Document flashing esp8266 devices with >4 MiB flash#19319
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Updated to current firmware variants Removed python 2.7 references. Signed-off-by: Jos Verlinde <Jos_Verlinde@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jos Verlinde <Jos_Verlinde@hotmail.com>
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Tested the upload instructions with a 8MB and a 16MB ESP8266 device. Works. |
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Summary
There are a few long running issues open on how to flash esp8266 device with 8 or 16 MiB of flash.
in the issue threads the correct procedure for these had been identified and verified, but it never made it into the documentation.
I am merely the scribe, credits go to @robert-hh, @dpgeorge and all that contributed in these issues.
closes: #12024
closes: #2335
Testing
Docs:
Flashing:
I have no access to esp8266 devices with > 4 MiB, so i have not been able to fully test the procedure.
However the procedure has been reported as successful on multiple devices in the referenced issues.
Generative AI
I used generative AI tools when creating this PR, but a human has checked the
codedocumentation and is responsible for the code and the description above.