ESP8266 Generic Module

[mrfrase3]

Uploading to "Generic ESP8266 Module" returns

"No new serial port detected."esptool.py v2.8
Serial port net:localhost:4792
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/duino/.arduino15/packages/esp8266/hardware/esp8266/2.6.3/tools/pyserial/serial/serialposix.py", line 265, in open
    self.fd = os.open(self.portstr, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NOCTTY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'net:localhost:4792'

Seems like it doesn't like a network connection, maybe a socket file?

[mrfrase3]

looked further into this issue, looks to be a much bigger problem than originally anticipated. esptools uses pyserial, which does not support network connections at all.

This is gonna be a big fix.