From 5e01fb01b3b04bc86e0c1f14063b3f956ed58661 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:39:23 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] docs/esp8266/intro: Add command to install esptool.py 1.0.1
 via pip.

It used a standard BootROM programming algo and may be useful as a
fallback.
---
 docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
index 8c356b913..32e9326b3 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/intro.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ after it, here are troubleshooting recommendations:
   rate may be too high and lead to errors. Try a more common 115200 baud
   rate instead in such cases.
 
+* If lower baud rate didn't help, you may want to try older version of
+  esptool.py, which had a different programming algorithm::
+    pip install esptool==1.0.1
+
 * The ``--flash_size`` option in the commands above is mandatory. Omitting
   it will lead to a corrupted firmware.
 
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