@@ -221,6 +221,30 @@ import machine
221221antenna = machine.Pin(16 , machine.Pin.OUT , value = 0 )
222222```
223223
224+ Partition table and filesystem size
225+ -----------------------------------
226+
227+ ESP32 firmware contains a bootloader, partition table and main application
228+ firmware, which are all stored in (external) SPI flash. The user filesystem
229+ is also stored in the same SPI flash. By default, MicroPython does not have
230+ a fixed entry in the ESP32 partition table for the filesystem. Instead it
231+ will automatically determine the size of the SPI flash upon boot, and then --
232+ so long as there is no existing partition called "vfs" or "ffat" -- it will
233+ create a partition for the filesystem called "vfs" which takes all of the
234+ remaining flash between the end of the last defined partition up until the
235+ end of flash.
236+
237+ This means that firmware built for, say, a 4MiB flash will work on any
238+ device that has at least 4MiB flash. The user "vfs" filesystem will then
239+ take up as much space as possible.
240+
241+ This auto-detection behaviour can be overridden: if the ESP32 partition
242+ table does contain an entry called "vfs" or "ffat" then these are used for
243+ the user filesystem and no automatic "vfs" partition is added. This is
244+ useful in cases where only the MicroPython ESP32 application is flashed to
245+ the device (and not the bootloader or partition table), eg when deploying
246+ .uf2 files.
247+
224248Defining a custom ESP32 board
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