ESP8266 Fails to compile under the Arduino IDE

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LINUX_DIST="Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia MATE 32-bit"
KERNEL=Linux computer 4.10.0-38-generic i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

ARDUINO IDE: 1.8.10 (32bit)
mDash Library: 1.1.8 (Installed using Arduino IDE library manager)
ESP8266 BOARD: 2.5.2 (Installed with board manager from Arduino IDE)

OUTPUT:

/home/name/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc/2.5.0-3-20ed2b9/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-lx106-elf/4.8.2/../../../../xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/ld: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash/src/esp8266/libmDash.a:(.irom0.text.mDash.c.212.89+0x54): undefined reference to `esp_random'
/home/name/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc/2.5.0-3-20ed2b9/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-lx106-elf/4.8.2/../../../../xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/ld: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash/src/esp8266/libmDash.a:(.irom0.text.mDash.c.212.89+0xa4): undefined reference to `esp_random'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
exit status 1

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LINUX_DIST="Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia MATE 32-bit"
KERNEL=Linux computer 4.10.0-38-generic i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

ARDUINO IDE: 1.8.10 (32bit)
mDash Library: 1.1.8 (Installed using Arduino IDE library manager)
ESP8266 BOARD: 2.6.0-dev (Installed manually into the Arduino IDE)

OUTPUT:

/home/name/Arduino/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-lx106-elf/4.8.2/../../../../xtensa-lx106-elf/bin/ld: /tmp/arduino_build_253567/Minimal.ino.elf section `.text1' will not fit in region `iram1_0_seg'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Using library mDash at version 1.1.8 in folder: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash 
Using library WiFi at version 1.2.7 in folder: /home/name/arduino-1.8.10/libraries/WiFi 
Using library SPI at version 1.0 in folder: /home/name/Arduino/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/libraries/SPI 
exit status 1
Error compiling for board Generic ESP8266 Module.

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same with release 1.1.11

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uint32_t esp_random(void); is not supported outside of esp-idf & esp8266-rtos (not esp8266-nonos) ... but it could be ...

[esp32_compat.h]
#define esp_random() (rand()%UINT32_MAX)

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BTW this builds fine on the esp32 platform

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same result with latest version 1.2.0
Using library mDash at version 1.2.0 in folder: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash

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same result with latest version 1.2.2
Using library mDash at version 1.2.2 in folder: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash

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same result with latest version 1.2.3
Using library mDash at version 1.2.3 in folder: /home/name/Arduino/libraries/mDash

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... 1.2.4

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... 1.2.5

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... 1.2.6

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... 1.2.7 ... 1.2.8 ... can we assume that esp8266 support has been dropped?

[cpq]

Yeah, esp8266 support is dropped for now,
the plan is to re-enable that in Q1/Q2 2021