Flash new version 2V10 results in infinite loop

Mon 2021.09.06 - Posted 05:14pm CST - ties in with another post I'm working on

Sanity Check for Neopixel pin Require statement

The following content is most likely target'ed towards @MaBe and @Gordon although others may chime in.

https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/blo­b/master/boards/ESP8266_4MB.py

Just flashed current version 2V10 and resultant experience is not what is expected.

2nd boot version : 1.6
  SPI Speed      : 80MHz
  SPI Mode       : QIO
  SPI Flash Size & Map: 32Mbit(512KB+512KB)
jump to run user1 @ 1000
 ets Jan  8 2013,rst cause:2, boot mode:(3,6)
load 0x40100000, len 2408, room 16
tail 8
chksum 0xe5
load 0x3ffe8000, len 776, room 0
tail 8
chksum 0x84
load 0x3ffe8310, len 632, room 0
tail 8
chksum 0xd8
csum 0xd8
2nd boot version : 1.6
  SPI Speed      : 80MHz
  SPI Mode       : QIO
  SPI Flash Size & Map: 32Mbit(512KB+512KB)
jump to run user1 @ 1000

   . . .

infinite repeat of above

Unable to show results of process.env as device never boots to a stable state.

From:

http://www.espruino.com/EspruinoESP8266#­saving-code-to-flash

chip_id and flash_size	4013-4015 use
--flash_size 512KB
4016-4018 use
--flash_size 4MB-c1

My device is mfg 0xe0 4016 and I had successfully flashed several years ago:

Flash map 4MB:512/512, manuf 0xe0 chip 0x4016
>
>process.env
={
  "VERSION": "1v89",
  "BUILD_DATE": "Nov 15 2016",
  "BUILD_TIME": "12:09:35",
  "GIT_COMMIT": "ab5199458f8b54c4ea964838b41bbce348e2684­f",
  "BOARD": "ESP8266_BOARD",

Last Modified 2021.08.13

https://www.espruino.com/binaries/esprui­no_2v10_esp8266_4mb/
https://www.espruino.com/binaries/esprui­no_2v10_esp8266/

I first erased flash and re-flashed three times, each with the identical output. I then tried the 512K version just to see what might happen. Reverting back to the original link under heading 'Build Content':

Indicates two versions:

   espruino_2v00_esp8266     espruino_2v00_esp8266_4mb

and the note: 'travis build after 2018-10-23 12:00'

So, on a hunch I fetched version 2V00 and that went flawlessly.

https://www.espruino.com/binaries/esprui­no_2v00_esp8266_4mb/

At this point from mere frustration, I did not make an attempt to perform any other flash test.

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