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[v2,0/3] Add support to configure beacon tx mode

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Maharaja Kennadyrajan April 29, 2021, 11:47 a.m. UTC 
Add support to configure the beacon tx mode as STAGGERED
or BURST mode via hostapd configuration during the AP
bring-up or via wpa_suppplicant configuration during MESH
bring-up.

Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
interval) mode.

V2:
	Addressed Johannes's comment on v1 patch.
	Updated the commit log.

Maharaja Kennadyrajan (3):
  nl80211: Add support for beacon tx mode
  mac80211: Add support for beacon tx mode
  ath11k: Add support for beacon tx mode

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 10 +++++++---
 include/net/cfg80211.h                |  4 ++++
 include/net/mac80211.h                |  2 ++
 include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h          | 15 +++++++++++++++
 net/mac80211/cfg.c                    |  2 ++
 net/wireless/nl80211.c                |  9 +++++++++
 6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Sven Eckelmann April 30, 2021, 7:15 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:47:51 CEST Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote:
[...]
> Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
> one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
> interval) mode.
> 
> V2:
> 	Addressed Johannes's comment on v1 patch.
> 	Updated the commit log.

Still it is advertised as vif setting but the code itself shows that it is a 
phy setting (as you would expect). Or is it a potential feature for a device 
to send some beacons staggered and some beacons as burst?

Kind regards,
	Sven
Maharaja Kennadyrajan May 26, 2021, 2:13 p.m. UTC | #2 
On 2021-04-30 12:45, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:47:51 CEST Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote:
> [...]
>> Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
>> one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
>> interval) mode.
>> 
>> V2:
>> 	Addressed Johannes's comment on v1 patch.
>> 	Updated the commit log.
> 
> Still it is advertised as vif setting but the code itself shows that it 
> is a
> phy setting (as you would expect). Or is it a potential feature for a 
> device
> to send some beacons staggered and some beacons as burst?

[Maha]: No, it won't allow to send some beacons in staggered and some 
beacons in burst
mode. It will send either staggered or burst mode at a time in a device.

> Kind regards,
> 	Sven