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Ok so I think this is going to be the plan for the front panel:

* Main MCU accepts SFTP command, initializes SFTP server routine

* Main MCU sees a "write file" command for the front panel MCU's firmware file

* Main MCU sends SPI command to front panel MCU to reboot in DFU mode

* Main MCU parses incoming ELF as it comes in, finds data that needs to go to flash, and pushes it over SPI to front panel

* Final CRC verification, if this fails front panel remains in DFU mode

* Main MCU sends SPI command to front panel MCU to reboot in normal mode with new firmware

All of this has to be done "fire-and-forget" right now, since the SPI SO pin on the front panel MCU is unusable due to an errata (if I enable it, JTAG stops working and the chip soft-bricks).

I'm not sure if there's any way around this, perhaps by clever use of open drain signaling somewhere to signify "ready"? Otherwise I may have no choice but to run open-loop and just hard code conservative timeouts on the main MCU side.