From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5010FC4338F for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:04:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 298E060E78 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:04:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S238548AbhHJMFP (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:05:15 -0400 Received: from so254-9.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.9]:14299 "EHLO so254-9.mailgun.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235466AbhHJMFP (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:05:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1628597093; h=Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Cc: To: From: Date: Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type: MIME-Version: Sender; bh=w4YQaQH2LBKxBMptHGZhvdKN7L2B42qvUJiqZuTkJnQ=; b=LNJPVadVu4O6M7WYZVI8ba6QOjfbzSOa21vQBEFcpIaRL0X9FFdKcDnNiOOou98RQ0Se/mjN /3b8PTueGL+sJE7krwQOwrHR6uPeAIjxS1CTBbA9hb921ofJOLpfGZJjy9i674XZQUl6GT8T 0aye4XwZHdY3DzoOI5RxaLb2PPU= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 198.61.254.9 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n05.prod.us-east-1.postgun.com with SMTP id 61126ac891487ad520068350 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:02:16 GMT Sender: mkenna=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5A0D2C433D3; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:02:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mkenna) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E492C433F1; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:02:15 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:32:15 +0530 From: Maharaja Kennadyrajan To: Felix Fietkau Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] nl80211: Add support for beacon tx mode In-Reply-To: <7eaa665c-7f9b-268c-5297-4d3851e10e43@nbd.name> References: <1628585783-21139-1-git-send-email-mkenna@codeaurora.org> <1628585783-21139-2-git-send-email-mkenna@codeaurora.org> <7eaa665c-7f9b-268c-5297-4d3851e10e43@nbd.name> Message-ID: X-Sender: mkenna@codeaurora.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.9 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org 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