Program size is not checked against all available partitions

[maxbalan]

Hi,
I am trying to build a program and flash it to a different partition then factory one, hence my app0 is of 128kb size and app2 is 3mb since I intend to flash it to the app2

when building the checkprogsize fails because it only check the partition size that starts at 0x10000 but does not look for other partitions size.

I think the firmware size check against the partitions should be done in fashion where it check that the program will fit in at least one partition before failing the build/upload.

platformio.ini

[env:esp32doit-devkit-v1]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32doit-devkit-v1
framework = espidf
monitor_speed = 115200
board_build.partitions = partitions.csv

partitions.csv

# Name,	 Type,	 SubType,    Offset,	  Size,	 Flags
nvs,	 data,	 nvs,	     0x9000,	  0x5000,	
otadata, data,	 ota,	     0xe000,	  0x2000,	
app0,	 app,	 ota_0,	     0x10000,	  0x20000,	
app1,	 app,	 ota_1,	     0x30000,     0x300000,

terminal output

Processing esp32doit-devkit-v1 (platform: espressif32; board: esp32doit-devkit-v1; framework: espidf)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verbose mode can be enabled via `-v, --verbose` option
CONFIGURATION: https://docs.platformio.org/page/boards/espressif32/esp32doit-devkit-v1.html
PLATFORM: Espressif 32 (6.3.2+sha.95e0a73) > DOIT ESP32 DEVKIT V1
HARDWARE: ESP32 240MHz, 320KB RAM, 4MB Flash
DEBUG: Current (cmsis-dap) External (cmsis-dap, esp-bridge, 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-espidf @ 3.50100.0 (5.1.0) 
 - tool-cmake @ 3.16.4 
 - tool-esptoolpy @ 1.40501.0 (4.5.1) 
 - tool-ninja @ 1.7.1 
 - toolchain-esp32ulp @ 1.23500.220830 (2.35.0) 
 - toolchain-xtensa-esp32 @ 12.2.0+20230208
Reading CMake configuration...
LDF: Library Dependency Finder -> https://bit.ly/configure-pio-ldf
LDF Modes: Finder ~ chain, Compatibility ~ soft
Found 0 compatible libraries
Scanning dependencies...
No dependencies
Building in release mode
Generating partitions .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/partitions.bin
Linking .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/firmware.elf
Retrieving maximum program size .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/firmware.elf
Checking size .pio/build/esp32doit-devkit-v1/firmware.elf
Error: The program size (180725 bytes) is greater than maximum allowed (131072 bytes)
Advanced Memory Usage is available via "PlatformIO Home > Project Inspect"
*** [checkprogsize] Explicit exit, status 1
RAM:   [          ]   3.2% (used 10644 bytes from 327680 bytes)
Flash: [==========]  137.9% (used 180725 bytes from 131072 bytes)
================================= [FAILED] Took 3.54 seconds =================================

 *  The terminal process "platformio 'run'" terminated with exit code: 1. 
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[valeros]

Hi @maxbalan, PlatformIO is not aware of what partition will be used for the application. Selecting the biggest partition with the app type will lead to issues similar to #1159. I've pushed a workaround that will allow developers to select an application partition used for memory calculations, for example:

[env:esp32doit-devkit-v1]
platform = espressif32
board = esp32doit-devkit-v1
framework = espidf
monitor_speed = 115200
board_build.partitions = partitions.csv
board_build.app_partition_name = app1

To test it out, just pull the latest changes from this repo.

[maxbalan]

Hi @valeros thank you for your reply and solution, I will test it as soon as I can and report back with the results

[maxbalan]

Hi @valeros I did test this feature as part of the release 6.4.0, and can confirm it is working as expected, the build is passed when setting parameter board_build.app_partition_name = app1