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From: pra-moh <49077256+pra-moh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 11:38:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add functional spec for optional feature control enhancement
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+# SONiC Optional Feature Control Enhancement #
+
+## Revision ##
+
+| Rev | Date     | Author      | Change Description |
+|:---:|:--------:|:-----------:|--------------------|
+| 0.1 | 10/10/19 | Pradnya Mohite | Initial version    |
+
+## Scope ##
+Add support to enable/disable features in sonic. Features like telemetry agent can be optional and this enhancement will provide a way to control that. 
+
+### Implementation Details ###
+* Add feature table in config db.  
+  * Modify sonic-cfggen tool to add table and enable the telemetry feature by default.  
+  * For each feature, key is FEATURE|feature name, status :enabled/disabled.  
+* Add "config feature enable|disable [feature name]" command line.  
+  * Add support for show and config commands.  
+* Add feature in hostcfgd to listen for Config DB FEATURE table entry changes, and enable & start or stop & disable the respective service as appropriate.  
+  * When hostcfgd first starts, it reads all entries in the FEATURE table and compares with current status of each service. If there is mismatch, hostcfgd will enable & start or stop & disable as appropriate.  
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