Magic Byte bin file

llewellyn
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Magic Byte bin file

Postby llewellyn » Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:19 pm

Hi,

Does the esp32 bin file always start with 0xe9?

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ESP_Sprite
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Re: Magic Byte bin file

Postby ESP_Sprite » Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:40 am

Yes. Take care, however: ESP8266 apps starts with the same byte.

llewellyn
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Re: Magic Byte bin file

Postby llewellyn » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:19 am

Hi ,

So is it safe to use this byte as the start of the bin to detect the end of http headers for OTA update?

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Re: Magic Byte bin file

Postby ESP_Sprite » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:56 am

As long as you don't mind people also being able to accidentally chuck an esp8266 firmware image into the OTA thing, sure. If you want more verification, you can check components/bootloader_support/src/esp_image_format.c which does some validation of images in the bootloader.

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Re: Magic Byte bin file

Postby llewellyn » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:14 am

Hi,

Thank You.
I will check it out.

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