OTA fails with ESP32-S2 (ESP.partitionRead)

[misery]

Board

ESP32-S2 / ESP12k from AI Thinker

Device Description

I'm using a naked ESP12k dev board from AI Thinker.

Hardware Configuration

Nothing connected

Version

v2.0.1

IDE Name

esphome

Operating System

Linux

Flash frequency

40MHz

PSRAM enabled

no

Upload speed

460800

Description

ESP.partitionRead won't read that data that was written with ESP.partitionWrite.

I'm using esphome and the OTA fails (flashing over USB works). So I digged into the code and saw that the binary of esphome is correct. Even the md5 check of the Updater.cpp works and is valid.

The data buf is wrong and the check for the magic byte in line 47 fails. So the whole OTA fails.

    if(!ESP.partitionRead(partition, 0, (uint32_t*)buf, ENCRYPTED_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
        return false;
    }

   if(buf[0] != ESP_IMAGE_HEADER_MAGIC) {
        return false;
    }

https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/2.0.2/libraries/Update/src/Updater.cpp#L43

I can see that in UpdateClass::_verifyHeader the magic byte is correct and also the buffer contains the correct magic byte 0xE9 for ESP.partitionWrite. But if ESP.partitionRead reads it, it contains something like this.

\xfc\xed\xdf\xed\xff\xef\xee\xef\xcc\xfe\xed\xef\xfe\xdf\xfd\xec0

Sketch

Well, no sketch... just an esphome yaml


esp32:
  board: esp32-s2-kaluga-1

esphome:
  name: esp_demo_s2
  platformio_options:
    platform_packages:
      - framework-arduinoespressif32 @ https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32.git#2.0.2
    platform:
      - https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif32.git#feature/arduino-upstream

logger:
  level: DEBUG

ota:

status_led:
  pin: GPIO2

wifi:
  networks:
  - ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
    password: !secret wifi_password

Debug Message

I get Read Failed as errorString. If I skip the magic header check in _partitionIsBootable I get Could Not Activate The Firmware

[D][esp-idf:000]: E (32183) esp_image: image at 0x1d0000 has invalid magic byte (nothing flashed here?)

Other Steps to Reproduce

No response

I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have checked existing issues, online documentation and Troubleshooting guide.

[Jason2866]

Since adding #5426 for all unicore esp32x. OTA works in Tasmota for S2 / C3 and the ESP32solo1 (Solo1 needs self compiled Arduino libs
Try the setup as I suggested for your WLED PR for the C3 ;-)

[Pedroalbuquerque]

Hi I seem to have the same/identical problem.

I am using the board
"ESP32-S2- WROVER-I ESP32-S2 SMD module 3.3V 2MB PSRAM 4MB SPI flash IPEX antenna connector"

Just performed several uploads using Serial port with success.

when using OTA (I use it for long time for ESP8266 and ESP32), the upload runs fine up to the point when it is checking, and fails

 #include <ArduinoOTA.h>
...

void setup(){

....

    // ***********  OTA SETUP
    yield();
    OTASetup();
    ECHO_MSG("OTA setup complete!\n");

...
}

// loop code is complete, only setup is not as it is handling the Wifi connection also as a Access Point

void loop(){
    // OTA request handling
  ArduinoOTA.handle();

  //  WebServer requests handling
  server.handleClient();

  // activate telnet service to act as output console

   if (TelnetServer.hasClient()){            // Optional in case you want to use telnet as Monitor
     if (!Telnet || !Telnet.connected()){
       if(Telnet) Telnet.stop();
       Telnet = TelnetServer.available();
     } else {
       TelnetServer.available().stop();
     }
   }


  Serial.println("Loop - Hello OTA");
  delay(1000);

}

"> Executing task: platformio run --target upload --environment esp32-s2_ota <

Processing esp32-s2_ota (platform: https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif32.git#feature/arduino-upstream; framework: arduino; board: esp32-s2-generic)

• Adding toolchain toolchain-riscv32-esp with version 8.4.0+2021r2
• Adding toolchain toolchain-xtensa-esp32 with version 8.4.0+2021r2
• Adding toolchain toolchain-xtensa-esp32s2 with version 8.4.0+2021r2
  Verbose mode can be enabled via -v, --verbose option
• Adding toolchain toolchain-riscv32-esp with version 8.4.0+2021r2
• Adding toolchain toolchain-xtensa-esp32 with version 8.4.0+2021r2
• Adding toolchain toolchain-xtensa-esp32s2 with version 8.4.0+2021r2
  CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif32/esp32-s2-generic.html
  PLATFORM: Espressif 32 (3.3.1+sha.3784198) > Espressif ESP32-S2 generic
  HARDWARE: ESP32S2 240MHz, 320KB RAM, 4MB Flash
  DEBUG: Current (esp-prog) External (esp-prog, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa)
  PACKAGES:

• framework-arduinoespressif32 0.0.0+sha.caef400
• tool-esptoolpy 1.30100.210531 (3.1.0)
• tool-mkspiffs 2.230.0 (2.30)
• toolchain-esp32s2ulp 1.22851.191205 (2.28.51)
• toolchain-riscv32-esp 8.4.0+2021r2
• toolchain-xtensa-esp32s2 8.4.0+2021r2
  Converting tesp32_s2.ino
  LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
  LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
  Found 142 compatible libraries"

...

"esptool.py v3.1
Merged 2 ELF sections
Configuring upload protocol...
AVAILABLE: esp-prog, espota, esptool, iot-bus-jtag, jlink, minimodule, olimex-arm-usb-ocd, olimex-arm-usb-ocd-h, olimex-arm-usb-tiny-h, olimex-jtag-tiny, tumpa
CURRENT: upload_protocol = esptool
Uploading .pio/build/esp32-s2_ota/firmware.bin
19:53:39 [DEBUG]: Options: {'esp_ip': '192.168.4.1', 'host_ip': '0.0.0.0', 'esp_port': 3232, 'host_port': 12916, 'auth': '', 'image': '.pio/build/esp32-s2_ota/firmware.bin', 'spiffs': False, 'debug': True, 'progress': True, 'timeout': 10}
19:53:39 [INFO]: Starting on 0.0.0.0:12916
19:53:39 [INFO]: Upload size: 729888
Sending invitation to 192.168.4.1
Authenticating...OK
19:53:40 [INFO]: Waiting for device...

Uploading: [ ] 0%
Uploading: [ ] 0%
Uploading: [ ] 0%
Uploading: [ ] 0%
Uploading: [ ] 0%
"

....

"Uploading: [============================================================] 99%
Uploading: [============================================================] 100% Done...

19:54:00 [INFO]: Waiting for result...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/pedroalbuquerque/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32@src-537c58760dafe7fcc8a1d9bbcf00b6f6/tools/espota.py", line 205, in serve
data = connection.recv(32).decode()
socket.timeout: timed out

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/pedroalbuquerque/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32@src-537c58760dafe7fcc8a1d9bbcf00b6f6/tools/espota.py", line 353, in
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "/Users/pedroalbuquerque/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32@src-537c58760dafe7fcc8a1d9bbcf00b6f6/tools/espota.py", line 348, in main
return serve(options.esp_ip, options.host_ip, options.esp_port, options.host_port, options.auth, options.image, command)
File "/Users/pedroalbuquerque/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32@src-537c58760dafe7fcc8a1d9bbcf00b6f6/tools/espota.py", line 220, in serve
except e:
NameError: name 'e' is not defined
*** [upload] Error 1
"

so seems it is waiting for some info from the board that never arrives.

What Mysery is saying above would justify this same behaviour.

[VojtechBartoska]

Hello, can you please retest this on v2.0.3-rc1?

[misery]

@VojtechBartoska Seems to work for me now. :-) Thanks!

[VojtechBartoska]

Closing as solved, thanks for testing @misery.

If needed you can reopen the issue.