You might want to talk to Soren and fix it within: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/hypervisor-code-consolidation since this will also result in refactoring in the same area. Vishvananda Ishaya wrote: > No this is mostly just legacy stuff that was never refactored. > > Vish > > On May 9, 2012 3:33 PM, "Sean Dague" <sdague at linux.vnet.ibm.com > <mailto:sdague at linux.vnet.ibm.com>> wrote: > > I'm familiarizing myself with the nova code and trying to reconcile > that while there is dynamic class based loading in ComputeManager > using import_utils in __init__() there is also a defaulting to the > nova.virt.connection.get_ connection function. > > That's actually got a big if / else statement of string literals of > known virt drivers, and then loads specific virt drivers from there. > > Is there a reason for both approaches? Can we refactor to a point > where we don't need need of a common file with driver specific > imports and string literals? Is there a reason not to? > > Thanks, > > -Sean > > -- > Sean Dague > IBM Linux Technology Center > email: sdague at linux.vnet.ibm.com <mailto:sdague at linux.vnet.ibm.com> > alt-email: sldague at us.ibm.com <mailto:sldague at us.ibm.com> > > > ______________________________ _________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ openstack > <https://launchpad.net/~openstack> > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:openstack at lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ openstack > <https://launchpad.net/~openstack> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) Release Manager, OpenStack