AP mode support for TP-Link TL-WN722N V2 (Realtek RTL8188EU, USB ID 2357:010c)

Hi,

does hostapd support AP mode for TP-Link TL-WN722N V2 (Realtek RTL8188EU, USB ID
2357:010c)?

When using rtl8188eu kernel module from staging [1] with
CONFIG_88EU_AP_MODE=y, AP mode does not work for neither nl80211 nor hostap driver.

Is it just configuration issue or it's just not supported?

# hostapd -dd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
Configuration file: /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0
nl80211: Remove monitor interface: refcount=0
netlink: Operstate: ifindex=4 linkmode=0 (kernel-control), operstate=6 (IF_OPER_UP)
nl80211: Set mode ifindex 4 iftype 2 (STATION)
nl80211: Failed to set interface 4 to mode 2: -19 (No such device)
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
hostapd_interface_deinit_free(0x76c0d4f0)
hostapd_interface_deinit_free: num_bss=1 conf->num_bss=1
hostapd_interface_deinit(0x76c0d4f0)
wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
hostapd_bss_deinit: deinit bss wlan0
wlan0: AP-DISABLED
hostapd_cleanup(hapd=0x76f187c0 (wlan0))
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface wlan0 wasn't started
hostapd_interface_deinit_free: driver=0 drv_priv=0 -> hapd_deinit
hostapd_interface_free(0x76c0d4f0)
hostapd_interface_free: free hapd 0x76f187c0
hostapd_cleanup_iface(0x76c0d4f0)
hostapd_cleanup_iface_partial(0x76c0d4f0)
hostapd_cleanup_iface: free iface=0x76c0d4f0

$ cat /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=foo
channel=6
hw_mode=g
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=12345678
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

There are number of out-of-tree kernel modules: 8188eu, the very old official
one from TP-Link [2] for v4.3 (2015). There are other forks of this official
[2], [3]. [2] mentions Monitor Mode, which suggests there could be AP mode
working.

All of these projects contains wpa_0_8.conf [5]. This file is not referenced in
sources, scripts (see below) and suggest very old HostAP release.

Thanks for any info, hints.

Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/
[2] https://static.tp-link.com/TL-WN722N(EU)_V2_161112_Linux.zip
[3] https://github.com/abhijeet2096/TL-WN722N-V2
[4] https://github.com/Mange/rtl8192eu-linux-driver
[5] https://github.com/abhijeet2096/TL-WN722N-V2/blob/master/wpa_0_8.conf