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On 15 June 2015 at 19:34, Sam Su <susltd.su at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi stackers,
>
>
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> I am going to implement a Neutron plugin, however when I checked the
> current Neutron code(master) structure, I found there are two way to
> organize a Neutron plugin:
>
> 1.       The first one is implement all L2 and L3 functions under the
> folder ../neutron/plugins/xxx, e.g. vmware, plumgrid, and ibm…
>
> 2.       The second way is put L2 functions on the folder
> ../neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/xxx and put L3 funtions on the folder
> ../neutron/services/l3_router/xxx, e.g. brocade, cisco.
>
>
>
> If my understanding is correct, which way is more desirable for a neutron
> plugin? If I am wrong, what is a neutron plugin code structure?
>
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> Any help will be much appreciated!
>

These requests are better directed to the -dev ML. Anyway, both structures
are perfectly fine, and they both have pros and cons. Check out these
resources that might help you decide:

[1]
https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/session-videos/presentation/how-to-write-a-neutron-plugin-if-you-really-need-to
[2]
https://github.com/openstack/neutron/blob/master/doc/source/devref/contribute.rst

HTH
Armando


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> Thanks,
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> Sam
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