fix(console): fixed secondary console not working on all chips without VFS

components/esp_rom/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ if(CONFIG_ESP_ROM_HAS_CACHE_WRITEBACK_BUG)
     list(APPEND sources "patches/esp_rom_cache_writeback_esp32s3.S")
 endif()
 
+if(CONFIG_ESP_ROM_NO_USB_SERIAL_OUTPUT_API)
+    list(APPEND sources "patches/esp_rom_usb_serial.c")
+endif()
+
 idf_component_register(SRCS ${sources}
                        INCLUDE_DIRS ${include_dirs}
                        PRIV_REQUIRES ${private_required_comp}

components/esp_rom/esp32c2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -98,3 +98,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_HAS_VPRINTF_FUNC
 config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32c2/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION                 (1) // ROM has version/eco information
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VPRINTF_FUNC            (1) // ROM has ets_vprintf
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC        (1) // ROM has esp_rom_output_putc (or ets_write_char_uart)
+#define ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY    (1) // The console output functions will also output to the USB-serial secondary console

components/esp_rom/esp32c3/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION
 config ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32c3/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_USB_OTG_NUM                 (-1) // No USB_OTG CDC in the ROM, set -1 for Kconfig usage.
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION                 (1) // ROM has version/eco information
 #define ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB  (1) // ROM supports the HP core to jump to the RTC memory to execute stub code after waking up from deepsleep.
+#define ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY    (1) // The console output functions will also output to the USB-serial secondary console

components/esp_rom/esp32c5/ld/esp32c5.rom.api.ld

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_rx_string      = UartRxString );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_set_as_console = uart_tx_switch );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_putc           = ets_write_char_uart );
 
+PROVIDE ( esp_rom_usb_serial_putc     = uart_tx_one_char3 );
+
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_flush_tx       = uart_tx_flush );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_one_char    = uart_tx_one_char );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_wait_idle   = uart_tx_wait_idle );

components/esp_rom/esp32c6/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -110,3 +110,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB
 config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_NO_USB_SERIAL_OUTPUT_API
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32c6/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION                 (1) // ROM has version/eco information
 #define ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB  (1) // ROM supports the HP core to jump to the RTC memory to execute stub code after waking up from deepsleep.
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC        (1) // ROM has esp_rom_output_putc (or ets_write_char_uart)
+#define ESP_ROM_NO_USB_SERIAL_OUTPUT_API    (1) // ROM does not export the usb-serial-jtag write char function

components/esp_rom/esp32c6/include/esp32c6/rom/efuse.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@ int ets_jtag_enable_temporarily(const uint8_t *jtag_hmac_key, ets_efuse_block_t
   */
 unsigned char esp_crc8(unsigned char const *p, unsigned int len);
 
+/**
+  * @brief  Read if usb print in ROM disabled by efuse
+  *
+  *
+  * @return
+  * - 0 for enable.
+  * - 1 for disable.
+  */
+ uint32_t ets_efuse_usb_print_is_disabled(void);
+
 /**
   * @}
   */

components/esp_rom/esp32c61/ld/esp32c61.rom.api.ld

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_rx_string      = UartRxString );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_set_as_console = uart_tx_switch );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_putc           = ets_write_char_uart );
 
+PROVIDE ( esp_rom_usb_serial_putc     = uart_tx_one_char3 );
+
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_flush_tx       = uart_tx_flush );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_one_char    = uart_tx_one_char );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_wait_idle   = uart_tx_wait_idle );

components/esp_rom/esp32h2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -102,3 +102,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB
 config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_NO_USB_SERIAL_OUTPUT_API
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32h2/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION                 (1) // ROM has version/eco information
 #define ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB  (1) // ROM supports the HP core to jump to the RTC memory to execute stub code after waking up from deepsleep.
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC        (1) // ROM has esp_rom_output_putc (or ets_write_char_uart)
+#define ESP_ROM_NO_USB_SERIAL_OUTPUT_API    (1) // ROM does not export the usb-serial-jtag write char function

components/esp_rom/esp32h2/include/esp32h2/rom/efuse.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -273,6 +273,17 @@ int ets_jtag_enable_temporarily(const uint8_t *jtag_hmac_key, ets_efuse_block_t
   */
 unsigned char esp_crc8(unsigned char const *p, unsigned int len);
 
+/**
+  * @brief  Read if usb print in ROM disabled by efuse
+  *
+  *
+  * @return
+  * - 0 for enable.
+  * - 1 for disable.
+  */
+ uint32_t ets_efuse_usb_print_is_disabled(void);
+
+
 /**
   * @}
   */

components/esp_rom/esp32h21/ld/esp32h21.rom.api.ld

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_rx_string      = UartRxString );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_set_as_console = uart_tx_switch );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_putc           = ets_write_char_uart );
 
+PROVIDE ( esp_rom_usb_serial_putc     = uart_tx_one_char3 );
+
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_flush_tx       = uart_tx_flush );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_one_char    = uart_tx_one_char );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_wait_idle   = uart_tx_wait_idle );

components/esp_rom/esp32h4/ld/esp32h4.rom.api.ld

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_rx_string      = UartRxString );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_set_as_console = uart_tx_switch );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_putc           = ets_write_char_uart );
 
+PROVIDE ( esp_rom_usb_serial_putc     = uart_tx_one_char3 );
+
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_flush_tx       = uart_tx_flush );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_one_char    = uart_tx_one_char );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_wait_idle   = uart_tx_wait_idle );

components/esp_rom/esp32p4/ld/esp32p4.rom.api.ld

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_rx_string      = UartRxString );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_set_as_console = uart_tx_switch );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_uart_putc           = ets_write_char_uart );
 
+PROVIDE ( esp_rom_usb_serial_putc     = uart_tx_one_char3 );
+
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_flush_tx       = uart_tx_flush );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_one_char    = uart_tx_one_char );
 PROVIDE ( esp_rom_output_tx_wait_idle   = uart_tx_wait_idle );

components/esp_rom/esp32s2/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -66,3 +66,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_TO_CHANNELS_FUNC
 config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32s2/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VPRINTF_FUNC            (1) // ROM has ets_vprintf
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_TO_CHANNELS_FUNC (1) // ROM has ets_write_char, alias is esp_rom_output_to_channels
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC        (1) // ROM has esp_rom_output_putc (or ets_write_char_uart)
+#define ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY    (1) // The console output functions will also output to the USB-serial secondary console

components/esp_rom/esp32s3/Kconfig.soc_caps.in

@@ -114,3 +114,7 @@ config ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB
 config ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC
     bool
     default y
+
+config ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+    bool
+    default y

components/esp_rom/esp32s3/esp_rom_caps.h

@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_VERSION                 (1) // ROM has version/eco information
 #define ESP_ROM_SUPPORT_DEEP_SLEEP_WAKEUP_STUB  (1) // ROM supports the HP core to jump to the RTC memory to execute stub code after waking up from deepsleep.
 #define ESP_ROM_HAS_OUTPUT_PUTC_FUNC        (1) // ROM has esp_rom_output_putc (or ets_write_char_uart)
+#define ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY    (1) // The console output functions will also output to the USB-serial secondary console

components/esp_rom/include/esp_rom_usb_serial.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Output a char over usb-serial if printing has not been disabled
+ *
+ * @param c the char to output
+ */
+void esp_rom_usb_serial_putc(char c);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif

components/esp_rom/patches/esp_rom_usb_serial.c

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "esp_rom_usb_serial.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "rom/ets_sys.h"
+#include "rom/efuse.h"
+
+extern ETS_STATUS usb_serial_device_tx_one_char(uint8_t TxChar);
+extern void usb_serial_device_tx_flush(void);
+
+void esp_rom_usb_serial_putc(char c)
+{
+    uint32_t print_enabled = !ets_efuse_usb_print_is_disabled();
+    if (print_enabled) {
+        usb_serial_device_tx_one_char(c);
+        if (c == '\n') {
+            usb_serial_device_tx_flush();
+        }
+    }
+}

components/esp_system/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ else()
     list(APPEND srcs "crosscore_int.c"
             "esp_ipc.c"
             "esp_err.c"
+            "esp_system_console.c"
             "freertos_hooks.c"
             "int_wdt.c"
             "panic.c"

components/esp_system/esp_system_console.c

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "esp_system_console.h"
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+#include "esp_rom_uart.h"
+#include "esp_rom_usb_serial.h"
+#include "esp_rom_caps.h"
+
+void esp_system_console_put_char(char c)
+{
+    esp_rom_output_tx_one_char(c);
+#if CONFIG_ESP_CONSOLE_SECONDARY_USB_SERIAL_JTAG && !ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+    esp_rom_usb_serial_putc(c);
+#endif // CONFIG_ESP_CONSOLE_SECONDARY_USB_SERIAL_JTAG && !ESP_ROM_CONSOLE_OUTPUT_SECONDARY
+}

components/esp_system/include/esp_system_console.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Outputs a char to the configured primary and secondary console
+ *
+ * @param c char to output
+ */
+void esp_system_console_put_char(char c);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif

components/esp_system/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ components/esp_system/test_apps/console:
   disable:
     - if: CONFIG_NAME == "serial_jtag_only" and SOC_USB_SERIAL_JTAG_SUPPORTED != 1
     - if: CONFIG_NAME == "serial_jtag_only_no_vfs" and SOC_USB_SERIAL_JTAG_SUPPORTED != 1
+    - if: CONFIG_NAME == "console_no_vfs" and SOC_USB_SERIAL_JTAG_SUPPORTED != 1
   disable_test:
     - if: CONFIG_NAME == "simple" and IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
 

components/esp_system/test_apps/console/pytest_esp_system_console_tests.py

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ JTAG_SERIAL_MARKS = [
     pytest.mark.esp32s3,
     pytest.mark.esp32c2,
     pytest.mark.esp32c3,
+    pytest.mark.esp32c5,
     pytest.mark.esp32c6,
+    pytest.mark.esp32c61,
     pytest.mark.esp32h2,
 ]
 
@@ -56,6 +58,18 @@ def test_esp_system_console_only_serial_jtag_no_vfs(dut: Dut) -> None:
     dut.expect('Hello World')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usb_serial_jtag
+@idf_parametrize('config', ['console_no_vfs'], indirect=['config'])
+@idf_parametrize('flash_port', ['/dev/serial_ports/ttyUSB-esp32'], indirect=['flash_port'])
+@idf_parametrize('port', ['/dev/serial_ports/ttyACM-esp32'], indirect=['port'])
+@idf_parametrize(
+    'target', ['esp32c2', 'esp32c3', 'esp32c5', 'esp32c6', 'esp32c61', 'esp32h2', 'esp32s3'], indirect=['target']
+)
+def test_esp_system_console_secondary_serial_jtag(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect('2nd stage bootloader')
+    dut.expect('Hello World')
+
+
 @pytest.mark.generic
 @idf_parametrize('config', ['simple'], indirect=['config'])
 @idf_parametrize('target', ['supported_targets'], indirect=['target'])

components/esp_system/test_apps/console/sdkconfig.ci.console_no_vfs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_IO=n
+CONFIG_ESP_CONSOLE_UART_DEFAULT=y
+CONFIG_ESP_CONSOLE_SECONDARY_USB_SERIAL_JTAG=y

components/newlib/src/reent_syscalls.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_rom_uart.h"
+#include "esp_system_console.h"
 
 static int syscall_not_implemented(struct _reent *r, ...)
 {
@@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ ssize_t _write_r_console(struct _reent *r, int fd, const void * data, size_t siz
     if (fd == STDOUT_FILENO || fd == STDERR_FILENO) {
         for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
             if (cdata[i] == '\n') {
-                esp_rom_output_tx_one_char('\r');
+                esp_system_console_put_char('\r');
             }
-            esp_rom_output_tx_one_char(cdata[i]);
+            esp_system_console_put_char(cdata[i]);
         }
         return size;
     }

components/unity/unity_port_esp32.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "sdkconfig.h"
 #include "esp_cpu.h"
 #include "esp_rom_uart.h"
+#include "esp_system_console.h"
 #include "esp_private/esp_clk.h"
 
 static uint32_t s_test_start, s_test_stop;
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ static uint32_t s_test_start, s_test_stop;
 void unity_putc(int c)
 {
     if (c == '\n') {
-        esp_rom_output_tx_one_char('\r');
+        esp_system_console_put_char('\r');
-        esp_rom_output_tx_one_char('\n');
+        esp_system_console_put_char('\n');
     } else if (c == '\r') {
     } else {
-        esp_rom_output_tx_one_char(c);
+        esp_system_console_put_char(c);
     }
 }