esptool fails in linux

[mikee47]

Linux esptool.py no longer works since #1724. The sizes were updated as the current version of the tool has deprecated them.

Should we include a current version of esptool.py in the repo?

mike@UbuntuME:~/sming/samples/Basic_Blink$ make flash

Basic_Blink: Invoking 'flash' for Esp8266 (debug) architecture

Building /home/mike/sming/samples/Basic_Blink/out/Esp8266/debug/lib/clib-App-3a6c5ec2da870ffbcb4e119f5b5bef48.a
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'build'.
/home/mike/sming/Sming/component.mk:43: ! SSL support is not enabled. To enable it type: 'make clean; make ENABLE_SSL=1'
Basic_Blink: Linking out/Esp8266/debug/build/app_0.out
   Section|                   Description| Start (hex)|   End (hex)|Used space
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      data|        Initialized Data (RAM)|    3FFE8000|    3FFE8372|     882
    rodata|           ReadOnly Data (RAM)|    3FFE8380|    3FFE857C|     508
       bss|      Uninitialized Data (RAM)|    3FFE8580|    3FFEE6B8|   24888
      text|            Cached Code (IRAM)|    40100000|    40105EB7|   24247
irom0_text|           Uncached Code (SPI)|    40202010|    40233077|  200807
Total Used RAM : 26278
Free RAM : 55642
Free IRam : 8539
ESPTOOL2 out/Esp8266/debug/firmware/rom0.bin
(!) Spiffs support disabled. Remove 'DISABLE_SPIFFS' make argument to enable spiffs.
Killing Terminal to free /dev/ttyUSB0
/home/mike/sming/Sming/Components/terminal/component.mk:29: recipe for target 'kill_term' failed
make: [kill_term] Killed (ignored)
WriteFlash  0x002000=out/Esp8266/debug/firmware/rom0.bin 
/home/mike/esp-open-sdk/esptool/esptool.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200 write_flash -ff 40m -fm qio -fs 512KB  0x002000 out/Esp8266/debug/firmware/rom0.bin 
usage: esptool write_flash [-h] [--flash_freq {40m,26m,20m,80m}]
                           [--flash_mode {qio,qout,dio,dout}]
                           [--flash_size {detect,4m,2m,8m,16m,32m,16m-c1,32m-c1,32m-c2}]
                           [--no-progress] [--verify]
                             [  ...]
esptool write_flash: error: argument --flash_size/-fs: invalid choice: '512kb' (choose from 'detect', '4m', '2m', '8m', '16m', '32m', '16m-c1', '32m-c1', '32m-c2')
/home/mike/sming/Sming/Arch/Esp8266/app.mk:99: recipe for target 'flash' failed

[mikee47]

Closed duplicate.