Release Notes - 2021 - M8 RDK Reference Platform (RFP)
06 Sept 2021
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1.18 Broadband
Camera
Support RMS feature with Pipewire - REFPLTCAM-145 RDK-C Mobile application supports live streaming using RTS protocol - REFPLTCAM-136 Video
RDKV Revamp UI / Contributions IPSTB Profile Support RDK Community Support 1.17 Broadband
Camera
Analyzed the communication between Pipewire and Pipewire media media session - REFPLTCAM-143 Supported validation of multiple sample application with pipewire callback. - REFPLTCAM-144 Resolved build issue and camera detection issue - REFPLTCAM-146 , REFPLTCAM-147 Created July2021 tagged dunfell build for Camera - REFPLTCAM-148 Video
1.16 Broadband
Camera
Video
Revamp of Resident APP UI - REFPTLV-968 IPSTB Bringup on R-Pi3 (Phase-1)- REFPLTV-892 Bug fixes in UI 1.15 Broadband
Camera
Video
Stabilization fixes in RPi Yocto 3.1 (Dunfell) image. Stabilization of RDK Services. Bug fixes in UI. 1.14 Broadband
Validate live stream using pipewire framework with gst-launch - REFPLTCAM-118 Bringing RDKC Streamerhal component into the yocto framework - REFPLTCAM-104 Bringing RDKC camera-apps component into the yocto framework - REFPLTCAM-103 Resolve build failure in RDK-C - REFPLTCAM-125
Stabilization fixes in RPi Yocto 3.1 (Dunfell) image. Stabilization of RDK Services. Bug fixes in UI. 1.13 Broadband
Analyze and ensure the tiny RDK Changes brought up in Raspberry PI - REFPLTB-916 Analyzed the tiny RDK changes in Raspberry PI and making changes for turris-omnia REFPLTB-1021 Added wifihal Test binary to validate the wifi hal api's in emu console - REFPLTB-1018 Wifi Hal refactoring for gathering the information of Associated wireless clients - REFPLTB-1038 Fixed Build errors for Unification of rtmessage on both RDKB and RDKC Fixed Turris Extender opensync_2.0.5 build errors in dunfell - REFPLTB-964 Camera
Audio playback with pipewire utility - REFPLTCAM-124 Resolved firmware upgrade issue Video
Stabilization fixes in RPi Yocto 3.1 (Dunfell) images Enhancements in Resident App UI Bug fixes on RDK Services 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
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1.1
Updated Release Information, Release Identification for 2020 M3 Release
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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 M8 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 RdkFwUpgradeManager Integration in RPI RPI RDK-B 2 WAN Manager Integration in RDKB RPI target platform - Phase II RPI RDK-B 3 RPI4 Extender validation with SuperPOD RPI RDK-B
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7 Updating the hal-wifi-cfg80211 repo with reference to rdkb-turris-hal Turris-Omnia RDK-B
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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. USB webcamera - 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
Project Documentation Below is the list of supporting documents that are part of the release
1 Build Instructions Camera
Video
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The wiki links provided here give the Linux commands to setup Yocto Project build framework's workspace and to generate RDK images. 2 User Manual Broadband - RPI, Turris Omnia
Camera
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The user manual consists of a procedure to test the particular feature also covers Environment setup, Executing the System, and Troubleshooting steps 3 System Test Plan Results Video
This document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution
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