[PATCH v5 1/3] nl80211: Add support for beacon tx mode

[Maharaja Kennadyrajan]

On 2021-08-10 15:44, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2021-08-10 10:56, Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote:
>> User can configure the below beacon tx mode
>> 1. Staggered mode and 2. Burst mode while bring-up the AP
>> or MESH.
>> 
>> Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot
>> one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon
>> interval) mode.
>> 
>> Set the beacon_tx_mode as 1 for Staggered mode and 2 for
>> burst mode.
> What's the advantage of one over the other? When and why would the user
> choose a different mode other than the default?
> 
[Maha]: In the multi-vap scenario and default or staggered mode,
tx failure of the packets will happen if the packets duration
is greater than the beacon interval between the two vaps.
In case of burst mode it works, where during retry it transmits
the packet.
> - Felix