Hello, I'm trying to set up a wifi direct group between my AC9260 wifi board and a android tablet supporting WifiDirect. I tried several configurations and I faced some issues. Here follow the testing sequence. All the following command are sent through wpa_cli: > p2p_find P2P-DEVICE-FOUND f2:ee:10:c2:ce:68 p2p_dev_addr=f2:ee:10:c2:ce:68 pri_dev_type=10-0050F204-5 name='[Tablet] Galaxy Tab S3' config_methods=0x188 dev_capab=0x25 group_capab=0x0 vendor_elems=1 new=1 >p2p_connect f2:ee:10:c2:ce:68 pin 1234 go_intent=1 74493685 PIN is set on the tablet then, on my terminal I see: P2P-GO-NEG-SUCCESS role=GO freq=5785 ht40=0 peer_dev=f2:ee:10:c2:ce:68 peer_iface=f2:ee:10:c2:4e:68 wps_method=Display P2P-GROUP-FORMATION-FAILURE P2P-GROUP-REMOVED p2p-wlan0-0 GO reason=FORMATION_FAILED dmesg : [ 1875.593069] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): p2p-wlan0-0: link is not ready [ 1875.659199] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. [ 1875.667246] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump: [ 1875.672851] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Status: 0x00000100, count: 6 [ 1875.678718] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 38.755cfdd8.0 [ 1875.685466] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x000014FC | ADVANCED_SYSASSERT [ 1875.692498] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00A0A200 | trm_hw_status0 [ 1875.698270] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | trm_hw_status1 [ 1875.704048] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00454EF6 | branchlink2 [ 1875.709561] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x0045E90E | interruptlink1 [ 1875.715330] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | interruptlink2 [ 1875.721096] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00009D00 | data1 [ 1875.726084] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000741 | data2 [ 1875.731070] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00090010 | data3 [ 1875.736076] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | beacon time [ 1875.741589] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x6F091C80 | tsf low [ 1875.746757] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | tsf hi [ 1875.751833] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | time gp1 [ 1875.757081] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x6F091C81 | time gp2 [ 1875.762325] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000001 | uCode revision type [ 1875.768529] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000026 | uCode version major [ 1875.774731] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x755CFDD8 | uCode version minor [ 1875.780934] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000321 | hw version [ 1875.786352] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00C89004 | board version [ 1875.792044] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x801BF402 | hcmd [ 1875.796951] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x24022000 | isr0 [ 1875.801853] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x01000000 | isr1 [ 1875.806751] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x08301802 | isr2 [ 1875.811653] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00415CC0 | isr3 [ 1875.816559] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr4 [ 1875.821462] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x000501D1 | last cmd Id [ 1875.826975] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | wait_event [ 1875.832399] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x000000D0 | l2p_control [ 1875.837928] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00018014 | l2p_duration [ 1875.843527] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x0000003F | l2p_mhvalid [ 1875.849040] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match [ 1875.854811] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x0000000D | lmpm_pmg_sel [ 1875.860412] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x04071046 | timestamp [ 1875.865758] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x0000C0E4 | flow_handler [ 1875.871405] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Start IWL Error Log Dump: [ 1875.877037] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Status: 0x00000100, count: 7 [ 1875.882889] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000070 | ADVANCED_SYSASSERT [ 1875.889020] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | umac branchlink1 [ 1875.894959] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC0087CB8 | umac branchlink2 [ 1875.900904] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC0084264 | umac interruptlink1 [ 1875.907134] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC00847C8 | umac interruptlink2 [ 1875.913344] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000800 | umac data1 [ 1875.918764] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC00847C8 | umac data2 [ 1875.924184] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xDEADBEEF | umac data3 [ 1875.929606] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000026 | umac major [ 1875.935026] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x755CFDD8 | umac minor [ 1875.940448] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC0887F30 | frame pointer [ 1875.946128] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0xC0887F30 | stack pointer [ 1875.951810] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x0006012B | last host cmd [ 1875.957488] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 0x00000000 | isr status reg [ 1875.963268] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested [ 1875.968932] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi transaction failed, dumping registers [ 1875.976275] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi device config registers: [ 1875.983647] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000000: 25268086 00100406 02800029 00000000 e0000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1875.994312] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00148086 00000000 000000c8 00000000 0000012b [ 1876.004835] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi device memory mapped registers: [ 1876.011780] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000000: 00c89004 00000040 00000000 ba00008b 00000000 00000000 00027e1f 00000000 [ 1876.022251] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000020: 00000000 0c040005 00000321 d55555d5 d55555d5 d55555d5 80008040 041f0044 [ 1876.032714] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi device AER capability structure: [ 1876.039694] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000000: 14c10001 00000000 00000000 00462031 00000000 00002000 00000000 00000000 [ 1876.050219] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: 00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 1876.056838] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: iwlwifi parent port (0000:00:00.0) config registers: [ 1876.064933] iwlwifi 0000:00:00.0: 00000000: d02110ee 00100006 06040000 00010000 00000000 00000000 000c0100 00000000 [ 1876.075399] iwlwifi 0000:00:00.0: 00000020: e000e000 0001fff1 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000040 00000000 0000012b [ 1876.085869] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: FW error in SYNC CMD BINDING_CONTEXT_CMD [ 1876.092773] CPU: 1 PID: 498 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 4.18.31-yocto-standard #1 [ 1876.100680] Hardware name: ******** [ 1876.105290] Call trace: [ 1876.107744] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x158 [ 1876.111403] show_stack+0x24/0x30 [ 1876.114723] dump_stack+0x80/0xa4 [ 1876.118064] iwl_trans_pcie_send_hcmd+0x5d0/0x5e8 [iwlwifi] [ 1876.123649] iwl_trans_send_cmd+0x68/0x108 [iwlwifi] [ 1876.128644] iwl_mvm_send_cmd_status+0x44/0xe0 [iwlmvm] [ 1876.133889] iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu_status+0x6c/0x98 [iwlmvm] [ 1876.139480] iwl_mvm_binding_update+0x148/0x230 [iwlmvm] [ 1876.144809] iwl_mvm_binding_add_vif+0x5c/0x80 [iwlmvm] [ 1876.150048] iwl_mvm_start_ap_ibss+0xe0/0x238 [iwlmvm] [ 1876.155268] ieee80211_start_ap+0x218/0x488 [mac80211] [ 1876.160473] nl80211_start_ap+0x3f4/0x6a8 [cfg80211] [ 1876.165446] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1cc/0x338 [ 1876.169718] genl_rcv_msg+0xa0/0xd8 [ 1876.173207] netlink_rcv_skb+0x60/0x120 [ 1876.177043] genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50 [ 1876.180186] netlink_unicast+0x194/0x210 [ 1876.184109] netlink_sendmsg+0x1a0/0x348 [ 1876.188036] sock_sendmsg+0x34/0x50 [ 1876.191523] ___sys_sendmsg+0x288/0x2c8 [ 1876.195357] __sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xd0 [ 1876.198933] sys_sendmsg+0x38/0x48 [ 1876.202330] el0_svc_naked+0x30/0x34 [ 1876.206366] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to send binding (action:1): -5 [ 1876.213092] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to remove MAC context: -5 [ 1876.219353] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: PHY ctxt cmd error. ret=-5 It looks like the module firmware got an error when trying to set the module in AP in 5GHz. I know there could be some regulatory limitation for IBSS in 5Ghz, but why this does not work for wifi direct. Thanks for your time. @team.
