VOL-1460 Updated core to use voltha-protos instead of local protos
Moved protos to python directory in order to maintain functionaly of containers built there.
Added capability to do local builds of protos
Added instructions on running dep ensure for getting protos.
Updated github.com/golang/protobuf version to v1.3.1

Change-Id: Ia6ef55f07f0d5dcb5b750d7c37b21b71db85bfc4
diff --git a/python/protos/adapter.proto b/python/protos/adapter.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option go_package = "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha";
+
+package voltha;
+
+import "google/protobuf/any.proto";
+import "common.proto";
+import "meta.proto";
+
+
+message AdapterConfig {
+
+    // Common adapter config attributes here
+    LogLevel.LogLevel log_level = 1;
+
+    // Custom (vendor-specific) configuration attributes
+    google.protobuf.Any additional_config = 64;
+
+}
+
+// Adapter (software plugin)
+message Adapter {
+
+    // Unique name of adapter, matching the python package name under
+    // voltha/adapters.
+    string id = 1 [(access) = READ_ONLY];
+    string vendor = 2 [(access) = READ_ONLY];
+    string version = 3 [(access) = READ_ONLY];
+
+    // Adapter configuration
+    AdapterConfig config = 16;
+
+    // Custom descriptors and custom configuration
+    google.protobuf.Any additional_description = 64 [(access) = READ_ONLY];
+
+}
+
+message Adapters {
+    repeated Adapter items = 1;
+}