Firmware Upgradation for Rpi with Xconf Server by using RDK Services System Service -Plugin via UpdateFirmware curl command

• 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
  • 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

System Services-Plugin via  updateFirmware curl command  .

Yocto Build Steps

Refer below link to build rdkv image

Image Flash Procedure

Image Flash step

Firmware Upgrade Validation Procedure

TFTP Server Setup

STEP 1:

Install xinetd and tftpd-hpa application in your local PC to setup tftp server by using below command
TFTP Server Installation Step

STEP 2:

Create checksum file for your upgrading image.
md5sum checksum creation

STEP 3:

Create new folder for example "tfphome" in your PC home direcotry to maintain checksum file and upgrading image file.

Keep upgrading image file and checksum file in your created folder.

For Ex:

Keep rdk-generic-camera-image_default_20200329074421.rootfs.rpi-sdimg and rdk-generic-camera-image_default_20200329074421.txt files in your tftphome folder.

STEP 4:

Check tftp file is there or not in /etc/xinetd.d/ directory. if it is not there then create tftp file under this /etc/xinetd.d/ direcotry and add below content.

vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
TFTP File Content