I’m using an ESP32-WROVER-E with 8MB of flash. I bought the 8MB WROVER because I have a project that needs the additional flash space.
My development environment is VSCode 1.61 with PIO 5.2.1.
To make use of the full 8MB of flash, an 8MB partition table must be set in platformio.ini using board_build.partitions. For my projects, I use:
board_build.partitions = default_8MB.csv
This works fine as long as I upload code using esptool via the USB serial port on the WROVER board.
However, if I use a JTAG debugger such as the ESP-PROG or Segger J-Link, the code uploads but the ESP32 goes into the dreaded reboot loop:
rst:0x3 (SW_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1044
load:0x40078000,len:10124
load:0x40080400,len:5828
entry 0x400806a8
ets Jul 29 2019 12:21:46
The problem goes away if I comment out board_build.partitions in platformio.ini but then I’m limited to only 4MB of flash when using a JTAG debugger.
The problem is repeatable for me with both the ESP-PROG and J-Link on both Windows 10 and macOS Big Sur. This leads me to think it may be a problem with OpenOCD.
Has anyone else encountered this behavior? Any suggestions for a fix?
Here is code that will replicate the issue if you have access to an 8MB ESP32-WROVER-E:
main.cpp
#include <Arduino.h>
#define LED_BUILTIN 2
void setup() {
log_d("Total heap: %d", ESP.getHeapSize());
log_d("Total PSRAM: %d", ESP.getPsramSize());
log_d("Flash Chip Size: %d", ESP.getFlashChipSize());
pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
delay(1000);
}
platformio.ini
; PlatformIO Project Configuration File
[env:esp32dev]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32dev
framework = arduino
board_build.partitions = default_8MB.csv
debug_tool = esp-prog
upload_protocol = esp-prog
build_flags =
; Enable PSRAM
-DBOARD_HAS_PSRAM
-mfix-esp32-psram-cache-issue
; Debug level
-DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=5
-DESP32=1
If the code is working correctly after upload, it should output:
rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:2
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1044
load:0x40078000,len:10124
load:0x40080400,len:5828
entry 0x400806a8
[D][esp32-hal-psram.c:47] psramInit(): PSRAM enabled
[D][main.cpp:6] setup(): Total heap: 387412
[D][main.cpp:7] setup(): Total PSRAM: 4194252
[D][main.cpp:8] setup(): Flash Chip Size: 8388608
Thanks for looking!