Esp32 and updating xtensa toolchain 12

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1

Hello

Recently I have been trying to update xtensa toolchain to 12 (or 11 but same result) to finally make use of c++ modules

Here is my recent ini file:

[env:esp32dev]
platform = espressif32@^6.4.0
board = esp32dev
framework = arduino
monitor_speed = 115200
monitor_filters = esp32_exception_decoder
build_unflags = -std=gnu++11
build_flags =
	-fmodules-ts
	-std=gnu++2a
platform_packages =
	framework-arduinoespressif32
	espressif/toolchain-xtensa-esp32@12.2.0+20230208

However any attempts ends up with tons of errors like these:

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Any ideas if updating toolchain is possible? Do i need to update core as well? if so, then to which version?

2

Havae you tried what’s written in https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif32/issues/1211 instead?

3

Yes I did but it turns out, error was somewhere else (the ini above works), I was able to partially use C++ 20 modules, some example

// Order of this is important, first module, then includes, then export
module;

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <NimBLECharacteristic.h>

export module UARTWrapper;

export struct __attribute__((packed)) UartDataPacket {
	uint32_t dataLength;
	uint8_t data[256];
};

export struct __attribute__((packed)) UartBeginRequest {
	uint32_t baud;
	uint32_t config;
};

export class UARTWrapper {
	public:
	bool started;
	NimBLECharacteristic* bleCharacteristic;
	QueueDefinition* queue;

	UARTWrapper() {
		started = false;
		bleCharacteristic = nullptr;
		queue = xQueueGenericCreate(10, sizeof(UartDataPacket), queueQUEUE_TYPE_BASE);
	}

	void begin(UartBeginRequest* request, NimBLECharacteristic* bleChar) {
		// ...
	}

	void onReceive() {
		// ...
	}

	static void sendQueue(void* p) {
		// ...
	}

	void end() {
		//...
	}

	void send(UartDataPacket* pPacket) {
		// ...
	}
};

However there are several problems, perhaps with pio build scripts:

  1. Clean does not clean module cache, files like that remains:
    image
  2. Probably build order isn’t correct because i am getting errors sometimes - am i correct pio build scripts would need update?:
UARTWrapper: error: failed to read compiled module: No such file or directory
UARTWrapper: note: compiled module file is 'gcm.cache/UARTWrapper.gcm'
UARTWrapper: note: imports must be built before being imported
UARTWrapper: fatal error: returning to the gate for a mechanical issue
  1. -fmodules-ts needs to be applied only for C++ files, is there a way to do so with pio ini? Adding this to build flags works but produces tons of warnings
  2. And current issues i am struggling with and unable to pinpoint:
src/AppSerial.cpp:17:8: internal compiler error: in write_location, at cp/module.cc:15635
   17 | export module AppSerial;
      |        ^~~~~~
libbacktrace could not find executable to open

Would be nice to work out even partial support for modules, i have been waiting for this for a very long time :slight_smile:

4

Can you file an issue with Arduino-ESP32 so that they pull it in officially first?

5

I believe updating toolchain is not ready yet as besides the issues with modules, normal compilation gives pretty high amount of warnings. While my project did compile i did not test even a third of functions.

I have also pushed my module tests here: GitHub - kaminaris/Esp32DiagnosticDongle at modules-test
branch modules-test contains almost compiling code, at some point it even worked.