mac80211: Copy tx'ed beacons to monitor mode
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.
Also add a HW flag IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS that can be used by
drivers to indicate that they report TX status for beacons.
Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
(with a fix from Christian Lamparted rolled in)
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 3424ac6..301fceb 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1898,6 +1898,9 @@
* @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_AMSDU_IN_AMPDU: The driver supports receiving A-MSDUs
* within A-MPDU.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS: The device/driver provides TX status
+ * for sent beacons.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -1932,6 +1935,7 @@
IEEE80211_HW_SINGLE_SCAN_ON_ALL_BANDS,
IEEE80211_HW_TDLS_WIDER_BW,
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_AMSDU_IN_AMPDU,
+ IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS