Possibility to upgrade RPI 4 to TorizonCore 6.x

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Hi,

I grew quite fond of testing our application progress, ideas, or infrastructure topics on a Raspberry Pi 4. So, our Colibri IMX8 boards stay more stable until we upgrad them as well.

Now, I would like to work out any possible issues with TorizonCore 6.x before I upgrade our real hardware. Is there a way to run version 6.x on the RPI? The current JSON provided only offers an image from August 2022.

Best regards,
Markus

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I take it back - seems as if RPI is already updated according to hostnamectl:

Operating System: TorizonCore Upstream 6.0.0-devel-20220724173912+build.0 (kirk…
Kernel: Linux 5.10.83-torizon-standard
Architecture: arm64

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Hi @KidIcarus ,

Glad to hear that. So we can consider this as solved?

Best Regards
Kevin

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Hi @kevin.tx

It is nearly solved. How can I update the Raspberry Pi? Currently, it shows it runs on version 6.0—via the Cloud platform, I can’t initiate any updates. Is there another way to keep it up to date?

Best regards
Markus

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Could you clarify what you mean by you “can’t initiate any updates”? Are you using our platform to do the updates? What exactly is happening?

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Hi @jeremias.tx,

Sorry for the lack of details. In app.torizon.io I select my provisioned Raspberry Pi:

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But there are no packages available

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I thought it should be possible to upgrade from 6.0 to 6.2?

Best regards,
Markus

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We only publish TorizonCore OS images for our supported hardware. TorizonCore on the Raspberry Pi is an experimental configuration. On our Labs page for this: Torizon for Raspberry Pi and x86-64 devices

We even state that performing an OTA update on the OS/TorizonCore for Raspberry Pi is not a supported feature at this time.

Best Regards,
Jeremias

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I apologize for the confusion – I never checked that website. I only found the possibility via GitHub, and there I read:

[…]
Torizon is a software platform that simplifies the process of developing and maintaining embedded software. It allows you to configure the system for IoT/IIoT with over the air updates (OTA) quickly and easily, so you can focus on application development instead of Linux builds.
[…]

I know now better. Maybe it is possible to add the current image version to the GitHub page or somehow show that there has been an update. I know this is currently an experimental project. I just wanted to provide some feedback because it is a really great addition. Especially for rapid prototyping or early application development.

Best regards,
Markus