ESP32 partition table parser

A Toit package and binary for handling ESP32 partition tables.

Package

The package contains a library for parsing ESP32 partition tables.

Example usage:

import partition-table show *
import host.file

main:
  table-bytes := file.read-content "partitions.bin"
  table := PartitionTable.decode table-bytes
  table.do: | partition/Partition |
    print partition.name

Binary

The binary in the 'bin' directory can be used to manipulate ESP32 partitions. It uses the esptool to read and write the partitions (including the partition table).

See partitions --help for usage information. See the help output below.

The partitions binary requires the --esptool option to point to an esptool binary or esptool.py file. You can find a binary in the SDK releases of Toit in the tools directory, or you can download one from https://github.com/espressif/esptool/releases or https://github.com/toitlang/esptool/releases.

Help output

Here is the help output of the partitions executable:

A tool to manage OTA partitions on the ESP32.

Usage:
  partitions <command> [<options>]

Commands:
  help              Show help for a command.
  print-otadata     Print the otadata partition.
  print-partitions  Print the partition table.
  read              Reads a partition from the flash.
  set-ota-state     Sets the partition's state.
  write             Writes a partition to the flash.

Options:
      --esptool string                 Path to esptool.py.
  -h, --help                           Show help for this command.
      --partition-table-offset string  Offset of the partition table. (default: 0x8000)
      --partition-table-size string    Size of the partition table. (default: 0xc00)
  -p, --port string                    Serial port to use.

Examples:
  # Print the partition table:
  partitions print-partitions

  # Print the otadata partition:
  partitions print-otadata

  # Read the partition 'ota_0' to 'ota_0.bin':
  partitions read -o ota_0.bin ota_0

  # Write the partition 'ota_0' from 'ota_0.bin':
  partitions write -i ota_0.bin ota_0

  # Set the state of 'ota_0' to 'pending-verify':
  partitions set-ota-state --state=pending-verify ota_0