[Feature Request] sdkconfig: "Print registers and reboot after delay" would be useful (IDFGH-7947)

[chipweinberger]

A CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_PANIC_PRINT_DELAY_REBOOT option would be usable for both development & production, and would be most ideal for Beta testing phase.

1. "print & reboot" is annoying for development. A Boot Loop will log to serial too much, forever.
2. "print registers and halt" is not good for users.

We need a middle approach, "print & delay & reboot, with a configurable delay. e.g. 6 seconds.

Thanks for your consideration.

[chipweinberger]

Bump.

A CONFIG_ESP_SYSTEM_PANIC_PRINT_DELAY_REBOOT option would let me keep it the same between development and production, and it just generally more useful IMO. 20htz boot loops are annoying =)

[chipweinberger]

@ESP-Marius, @igrr, @Alvin1Zhang

Just want to make sure 1 person sees this.

[igrr]

Hi @chipweinberger,
All issues posted on Github are synced to our internal issue tracker, categorized and land one of the teams' backlogs. We've seen this feature request but currently consider it relatively low priority. Most efforts right now are focused on v5.0 release and various bug fixes.

Have you checked this example demonstrating how to set up builds for multiple configurations (development/production)? https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/examples/build_system/cmake/multi_config/README.md
I hope it can satisfy your requirement for now.

[chipweinberger]

Thanks for your input Ivan, as always.

That is a useful page, for now =)

My Use case: For Beta testing, reboot after delay is most ideal. A beta device may need to be debugged "live", but must still reboot automatically.

[chipweinberger]

Pull Request: #9962

@igrr, hope you consider it! No worries either way, but I did test it without issue. Super nice to have!

[chipweinberger]

merged into master.