Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] mac80211: Copy tx'ed beacons to monitor mode
To: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>,
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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 16:04:21 +0200
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On 2015-09-01 12:12, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> When debugging wireless powersave issues on the AP side it's quite helpful
> to see our own beacons that are transmitted by the hardware/driver. However,
> this is not that easy since beacons don't pass through the regular TX queues.
> 
> Preferably drivers would call ieee80211_tx_status also for tx'ed beacons
> but that's not always possible. Hence, just send a copy of each beacon
> generated by ieee80211_beacon_get_tim to monitor devices when they are
> getting fetched by the driver.
How about also adding a hw flag to allow drivers to indicate that they
submit tx status for beacons.

- Felix