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+++ b/wpa_supplicant/README-P2P
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ over the main control interface.
Device Discovery
-p2p_find [timeout in seconds] [type=<social|progressive>]
+p2p_find [timeout in seconds] [type=<social|progressive>] \
+ [dev_id=<addr>] [dev_type=<device type>] \
+ [delay=<search delay in ms>]
The default behavior is to run a single full scan in the beginning and
then scan only social channels. type=social will scan only social
@@ -81,6 +83,15 @@ progressively one channel at the time in the Search state rounds. This
will help in finding new groups or groups missed during the initial
full scan.
+The optional dev_id option can be used to specify a single P2P peer to
+search for. The optional delay parameter can be used to request an extra
+delay to be used between search iterations (e.g., to free up radio
+resources for concurrent operations).
+
+The optional dev_type option can be used to specify a single device type
+(primary or secondary) to search for, e.g.,
+"p2p_find dev_type=1-0050F204-1".
+
p2p_listen [timeout in seconds]
Start Listen-only state (become discoverable without searching for
@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ Flush P2P peer table and state.
Group Formation
-p2p_prov_disc <peer device address> <display|keypad|pbc> [join]
+p2p_prov_disc <peer device address> <display|keypad|pbc> [join|auto]
Send P2P provision discovery request to the specified peer. The
parameters for this command are the P2P device address of the peer and
@@ -112,10 +123,14 @@ to enter a PIN that we display.
The optional "join" parameter can be used to indicate that this command
is requesting an already running GO to prepare for a new client. This is
-mainly used with "display" to request it to display a PIN.
+mainly used with "display" to request it to display a PIN. The "auto"
+parameter can be used to request wpa_supplicant to automatically figure
+out whether the peer device is operating as a GO and if so, use
+join-a-group style PD instead of GO Negotiation style PD.
p2p_connect <peer device address> <pbc|pin|PIN#> [display|keypad]
- [persistent] [join|auth] [go_intent=<0..15>] [freq=<in MHz>]
+ [persistent|persistent=<network id>] [join|auth]
+ [go_intent=<0..15>] [freq=<in MHz>] [ht40] [vht] [provdisc]
Start P2P group formation with a discovered P2P peer. This includes
optional group owner negotiation, group interface setup, provisioning,
@@ -128,7 +143,12 @@ the command return code), PIN# means that a pre-selected PIN can be
used (e.g., 12345670). [display|keypad] is used with PIN method
to specify which PIN is used (display=dynamically generated random PIN
from local display, keypad=PIN entered from peer display). "persistent"
-parameter can be used to request a persistent group to be formed.
+parameter can be used to request a persistent group to be formed. The
+"persistent=<network id>" alternative can be used to pre-populate
+SSID/passphrase configuration based on a previously used persistent
+group where this device was the GO. The previously used parameters will
+then be used if the local end becomes the GO in GO Negotiation (which
+can be forced with go_intent=15).
"join" indicates that this is a command to join an existing group as a
client. It skips the GO Negotiation part. This will send a Provision
@@ -146,7 +166,13 @@ Negotiation.
"freq" can be used to set a forced operating channel (e.g., freq=2412
to select 2.4 GHz channel 1).
+"provdisc" can be used to request a Provision Discovery exchange to be
+used prior to starting GO Negotiation as a workaround with some deployed
+P2P implementations that require this to allow the user to accept the
+connection.
+
p2p_group_add [persistent|persistent=<network id>] [freq=<freq in MHz>]
+ [ht40] [vht]
Set up a P2P group owner manually (i.e., without group owner
negotiation with a specific peer). This is also known as autonomous
@@ -171,7 +197,21 @@ group interface is used as a parameter for this command.
p2p_cancel
-Cancel an ongoing P2P group formation related operation.
+Cancel an ongoing P2P group formation and joining-a-group related
+operation. This operations unauthorizes the specific peer device (if any
+had been authorized to start group formation), stops P2P find (if in
+progress), stops pending operations for join-a-group, and removes the
+P2P group interface (if one was used) that is in the WPS provisioning
+step. If the WPS provisioning step has been completed, the group is not
+terminated.
+
+p2p_remove_client <peer's P2P Device Address|iface=<interface address>>
+
+This command can be used to remove the specified client from all groups
+(operating and persistent) from the local GO. Note that the peer device
+can rejoin the group if it is in possession of a valid key. See p2p_set
+per_sta_psk command below for more details on how the peer can be
+removed securely.
Service Discovery
@@ -199,6 +239,19 @@ This command returns an identifier for the pending query (e.g.,
will be automatically removed when the specified peer has replied to
it.
+Service Query TLV has following format:
+Length (2 octets, little endian) - length of following data
+Service Protocol Type (1 octet) - see the table below
+Service Transaction ID (1 octet) - nonzero identifier for the TLV
+Query Data (Length - 2 octets of data) - service protocol specific data
+
+Service Protocol Types:
+0 = All service protocols
+1 = Bonjour
+2 = UPnP
+3 = WS-Discovery
+4 = Wi-Fi Display
+
For UPnP, an alternative command format can be used to specify a
single query TLV (i.e., a service discovery for a specific UPnP
service):
@@ -236,6 +289,14 @@ p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:Content
p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 uuid:6859dede-8574-59ab-9332-123456789012
p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1
+# Wi-Fi Display examples
+# format: wifi-display <list of roles> <list of subelements>
+p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 wifi-display [source] 2,3,4,5
+p2p_serv_disc_req 02:01:02:03:04:05 wifi-display [pri-sink] 3
+p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 wifi-display [sec-source] 2
+p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 wifi-display [source+sink] 2,3,4,5
+p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 wifi-display [source][pri-sink] 2,3,4,5
+
p2p_serv_disc_cancel_req <query identifier>
Cancel a pending P2P service discovery request. This command takes a
@@ -318,15 +379,21 @@ Remove all local services from internal SD query processing.
Invitation
p2p_invite [persistent=<network id>|group=<group ifname>] [peer=address]
- [go_dev_addr=address]
+ [go_dev_addr=address] [freq=<freq in MHz>] [ht40] [vht]
+ [pref=<MHz>]
Invite a peer to join a group (e.g., group=wlan1) or to reinvoke a
persistent group (e.g., persistent=4). If the peer device is the GO of
-the persisten group, the peer parameter is not needed. Otherwise it is
+the persistent group, the peer parameter is not needed. Otherwise it is
used to specify which device to invite. go_dev_addr parameter can be
used to override the GO device address for Invitation Request should
it be not known for some reason (this should not be needed in most
-cases).
+cases). When reinvoking a persistent group, the GO device can specify
+the frequency for the group with the freq parameter. When reinvoking a
+persistent group, the P2P client device can use freq parameter to force
+a specific operating channel (or invitation failure if GO rejects that)
+or pref parameter to request a specific channel (while allowing GO to
+select to use another channel, if needed).
Group Operations
@@ -356,9 +423,11 @@ p2p_presence_req [<duration> <interval>] [<duration> <interval>]
Send a P2P Presence Request to the GO (this is only available when
acting as a P2P client). If no duration/interval pairs are given, the
request indicates that this client has no special needs for GO
-presence. the first parameter pair gives the preferred duration and
+presence. The first parameter pair gives the preferred duration and
interval values in microseconds. If the second pair is included, that
-indicates which value would be acceptable.
+indicates which value would be acceptable. This command returns OK
+immediately and the response from the GO is indicated in a
+P2P-PRESENCE-RESPONSE event message.
Parameters
@@ -404,6 +473,20 @@ Set postfix string to be added to the automatically generated P2P SSID
(DIRECT-<two random characters>). For example, postfix of "-testing"
could result in the SSID becoming DIRECT-ab-testing.
+p2p_set per_sta_psk <0/1>
+
+Disabled(default)/enables use of per-client PSK in the P2P groups. This
+can be used to request GO to assign a unique PSK for each client during
+WPS provisioning. When enabled, this allow clients to be removed from
+the group securily with p2p_remove_client command since that client's
+PSK is removed at the same time to prevent it from connecting back using
+the old PSK. When per-client PSK is not used, the client can still be
+disconnected, but it will be able to re-join the group since the PSK it
+learned previously is still valid. It should be noted that the default
+passphrase on the GO that is normally used to allow legacy stations to
+connect through manual configuration does not change here, so if that is
+shared, devices with knowledge of that passphrase can still connect.
+
set <field> <value>
Set global configuration parameters which may also affect P2P