Release Notes - 2021 - M2 RDK Reference Platform (RFP)
28 Feb 2021
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Revision History
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Date
Revision Description
1.12 Broadband
Analyze and ensure the tiny RDK Changes brought up in Raspberry PI - REFPLTB-916 RDK-B Upgradation to R-Pi4 - REFPLTB-931 Yocto 3.1 Migration with WebUI JST support in rpi3 Fixes - REFPLTB-923 TR-069 Data Parameters Support- GPV, SPV for RPI - REFPLTB-928 Extensible SDK (eSDK) support for Turris Omnia Phase2 - REFPLTB-584 Git tagged releases for Turris Omnia on rdk-next branch - REFPLTB-976 Camera
Video
RDKCentral's generic TR-069 Data Model used in RPi platform Fixed RDK Services stabilization tickets Pinned Revision for RDK components in eSDK support Resolved few Community tickets 1.11 Broadband
Camera
extensible SDK (eSDK) support for raspberrypi - REFPLTCAM-105 fixing zoom issue observed on libcamerasrc video capture - REFPLTCAM-106 crash observed during capturing video using libcamerasrc after 40+ seconds of capture - REFPLTCAM-107 Support RMS with RTSP feature using libcamera src - REFPLTCAM-110 Video
New RDK Resident App available in RPi images Telemetry 1.0 feature on Video profiles RDKShell runtime crash is fixed MPEG-2 playback using hardware decoding on RPi available in Yocto 3.1 Build issues fixed in RPi RefApp image on Yocto 3.1 Migration of BRCM Reference Device 72180 to 20.2 sdk 1.10 Broadband
Yocto 3.1 Migration and validation of RDKB features with opensync - REFPLTB-836 Git tagged releases for Turris Omnia on rdk-next branch - Dec_30_12_2020 Yocto 3.1 migration Support in RPI(Model 3B+/3B) target platform - REFPLTB-862 Camera
Video
Extensible SDK for Raspberrypi Platform - REFPLTV-730 NEW Yocto 3.1 (Dunfell) Migration of RDK-Video profile's yocto builds on rdk-next branch - Phase 2 - REFPLTV-412 NEW Firmware Upgrade on RPi platform from XCONF Server - REFPLTV-759 NEW Stabilization of RDK Services on RDK-V images - fixed most of the issues - REFPLTV-514 1.9 Broadband
RDK Telemetry for Turris omnia reference platform - REFPLTB-664 Yocto 3.1 Migration on rdk-next branch for RPI - REFPLTB-862 Validation on Migration from dunfell to rdk-next on Turris Omnia - REFPLTB-836 Mesh config on R-Pi 4 (Proof of Concept) Git tagged releases for Turris Omnia on rdk-next branch - Nov_30_11_2020 Camera
Support RTSP streaming with RMS in Dunfell branch - REFPLTCAM-86 Validate CVR use case in RPI3 with dunfell branch - REFPLTCAM-82 Support Normal Thumbnail in RPI3 with Dunfell branch - REFPLTCAM-88 Support Firmware upgrade in RPI3 with dunfell branch - REFPLTCAM-87 Smart Home with Security Surveillance Video Streaming (Proof of Concept)Face detection Thumbnail support RTSP Streaming Video
Yocto 3.1 (dunfell) build framework support on rdk-next RPi RDK image builds NEW Supports generation of both media client and hybrid gateway generic images Smart Home with Security Surveillance Video Streaming (Proof of Concept)Thumbnail Notification handling Picture-in-Picture video playback IOT device control application RDK Services on x86 PC Emulator NEW Supports Controller UI Services: DeviceInfo, 1.8 Broadband
Yocto 3.1 Turris Omnia - Synchronizing from topic branches to mainstream branches
Synchronizing yocto 3.1 changes in meta-turris layer - REFPLTB-807 Git tagged releases for Turris Omnia on rdk-next branch - Oct_30_10_2020 Camera
Validation of RDK-C use cases of CVR, Normal thumbnail and firmware upgrade in RPI-3B+ target. - REFPLTCAM-74 CVR crash issue was fixed - REFPLTCAM-69 Supported firmware upgrade with both ethernet and wifi Mac - REFPLTCAM-77 CVR build issue was fixed - REFPLTCAM-76 Video
Firmware Control service on HYB and MC images Wifi service enabled for HYB images Yocto 3.1 Migration on rdk-next build - Phase 1Parsing errors were resolved and RPi specific changes are merged Supporting Jenkins team to merge Comcast migration changes into rdk-next meta-wpe layer removal - Supported all images including RefApp image where video and graphics issue fixed RMF Streamer crash was fixed 1.7 Support rdk-generic-camera-image for RPI-3 target - REFPLTCAM-67 Validate RMS Feature in RPI3 B+ - REFPLTCAM-75 Upstream patches in `meta-rdk-camera` - REFPLTCAM-2 After initial bootup RPI-0 target not up on reboot. - REFPLTCAM-71 Graphics and Video rendering issue resolved on RPi for RDK Service integration - REFPLTV-597 , REFPLTV-594 Bluetooth RDK service enabled for both MediaClient and Hybrid Gateway - REFPLTV-610 RDK Services on RPi Generic MediaClient RDK Services on RPi Generic Hybrid Gateway Yocto 3.1 Turris Omnia - Synchronizing from topic branches to mainstream branches - REFPLTB-808 Git tagged releases for Turris Omnia on rdk-next branch - Sep_30_09_2020_RDKB_Gateway 1.6 Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M8 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
1.5 Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M7 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
Integarted SNMP module in RDKB stack in RPI - REFPLTB-714 RDKB Emulator hal refactoring - REFPLTB-758 Online / Offline status of connected devices on RDKB in R-Pi - REFPLTB-622 Fixed high priority run-time/build time issues: Yocto 3.1 RDK MediaClient Generic Image - REFPLTV-474 Validation and fixes for runtime issues for Yocto 3.1 RDK Hybrid Generic image - REFPLTV-473 Integrate yocto3.1 for rdk-generic-camera-image - REFPLTCAM-31 Yocto 3.1 dunfell RDKB build for Turris Omnia: Brought all RDKB feature that are available in rdk-next build - REFPLTB-566 Git tagged release build(rdk-next) for Turris omnia - REFPLTB-680 1.4 Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M6 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
Firmware upgrade through XCONF server in Turris Omnia Platform - REFPLTB-665 Added RDKM logo support in UI page and corresponding syndication DM parameters also updated with respect to emulator - REFPLTB-623 Added Firmware Upgrade with http protocol support in rpi platform - REFPLTB-659 Supported Normal Thumbnail feature for RPI-0 Device - REFPLTCAM-15 Validation and fixes for various runtime/build time failures for rdk-generic-mediaclient-image - REFPLTV-474 1.3 Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M5 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
vc4graphics and v4l2 enabled for RDK Hybrid Thunder image on RPI platform to resolve MPEG TS streams playback issue - REFPLTV-433 RDK Generic Hybrid image support on RPI platform from yocto 3.1 manifest - REFPLTV-473 RDK Generic Mediaclient image support on RPI platform from yocto 3.1 fixing Issues - REFPLTV-474 Yocto - 3.1 support in Turris Omnia Target - RDK Broadband generic gateway image - REFPLTB-566 Implementated the hal-dhcpv4c api's for successfully fetching of Device.DHCPv4.Client.{i} data model tree - REFPLTB-635 Supported Firmware Upgrade with XConf server for RDK-C - REFPLTCAM-21 1.2 Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M4 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
1.1
Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M3 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
Updated Known Issues and Limitations for
1.0
Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M2 Release
Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed
Introduction This Release Notes document details for the delivery of version 2021 M2 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community
Release Feature Information Software and Hardware requirements to build Known limitations Updated Platform Tickets Below is the list of release features supporting Turris Omnia, R-Pi, and Emulator platforms.
S. No. Feature Device Profile Tickets Remarks 1 Analyze and ensure the tiny RDK Changes brought up in Raspberry PI
R-Pi RDK-B 2 RDK-B Upgradation to R-Pi4 R-Pi RDK-B 3 Yocto 3.1 Migration with WebUI JST support in rpi3 Fixes R-Pi RDK-B 4 ccsp-logagent fixes in rpi R-Pi RDK-B 5 TR-069 Data Parameters Support- GPV, SPV for RPI
R-Pi RDK-B
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6 Extensible SDK (eSDK) support for Turris Omnia Phase2
Turris-Omnia RDKB
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7 Community / BD / TDK Tickets Raspberrypi RDK-B
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8 RDKC Use case(RMS and CVR) feature validation with libcamera Raspberrypi RDK-C
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9 Pipewire support Raspberrypi RDK-C
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10 Raspberrypi RDK-V 11 RDK Services stabilization Raspberrypi RDK-V 12 eSDK support Raspberrypi RDK-V 13 Community Tickets Raspberrypi RDK-V
Hardware and Software Requirements Hardware Requirements Broadband Supported software and hardware
Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: Tenda 150Mbps Wireless PICO USB Adapter with RT5370 chipset (W311MI) (or) 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 Video Raspberrypi 3 Model B+ - 1 No. Power Supply (Output: 5V 2A) - 1 No. HDMI Supported TV - 1 No. HDMI cable - 1 No. Micro SD Card - 1 No. Card Reader - 1 No. Keyboard - 1 No. Camera Raspberrypi 3 Model B+ - 1 No. RPI-3 ribbon cable with RPI 2.1 camera module - 1No. Power Supply (Output: 5V 2A) - 1 No. HDMI Supported TV - 1 No. HDMI cable - 1 No. Micro SD Card - 1 No. Card Reader - 1 No. Keyboard - 1 No. System Requirements Known Issues and Limitations Camera RMS and CVR validation with libcamera works only with SD resolution. Observed 2 to 3 sec's of glitches in RMS with RTSP validation using both v4l2 and libcamera Video Dunfell RPI image
playback from rmfApp is not consistent. Upon several attempts, failure cases are encountering Network error RMF playback-related TDK test cases are failed Adaptive stream playback from aamp-cli and from UI are crashed with a segmentation fault Dunfell build fails at do_compile of wpeframework-clientlibraries recipe Cobalt crashes on launching from UI or Controller UI Metrological apps take more time to load its home screen Project Documentation Below is the list of supporting documents that are part of the release
1 Build Instructions Camera
Video
Broadband
The wiki links provided here give the Linux commands to setup Yocto Project build framework's workspace and to generate RDK images. 2 High Level Design Broadband - RPI
An high level design document which explains the design flow of each and every feature also covers Design Considerations, Architecture, Data Model, Limitations and Future Enhancements 3 User Manual Broadband - RPI, Turris Omnia
Camera
Video
The user manual consists of a procedure to test the particular feature also covers Environment setup, Executing the System, and Troubleshooting steps 4 System Test Plan Results This document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution
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