Add a new CMake function esp_partition_flash_binary() that provides a
unified API for registering partition data binaries to be flashed. It
replaces the direct esptool_py_flash_target calls scattered across
components (spiffs, fatfs, nvs_flash) with a single function that:
- Resolves partition offset from the partition table automatically
- Determines encryption requirements (auto-detect or ALWAYS_PLAINTEXT)
- Creates per-partition flash targets (e.g. idf.py <partition>-flash)
- Optionally includes the binary in `idf.py flash` via FLASH_IN_PROJECT
On the linux target, the function registers binaries for pre-loading
into the emulated flash. A build-time manifest (linux_flash_data.txt)
is generated via file(GENERATE), and partition_linux.c reads it at
runtime to copy each binary into the memory-mapped flash buffer at
the correct offset.
The partition_ops example is updated to use the new function and
includes a custom_partition with pre-built data to demonstrate the
full workflow, including on the linux target.
* Users can now use libbsd string.h and sys/cdefs.h functionality
(e.g., strlcpy, containerof) on Linux by just including
string.h or sys/cdefs.h. In other words, the includes are the same
on the Linux target as well as on chips targets (ESP32, etc.).
* libbsd linking is done by the linux component (belongs to common
components) now instead of handling it separately in each component
Added statistics and wear simulation functions to support migration of
remaining storage related host tests from fixture to linux implementation
of esp_partition.
All the partition handling API functions and data-types were moved from the 'spi_flash' component to the new one named 'esp_partition'. See Storage 5.x migration guide for more details
Adam Múdry
sonika.rathi
Konstantin Kondrashov
Konstantin Kondrashov
Tomáš Rohlínek
Ivan Grokhotkov
Jakob Hasse
radek.tandler
Martin Vychodil