Move to ESP-IDF v6.1-rc1; the P4's WiFi firmware finally boots - #68
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The ESP32-P4's WiFi firmware now boots, associates and serves the UI, closing a
blocker that stood since early July. P4 images are renamed to carry the chip
revision they target (esp32p4rev1-*), and new esp32p4rev3-* variants cover the
current v3.x silicon that the rev1 images cannot boot on.
KPI: 16384lights | Desktop:1148KB | ESP32:1617KB | tick:7296us(FPS:137) | heap:33121KB | src:222(58450) | test:164(34575) | lizard:162w
Core:
- platform_esp32: bound coprocessorWifi()'s version query to 5 attempts. An
unanswered C6 query retried every tick and cost SystemModule 1,012,344us per
tick; now 257us.
- platform_esp32: log the negotiated Ethernet link speed on link-up. "Link up"
alone sent one debug session hunting DHCP when the question was the speed.
Light domain:
- none.
UI:
- install-picker: esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi is no longer flagged "does not boot" and
installs normally. The warning mechanism is repurposed for the two rev3 images,
which are genuinely unverified, with honest wording ("untested" not "does not
boot").
Scripts/MoonDeck:
- IDF pinned to v6.1-rc1 (44f0c59f7c8), replacing the v6.1-dev pin.
- FIRMWARES: esp32p4-eth -> esp32p4rev1-eth, esp32p4-eth-wifi ->
esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi; added esp32p4rev3-eth and esp32p4rev3-eth-wifi. The rev3
fragment overrides only the chip revision and reuses the rev1 board fragment,
so the partition table and EMAC config stay in one place.
- generate_firmwares: report the number of variants WRITTEN, not len(FIRMWARES).
It printed 12 while check_firmwares printed 11 from the same projection.
Tests:
- scenario contracts + python tests follow the firmware key rename.
Docs/CI:
- sdkconfig fragment: the ICG block contradicted itself, saying "held until
#18759 lands an option" directly above the block applying that option.
- backlog: #18759 marked resolved-by-workaround with what actually shipped;
round 3's status is now "working, but the link is slow" with the per-module and
per-task bench tables.
- esptool-js: re-verified there is still no ESP32-S31 support in 0.6.1, and noted
that 0.6.1 does fix the deflate regression that pins us to 0.5.7 (untested).
Reviews:
- No external review on this branch yet.
Notes:
- Two P4 defects are open and recorded in the backlog, neither introduced here: a
~17x HTTP slowdown when esp_hosted is compiled in (bisected to the render task
burning 2.6x the CPU for identical work, with every SDIO task idle), and a
visible ~1s LED hiccup our averaged instrumentation cannot see.
- esp32p4rev3-eth and esp32p4rev3-eth-wifi ship HAVING NEVER BOOTED: no v3 board
is on the bench. They are flagged untested in the installer.
- S31 and classic boards were not re-flashed after the rc1 rebuild.
- Improv smoke test (manual gate) not run.
- KPI measured with the P4 attached, not per supported target.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change separates ESP32-P4 revision 1 and revision 3 firmware variants, updates build and installer metadata, records the IDF v6.1-rc1 workaround, refreshes test observations, and improves ESP32 runtime diagnostics. ChangesESP32-P4 revision support
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The current head updates the SDK, adds revision-specific P4 images, changes startup firmware queries, and updates installer metadata, but still leaves a failing P4 WiFi build path, potentially render-blocking startup queries, and firmware selection that cannot distinguish incompatible silicon revisions. Merge should wait until these concrete issues are fixed or explicitly accepted. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@docs/backlog/backlog-core.md`:
- Around line 559-562: Update the Round 3 description to remove the claim that
ensureWifiInit() adds esp_hosted_init and connect_to_slave, and state that it
does not perform explicit hosted bring-up because esp_hosted self-initializes at
boot. Preserve the remaining platform and WiFi compatibility details.
In `@docs/building.md`:
- Line 87: Update the release workflow’s esp_idf_version, cache key, and related
comments from v6.1-beta1 to v6.1-rc1 to match the documented IDF. Remove the
stale ships=False handling for esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi, and adjust its
set-target/build sequence or provide a dedicated path that retains the C6 slave
target, avoids missing CONFIG_WIFI_RMT_* symbols, and validates
CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_CLK_ICG_ENABLE=n.
In `@docs/metrics/repo-health.json`:
- Around line 5-6: Update merge_carry_forward() to retain only keys present in
the active FIRMWARES registry, removing obsolete esp32p4-eth and
esp32p4-eth-wifi entries. Regenerate docs/metrics/repo-health.json at lines 5-6
and 15-17, and docs/metrics/repo-health.md at lines 16-20; all listed sites
require regenerated output after the root-cause fix.
In `@esp32/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32p4rev1-eth`:
- Around line 29-36: Use the revision-specific firmware vocabulary by replacing
esp32p4-eth-v3 with esp32p4rev3-eth and esp32p4rev3-eth-wifi in
esp32/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32p4rev1-eth at lines 29-36, and add both rev3 keys
to docs/architecture.md at line 260 marked as experimental.
In `@moondeck/moondeck.py`:
- Line 92: Update the _load_firmwares() docstring to remove esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi
as the held-out example, since it is marked as shipping and included in
FIRMWARES; use a non-shipping rev3 variant or describe non-shipping variants
generically instead.
In `@src/platform/esp32/platform_esp32.cpp`:
- Around line 369-372: In the coprocessorWifi() retry-exhaustion branch, restore
the required "not detected" status string when the C6 handshake or version query
fails; do not return "no version reply". Preserve the detected firmware response
and native-radio empty-string behavior, and keep any query-failure detail
separate from the returned status if logging is needed.
- Around line 359-363: Remove the synchronous
esp_hosted_get_coprocessor_fwversion call from SystemModule::tick1s() by
performing the retrying query in a worker task and publishing a cached firmware
result for coprocessorWifi(). Return "not detected" when all attempts are
exhausted, preserve the platform.h status contract, and only mark
coprocessorWifi() MM_NONBLOCKING once it reads the cached result without
blocking.
In `@web-installer/deviceModels.json`:
- Around line 966-967: Extend the ESP32-P4 model definitions around the existing
esp32p4rev1 entries to include the ESP32-P4-NANO rev3 firmware variants, and
update the picker’s filtering logic to detect the device silicon revision and
select only matching firmware names. Preserve existing rev1 and generic ESP32-P4
behavior while ensuring rev3 devices can resolve a dedicated model or
revision-specific variants.
In `@web-installer/install-orchestrator.js`:
- Line 473: Update both Ethernet-only firmware comments near the documented
examples to include esp32p4rev3-eth, matching the eth_only entries in
firmwares.json; alternatively, replace the firmware-name enumeration with a
description based on the eth_only condition.
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| - **Round 3 — WiFi via the C6 co-processor. WORKING, BUT THE LINK IS SLOW (2026-08-19).** Boots and associates on IDF v6.1-rc1 (see round 4); the remaining defect is throughput, bench-bisected below. The P4 has no native radio (`SOC_WIFI_SUPPORTED` absent); WiFi comes from the on-board ESP32-C6 over SDIO via `esp_wifi_remote` / esp_hosted. Landed as the `esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi` firmware variant: components pulled P4-only (`rules:` gate in `idf_component.yml`), and `ensureWifiInit()` adds an `esp_hosted_init` + `connect_to_slave` prelude before `esp_wifi_init` (gated on `platform::usesRemoteWifi`). The rest of the WiFi seam is unchanged because `esp_wifi_remote` is API-compatible. A deliberate, documented [v6.0-floor exception](../building.md#esp-idf-version); C6 config via `CONFIG_SLAVE_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C6` + `CONFIG_ESP_HOSTED_CP_TARGET_ESP32C6` + the `CONFIG_ESP_HOSTED_P4_DEV_BOARD_FUNC_BOARD` SDIO-pin preset. | ||
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| - ✅ **esp_hosted / C6 SDIO comes up at boot.** `host_init: ESP Hosted`, `H_API: ESP-Hosted starting`, `add_esp_wifi_remote_channels`, `H_SDIO_DRV: sdio_data_to_rx_buf_task started`. No NVS error / assert / panic / hang. Device boots fully (~57-60 FPS), `hasWiFi` true, WiFi controls present. esp_hosted **self-initialises at boot via a constructor** (`ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN` → `esp_hosted_init`), so no bring-up code is needed in our platform layer — an earlier explicit `esp_hosted_init` + `esp_hosted_connect_to_slave` prelude was *removed*: init was a redundant no-op and `connect_to_slave` is actually a transport *reconfigure* (slave GPIO-54 reset + SDIO re-init). SDIO config confirmed correct on the wire: `CLK[18] CMD[19] D0[14] D1[15] D2[16] D3[17] Slave_Reset[54]`, 4-bit 40 MHz. |
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Correct the ensureWifiInit() description.
Line 559 says ensureWifiInit() adds esp_hosted_init and connect_to_slave. Line 562 says that prelude was removed because esp_hosted self-initializes at boot. State only the current behavior: ensureWifiInit() does not perform explicit hosted bring-up.
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In `@docs/backlog/backlog-core.md` around lines 559 - 562, Update the Round 3
description to remove the claim that ensureWifiInit() adds esp_hosted_init and
connect_to_slave, and state that it does not perform explicit hosted bring-up
because esp_hosted self-initializes at boot. Preserve the remaining platform and
WiFi compatibility details.
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| **Tested IDF version:** **v6.1-beta1** (commit `b1d13e9f`). CI builds against the `v6.1-beta1` Docker tag and local builds should match (clone command below). The why, the alternatives, and how to check for a newer one are in [ESP-IDF version](#esp-idf-version) below. | ||
| **Tested IDF version:** **v6.1-rc1** (commit `44f0c59f`). CI builds against the `v6.1-rc1` Docker tag and local builds should match (clone command below). The why, the alternatives, and how to check for a newer one are in [ESP-IDF version](#esp-idf-version) below. |
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Align CI with the documented IDF and fix the P4 WiFi CI path.
.github/workflows/release.yml still uses v6.1-beta1 for esp_idf_version, the cache key, and related comments. Update these references to v6.1-rc1.
The CI matrix includes esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi, so remove the stale ships=False comment. Its normal set-target/build path loses the C6 slave target and fails on missing CONFIG_WIFI_RMT_* symbols. Fix this sequence or add a dedicated CI path so CI validates CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_CLK_ICG_ENABLE=n.
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In `@docs/building.md` at line 87, Update the release workflow’s esp_idf_version,
cache key, and related comments from v6.1-beta1 to v6.1-rc1 to match the
documented IDF. Remove the stale ships=False handling for esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi,
and adjust its set-target/build sequence or provide a dedicated path that
retains the C6 slave target, avoids missing CONFIG_WIFI_RMT_* symbols, and
validates CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_CLK_ICG_ENABLE=n.
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The term esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi does not refer to a single, official, or widely standardized repository name. Instead, it describes a combination of the ESP32-P4 SoC, specific board hardware (typically the Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH), and the integration of Ethernet and Wi-Fi functionality [1][2][3][4]. The health and availability of software for this hardware configuration vary significantly by the development ecosystem being used: 1. ESP-IDF (Official C/C++ Framework): The ESP32-P4 SoC includes an internal Ethernet MAC (EMAC) [5][4]. Official Espressif documentation and examples (such as basic Ethernet driver support) fully support the ESP32-P4 [6][5][7]. Since the ESP32-P4 lacks integrated Wi-Fi, it must be paired with an external wireless companion chip (such as an ESP32-C or S series chip) if wireless connectivity is required [4]. The ESP-IDF provides mature, official support for network bridging and concurrent use of these interfaces [7][8]. 2. Community-Driven Repositories: - Board Support Packages (BSP): Components like espp/esp32-p4-eth are available in the ESP Component Registry, providing C++ hardware abstraction specifically for boards like the Waveshare ESP32-P4-ETH [1]. This component is actively maintained [1]. - ESPHome: Projects integrating the ESP32-P4 with ESPHome exist, though they are currently considered experimental [2]. Some users have encountered configuration challenges when attempting to use Wi-Fi with the ESP32-P4 in earlier ESPHome builds due to platform mismatches, though these are typically resolved through updates [2][9]. - Rust Ecosystem: Specialized community projects, such as esp-p4-eth, provide hand-rolled, no-std asynchronous drivers for the P4's GMAC to bridge the gap while official upstream esp-hal support matures [3][10]. These repositories are generally active, small-scale, and specialized for low-level development [3]. In summary, the repository health for this hardware profile is generally high, though implementation details depend heavily on your chosen framework (ESP-IDF, ESPHome, or Rust) and how you architect the necessary external Wi-Fi companion chip [1][3][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://components.espressif.com/components/espp/esp32-p4-eth/versions/1.1.8/readme
- 2: https://github.com/JohnMcLear/Waveshare-ESP32-P4-86-Panel-ETH-2RO
- 3: https://github.com/babasha/esp-p4-eth
- 4: https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-p4
- 5: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/v5.4.1/esp32p4/api-reference/network/esp_eth.html
- 6: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples/ethernet/basic
- 7: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32p4/api-reference/network/esp_eth.html
- 8: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32p4/api-guides/lwip.html
- 9: I think WiFi might be broken... alaltitov/Waveshare-ESP32-P4-86-Panel-ETH-2RO#2
- 10: https://libraries.io/cargo/esp-p4-eth
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moondeck/build/build_esp32.py web-installer/firmwares.json \
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if isinstance(node, ast.AnnAssign) and getattr(node.target, "id", None) == "FIRMWARES":
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sorted(t for t in json_targets if "esp32p4" in t and t not in active))
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sorted((json_targets ^ md_targets) & {t for t in json_targets | md_targets if "esp32p4" in t}))
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Prune inactive firmware keys during carry-forward.
FIRMWARES defines only revision-qualified P4 variants. merge_carry_forward() copies obsolete keys, so esp32p4-eth and esp32p4-eth-wifi remain in both snapshots. Filter carried-forward keys against the active firmware registry, then regenerate both files.
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In `@docs/metrics/repo-health.json` around lines 5 - 6, Update
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| # ONE BINARY CANNOT COVER BOTH P4 GENERATIONS. IDF states it at the top of | ||
| # esp_hw_support/port/esp32p4/Kconfig.hw_support: "Support of ESP32-P4 rev. <3.0 and | ||
| # >=3.0 is mutually exclusive ... huge hardware difference ... not compatible". The | ||
| # Kconfig enforces it structurally: REV_MIN_0/1/100 require SELECTS_REV_LESS_V3=y and | ||
| # REV_MIN_300/301 require it =n, with the max clamped to 199 or 399. So this image | ||
| # supports revisions 0.0 through 1.99 and will refuse to boot on a v3.x chip, which is | ||
| # the bench/field silicon today. A v3.x board needs its own firmware variant (backlog: | ||
| # esp32p4-eth-v3), not a flag flipped here. |
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Use one revision-specific firmware vocabulary.
esp32/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32p4rev1-eth#L29-L36: replaceesp32p4-eth-v3withesp32p4rev3-ethandesp32p4rev3-eth-wifi.docs/architecture.md#L260-L260: add both rev3 keys and mark them as experimental.
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In `@esp32/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32p4rev1-eth` around lines 29 - 36, Use the
revision-specific firmware vocabulary by replacing esp32p4-eth-v3 with
esp32p4rev3-eth and esp32p4rev3-eth-wifi in
esp32/sdkconfig.defaults.esp32p4rev1-eth at lines 29-36, and add both rev3 keys
to docs/architecture.md at line 260 marked as experimental.
| truth, shared with the CI release matrix). Returns [] on missing/malformed | ||
| file, so the MoonDeck UI just shows no firmware entries. Filtering on | ||
| `ships` keeps held-out variants (e.g. esp32p4-eth-wifi) out of the picker. | ||
| `ships` keeps held-out variants (e.g. esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi) out of the picker. |
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Replace the stale held-out example.
web-installer/firmwares.json marks esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi as "ships": true at Lines 46-68. src/ui/install-picker.js also removed it from the experimental set at Lines 55-65. _load_firmwares() therefore includes this variant in FIRMWARES, while this docstring says the opposite. Use a rev3 variant as the example or describe non-shipping variants without naming esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi.
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- `ships` keeps held-out variants (e.g. esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi) out of the picker.
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| `ships` keeps held-out variants (e.g. esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi) out of the picker. | |
| `ships` keeps non-shipping variants out of the picker. |
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In `@moondeck/moondeck.py` at line 92, Update the _load_firmwares() docstring to
remove esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi as the held-out example, since it is marked as
shipping and included in FIRMWARES; use a non-shipping rev3 variant or describe
non-shipping variants generically instead.
| static uint8_t attemptsLeft = 5; | ||
| if (attemptsLeft == 0) return buf; | ||
| esp_hosted_coprocessor_fwver_t ver = {}; | ||
| if (esp_hosted_get_coprocessor_fwversion(&ver) == ESP_OK | ||
| && (ver.major1 || ver.minor1 || ver.patch1)) { |
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Remove the blocking C6 firmware query from SystemModule::tick1s().
SystemModule::tick1s()runs on the render thread. Eachesp_hosted_get_coprocessor_fwversion()call can block for about one second, so five startup attempts can stall rendering for several seconds. Run the query in a worker task and publish a cached result. MarkcoprocessorWifi()MM_NONBLOCKINGonly after it is nonblocking.- Return
"not detected"when attempts are exhausted. The current"no version reply"value violates theplatform.hstatus contract.
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In `@src/platform/esp32/platform_esp32.cpp` around lines 359 - 363, Remove the
synchronous esp_hosted_get_coprocessor_fwversion call from
SystemModule::tick1s() by performing the retrying query in a worker task and
publishing a cached firmware result for coprocessorWifi(). Return "not detected"
when all attempts are exhausted, preserve the platform.h status contract, and
only mark coprocessorWifi() MM_NONBLOCKING once it reads the cached result
without blocking.
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| } else if (--attemptsLeft == 0) { | ||
| // Out of attempts. Say WHY the field is empty rather than asserting the C6 is absent: the | ||
| // query is what failed, and on this bench WiFi runs fine while it does. | ||
| std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "no version reply"); |
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Preserve the documented failure status.
The platform contract requires "not detected" when the C6 handshake or version query fails. Returning "no version reply" changes the observable status string and can break consumers or tests that compare the documented value. Keep "not detected" and log the query failure separately if needed.
Proposed fix
- std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "no version reply");
+ std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "not detected");As per path instructions, coprocessorWifi() must return the detected C6 firmware string, "not detected" when handshake/version fails, and an empty string on native-radio targets.
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| } else if (--attemptsLeft == 0) { | |
| // Out of attempts. Say WHY the field is empty rather than asserting the C6 is absent: the | |
| // query is what failed, and on this bench WiFi runs fine while it does. | |
| std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "no version reply"); | |
| } else if (--attemptsLeft == 0) { | |
| // Out of attempts. Say WHY the field is empty rather than asserting the C6 is absent: the | |
| // query is what failed, and on this bench WiFi runs fine while it does. | |
| std::snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "not detected"); |
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In `@src/platform/esp32/platform_esp32.cpp` around lines 369 - 372, In the
coprocessorWifi() retry-exhaustion branch, restore the required "not detected"
status string when the C6 handshake or version query fails; do not return "no
version reply". Preserve the detected firmware response and native-radio
empty-string behavior, and keep any query-failure detail separate from the
returned status if logging is needed.
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| "esp32p4rev1-eth", | ||
| "esp32p4rev1-eth-wifi" |
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for model in models:
if "P4-NANO" in model.get("name", "") or any("esp32p4rev" in x for x in model.get("firmwares", [])):
print("MODEL")
print(json.dumps({k: model.get(k) for k in ("name", "chip", "firmwares")}, indent=2))
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Support ESP32-P4-NANO revision-aware firmware selection.
The picker filters only by deviceModels.json firmware names and the coarse ESP32-P4 family. It does not detect the silicon revision. Add the rev3 variants and implement revision-aware filtering, or provide a separate rev3 model.
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In `@web-installer/deviceModels.json` around lines 966 - 967, Extend the ESP32-P4
model definitions around the existing esp32p4rev1 entries to include the
ESP32-P4-NANO rev3 firmware variants, and update the picker’s filtering logic to
detect the device silicon revision and select only matching firmware names.
Preserve existing rev1 and generic ESP32-P4 behavior while ensuring rev3 devices
can resolve a dedicated model or revision-specific variants.
| * persistent state to survive a firmware bump. | ||
| * @param {boolean} [opts.ethOnly=false] - the picked firmware has WiFi compiled | ||
| * out (firmwares.json `eth_only`: esp32-eth, esp32p4-eth). Such a build connects | ||
| * out (firmwares.json `eth_only`: esp32-eth, esp32p4rev1-eth). Such a build connects |
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Update the Ethernet-only firmware examples.
web-installer/firmwares.json defines esp32p4rev3-eth as an Ethernet-only build, but both comments list only esp32-eth and esp32p4rev1-eth. Update both comments, or describe the condition from eth_only instead of enumerating firmware names.
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In `@web-installer/install-orchestrator.js` at line 473, Update both Ethernet-only
firmware comments near the documented examples to include esp32p4rev3-eth,
matching the eth_only entries in firmwares.json; alternatively, replace the
firmware-name enumeration with a description based on the eth_only condition.
The ESP32-P4's WiFi firmware boots, associates and serves the UI, closing a blocker open since early July. P4 images now carry the chip revision they target, and new
esp32p4rev3-*variants cover the current v3.x silicon that the rev1 images cannot boot on.The P4 WiFi fix
esp32p4rev1-eth-wificrash-looped beforeapp_main:sleep_clock_icg_startup_initcould not allocate its REGDMA sleep-retention links andcpu_startaborted withESP_ERR_NO_MEM(esp-idf#18759). IDF v6.1-rc1 addsCONFIG_PM_SLEEP_CLK_ICG_ENABLE; setting itnskips the allocation entirely. The device never light-sleeps, so the feature it disables costs us nothing.It is a workaround, not a fix — the allocation failure is untouched and #18759 stays open. We reported back upstream, which also told the original reporter the option had landed; nobody had announced it in the thread.
Bench result: boots, associates (RSSI -52), serves the UI.
Two P4 revisions, two images
Revisions <3.0 and >=3.0 are not binary compatible — IDF enforces this in Kconfig, calling it a "huge hardware difference". One binary cannot serve both, so the images are named for what they target:
esp32p4-eth→esp32p4rev1-eth, and newesp32p4rev3-*variants for current silicon.Two images cover every P4 that exists:
REV_MIN_300spans v3.0-v3.99,REV_MIN_0spans v0.0-v1.99. The rev3 fragment overrides only the chip revision and reuses the rev1 board fragment, so the partition table and EMAC config stay in one place.The rev3 images have never been booted. Both bench boards are v1.3 engineering samples. They ship because a v3 board otherwise has no image at all (the rev1 binary is rejected by its bootloader), and are flagged untested in the installer.
Other changes
coprocessorWifi()retry bound — an unanswered C6 version query retried every tick, costingSystemModule1,012,344 us per tick. Now 257 us.generate_firmwaresprinted 12 variants whilecheck_firmwaresprinted 11 from the same projection — it countedlen(FIRMWARES)instead of the filtered output.Verification
Commit gates: 13 passed, 0 failed, 1 skipped, 1 manual.
Bench: P4 flashed and exercised on both variants; desktop build, unit, scenario, Python and JS suites green.
Not verified, and worth knowing before merge:
esp32p4rev3-ethandesp32p4rev3-eth-wifihave never booted (no v3 board).Open P4 defects (not introduced here, recorded in the backlog)
tickTimeUs_is a mean, so one 300 ms frame among 70 shifts it ~4 ms. Closing it needs worst-case tick tracking.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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