[openstack-dev] [neutron] ML2 versus core plugin for OVN

Kevin Benton blak111 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 20:11:29 UTC 2015


Yeah, it seems ML2 at the least should save you a lot of boilerplate.
On Feb 25, 2015 2:32 AM, "Russell Bryant" <rbryant at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 02/24/2015 05:38 PM, Kevin Benton wrote:
> > OVN implementing it's own control plane isn't a good reason to make it a
> > monolithic plugin. Many of the ML2 drivers are for technologies with
> > their own control plane.
> >
> > Going with the monolithic plugin only makes sense if you are certain
> > that you never want interoperability with other technologies at the
> > Neutron level. Instead of ruling that out this early, why not make it as
> > an ML2 driver and then change to a monolithic plugin if you run into
> > some fundamental issue with ML2?
>
> That was my original thinking.  I figure the important code of the ML2
> driver could be reused if/when the switch is needed.  I'd really just
> take the quicker path to making something work unless it's obvious that
> ML2 isn't the right path.  As this thread is still ongoing, it certainly
> doesn't seem obvious.
>
> --
> Russell Bryant
>
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