Re: brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_create_p2pdev: timeout occurred

["Jörg Krause" <joerg.krause@embedded.rocks>]

On Mo, 2015-06-08 at 23:14 +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 06/08/15 22:17, Jörg Krause wrote:
> > On Mo, 2015-06-08 at 18:46 +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> > > On 06/08/15 15:48, Jörg Krause wrote:
> > > > Hi Arend,
> > > > 
> > > > On Mo, 2015-06-08 at 14:41 +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> > > > > On 06/08/15 14:35, Jörg Krause wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I've trouble creating the p2p interface on a BCM43362 wifi
> > > > > > device
> > > > > > running Linux kernel 4.0.4:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        # dmesg | grep brcmfmac
> > > > > >        [    7.010870] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: 
> > > > > > Firmware
> > > > > > version =
> > > > > >        wl0: Apr 22 2013 14:50:00 version 5.90.195.89.6 FWID 
> > > > > > 01
> > > > > > -b30a427d
> > > > > >        [    7.158905] brcmfmac: 
> > > > > > brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > ISO3166
> > > > > >        code
> > > > > >        [   11.007164] brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_create_p2pdev: 
> > > > > > timeout
> > > > > > occurred
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Trying to add the p2p interface manually:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >        # iw phy0 interface add p2p0 type __p2pdev
> > > > > >        [  372.042704] brcmfmac: brcmf_link_down: 
> > > > > > WLC_DISASSOC
> > > > > > failed
> > > > > > (-52)
> > > > > >        [  373.637263] brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_create_p2pdev: 
> > > > > > timeout
> > > > > > occurred
> > > > > >        [  373.679377] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_del_key: 
> > > > > > invalid
> > > > > > key
> > > > > > index (4)
> > > > > >        [  373.685733] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_del_key: 
> > > > > > invalid
> > > > > > key
> > > > > > index (5)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Any idea?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Wondering whether it is similar to what Rafal reported. Can 
> > > > > you
> > > > > do a
> > > > > hexdump, ie. hexdump -C brcmfmac43362-sdio.bin | tail -30
> > > > 
> > > > I managed to set up the p2p interface by recompiling the kernel
> > > > with
> > > > CONFIG_BRCMDBG and loading the brcmfmac module with p2pon=1.
> > > > 
> > > > I had a discussion some month ago with Hante Meulemann about
> > > > setting up
> > > > the p2p interface. This is one of his replies:
> > > > 
> > > >       "For what I can see from the log is that we don’t get the
> > > > event from
> > > >       the FW indicating that the p2p interface was created. 
> > > > This
> > > > probably
> > > >       means that there is a bug in this FW for this device. I 
> > > > need
> > > > to discuss
> > > >       this to see how much priority we can give this. The best
> > > > option for you
> > > >       for the moment is to use the legacy method with the 
> > > > 'p2pon=1'
> > > > command."
> > > 
> > > Thanks for digging your email archive as we clearly forgot about 
> > > this
> > > 
> > > entirely.
> > 
> > Me too :-)
> > 
> > > The timeout in your log indeed indicates it is missing a
> > > notification from firmware. I assume your primary interface is in
> > > managed mode when trying to create the p2p_dev interface. Is that
> > > correct?
> > 
> > Correct.
> 
> So do you have the following commit in your kernel tree:
> 
> commit f48556e1b6a60f1b394a6c4b0a7b8cacba3eb107
> Author: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
> Date:   Tue Sep 30 10:23:16 2014 +0200
> 
>      brcmfmac: assure P2P discovery is disabled when setting 
> P2P_DEVICE 
> mac addre
> 

Yes.

$ git log --oneline --grep="brcmfmac: assure P2P discovery is disabled
when setting P2P_DEVICE"
f48556e brcmfmac: assure P2P discovery is disabled when setting
P2P_DEVICE mac address