Add control-host WiFi AP test support (New)

[bnbhat]

Description

Add a control-host peer mode to wifi_test.py for validating a DUT-hosted WiFi AP against a control host reachable over its REST API, alongside the existing SSH-host based flow. The existing "wifi"/"wifi-p2p" CLI schema is unchanged, so current SSH-host jobs keep working; "control-host" is a new sibling subcommand.

Add the ce_oem_wifi_ap_control_host manifest entry and add the the corresponding job units in wifi-ap.pxu.

Resolved issues

https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/PECA-1881

Documentation

Readme in the unit is updated

Tests

• make sure you have a compatible control-host
• set CONTROL_HOST env var with the IP address of the control host
• set the manifest
• run the test

[bnbhat]

Still need to do some cleanup, move it from draft once done

[bnbhat]

Test results

submission_2026-09-10T20.22.33.720160.html

[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

The new control-host REST flow introduces significant new behavior without corresponding unit tests, and a few correctness/quality issues (e.g., JSON decode handling, typos, unused import) should be addressed before merging.

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Pull request overview

Adds a new “control-host” peer mode to the CE-OEM WiFi AP validation flow, enabling validation of a DUT-hosted AP using a REST-controlled peer device (in addition to the existing SSH-host flow), and wires this into provider units via new manifest gating.

Changes:

• Extend wifi_test.py with a new control-host subcommand that drives a peer via REST API and validates connectivity.
• Update existing AP jobs to explicitly use the new ssh-host peer mode and add new control-host automated AP job templates gated by a new manifest entry.
• Document the new control-host job templates and add a corresponding manifest flag.

File summaries

File	Description
contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/units/wifi/wifi-ap.pxu	Adds control-host AP job templates and updates existing jobs to use the new ssh-host peer mode.
contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/units/wifi/README.md	Documents the new control-host AP automated job templates.
contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/units/wifi/manifest.pxu	Adds has_wifi_ap_control_host manifest entry to gate the new jobs.
contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/bin/wifi_test.py	Implements the new control-host REST-driven peer mode and refactors CLI parsing to introduce peer modes.

Review details

Suppressed comments (2)

contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/units/wifi/README.md:63

• Typo: "automaticlly" should be "automatically".

and perform connecting AP and ping the control host automaticlly by using its REST API.

contrib/checkbox-ce-oem/checkbox-provider-ce-oem/units/wifi/wifi-ap.pxu:114

• Minor formatting typo in the job description: add a space so it reads "channel {channel}" (currently "channel{channel}").

   Create wpa 802.11{band} Wi-Fi AP on {interface} in channel{channel} group {group}

• Files reviewed: 3/4 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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