let's try a simpler build

* use _S build without extras
* disable wifiGeneric again

Author: softhack007

platformio.ini

@@ -1839,7 +1839,8 @@ extends = esp32_4MB_V4_M_base
 ;; platform_packages = ${esp32.platform_packagesTasmota}
 board = esp32_16MB-poe       ;; needed for ethernet boards (selects "esp32-poe" as variant)
 board_build.partitions = ${esp32.extreme_partitions} ;; WLED extended for 16MB flash: 3.2MB firmware,  9 MB filesystem
-build_unflags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_unflags}
+;build_unflags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_unflags}
+build_unflags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_S_base.build_unflags}
   ;; removing some usermods to keep it simple
   -D USERMOD_DALLASTEMPERATURE
   -D USERMOD_FOUR_LINE_DISPLAY
@@ -1858,7 +1859,9 @@ build_unflags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_unflags}
   -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=0
   -DNDEBUG
   ;;${Speed_Flags.build_unflags}  ;; to override -Os
-build_flags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_flags}
+;build_flags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_flags}
+build_flags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_S_base.build_flags}
+  ${common_mm.build_disable_sync_interfaces}
   -D WLED_RELEASE_NAME=esp32_16MB_M_eth_debug ; This will be included in the firmware.bin filename
   -D SERVERNAME='"WLED-QEMU"'
   ;;${Speed_Flags.build_flags_V4}  ;; optimize for speed
@@ -1869,7 +1872,7 @@ build_flags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_flags}
   -D WLED_USE_ETHERNET
   -D WLED_DISABLE_ESPNOW ;; ESP-NOW requires wifi, may crash with ethernet only
   -D WLED_DISABLE_OTA
-  -D CONFIG_ETH_USE_OPENETH=y ;; enable open_eth support
+  -D CONFIG_ETH_USE_OPENETH=y ;; enable open_eth support - not sure if this gets effective without re-building esp-idf ?
   -D WLED_ETH_DEFAULT=2 ;; ESP32-POE board configuration (works with QEMU open_eth)
   -D WLED_QEMU ;; Skip ethernet hardware initialization for QEMU compatibility
   ;; Static IP for QEMU testing - user-mode networking provides DHCP at 10.0.2.0/24
@@ -1883,7 +1886,8 @@ build_flags = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.build_flags}
   -D LEDPIN=4
   -D BTNPIN=-1 -D RLYPIN=-1 -D IRPIN=-1 ;; disable all extra pins
   -D SR_DMTYPE=254 -D AUDIOPIN=-1      ;; set AR into "received only" mode
-lib_deps = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.esp32_lib_deps}
+;lib_deps = ${esp32_4MB_V4_M_base.esp32_lib_deps}
+lib_deps = ${esp32_4MB_V4_S_base.esp32_lib_deps}
 lib_ignore = 
   IRremoteESP8266 ; use with WLED_DISABLE_INFRARED for faster compilation
   OneWire ; used for USERMOD_FOUR_LINE_DISPLAY and USERMOD_DALLASTEMPERATURE

wled00/wled.cpp

@@ -1148,12 +1148,13 @@ void WLED::initConnection()
 #endif
 
 #endif
-
+#ifndef WLED_QEMU
   if (staticIP[0] != 0 && staticGateway[0] != 0) {
     WiFi.config(staticIP, staticGateway, staticSubnet, IPAddress(1, 1, 1, 1));
   } else {
     WiFi.config(IPAddress((uint32_t)0), IPAddress((uint32_t)0), IPAddress((uint32_t)0));
   }
+#endif
 
   lastReconnectAttempt = millis();