Revert "Merge remote branch 'cros/upstream' into autotest-rebase"

scheduler/drones.py

Index: scheduler/drones.py
diff --git a/scheduler/drones.py b/scheduler/drones.py
index b742b55bcd8917b9cf1481636aa37f51331f135d..85a5ee297e4c95ad1df05b41a2dea924a7eb6d85 100644
--- a/scheduler/drones.py
+++ b/scheduler/drones.py
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import error, global_config
 AUTOTEST_INSTALL_DIR = global_config.global_config.get_config_value('SCHEDULER',
                                                  'drone_installation_directory')
 
-class DroneUnreachable(Exception):
-    """The drone is non-sshable."""
-    pass
-
-
 class _AbstractDrone(object):
     """
     Attributes:
@@ -116,9 +111,6 @@ class _RemoteDrone(_AbstractDrone):
         super(_RemoteDrone, self).__init__()
         self.hostname = hostname
         self._host = drone_utility.create_host(hostname)
-        if not self._host.is_up():
-            logging.error('Drone %s is unpingable, kicking out', hostname)
-            raise DroneUnreachable
         self._autotest_install_dir = AUTOTEST_INSTALL_DIR
 
 
@@ -164,7 +156,4 @@ def get_drone(hostname):
     """
     if hostname == 'localhost':
         return _LocalDrone()
-    try:
-        return _RemoteDrone(hostname)
-    except DroneUnreachable:
-        return None
+    return _RemoteDrone(hostname)