Bug 219394

You should be using p2p_group_add instead of adding a hotspot.
You'll get the same feature set, but then, you'll be able to add the GO because we'll be allowed to use the Notice Of Absence.

I am closing this since it is not a bug on the wifi side and there is a solution to keep your use case working: not using hostapd, but rather using p2p_group_add command in wpa_supplicant.

I'm sorry to come in late, but by now I use a kernel on my distribution (manjaro) that is affected by this change. I want to argue, that wifi-p2p doesn't give the same features as a hotspot and isn't even supported for dumb linux users like me. When looking at android and windows (and I would guess apple too), they have a prominent feature to open a hotspot even if the single wifi-adapter is already connected to a network. The option for wifi-p2p / Wifi Direct is well hidden. On linux there are no guis for p2p available. As recommended I tried to get wifi-p2p working and jumped through a lot of hoops. But I couldn't get my linux pc connect to an android phone and am even further away from a wifi bridge. Please see some of the steps I tried. This is not a call for support, rather an example that wifi-p2p isn't supported (yet?) on linux desktops. But if someone wants to get me going again in my course to setup a wireless bridge with wifi-p2p, I'm happy to hear.
> 
> 
>* wifi bridge works on this machine with linux-wifi-hotspot and kernel 6.6
>* I was loosely following this 9 year old post [1]
>* I was trying to understand [2] but didn't
>* I can connect my android to another android via Wifi Direct
>* firewall, dnsmasq.conf, interface capabilities should all check out
>* I can see the connection attempts on the phone, but none go through to a
>working connection
> 
>```
>uname -r             # returns 6.12.4-1-MANJARO
>sudo dnsmasq
> 
>nmcli con add type wifi-p2p peer mac:aa:of:phone autoconnect no ipv4.addresses
>>192.168.12.1/24 ipv4.method manual
>nmcli con up wifi-p2p
># not working
> 
>### new attempt
>echo 'ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>ap_scan=1
>device_name=My-pc
>device_type=1-0050F204-1
>driver_param=use_p2p_group_interface=1' > /home/user/wpa_supplicant.conf
>nmcli radio wifi off
>rfkill unblock wlan
>sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlp3s0 -c/home/user/wpa_supplicant.conf
>sudo wpa_cli
> > p2p_find
> > p2p_peers             # returns mac:aa:of:phone
> > p2p_connect mac:aa:of:phone 45629034 display persistent
>sudo ip addr add 192.168.12.1/24 dev p2p-wlp3s0-0
># connected but disconnected after several seconds
> 
>### another attempt 
>sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlp3s0 -c/home/user/wpa_supplicant.conf
>sudo wpa_cli
> > p2p_find
> > p2p_peers             # returns mac:aa:of:phone
> > p2p_connect mac:aa:of:phone 45629034 wps_pbc
>sudo ip addr add 192.168.12.1/24 dev p2p-wlp3s0-0
># android responds, but can't get over 'CTRL-EVENT-EAP-FAILURE'
> 
>### again
>sudo wpa_supplicant -Dnl80211 -iwlp3s0 -c/home/user/wpa_supplicant.conf
>sudo wpa_cli -i wlp3s0 p2p_group_add
>sudo ip addr a 192.168.12.1/24 dev p2p-wlp3s0-0
>sudo wpa_cli
> > p2p_find
> > p2p_peers             # returns mac:aa:of:phone
> > p2p_connect mac:aa:of:phone 45629034 display persistent
># fails with error 'Failed to create interface p2p-wlp3s0-0: -23 (Too many
>open files in system)'
>```
> 
I'm not sure whether all of this is valid from a kernel point of view, but I still hope that the repeater/hotspot usecase can get enabled again either in kernel or as a user application for wifi-p2p.
> 
>[1](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31877144/how-to-set-up-a-wifi-direct-connection-between-android-and-linux)
>[2](https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/tree/wpa_supplicant/README-P2P)

I just registered to comment on this problem. 

Arch Linux's pacman just updated to linux-6.12.12-1, and my create_ap does not work while connecting to a WiFi. 

In my case, I run samba(smb) to share files on 192.168.12.0/24 only as well as port 22 for speed and security.