Deprecate ping_sweep, rules_max_weight, provisioning, TYPE_LABEL and REBOOT_SETTLE_SECONDS #34

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2026-10-14T08:22:57Z

christianmanivong commented

2026-10-14 08:22:57 +00:00

These are things an application does with drivers, not things a driver knows:

ping_sweep.py (PingSweepMixin, driver_supports_ping), mixed into DeviceTypeDriver: looping over addresses, the target cap and progress reporting are a scan. A device with a faster batch (OPNsense) keeps that as a capability of its own; the reply builder stays here (see #12).
base.rules_max_weight: how one application ranks drivers. FingerprintRule, PortSpec and the fingerprint attributes stay.
provisioning.py (QEMU_GUEST_AGENTS, network_config, split_compression) and HypervisorDriver.GUEST_AGENTS: a guest profile. The hypervisor driver is handed the packages and commands instead.
TYPE_LABEL and REBOOT_SETTLE_SECONDS: a display name and a polling delay.

Deprecate here once the application no longer reads them; remove in 5.0.

Part of NetOrk/netork#1105. Plan: NAPALM/napalm-device-types docs/STRUCTURE.md (branch docs/structure-plan).

Prio P3.

These are things an application does with drivers, not things a driver knows: - `ping_sweep.py` (`PingSweepMixin`, `driver_supports_ping`), mixed into `DeviceTypeDriver`: looping over addresses, the target cap and progress reporting are a scan. A device with a faster batch (OPNsense) keeps that as a capability of its own; the reply builder stays here (see #12). - `base.rules_max_weight`: how one application ranks drivers. `FingerprintRule`, `PortSpec` and the fingerprint attributes stay. - `provisioning.py` (`QEMU_GUEST_AGENTS`, `network_config`, `split_compression`) and `HypervisorDriver.GUEST_AGENTS`: a guest profile. The hypervisor driver is handed the packages and commands instead. - `TYPE_LABEL` and `REBOOT_SETTLE_SECONDS`: a display name and a polling delay. Deprecate here once the application no longer reads them; remove in 5.0. Part of NetOrk/netork#1105. Plan: NAPALM/napalm-device-types `docs/STRUCTURE.md` (branch `docs/structure-plan`). Prio P3.

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2026-10-14 08:23:27 +00:00

docs: a structure that keeps device-types vendor- and product-agnostic #37

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2026-10-14 08:23:27 +00:00

ping: one Unix ping parser and one reply builder #12

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2026-10-14 08:58:50 +00:00

Agnostic structure: fix_snmp template, ping batch, neutral markers #16

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2026-10-14 08:58:51 +00:00

Agnostic structure: fix templates, guest profile from the caller, napalm-unix transport #24