Disassembly process?

scotthauck
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Disassembly process?

Postby scotthauck » Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:29 pm

Any suggestions on how to get a disassembly of code for ESP32 under Arduino? Specifically:
(1) Any pointers to a disassembler that people like? I'm developing on a Windows 10 box.
(2) Any pointers to where the executables are stored when you are using the Arduino IDE?

Thanks in advance.

scotthauck
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Re: Disassembly process?

Postby scotthauck » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:28 am

Well, I at least found the object files.

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temp\arduino_build_<a number for that build>\sketch

Looks like it is time to install the ESP tools and figure out how to use objdump...

scotthauck
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Re: Disassembly process?

Postby scotthauck » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:25 pm

Got disassembly going, via objdump, on my Windows 10 box for Arduino compiles. Hope this helps other folks.
  • Install the ESP-IDF tools (if you haven't already). See the homepage for how.
  • Find the place where the Arduino tools do the build:
    https://www.kanda.com/blog/microcontrol ... -binaries/
    I'd suggest following the directions there to force the builds to an easily accessible folder.
  • Open up a command window (I used the mingw32.exe within the msys32 installed with ESP-IDF).
  • Navigate to the sketch subdirectory of the build you are interested in.
  • Run objdump, redirecting the output to a file:
    xtensa-esp32-elf-objdump -S -d *.o > DISASSEMBLY.txt

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