Fail to create LittleFS on d1_mini_pro board

[aldope]

I cant upload a proper littlefs image to my wemos d1 pro clones. As far I can see the littlefs.exe creates a 4GB bin file!!!

Executing task in folder filtro_manga: C:\Users\Desidia.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe run --target uploadfs --environment d1_mini_pro <

Processing d1_mini_pro (platform: espressif8266; board: d1_mini_pro; framework: arduino)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Verbose mode can be enabled via -v, --verbose option
CONFIGURATION: Redirecting...
PLATFORM: Espressif 8266 (2.6.2) > WeMos D1 mini Pro
HARDWARE: ESP8266 80MHz, 80KB RAM, 16MB Flash
PACKAGES:

• framework-arduinoespressif8266 3.20704.0 (2.7.4)
• tool-esptool 1.413.0 (4.13)
• tool-esptoolpy 1.20800.0 (2.8.0)
• tool-mklittlefs 1.203.200522 (2.3)
• tool-mkspiffs 1.200.0 (2.0)
• toolchain-xtensa 2.40802.200502 (4.8.2)
  LDF: Library Dependency Finder → Library Dependency Finder (LDF) — PlatformIO latest documentation
  LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
  Found 34 compatible libraries
  Scanning dependencies…
  Dependency Graph
  |-- 6.16.1
  |-- 1.2.2
  | |-- 1.0
  |-- 1.2.3
  | |-- 1.2.2
  | | |-- 1.0
  | |-- 1.0
  | |-- 1.0
  | |-- 6.16.1
  |-- 3.2.0
  |-- <JC_Button> 2.1.2
  |-- 1.0
  |-- <LittleFS(esp8266)> 0.1.0
  Building in release mode
  gzip_webfiles([“.pio\build\d1_mini_pro\littlefs.bin”], [“data”])

GZIP: Iniciando el proceso de gzipeado para la imágen…

GZIP: Eliminando el directorio “data” C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data
GZIP: Re-creando un directorio de datos vacío C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data
GZIP: Copiando archivo: C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\config.json al directorio de datos
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\bs-grid.min.css
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\bs-grid.min.css.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\bs-reboot.min.css
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\bs-reboot.min.css.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\bs.min.css
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\bs.min.css.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\mdb.min.css
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\mdb.min.css.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\index.html
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\index.html.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\settings.html
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\settings.html.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\bootstrap.min.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\bootstrap.min.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\index.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\index.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\jquery-3.4.1.min.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\jquery-3.4.1.min.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\mdb.min.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\mdb.min.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\moment.min.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\moment.min.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\popper.min.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\popper.min.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimiendo… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data_src\settings.js
GZIP: Comprimido… C:\Users\Desidia\Documents\Code\filtro_manga\data\settings.js.gz
GZIP: Comprimido correctamente.

Building file system image from ‘data’ directory to .pio\build\d1_mini_pro\littlefs.bin
/bootstrap.min.js.gz
/bs-grid.min.css.gz
/bs-reboot.min.css.gz
/bs.min.css.gz
/config.json
/index.html.gz
/index.js.gz
/jquery-3.4.1.min.js.gz
/mdb.min.css.gz
/mdb.min.js.gz
/moment.min.js.gz
/popper.min.js.gz
/settings.html.gz
/settings.js.gz
Looking for upload port…
Auto-detected: COM3
Uploading .pio\build\d1_mini_pro\littlefs.bin
esptool.py v2.8
Serial port COM3
Connecting…
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
Crystal is 26MHz
MAC: 2c:3a:e8:1f:6f:48
Uploading stub…
Running stub…
Stub running…
Configuring flash size…
Auto-detected Flash size: 16MB

A fatal error occurred: File .pio\build\d1_mini_pro\littlefs.bin (length 4292845568) at offset 2097152 will not fit in 16777216 bytes of flash. Use --flash-size argument, or change flashing address.
*** [uploadfs] Error 2
================================================================================================== [FAILED] Took 27.30 seconds ==================================================================================================The terminal process “C:\Users\Desidia.platformio\penv\Scripts\platformio.exe ‘run’, ‘–target’, ‘uploadfs’, ‘–environment’, ‘d1_mini_pro’” terminated with exit code: 1.

Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.

This is the data directory files

15/10/2020 19:31 .
15/10/2020 19:31 …
15/10/2020 19:31 15.878 bootstrap.min.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 6.225 bs-grid.min.css.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 1.619 bs-reboot.min.css.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 23.617 bs.min.css.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 495 config.json
15/10/2020 19:31 1.259 index.html.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 1.161 index.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 30.664 jquery-3.4.1.min.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 27.693 mdb.min.css.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 90.100 mdb.min.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 66.386 moment.min.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 5.865 popper.min.js.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 3.431 settings.html.gz
15/10/2020 19:31 2.413 settings.js.gz
14 archivos 276.806 bytes
2 dirs 179.221.377.024 bytes libres

This is the output files

15/10/2020 19:30 466.544 firmware.bin
15/10/2020 19:31 4.292.845.568 littlefs.bin
2 archivos 4.293.312.112 bytes
0 dirs 179.025.305.600 bytes libres

The littlefs.bin generated bin file is 4GB!.

I have no problems with the d1_mini boards, this only happens with the d1_mini_pro

can anybody help me to solved this? I really need the d1_mini_pro external antena :S

[maxgerhardt]

@aldope

The littlefs.bin generated bin file is 4GB!.

Due to a negative size calculation. See bug at mkspiffs crashes when invoked with negative size parameter · Issue #190 · platformio/platform-espressif8266 · GitHub. Workaround is ignoring half of the flash space by setting board_build.ldscript = eagle.flash.8m7m.ld in the platformio.ini. cc @valeros

[aldope]

Great, I can upload now! Thanks!!

Any plans on solving that bug? I don’t need the extra memory now but maybe in the future

[maxgerhardt]

@aldope

Any plans on solving that bug?

I’ve pinged the devs again.

[infrafast]

Hi community, I’ve got the exact same problem and used the workaround but I would need this extra memory and this prevents from using the Mini PRO.
Anychance to get this fix scheduled ? Thank you very much

[maxgerhardt]

I’ve pinged the developers again.