpi board will auto reboot and come up with downloaded image
12.  Verify the version of booted image which shows the downloaded image version

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• Build the image RDK-V Image.
  
• Ensure 8GB sd-card is available for flashing
• Flash the build image to sd-card
• Setup xconf server ready with rules and download location for RPI device
• Place the upgrading image and checksum file in tftp server
• Boot the flashed image
• Activation of System Service plugin in controller UI befor before executing Curl command
  
• Curl command need to be provide twice initailly initiailly after the RPI board bootup  bootup ,curl command for the creation of 2 more additional partitions  (ex. mmcblk0p3, mmcblk0p4) in /dev folder.and again after the auto-reboot of the RPI board curl command for image download