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Espressif Zigbee SDK
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[Feature request] elf-loader for RISC-V based ESP32 (like C6) (TZ-1296) #484

Closed martinssense closed 3 hours ago

martinssense commented 3 hours ago

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Dynamically loading code during runtime can be useful. There already is an elf-loader for Xtensa based ESP32, I cannot find a working solution for RISC-V based ESP32 (like C6 or H2) though.

Describe the solution you'd like.

A working elf-loader for RISC-V based ESP32 would be awesome. This way we could load "program modules" on RISC-V based ESP32 during runtime, without having to flash the firmware.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

Zephyr has something called LLEXT which is basically an elf-loader. Using Zephyr is not the same as having the luxury of FreeRTOS though - as I understand there are also limitations of using Zephyr on ESP32. There is also embedded wasm, but its overhead is huge, so it's not a viable solution for concurrent dynamically loaded code. There are always interpreters like MicroPython, but be real - it's not the same.

Additional context.

Edit: Ups, this was supposed to go into ESP-IDF section. Too many opened Tabs, sorry for that.

martinssense commented 3 hours ago

Sorry, that request was supposed to go into ESP-IDF section in which I have created a "duplicate"