diff --git a/components/esp_rom/README.md b/components/esp_rom/README.md
index 7249c63301..0fdf37b098 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/README.md
+++ b/components/esp_rom/README.md
@@ -73,4 +73,26 @@ As ROM functions are unique to each target, features are as well. For example, E
     ├── CMakeLists.txt
     ├── test_miniz.c
     └── ... // other ROM function unit tests
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+## Adding New Chip Support For Debugging
+
+1. Dump .rodata strings via `riscv32-esp-elf-readelf -p .rodata esp32c5_rev0_rom.elf`
+2. Locate the build date in the output (e.g. `[  23c4]  Mar 29 2024`).
+3. Get start address of .rodata section via `riscv32-esp-elf-readelf -S esp32c5_rev0_rom.elf | grep rodata`
+4. Compute the absolute address by adding the offset from step 2 to the base address from step 3.
+5. Verify with GDB:
+   ```
+     riscv32-esp-elf-gdb esp32c5_rev0_rom.elf -ex "p (char*) 0x4004b3c4" --batch
+     $1 = 0x4004b3c4 "Mar 29 2024"
+   ```
+6. Update roms.json:
+   ```
+    "esp32c5": [
+        {
+        "rev": 0,
+        "build_date_str_addr": "0x4004b3c4",
+        "build_date_str": "Mar 29 2024"
+        }
+    ],
+   ```
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/gen_gdbinit.py b/components/esp_rom/gen_gdbinit.py
index 652798005f..6e8d2b0007 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/gen_gdbinit.py
+++ b/components/esp_rom/gen_gdbinit.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from textwrap import indent
 
-IDF_PATH = os.getenv('IDF_PATH', '')
-ROMS_JSON = os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'idf_py_actions', 'roms.json')  # type: ignore
+ROMS_JSON = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'roms.json')
 
 
 # Direct string extraction and comparison is not feasible due to:
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ ROMS_JSON = os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'idf_py_actions', 'roms.json')  # ty
 def get_rom_if_condition_str(date_addr: int, date_str: str) -> str:
     r = []
     for i in range(0, len(date_str), 4):
-        value = hex(int.from_bytes(bytes(date_str[i:i + 4], 'utf-8'), 'little'))
+        value = hex(int.from_bytes(bytes(date_str[i : i + 4], 'utf-8'), 'little'))
         r.append(f'(*(int*) {hex(date_addr + i)}) == {value}')
     return 'if ' + ' && '.join(r)
 
@@ -29,12 +28,13 @@ def generate_gdbinit_rom_add_symbols(target: str) -> str:
     base_ident = '  '
     rom_elfs_dir = os.getenv('ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR')
     if not rom_elfs_dir:
-        raise EnvironmentError(
-            'ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR environment variable is not defined. Please try to run IDF "install" and "export" scripts.')
+        raise OSError(
+            'ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR environment variable is not defined. Please try to run IDF "install" and "export" scripts.'
+        )
     if os.name == 'nt':
         # convert to posix-path for windows
         rom_elfs_dir = rom_elfs_dir.replace('\\', '/')
-    with open(ROMS_JSON, 'r') as f:
+    with open(ROMS_JSON) as f:
         roms = json.load(f)
     if target not in roms:
         msg_body = f'Warning: ROM ELF is not supported yet for "{target}".'  # noqa: E713
diff --git a/tools/idf_py_actions/roms.json b/components/esp_rom/roms.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/idf_py_actions/roms.json
rename to components/esp_rom/roms.json
diff --git a/tools/idf_py_actions/roms_schema.json b/components/esp_rom/roms_schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/idf_py_actions/roms_schema.json
rename to components/esp_rom/roms_schema.json
diff --git a/components/esp_rom/test_esp_rom.py b/components/esp_rom/test_esp_rom.py
index c59ec40f45..ab9e1f9018 100644
--- a/components/esp_rom/test_esp_rom.py
+++ b/components/esp_rom/test_esp_rom.py
@@ -9,22 +9,21 @@ import jsonschema
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
 from idf_build_apps.constants import SUPPORTED_TARGETS
 
-IDF_PATH = os.getenv('IDF_PATH', '')
-ROMS_JSON = os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'idf_py_actions', 'roms.json')  # type: ignore
+ROMS_JSON = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'roms.json')
 
 
 def test_roms_validate_json() -> None:
-    with open(ROMS_JSON, 'r') as f:
+    with open(ROMS_JSON) as f:
         roms_json = json.load(f)
 
     json_schema_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(ROMS_JSON), 'roms_schema.json')
-    with open(json_schema_path, 'r') as f:
+    with open(json_schema_path) as f:
         schema_json = json.load(f)
     jsonschema.validate(roms_json, schema_json)
 
 
 def test_roms_check_supported_chips() -> None:
-    with open(ROMS_JSON, 'r') as f:
+    with open(ROMS_JSON) as f:
         roms_json = json.load(f)
     for chip in SUPPORTED_TARGETS:
         assert chip in roms_json, f'Have no ROM data for chip {chip}'
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def test_roms_validate_build_date() -> None:
         return result
 
     rom_elfs_dir = os.getenv('ESP_ROM_ELF_DIR', '')
-    with open(ROMS_JSON, 'r') as f:
+    with open(ROMS_JSON) as f:
         roms_json = json.load(f)
 
     for chip in roms_json: