Integrate ExpressLRS TX module support and its stacked ESP32 heap changes.
Use the approved Linkflow calibration (17-30 dBm), preserve the PA drive
and output path after radio recovery, and keep LoRa OTA enabled.
Preserve stored ACLs and filters on allocation failure, release owned
client/filter buffers, service heap OTA contexts on Companions, release
self-serving workspaces after TempRadio, and reset staged-resume state
when a context is released. Keep manual staging and active operations
alive. Account for all moved allocations in the runtime RAM gate.
Validation: 1,393 native cases; radio-power, heap-context, ACL persistence,
shared-queue transfer, display/inbox, radio receive, and memory regressions.
Firmware builds passed for Linkflow, Heltec V2 Companion, T-Beam MQTT
repeater, Heltec V4 R8 MQTT repeater, RAK4631 repeater, and Indicator Full.
Physical verification awaits access to the currently offline lab Pi.
Classic ESP32 links into a dram0_0_seg of only 124,580 bytes: memory.ld
carves the BT controller's 0xdb5c (56,156) reservation off the 0x2c200
window before the application gets any. Three large objects dominated what
was left, and Tbeam_SX1262_repeater_observer_mqtt overran the build's 8 KiB
static reserve by 4,744 bytes.
Heap-allocate them instead, each with a defined behaviour when the
allocation fails:
- OtaContext: generalize the Companion's borrowed-storage path behind
OTA_DYNAMIC_CONTEXT and add OTA_HEAP_CONTEXT, which allocates the context
on first use and frees it once no transfer, apply or folder link needs it.
A repeater is idle nearly all the time, so the workspace is usually absent.
Exhaustion is reported to the caller and the operation declines.
- ClientACL: the client table becomes a pointer with a live capacity;
capacity 0 refuses new clients rather than writing through a null table.
- MyMesh flood packet filters: likewise, with flood_packet_filter_slots as
the live bound for every rule loop. At capacity 0 the node forwards
unfiltered, and both save paths refuse to write so a stored ruleset is
never replaced by an empty file.
Also override the Arduino SDK's weak btInUse() in simple_repeater so
initArduino() releases the BT controller memory to the heap. That grows the
runtime heap these tables now come from; it cannot recover the same
reservation from the linker's static window.
Static DRAM, classic ESP32:
Heltec_v2_repeater 108,332 -> 70,732
Tbeam_SX1262_repeater_observer_mqtt 121,132 -> 83,532 (was failing)
Add durable TempRadio, ACL, clock, bridge, GPS/I2C, USB logging, and Indicator recovery safeguards together with expanded automation, build/profile contracts, release metadata, and the hardware validation ledger.
Introduces a fourth ACL role (value 4) that can manage the region map
without full admin privileges. The role is intended for trusted users
who curate regions on a repeater but should not have access to general
admin commands.
ClientACL:
- Widen PERM_ACL_ROLE_MASK from 2 to 3 bits so the new value fits.
- Add PERM_ACL_REGION_MGR and ClientInfo::isRegionMgr().
- Exempt region_mgr entries from least-recently-active eviction in
putClient(), same as admins.
simple_repeater:
- Phones may still gate UI on the legacy is_admin byte (reply_data[6]),
so report region_mgr as admin there. Without this, the phone CLI
falls back to guest view.
- Allow region_mgr to send TXT_MSG CLI commands. handleCommand()
gates non-whitelisted commands with "Err - not permitted". The
whitelist covers region.* (read+write) plus a small set of
read-only queries (get, ver, board, neighbors, clock, sensor
get/list).
- Pass the ClientInfo* through to handleCommand and drop the
redundant sender_timestamp parameter (derived from
sender->last_timestamp; NULL means Serial CLI).
- Use ~PERM_ACL_ROLE_MASK instead of ~0x03 when clearing role bits
on login, so the wider mask is honored.
mikecarper
MUSTARDTIGERFPV
hank
Scott Powell
taco