MicroPython crashes when accessed using mpremote

[andypiper]

MicroPython identifies itself as MicroPython afceb56-dirty on 2022-06-04; TiDAL with ESP32S3 when connected to in the REPL.

I can run mpremote devs to successfully list the attached device, and I can use mpremote connect mpremote connect /dev/cu.usbmodem1234561 (macOS) to connect to the REPL if no other apps (Thonny or Chrome WebSerial) are attached, but trying to run mpremote commands e.g. mpremote connect /dev/cu.usbmodem1234561 ls fails with the following trace (the board reboots to the EMF logo and locks up at this point)

$ mpremote connect /dev/cu.usbmodem1234561 ls                                 git:(master|)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 575, in read
    buf = os.read(self.fd, size - len(read))
OSError: [Errno 6] Device not configured

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/mpremote", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mpremote/main.py", line 478, in main
    pyb.enter_raw_repl(soft_reset=auto_soft_reset)
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mpremote/pyboard.py", line 352, in enter_raw_repl
    data = self.read_until(1, b"raw REPL; CTRL-B to exit\r\n")
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mpremote/pyboard.py", line 303, in read_until
    data = self.serial.read(min_num_bytes)
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 581, in read
    raise SerialException('read failed: {}'.format(e))
serial.serialutil.SerialException: read failed: [Errno 6] Device not configured

I'm relatively certain this is not supposed to happen (I do Mpy development with other ESP32 boards, using MicroPython v1.18+ from GitHub nightlies).

Is there a board definition file / config I can use to build the firmware in the current MicroPython source tree?

[tomsci]

mpremote is untested. If it has an option to disable soft reboot, try that.

Is there a board definition file / config I can use to build the firmware in the current MicroPython source tree?

No, sorry. You need to build using this repo.

[ithinuel]

Have been trying to use the docker images but seems like we'll be hitting https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/900.