M5Atom Echo issues with ESP-WIFI-MESH

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I'm using platformio / arduino framework / espressif32 platform with an M5Atom Echo.

I'm trying to get the ESP-WIFI-MESH working. I'm using the guide on espressif.
The werid thing is my code compiles and works fine on other ESP32's like a TTGO-display board for instance.
On this M5 it compiles fine but when I set the mesh config, it give an argument error implying the struct is invalid.

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <esp_wifi.h>
#include <esp_mac.h>
#include <esp_event.h>
#include <esp_log.h>
#include <esp_mesh.h>
#include <esp_mesh_internal.h>
#include <nvs_flash.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>

#include <FastLED.h>


/*******************************************************
 *                Macros
 *******************************************************/

/*******************************************************
 *                Constants
 *******************************************************/
#define RX_SIZE (1500)
#define TX_SIZE (1460)
#define IS_ROOT false
#define MESH_ID {0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78, 0x9A, 0xBC}
#define MESH_CHANNEL 2
#define MESH_MAX_LAYER 6
#define SENDLOOP_INTERVAL 1000

#define LED_PIN 27
#define NUM_LEDS 1
CRGB led[NUM_LEDS];

/*******************************************************
 *                Variable Definitions
 *******************************************************/

static const char *TAG = "mesh_test";
static esp_netif_t *netif_sta = NULL;
bool is_mesh_connected = false;

mesh_addr_t mesh_parent_addr;
int mesh_layer = -1;
/*******************************************************
 *                Function Declarations
 *******************************************************/

/*******************************************************
 *                Function Definitions
 *******************************************************/

void setup_led()
{
    FastLED.addLeds<NEOPIXEL, LED_PIN>(led, NUM_LEDS);
    led[0] = CRGB::Black;
    FastLED.show();
}

void blink_led(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b, int delay_ms = 200)
{
    led[0] = CRGB(r, g, b);
    FastLED.show();
    delay(delay_ms);
    led[0] = CRGB::Black;
    FastLED.show();
    delay(delay_ms);
}

void flash_led(uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b,int delay_ms = 100)
{
    int i = 0;
    while (i < 3)
    {
        led[0] = CRGB(r, g, b);
        FastLED.show();
        delay(delay_ms);
        led[0] = CRGB::Black;
        FastLED.show();
        delay(delay_ms);
        i++;
    }
   
}

void ip_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
                      int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
{
    ip_event_got_ip_t *event = (ip_event_got_ip_t *)event_data;
    ESP_LOGI(MESH_TAG, "<IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP>IP:" IPSTR, IP2STR(&event->ip_info.ip));
}

void mesh_event_handler(void *arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
                        int32_t event_id, void *event_data)
{
    switch (event_id)
    {
    case MESH_EVENT_STARTED:
    {
        ESP_LOGI(MESH_TAG, "<MESH_EVENT_MESH_STARTED>ID:" MACSTR "", MAC2STR(id.addr));
        mesh_layer = esp_mesh_get_layer();
        Serial.printf("Event: MESH_EVENT_STARTED, Layer %d\n", mesh_layer);
    }
    case MESH_EVENT_PARENT_CONNECTED:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "MESH_EVENT_PARENT_CONNECTED");
        mesh_layer = esp_mesh_get_layer();
        esp_mesh_get_parent_bssid(&mesh_parent_addr);
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Layer %d, Parent %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
                 mesh_layer,
                 mesh_parent_addr.addr[0], mesh_parent_addr.addr[1], mesh_parent_addr.addr[2],
                 mesh_parent_addr.addr[3], mesh_parent_addr.addr[4], mesh_parent_addr.addr[5]);
        Serial.println("Parent connected");
        Serial.printf("Layer %d, Parent %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
                      mesh_layer,
                      mesh_parent_addr.addr[0], mesh_parent_addr.addr[1], mesh_parent_addr.addr[2],
                      mesh_parent_addr.addr[3], mesh_parent_addr.addr[4], mesh_parent_addr.addr[5]);
        break;
    case MESH_EVENT_PARENT_DISCONNECTED:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "MESH_EVENT_PARENT_DISCONNECTED");
        mesh_layer = esp_mesh_get_layer();
        Serial.printf("Layer %d, Parent disconnected\n", mesh_layer);
        break;
    case MESH_EVENT_CHILD_CONNECTED:
    {
        mesh_event_child_connected_t *child_connected = (mesh_event_child_connected_t *)event_data;
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "<MESH_EVENT_CHILD_CONNECTED>aid:%d, " MACSTR "",
                 child_connected->aid,
                 MAC2STR(child_connected->mac));
        Serial.println("Child connected");
        break;
    }
    default:
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Unhandled event ID: %d", event_id);
        Serial.println("Unhandled event ID");
        Serial.println(event_id);
        break;
    }
}

void setup_mesh()
{
    esp_err_t ret = nvs_flash_init();
    if (ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NO_FREE_PAGES || ret == ESP_ERR_NVS_NEW_VERSION_FOUND)
    {
        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_erase());
        ret = nvs_flash_init();
        Serial.println("NVS flash erased and re-initialized.");
    }
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
    //ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_init());
    /*  tcpip initialization */
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
    /*  event initialization */
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
    /*  create network interfaces for mesh (only station instance saved for further manipulation, soft AP instance ignored */
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_create_default_wifi_mesh_netifs(&netif_sta, NULL));

    /*  wifi initialization */
    wifi_init_config_t cfg = WIFI_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_init(&cfg));
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_STA_GOT_IP, &ip_event_handler, NULL));
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_wifi_set_storage(WIFI_STORAGE_FLASH));
    esp_err_t wifi_start_err = esp_wifi_start();
    if (wifi_start_err == ESP_OK)
    {
        Serial.println("WiFi started successfully.");
    }
    else
    {
        Serial.printf("Failed to start WiFi: %s\n", esp_err_to_name(wifi_start_err));
    }

    /*  mesh initialization */
    Serial.println("Init mesh");
    esp_err_t mesh_init_err = esp_mesh_init();
    if (mesh_init_err == ESP_OK)
    {
        Serial.println("Mesh initialized successfully.");
    }
    else
    {
        Serial.printf("Failed to initialize mesh: %s\n", esp_err_to_name(mesh_init_err));
    }
    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_register(MESH_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, &mesh_event_handler, NULL));

    mesh_cfg_t mesh_config = MESH_INIT_CONFIG_DEFAULT();
    uint8_t mesh_id[] = MESH_ID;
    memcpy(&mesh_config.mesh_id, mesh_id, 6);
    mesh_config.channel = MESH_CHANNEL;
    mesh_config.router.ssid_len = 0; // No router connection
    //mesh_config.mesh_ap.max_connection = 2;



    if (IS_ROOT)
    {
        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_mesh_set_self_organized(true, true));
        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_mesh_set_type(MESH_ROOT));
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Node set as root.");
        Serial.println("Node set as root.");
    }
    else {
        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_mesh_set_self_organized(true, true));
        ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_mesh_set_type(MESH_IDLE));
        Serial.println("Node set as leaf.");
    }

    esp_err_t set_config_err = esp_mesh_set_config(&mesh_config);
    if (set_config_err == ESP_OK)
    {
        Serial.println("Mesh configuration set successfully.");
    }
    else
    {
        Serial.printf("Failed to set mesh configuration: %s\n", esp_err_to_name(set_config_err));
    }

    esp_err_t err = esp_mesh_start();
    if (err == ESP_OK)
    {
        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Mesh started successfully.");
        Serial.println("Mesh started successfully.");
        is_mesh_connected = true;
        flash_led(0,0,255,100);
    }
    else
    {
        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to start mesh: %s", esp_err_to_name(err));
        Serial.println("Failed to start mesh.");
        is_mesh_connected = false;
        flash_led(255,0,0,100);
    }

    
}

As you can see this even follows the structure from ESP.

It failes here:

    esp_err_t set_config_err = esp_mesh_set_config(&mesh_config);

No matter how basic I make it, this ALWAYS fails on the M5.
Again, this just works on other ESP32s.
In essense the config struct contains only the mesh ID and the channel.

Any reason this fails on this architecture and not on others?