Soft AP example crashing on setting config (GIT8266O-624)

[dawidchyrzynski]

Environment

• Development Kit: Custom PCB with ESP8266 chip
• IDF version: 8189b9a (v3.3)
• Development Env: Make
• Operating System: Ubuntu
• Power Supply: 3.3V

Problem Description

esp_wifi_set_config method returns 0x1 error code.

Expected Behavior

Working soft AP example.

Actual Behavior

Reboots loop due to error check.

Steps to repropduce

1. Build simple_wifi example in softAP mode
2. Run the example

Code to reproduce this issue

https://github.com/espressif/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/blob/master/examples/wifi/getting_started/softAP/main/softap_example_main.c

Debug Logs

14:10:41.119 -> �[0;32mI (72) qio_mode: Enabling default flash chip QIO�[0m
14:10:41.119 -> D (73) boot: bootloader initialize SPI flash clock and I/O
14:10:41.119 -> D (73) boot: magic e9
14:10:41.119 -> D (74) boot: segments 03
14:10:41.119 -> D (76) boot: spi_mode 00
14:10:41.119 -> D (78) boot: spi_speed 00
14:10:41.119 -> D (81) boot: spi_size 03
14:10:41.119 -> �[0;32mI (84) boot: SPI Speed      : 40MHz�[0m
14:10:41.119 -> �[0;32mI (88) boot: SPI Mode       : QIO�[0m
14:10:41.161 -> �[0;32mI (92) boot: SPI Flash Size : 2MB�[0m
14:10:41.161 -> D (95) boot: mapped partition table 0x8000 at 0x40208000
14:10:41.161 -> D (100) flash_parts: partition table verified, 3 entries
14:10:41.161 -> �[0;32mI (106) boot: Partition Table:�[0m
14:10:41.161 -> �[0;32mI (109) boot: ## Label            Usage          Type ST Offset   Length�[0m
14:10:41.161 -> D (116) boot: load partition table entry 0x3ffffe14
14:10:41.161 -> D (121) boot: type=1 subtype=2
14:10:41.161 -> �[0;32mI (124) boot:  0 nvs              WiFi data        01 02 00009000 00006000�[0m
14:10:41.161 -> D (131) boot: load partition table entry 0x3ffffe14
14:10:41.219 -> D (136) boot: type=1 subtype=1
14:10:41.219 -> �[0;32mI (139) boot:  1 phy_init         RF data          01 01 0000f000 00001000�[0m
14:10:41.219 -> D (146) boot: load partition table entry 0x3ffffe14
14:10:41.219 -> D (151) boot: type=0 subtype=0
14:10:41.219 -> �[0;32mI (154) boot:  2 factory          factory app      00 00 00010000 000f0000�[0m
14:10:41.219 -> �[0;32mI (162) boot: End of partition table�[0m
14:10:41.219 -> D (165) boot: Trying partition index -1 offs 0x10000 size 0xf0000
14:10:41.219 -> D (171) esp_image: reading image header @ 0x10000
14:10:41.253 -> D (175) esp_image: image header: 0xe9 0x05 0x02 0x01 4021111c
14:10:41.253 -> V (181) esp_image: loading segment header 0 at offset 0x10008
14:10:41.253 -> V (186) esp_image: segment data length 0x3e09c data starts 0x10010
14:10:41.253 -> �[0;32mI (193) esp_image: segment 0: paddr=0x00010010 vaddr=0x40210010 size=0x3e09c (254108) map�[0m
14:10:41.353 -> V (287) esp_image: loading segment header 1 at offset 0x4e0ac
14:10:41.353 -> V (287) esp_image: segment data length 0xa580 data starts 0x4e0b4
14:10:41.353 -> �[0;32mI (288) esp_image: segment 1: paddr=0x0004e0b4 vaddr=0x4024e0ac size=0x0a580 ( 42368) map�[0m
14:10:41.353 -> V (310) esp_image: loading segment header 2 at offset 0x58634
14:10:41.353 -> V (311) esp_image: segment data length 0x558 data starts 0x5863c
14:10:41.353 -> �[0;32mI (311) esp_image: segment 2: paddr=0x0005863c vaddr=0x3ffe8000 size=0x00558 (  1368) load�[0m
14:10:41.353 -> V (320) esp_image: loading segment header 3 at offset 0x58b94
14:10:41.386 -> V (325) esp_image: segment data length 0xa30 data starts 0x58b9c
14:10:41.386 -> �[0;32mI (331) esp_image: segment 3: paddr=0x00058b9c vaddr=0x40100000 size=0x00a30 (  2608) load�[0m
14:10:41.386 -> V (340) esp_image: loading segment header 4 at offset 0x595cc
14:10:41.386 -> V (345) esp_image: segment data length 0x5a08 data starts 0x595d4
14:10:41.386 -> �[0;32mI (351) esp_image: segment 4: paddr=0x000595d4 vaddr=0x40100a30 size=0x05a08 ( 23048) load�[0m
14:10:41.386 -> V (368) esp_image: image start 0x00010000 end of last section 0x0005efdc
14:10:41.420 -> �[0;32mI (368) boot: Loaded app from partition at offset 0x10000�[0m
14:10:41.453 -> �[0;32mI (389) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from EFUSE�[0m
14:10:41.453 -> �[0;32mI (393) system_api: Base MAC address is not set, read default base MAC address from EFUSE�[0m
14:10:41.553 -> phy_version: 1159.0, 85b471e, Apr 21 2020, 17:03:08, RTOS new
14:10:41.553 -> �[0;32mI (448) phy_init: phy ver: 1159_0�[0m
14:10:41.553 -> �[0;32mI (450) reset_reason: RTC reset 2 wakeup 0 store 4, reason is 2�[0m
14:10:41.553 -> �[0;32mI (453) simple wifi: ESP_WIFI_MODE_AP�[0m
14:10:41.553 -> ESP_ERROR_CHECK failed: esp_err_t 0x1 (ERROR) at 0x40225950
14:10:41.553 -> file: "main.c" line 105
14:10:41.553 -> func: wifi_init_softap
14:10:41.553 -> expression: esp_wifi_set_config(ESP_IF_WIFI_AP, &wifi_config)

Other items if possible

• sdkconfig

[dawidchyrzynski]

I found that setting auth mode to WIFI_AUTH_OPEN resolves the problem. Starting AP with password results in crash.

[Olewojt]

Check out my answer to #1252, it applies here too.