Hi Alexander, At Qorvo, we have developped a SoftMAC driver for our DW3000 chip that will benefit such API. To be short, beacon sending is controller by our driver to be synchronized chip clock or delayed until other operation in progress (a ranging for example). Regards, David Girault ________________________________________ De : Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx> Envoyé : mardi 28 décembre 2021 23:25 À : Miquel Raynal Cc : David S. Miller; Jakub Kicinski; open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]; Stefan Schmidt; linux-wpan - ML; David Girault; Romuald Despres; Frederic Blain; Thomas Petazzoni; kernel list Objet : Re: [net-next 17/18] net: mac802154: Let drivers provide their own beacons implementation **This email has been sent from an EXTERNAL source** Hi, On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 at 10:58, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So far only a pure software procedure for sending beacons was possible. > Let's create a couple of driver's hooks in order to allow the device > drivers to provide their own implementation. If not provided, fallback > to the pure software logic. > Can you name a SoftMAC transceiver which provides such an "offload" feature? - Alex
