I was hoping to get some help. I have been working on getting bluetooth mesh working on my raspberry pi 4 for a few days and feel I am hitting a brick wall.
I am referring to this pdf that was updated July 2019 and also this website.
My problem is around understanding how updating the kernel works (this isn't something I have done before) and if the steps are a little out of date.
The reason why I think it could be out of date is when I run the following command I get the version number which is higher than both sources.
uname -a
Linux mypi4 4.19.97-v7l+ #1294 SMP Thu Jan 30 13:21:14 GMT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux
The purpose of rebuilding the kernel is to include the following modules
Select Cryptographic API → CMAC support
Select Cryptographic API → User-space interface for hash algorithms
Select Cryptographic API → User-space interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms
when following the commands from the medium I rebooted the pi and it was stuck showing the 4 raspberry pi logos on the top left of the screen.
I have then found the pdf study guide which I followed on a new install and was able to get the Pi to boot back up successfully.
I also come across the rpi-source script while researching about the kernel and updating it on the raspberry pi and couldn't help thinking that there is an easier way.
I also feel that there is something painfully obvious that I am missing but without the knowledge, I'm a bit stuck.
Hopefully, I have made it clear on my current findings, the main questions I want to ask is;
- How do I know if the modules are already installed?
- How do I know which is the latest kernel version for my pi?
- Do I really need to change kernel versions if I only want to include the modules? how could the steps in the guides be modified to just add the modules?
Any help, advice or pointers on the kernel and Pi 4 would be really appreciated
