I am on my way with this, but it's going slowly.

embedded8266/Makefile

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+all : image.elf
+FW_FILE_1:=0x00000.bin
+FW_FILE_2:=0x40000.bin
+
+TARGET_OUT:=image.elf
+OBJS:=driver/uart.o \
+	user/mystuff.o \
+	user/ws2812.o \
+	user/colorchord.o \
+	user/user_main.o
+
+SRCS:=driver/uart.c \
+	user/mystuff.c \
+	user/ws2812.c \
+	user/colorchord.c \
+	user/user_main.c 
+
+GCC_FOLDER:=~/esp8266/xtensa-toolchain-build/build-lx106
+ESPTOOL_PY:=~/esp8266/esptool/esptool.py
+FW_TOOL:=~/esp8266/other/esptool/esptool
+SDK:=/home/cnlohr/esp8266/esp_iot_sdk_v0.9.3
+PORT:=/dev/ttyUSB0
+#PORT:=/dev/ttyACM0
+
+XTLIB:=$(SDK)/lib
+XTGCCLIB:=$(GCC_FOLDER)/gcc-4.9.1-elf/xtensa-lx106-elf/libgcc/libgcc.a
+FOLDERPREFIX:=$(GCC_FOLDER)/root/bin
+PREFIX:=$(FOLDERPREFIX)/xtensa-lx106-elf-
+CC:=$(PREFIX)gcc
+
+CFLAGS:=-mlongcalls -I$(SDK)/include -Imyclib -Iinclude -Iuser -Os -I$(SDK)/include/
+
+#	   \
+#
+
+LDFLAGS_CORE:=\
+	-nostdlib \
+	-Wl,--relax -Wl,--gc-sections \
+	-L$(XTLIB) \
+	-L$(XTGCCLIB) \
+	$(SDK)/lib/liblwip.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libssl.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libupgrade.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libnet80211.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/liblwip.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libwpa.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libnet80211.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libphy.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libmain.a \
+	$(SDK)/lib/libpp.a \
+	$(XTGCCLIB) \
+	-T $(SDK)/ld/eagle.app.v6.ld
+
+LINKFLAGS:= \
+	$(LDFLAGS_CORE) \
+	-B$(XTLIB)
+
+#image.elf : $(OBJS)
+#	$(PREFIX)ld $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+
+$(TARGET_OUT) : $(SRCS)
+	$(PREFIX)gcc $(CFLAGS) $^  -flto $(LINKFLAGS) -o $@
+
+
+
+$(FW_FILE_1): $(TARGET_OUT)
+	@echo "FW $@"
+	$(FW_TOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) -bo $@ -bs .text -bs .data -bs .rodata -bc -ec
+
+$(FW_FILE_2): $(TARGET_OUT)
+	@echo "FW $@"
+	$(FW_TOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) -es .irom0.text $@ -ec
+
+burn : $(FW_FILE_1) $(FW_FILE_2)
+	($(ESPTOOL_PY) --port $(PORT) write_flash 0x00000 0x00000.bin 0x40000 0x40000.bin)||(true)
+
+
+clean :
+	rm -rf user/*.o driver/*.o $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_1) $(FW_FILE_2)
+
+