Esptool

New Features

- **test_esptool**: Added test for embedded and detected flash size match
- **spi_connection**: Support --spi-connection on all chips
- **espefuse**: Support XTS_AES_256_KEY key_purpose for ESP32P4
- **xip_psram**: support xip psram feature on esp32p4
- add support for intel hex format
- **esp32p4**: Stub flasher support
- **elf2image**: add ram-only-header argument
- **rfc2217_server**: Add hard reset sequence
- **espefuse**: Adds efuse ADC calibration data for ESP32H2
- **espefuse**: Update the way to complete the operation
- add support for get_security_info on esp32c3 ECO7
- **loader**: Added hints for some serial port issues when rising port error
- Add support for Python 3.12
- **esp32c3**: Support ECO6 and ECO7 magic numbers
- **merge_bin**: add support for uf2 format
- **esp32-s3**: Support >16MB quad flash chips
- **efuse**: Update key purpose table and tests
- **efuse**: ESP32P4 adds ecdsa_key support
- **espefuse**: Add support for esp32p4 chip
- **esptool**: added target to esp32p4
- **espsecure**: Allow prompting for HSM PIN in read_hsm_config
- **esptool**: Add new packages for ESP32C3 and flash efuses
- **esptool**: Add tests for get_chip_features
- **esptool**: Add PICO package for ESP32S3 and flash/psram efuses
- **get_security_info**: Improved the output format and added more details

Bug Fixes

- **esp32c2**: Added get_flash_cap and get_flash_vendor
- **testloadram**: Windows assertion error
- fixed exit() to be used from right module
- **esp32c2**: Recommend using higher baud rate if connection fails
- **test_esptool**: Fixed connection issue on Windows
- **esptool**: Rephrase the --ram-only-header command message
- **load_ram**: check for overlaps in bss section
- **tests/intelhex**: make sure file is closed on Windows
- **spi_connection**: Unattach previously attached SPI flash
- **espefuse**: Fix ECDSA_FORCE_USE_HARDWARE_K for ECDSA key (esp32h2)
- **loader**: Could not open serial port message adjusted
- **flasher_stub**: fix usb-serial-jtag enabled non-related intr source
- **bin_image**: Check only ELF sections when searching for .flash.appdesc
- **danger-github**: Fir Danger GitHub token permission
- Fix redirection of STDOUT
- **autodetection**: Remove the ESP32-S2 ROM class from get_security_info autodetection
- assert in esp32 exclusive workaround
- **elf2image**: fix text/rodata mapping overlap issue on uni-idrom bus chips
- **dangerGH**: Update token permissions - allow Danger to add comments to PR
- **expand file args**: Correctly print the expanded command
- **esp32-c2**: Enable flashing in secure download mode

Code Refactoring

- **stub_flasher**: Cleanup, make adding new targets easier

Bug Fixes

- **CH9102F**: Suggest to install new serial drivers if writing to RAM fails
- **compressed upload**: Accept short data blocks with only Adler-32 bytes

Bug Fixes

- **ESP32-S3**: Correct RTC WDT registers to fix resets during flashing

New Features

- **esptool**: add option to dump whole flash based on detected size

Bug Fixes

- inconsistent usage of dirs separator
- USB-JTAG-Serial PID detection error
- Set flash parameters even with --flash_size keep
- **ESP32-C6**: Fix get_pkg_version and get_{major,minor}_chip_version

Bug Fixes

- **ESP32-S3**: Temporarily disable increasing CPU freq
- Unknown chip (ID or magic number) error
- **ESP32-S3**: Lower CPU freq to improve flasher stub stability
- **rfc2217_server**: Use new reset sequences

New Features

- **stub**: Add ESP32-S3 octal flash support
- **esp32h2**: Enable USB-JTAG/Serial mode in the stub flasher
- **bootloader reset**: Allow custom reset strategy setting with a config file
- Allow configuration with a config file
- **bootloader reset**: Tighter transitions on Unix systems
- **ci**: Publish development releases with custom pipeline
- **esp32c6 stub**: Increase CPU frequency and write/read speeds over USB-JTAG/Serial
- **esp32c6 stub**: Enable USB-JTAG/Serial
- **flash_id**: Print the flash type if available for the chip

Bug Fixes

- **cmds**: Make clear that flash type is from eFuse and not detection
- **load config file**: Sort unknown config options
- **esp32c6**: Workaround for bad MSPI frequency in HS mode
- **flasher_stub**: Correct boundaries for SPIWrite4B and SPIRead4B
- **secure download mode**: Reconnect if ROM refuses to respond
- **secure download mode**: Fix SDM detection on S2/S3
- **ci**: Merge two "ci" directories and build_tools into one
- **ci**: The development release job should not run by default
- **setup**: Use latest reedsolo package which can be installed with Python3.10 and Cython
- **write_flash**: Fix `--erase-all` option
- **espefuse**: Close serial port even when espefuse fails
- **espefuse**: Fix compatibility with Bitstring>=4

Code Refactoring

- Comply with black 23.1 style
- Optimize unnecessary chip interrogations
- **connection attempt**: Decouple reset sequence settings