fix(nimble): Add notify characteristic flag support

components/protocomm/include/transports/protocomm_ble.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ typedef struct protocomm_ble_config {
      */
     unsigned keep_ble_on:1;
 
+    /**
+     * BLE characteristic notify flag
+     */
+    unsigned ble_notify:1;
 } protocomm_ble_config_t;
 
 /**

components/protocomm/src/transports/protocomm_ble.c

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ static const uint16_t primary_service_uuid       = ESP_GATT_UUID_PRI_SERVICE;
 static const uint16_t character_declaration_uuid = ESP_GATT_UUID_CHAR_DECLARE;
 static const uint16_t character_user_description = ESP_GATT_UUID_CHAR_DESCRIPTION;
 static const uint8_t  character_prop_read_write  = ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_READ | ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_WRITE;
+static const uint8_t  character_prop_read_write_notify = ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_READ | ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_WRITE | \
+                                                         ESP_GATT_CHAR_PROP_BIT_NOTIFY;
 
 typedef struct {
     uint8_t type;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ typedef struct _protocomm_ble {
     uint16_t gatt_mtu;
     uint8_t *service_uuid;
     unsigned ble_link_encryption:1;
+    unsigned ble_notify:1;
 } _protocomm_ble_internal_t;
 
 static _protocomm_ble_internal_t *protoble_internal;
@@ -450,7 +453,12 @@ static ssize_t populate_gatt_db(esp_gatts_attr_db_t **gatt_db_generated)
             (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.uuid_p       = (uint8_t *) &character_declaration_uuid;
             (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.max_length   = sizeof(uint8_t);
             (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.length       = sizeof(uint8_t);
-            (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.value        = (uint8_t *) &character_prop_read_write;
+
+	    if (protoble_internal->ble_notify) {
+                (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.value    = (uint8_t *) &character_prop_read_write_notify;
+	    } else {
+                (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.value    = (uint8_t *) &character_prop_read_write;
+	    }
         } else if (i % 3 == 2) {
             /* Characteristic Value */
             (*gatt_db_generated)[i].att_desc.perm         = ESP_GATT_PERM_READ | ESP_GATT_PERM_WRITE ;
@@ -562,6 +570,7 @@ esp_err_t protocomm_ble_start(protocomm_t *pc, const protocomm_ble_config_t *con
     protoble_internal->pc_ble = pc;
     protoble_internal->gatt_mtu = ESP_GATT_DEF_BLE_MTU_SIZE;
     protoble_internal->ble_link_encryption = config->ble_link_encryption;
+    protoble_internal->ble_notify = config->ble_notify;
 
     // Config adv data
     adv_config.service_uuid_len = ESP_UUID_LEN_128;

components/protocomm/src/transports/protocomm_nimble.c

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ typedef struct _protocomm_ble {
     ssize_t g_nu_lookup_count;
     uint16_t gatt_mtu;
     unsigned ble_link_encryption:1;
+    unsigned ble_notify:1;
 } _protocomm_ble_internal_t;
 
 static _protocomm_ble_internal_t *protoble_internal;
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ typedef struct {
     uint8_t *ble_addr;
     /**  Flag to keep BLE on */
     unsigned keep_ble_on:1;
+    /** BLE Characteristic notify flag */
+    unsigned ble_notify:1;
 } simple_ble_cfg_t;
 
 static simple_ble_cfg_t *ble_cfg_p;
@@ -267,6 +270,14 @@ simple_ble_gap_event(struct ble_gap_event *event, void *arg)
                  event->mtu.value);
         transport_simple_ble_set_mtu(event, arg);
         return 0;
+    case BLE_GAP_EVENT_NOTIFY_TX:
+        ESP_LOGI(TAG, "notify_tx event; conn_handle=%d attr_handle=%d "
+                    "status=%d is_indication=%d",
+                    event->notify_tx.conn_handle,
+                    event->notify_tx.attr_handle,
+                    event->notify_tx.status,
+                    event->notify_tx.indication);
+        return 0;
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -717,6 +728,10 @@ ble_gatt_add_characteristics(struct ble_gatt_chr_def *characteristics, int idx)
                                         BLE_GATT_CHR_F_WRITE_ENC;
     }
 
+    if (protoble_internal->ble_notify) {
+        (characteristics + idx)->flags |= BLE_GATT_CHR_F_NOTIFY;
+    }
+
     (characteristics + idx)->access_cb = gatt_svr_chr_access;
 
     /* Out of 128 bit UUID, 16 bits from g_nu_lookup table. Currently
@@ -974,6 +989,7 @@ esp_err_t protocomm_ble_start(protocomm_t *pc, const protocomm_ble_config_t *con
     protoble_internal->pc_ble = pc;
     protoble_internal->gatt_mtu = BLE_ATT_MTU_DFLT;
     protoble_internal->ble_link_encryption = config->ble_link_encryption;
+    protoble_internal->ble_notify = config->ble_notify;
 
     simple_ble_cfg_t *ble_config = (simple_ble_cfg_t *) calloc(1, sizeof(simple_ble_cfg_t));
     if (ble_config == NULL) {

components/wifi_provisioning/Kconfig

@@ -33,9 +33,17 @@ menu "Wi-Fi Provisioning Manager"
     config WIFI_PROV_BLE_FORCE_ENCRYPTION
         bool
         prompt "Force Link Encryption during characteristic Read / Write"
+        depends on BT_ENABLED
         help
             Used to enforce link encryption when attempting to read / write characteristic
 
+    config WIFI_PROV_BLE_NOTIFY
+        bool
+        prompt "Add support for Notification for provisioning BLE descriptors"
+        depends on BT_ENABLED
+        help
+            Used to enable support Notification in BLE descriptors of prov* characteristics
+
     config WIFI_PROV_KEEP_BLE_ON_AFTER_PROV
         bool "Keep BT on after provisioning is done"
         depends on BT_ENABLED

components/wifi_provisioning/src/scheme_ble.c

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ static esp_err_t prov_start(protocomm_t *pc, void *config)
 #if defined(CONFIG_WIFI_PROV_BLE_FORCE_ENCRYPTION)
     ble_config->ble_link_encryption = 1;
 #endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_WIFI_PROV_BLE_NOTIFY)
+    ble_config->ble_notify = 1;
+#endif
+
     /* Start protocomm as BLE service */
     if (protocomm_ble_start(pc, ble_config) != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to start protocomm BLE service");