Hostapd throwing warnings

[Daniel Golle]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 11:18:24AM -0600, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a WLE600VX card in an APU4 running HEAD as of a week ago.
> 
> My /etc/config/wireless file is straightforward:
> 
> config wifi-device 'radio0'
> 	option type 'mac80211'
> 	option channel '36'
> 	option hwmode '11a'
> 	option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:02.5/0000:05:00.0'
> 	option htmode 'VHT80'
> 	option disabled '0'
> 
> config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
> 	option device 'radio0'
> 	option network 'lan'
> 	option mode 'ap'
> 	option hidden '1'
> 	option ssid ‘xyzzy'
> 	option encryption 'psk2+aes'
> 	option key ‘my-passphrase-here’
> 
> But I’m seeing the following warnings:
> 
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Configuration file: /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf (phy wlan0) --> new PHY
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Line 16: unknown configuration item 'ieee80211ac'
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Line 17: unknown configuration item 'vht_oper_chwidth'
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Line 18: unknown configuration item 'vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx'
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Line 19: unknown configuration item 'vht_capab'
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: 4 errors found in configuration file '/var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf'
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 hostapd: Failed to set up interface with /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
> Oct 14 18:29:23 OpenWrt2 netifd: radio0 (4034): Command failed: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> On booting.
> 
> If I comment out these lines being generated in /lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh then WiFi works.
> 
> Is anyone else seeing this?
> 
> I’m using:
> 
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct-full-htt=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_wireless-regdb=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ath=y
> CONFIG_ATH_USER_REGD=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DFS=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ath10k-ct=y
> CONFIG_ATH10K-CT_LEDS=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-cfg80211=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-mac80211=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_MAC80211_DEBUGFS=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_MAC80211_MESH=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_hostapd-common=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_hostapd-openssl=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_hostapd-utils=y
> CONFIG_DRIVER_11N_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_DRIVER_11AC_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_DRIVER_11W_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_PACKAGE_iw=y
> 
> Am I doing anything wrong?
> 
> Oh, also, in /etc/config/network, do I need to explicitly add wlan0 to my bridge for “lan” or does that happen automatically?

Looks like CONFIG_DRIVER_11AC_SUPPORT=y isn't really set in the end,
usually it should be auto-selected based on the driver you are using,
ie. kmod-ath10k in your case. Those CONFIG_DRVIVER_* symbols are not
meant to be selected manually.
Are you using an out-of-tree WiFi driver or any changes like that?