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Entrpi 4561779b58 fix(artifacts): read ESP flash layouts as the bootloader does
Read the partition table as bootloader_utility_load_partition_table
does: the last factory, otadata and same-subtype OTA declaration wins,
and a limitation names repeats. Plan each otadata record within its
partition and the dump. An otadata partition smaller than two sectors
selects none, the bootloader's INVALID_INDEX; a record the dump lacks
leaves the selection unknown while the other record stays reported. The
fallbacks follow the bootloader's indexes: ota_0-fallback and
factory-fallback name no partition when the table declares none, and the
assumptions add GPIO holds and deep-sleep wake.

Refuse a dump whose bootloader contradicts its origin before the default
table offset is tried, whether flash_offset was omitted or given, and keep
the ESP image reader's ESP8266 refusal. A table never lies inside the
located bootloader image, so single app images are no longer scanned. An
explicit esp-flash-image selection is decided before other container
signatures, and the native commands' --target-format no longer takes it.
Say when no bootloader confirms the default origin.

Exempt the primary bootloader and partition_table entries of ESP-IDF 5.3
from placement limits, report every region inside a longer one, and name
partitions by index when labels repeat ignoring case. Keep an undecodable
label's bytes in label_hex and compare them. Word undescribed ranges as
starting at a byte that is not erased, and treat a short erased region as
erased.

Add an MCP compare_artifacts test for partition declarations, reader
identity and close tests, scan edge cases, the 0x2000 ROM offset and a
literal otatool CRC.
2026-10-28 04:04:35 +11:00
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