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Merge "Document the ability to load service plugins at startup"

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l2_agents
ovs_vhostuser
quality_of_service
advanced_services
service_extensions
oslo-incubator
callbacks
dns_order

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(Avoid deeper levels because they do not render well.)
Advanced Services
=================
Service Extensions
==================
Historically, Neutron supported the following advanced services:
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VPNaaS functionality.
Starting with the Kilo release, these services are split into separate
repositories managed by extended reviewer teams.
repositories, and more extensions are being developed as well. Service
plugins are a clean way of adding functionality in a cohesive manner
and yet, keeping them decoupled from the guts of the framework. The
aforementioned features are developed as extensions (also known as
service plugins), and more capabilities are being added to Neutron
following the same pattern. For those that are deemed 'orthogonal'
to any network service (e.g. tags, timestamps, auto_allocate, etc),
there is an informal `mechanism <https://github.com/openstack/neutron/blob/aadf2f30f84dff3d85f380a7ff4e16dbbb0c6bb0/neutron/plugins/common/constants.py#L41>`_
to have these loaded automatically at server startup. If you
consider adding an entry to the dictionary, please be kind and
reach out to your PTL or a member of the drivers team for approval.
#. http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron-fwaas/
#. http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron-lbaas/
#. http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron-vpnaas/