[libvirt] [PATCH 8/8] Removing probing of secondary drivers

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Tue Jan 20 16:37:15 UTC 2015


For stateless, client side drivers, it is never correct to
probe for secondary drivers. It is only ever appropriate to
use the secondary driver that is associated with the
hypervisor in question. As a result the ESX & HyperV drivers
have both been forced to do hacks where they register no-op
drivers for the ones they don't implement.

For stateful, server side drivers, we always just want to
use the same built-in shared driver. The exception is
virtualbox which is really a stateless driver and so wants
to use its own server side secondary drivers. To deal with
this virtualbox has to be built as 3 separate loadable
modules to allow registration to work in the right order.

This can all be simplified by introducing a new struct
recording the precise set of secondary drivers each
hypervisor driver wants

struct _virConnectDriver {
    virHypervisorDriverPtr hypervisorDriver;
    virInterfaceDriverPtr interfaceDriver;
    virNetworkDriverPtr networkDriver;
    virNodeDeviceDriverPtr nodeDeviceDriver;
    virNWFilterDriverPtr nwfilterDriver;
    virSecretDriverPtr secretDriver;
    virStorageDriverPtr storageDriver;
};

Instead of registering the hypervisor driver, we now
just register a virConnectDriver instead. This allows
us to remove all probing of secondary drivers. Once we
have chosen the primary driver, we immediately know the
correct secondary drivers to use.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
---
 daemon/libvirtd.c                       |  19 +-
 src/Makefile.am                         |  63 +------
 src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c                |  14 +-
 src/check-driverimpls.pl                |   3 +-
 src/datatypes.c                         |  12 --
 src/driver-hypervisor.h                 |   3 -
 src/driver-interface.h                  |   9 -
 src/driver-network.h                    |  11 +-
 src/driver-nodedev.h                    |   8 +-
 src/driver-nwfilter.h                   |  13 +-
 src/driver-secret.h                     |  12 +-
 src/driver-storage.h                    |  12 +-
 src/driver.h                            |  54 +++---
 src/esx/esx_device_monitor.c            |  74 --------
 src/esx/esx_device_monitor.h            |  28 ---
 src/esx/esx_driver.c                    |  25 +--
 src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c          |  37 +---
 src/esx/esx_interface_driver.h          |   4 +-
 src/esx/esx_network_driver.c            |  37 +---
 src/esx/esx_network_driver.h            |   4 +-
 src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c           |  74 --------
 src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h           |  28 ---
 src/esx/esx_secret_driver.c             |  72 -------
 src/esx/esx_secret_driver.h             |  27 ---
 src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c            |  37 +---
 src/esx/esx_storage_driver.h            |   4 +-
 src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c      |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h      |  28 ---
 src/hyperv/hyperv_driver.c              |  25 +--
 src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c    |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h    |  28 ---
 src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c      |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h      |  28 ---
 src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c     |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h     |  28 ---
 src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c       |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h       |  28 ---
 src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c      |  71 -------
 src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h      |  28 ---
 src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c |  26 +--
 src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c  |  25 +--
 src/libvirt.c                           | 323 ++++++++++++++------------------
 src/libvirt_private.syms                |  14 +-
 src/libxl/libxl_driver.c                |  10 +-
 src/lxc/lxc_driver.c                    |  10 +-
 src/network/bridge_driver.c             |  25 +--
 src/node_device/node_device_driver.c    |  10 +-
 src/node_device/node_device_hal.c       |  26 +--
 src/node_device/node_device_udev.c      |  23 +--
 src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c          |  25 +--
 src/openvz/openvz_driver.c              |  12 +-
 src/phyp/phyp_driver.c                  |  64 +------
 src/qemu/qemu_driver.c                  |  10 +-
 src/remote/remote_driver.c              | 152 ++-------------
 src/secret/secret_driver.c              |  25 +--
 src/storage/storage_driver.c            |  25 +--
 src/test/test_driver.c                  | 156 ++-------------
 src/uml/uml_driver.c                    |  10 +-
 src/vbox/vbox_common.c                  |   1 -
 src/vbox/vbox_driver.c                  |  47 ++---
 src/vbox/vbox_network.c                 |  32 ----
 src/vbox/vbox_storage.c                 |  30 ---
 src/vmware/vmware_driver.c              |  12 +-
 src/xen/xen_driver.c                    |  11 +-
 src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c              |  10 +-
 tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c                |  17 --
 tests/virdrivermoduletest.c             |  18 +-
 67 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 2116 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_device_monitor.c
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_device_monitor.h
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_secret_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/esx/esx_secret_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c
 delete mode 100644 src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h

diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index b7f82c5..5ccfcdd 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -334,12 +334,7 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
      * priority when calling virStateInitialize. We must register the
      * network, storage and nodedev drivers before any stateful domain
      * driver, since their resources must be auto-started before any
-     * domains can be auto-started. Moreover, some stateless drivers
-     * implement their own subdrivers (e.g. the vbox driver has its
-     * own network and storage subdriers) which need to have higher
-     * priority. Otherwise, when connecting to such driver the generic
-     * subdriver may be opened instead of the one corresponding to the
-     * stateless driver.
+     * domains can be auto-started.
      */
 #ifdef WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
     /* We don't care if any of these fail, because the whole point
@@ -347,18 +342,12 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
      * If they try to open a connection for a module that
      * is not loaded they'll get a suitable error at that point
      */
-# ifdef WITH_VBOX
-    virDriverLoadModule("vbox_network");
-# endif
 # ifdef WITH_NETWORK
     virDriverLoadModule("network");
 # endif
 # ifdef WITH_INTERFACE
     virDriverLoadModule("interface");
 # endif
-# ifdef WITH_VBOX
-    virDriverLoadModule("vbox_storage");
-# endif
 # ifdef WITH_STORAGE
     virDriverLoadModule("storage");
 # endif
@@ -393,18 +382,12 @@ static void daemonInitialize(void)
     virDriverLoadModule("bhyve");
 # endif
 #else
-# ifdef WITH_VBOX
-    vboxNetworkRegister();
-# endif
 # ifdef WITH_NETWORK
     networkRegister();
 # endif
 # ifdef WITH_INTERFACE
     interfaceRegister();
 # endif
-# ifdef WITH_VBOX
-    vboxStorageRegister();
-# endif
 # ifdef WITH_STORAGE
     storageRegister();
 # endif
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1e21279..b41c6d4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -539,8 +539,6 @@ DRIVER_SOURCE_FILES = \
 	$(TEST_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
 	$(UML_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
 	$(VBOX_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
-	$(VBOX_NETWORK_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
-	$(VBOX_STORAGE_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
 	vbox/vbox_tmpl.c \
 	$(VMWARE_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
 	$(XEN_DRIVER_SOURCES) \
@@ -701,15 +699,9 @@ VBOX_DRIVER_SOURCES =						\
 	vbox/vbox_V4_3_4.c vbox/vbox_CAPI_v4_3_4.h              \
 	vbox/vbox_common.c vbox/vbox_common.h                   \
 	vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h                               \
-	vbox/vbox_get_driver.h
-
-VBOX_NETWORK_DRIVER_SOURCES =					\
-	vbox/vbox_driver.c vbox/vbox_driver.h			\
-	vbox/vbox_network.c vbox/vbox_get_driver.h
-
-VBOX_STORAGE_DRIVER_SOURCES =					\
-	vbox/vbox_driver.c vbox/vbox_driver.h			\
-	vbox/vbox_storage.c vbox/vbox_get_driver.h
+	vbox/vbox_get_driver.h					\
+	vbox/vbox_network.c					\
+	vbox/vbox_storage.c
 
 VBOX_DRIVER_EXTRA_DIST =					\
 		vbox/vbox_tmpl.c vbox/README			\
@@ -760,10 +752,7 @@ ESX_DRIVER_SOURCES =							\
 		esx/esx_storage_driver.c esx/esx_storage_driver.h	\
 		esx/esx_storage_backend_vmfs.c esx/esx_storage_backend_vmfs.h	\
 		esx/esx_storage_backend_iscsi.c esx/esx_storage_backend_iscsi.h	\
-		esx/esx_device_monitor.c esx/esx_device_monitor.h	\
-		esx/esx_secret_driver.c esx/esx_secret_driver.h		\
 		esx/esx_stream.c esx/esx_stream.h			\
-		esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h	\
 		esx/esx_util.c esx/esx_util.h				\
 		esx/esx_vi.c esx/esx_vi.h				\
 		esx/esx_vi_methods.c esx/esx_vi_methods.h		\
@@ -791,12 +780,6 @@ ESX_DRIVER_EXTRA_DIST =							\
 HYPERV_DRIVER_SOURCES =									\
 		hyperv/hyperv_private.h							\
 		hyperv/hyperv_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_driver.h				\
-		hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h	\
-		hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h		\
-		hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h		\
-		hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h		\
-		hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h		\
-		hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h		\
 		hyperv/hyperv_util.c hyperv/hyperv_util.h				\
 		hyperv/hyperv_wmi.c hyperv/hyperv_wmi.h					\
 		hyperv/hyperv_wmi_classes.c hyperv/hyperv_wmi_classes.h			\
@@ -1180,33 +1163,19 @@ endif WITH_VMWARE
 
 if WITH_VBOX
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += \
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_impl.la	\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl.la	\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl.la
+		libvirt_driver_vbox_impl.la
 libvirt_driver_vbox_la_SOURCES =
 libvirt_driver_vbox_la_LIBADD = libvirt_driver_vbox_impl.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_la_SOURCES =
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_la_LIBADD = libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_la_SOURCES =
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_la_LIBADD = libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl.la
 if WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
 mod_LTLIBRARIES += \
-		libvirt_driver_vbox.la	\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_network.la	\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_storage.la
+		libvirt_driver_vbox.la
 libvirt_driver_vbox_la_LIBADD += ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
 libvirt_driver_vbox_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_la_LIBADD += ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_la_LIBADD += ../gnulib/lib/libgnu.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(AM_LDFLAGS)
 else ! WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libvirt_driver_vbox.la
 # GPLv2-only license requries that it be linked into
 # libvirtd and *not* libvirt.so
 #libvirt_la_BUILT_LIBADD += libvirt_driver_vbox.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_la_LIBADD += libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl.la \
-				 libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl.la
 endif ! WITH_DRIVER_MODULES
 
 libvirt_driver_vbox_impl_la_CFLAGS =				\
@@ -1218,28 +1187,6 @@ libvirt_driver_vbox_impl_la_LIBADD =  $(DLOPEN_LIBS)		\
 		$(MSCOM_LIBS)					\
 		$(LIBXML_LIBS)
 libvirt_driver_vbox_impl_la_SOURCES = $(VBOX_DRIVER_SOURCES)
-
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl_la_CFLAGS =	\
-		-I$(srcdir)/conf	\
-		$(AM_CFLAGS)	\
-		-DVBOX_NETWORK_DRIVER
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl_la_LIBADD = $(DLOPEN_LIBS)		\
-		$(MSCOM_LIBS)					\
-		$(LIBXML_LIBS)					\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_impl.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_network_impl_la_SOURCES = $(VBOX_NETWORK_DRIVER_SOURCES)
-
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl_la_CFLAGS =	\
-		-I$(srcdir)/conf	\
-		$(AM_CFLAGS)	\
-		-DVBOX_STORAGE_DRIVER
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS)
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl_la_LIBADD = $(DLOPEN_LIBS)		\
-		$(MSCOM_LIBS)					\
-		$(LIBXML_LIBS)					\
-		libvirt_driver_vbox_impl.la
-libvirt_driver_vbox_storage_impl_la_SOURCES = $(VBOX_STORAGE_DRIVER_SOURCES)
 endif WITH_VBOX
 
 if WITH_XENAPI
diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
index 8264ad8..56cc8ab 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
@@ -1430,8 +1430,7 @@ bhyveConnectDomainEventDeregisterAny(virConnectPtr conn,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static virHypervisorDriver bhyveDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_BHYVE,
+static virHypervisorDriver bhyveHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "bhyve",
     .connectOpen = bhyveConnectOpen, /* 1.2.2 */
     .connectClose = bhyveConnectClose, /* 1.2.2 */
@@ -1480,6 +1479,10 @@ static virHypervisorDriver bhyveDriver = {
 };
 
 
+static virConnectDriver bhyveConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &bhyveHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 static virStateDriver bhyveStateDriver = {
     .name = "bhyve",
     .stateInitialize = bhyveStateInitialize,
@@ -1490,9 +1493,10 @@ static virStateDriver bhyveStateDriver = {
 int
 bhyveRegister(void)
 {
-     if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&bhyveDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&bhyveConnectDriver,
+                                 true) < 0)
         return -1;
-     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&bhyveStateDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterStateDriver(&bhyveStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
-     return 0;
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/check-driverimpls.pl b/src/check-driverimpls.pl
index 17e2b48..e320558 100755
--- a/src/check-driverimpls.pl
+++ b/src/check-driverimpls.pl
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ while (<>) {
         }
     } elsif (/^(?:static\s+)?(vir(?:\w+)?Driver)\s+/) {
         next if $1 eq "virNWFilterCallbackDriver" ||
-                $1 eq "virNWFilterTechDriver";
+                $1 eq "virNWFilterTechDriver" ||
+                $1 eq "virConnectDriver";
         $intable = 1;
         $table = $1;
     }
diff --git a/src/datatypes.c b/src/datatypes.c
index b4f6765..1afaf00 100644
--- a/src/datatypes.c
+++ b/src/datatypes.c
@@ -138,18 +138,6 @@ virConnectDispose(void *obj)
 {
     virConnectPtr conn = obj;
 
-    if (conn->networkDriver)
-        conn->networkDriver->networkClose(conn);
-    if (conn->interfaceDriver)
-        conn->interfaceDriver->interfaceClose(conn);
-    if (conn->storageDriver)
-        conn->storageDriver->storageClose(conn);
-    if (conn->nodeDeviceDriver)
-        conn->nodeDeviceDriver->nodeDeviceClose(conn);
-    if (conn->secretDriver)
-        conn->secretDriver->secretClose(conn);
-    if (conn->nwfilterDriver)
-        conn->nwfilterDriver->nwfilterClose(conn);
     if (conn->driver)
         conn->driver->connectClose(conn);
 
diff --git a/src/driver-hypervisor.h b/src/driver-hypervisor.h
index a1d2a0a..a1198ad 100644
--- a/src/driver-hypervisor.h
+++ b/src/driver-hypervisor.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ typedef virDrvOpenStatus
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectClose)(virConnectPtr conn);
 
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectSupportsFeature)(virConnectPtr conn,
                                 int feature);
@@ -1185,13 +1184,11 @@ typedef virHypervisorDriver *virHypervisorDriverPtr;
  * entry points for it.
  *
  * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - no
  *  - name
  *  - open
  *  - close
  */
 struct _virHypervisorDriver {
-    int no; /* the number virDrvNo */
     const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvConnectOpen connectOpen;
     virDrvConnectClose connectClose;
diff --git a/src/driver-interface.h b/src/driver-interface.h
index eb9b1ad..3f05a93 100644
--- a/src/driver-interface.h
+++ b/src/driver-interface.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #  error "Don't include this file directly, only use driver.h"
 # endif
 
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvInterfaceOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvInterfaceClose;
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectNumOfInterfaces)(virConnectPtr conn);
 
@@ -100,15 +97,9 @@ typedef virInterfaceDriver *virInterfaceDriverPtr;
  *
  * Structure associated to a network interface driver, defining the various
  * entry points for it.
- *
- * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - open
- *  - close
  */
 struct _virInterfaceDriver {
     const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
-    virDrvInterfaceOpen interfaceOpen;
-    virDrvInterfaceClose interfaceClose;
     virDrvConnectNumOfInterfaces connectNumOfInterfaces;
     virDrvConnectListInterfaces connectListInterfaces;
     virDrvConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces;
diff --git a/src/driver-network.h b/src/driver-network.h
index 9ede53c..e65117c 100644
--- a/src/driver-network.h
+++ b/src/driver-network.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #  error "Don't include this file directly, only use driver.h"
 # endif
 
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvNetworkOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvNetworkClose;
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectNumOfNetworks)(virConnectPtr conn);
 
@@ -129,15 +126,9 @@ typedef virNetworkDriver *virNetworkDriverPtr;
  *
  * Structure associated to a network virtualization driver, defining the various
  * entry points for it.
- *
- * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - open
- *  - close
  */
 struct _virNetworkDriver {
-    const char * name; /* the name of the driver */
-    virDrvNetworkOpen networkOpen;
-    virDrvNetworkClose networkClose;
+    const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvConnectNumOfNetworks connectNumOfNetworks;
     virDrvConnectListNetworks connectListNetworks;
     virDrvConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks connectNumOfDefinedNetworks;
diff --git a/src/driver-nodedev.h b/src/driver-nodedev.h
index 8d1c8a9..e846612 100644
--- a/src/driver-nodedev.h
+++ b/src/driver-nodedev.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #  error "Don't include this file directly, only use driver.h"
 # endif
 
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvNodeDeviceOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvNodeDeviceClose;
-
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvNodeNumOfDevices)(virConnectPtr conn,
                           const char *cap,
@@ -92,9 +88,7 @@ typedef virNodeDeviceDriver *virNodeDeviceDriverPtr;
  *
  */
 struct _virNodeDeviceDriver {
-    const char * name; /* the name of the driver */
-    virDrvNodeDeviceOpen nodeDeviceOpen;
-    virDrvNodeDeviceClose nodeDeviceClose;
+    const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvNodeNumOfDevices nodeNumOfDevices;
     virDrvNodeListDevices nodeListDevices;
     virDrvConnectListAllNodeDevices connectListAllNodeDevices;
diff --git a/src/driver-nwfilter.h b/src/driver-nwfilter.h
index 502700f..cb49542 100644
--- a/src/driver-nwfilter.h
+++ b/src/driver-nwfilter.h
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 #  error "Don't include this file directly, only use driver.h"
 # endif
 
-
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvNWFilterOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvNWFilterClose;
-
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectNumOfNWFilters)(virConnectPtr conn);
 
@@ -71,15 +66,9 @@ typedef virNWFilterDriver *virNWFilterDriverPtr;
  *
  * Structure associated to a network filter driver, defining the various
  * entry points for it.
- *
- * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - open
- *  - close
  */
 struct _virNWFilterDriver {
-    const char * name; /* the name of the driver */
-    virDrvNWFilterOpen nwfilterOpen;
-    virDrvNWFilterClose nwfilterClose;
+    const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvConnectNumOfNWFilters connectNumOfNWFilters;
     virDrvConnectListNWFilters connectListNWFilters;
     virDrvConnectListAllNWFilters connectListAllNWFilters;
diff --git a/src/driver-secret.h b/src/driver-secret.h
index d82e7df..c39e0d7 100644
--- a/src/driver-secret.h
+++ b/src/driver-secret.h
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ enum {
     VIR_SECRET_GET_VALUE_INTERNAL_CALL = 1 << 0,
 };
 
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvSecretOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvSecretClose;
-
-
 typedef virSecretPtr
 (*virDrvSecretLookupByUUID)(virConnectPtr conn,
                             const unsigned char *uuid);
@@ -89,15 +85,9 @@ typedef virSecretDriver *virSecretDriverPtr;
  *
  * Structure associated to a driver for storing secrets, defining the various
  * entry points for it.
- *
- * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - open
- *  - close
  */
 struct _virSecretDriver {
-    const char *name;
-    virDrvSecretOpen secretOpen;
-    virDrvSecretClose secretClose;
+    const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvConnectNumOfSecrets connectNumOfSecrets;
     virDrvConnectListSecrets connectListSecrets;
     virDrvConnectListAllSecrets connectListAllSecrets;
diff --git a/src/driver-storage.h b/src/driver-storage.h
index 4848dd3..0489647 100644
--- a/src/driver-storage.h
+++ b/src/driver-storage.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #  error "Don't include this file directly, only use driver.h"
 # endif
 
-typedef virDrvConnectOpen virDrvStorageOpen;
-typedef virDrvConnectClose virDrvStorageClose;
-
-
 typedef int
 (*virDrvConnectNumOfStoragePools)(virConnectPtr conn);
 
@@ -210,15 +206,9 @@ typedef virStorageDriver *virStorageDriverPtr;
  *
  * Structure associated to a storage driver, defining the various
  * entry points for it.
- *
- * All drivers must support the following fields/methods:
- *  - open
- *  - close
  */
 struct _virStorageDriver {
-    const char * name; /* the name of the driver */
-    virDrvStorageOpen storageOpen;
-    virDrvStorageClose storageClose;
+    const char *name; /* the name of the driver */
     virDrvConnectNumOfStoragePools connectNumOfStoragePools;
     virDrvConnectListStoragePools connectListStoragePools;
     virDrvConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools connectNumOfDefinedStoragePools;
diff --git a/src/driver.h b/src/driver.h
index 5b7862b..e4e382b 100644
--- a/src/driver.h
+++ b/src/driver.h
@@ -27,28 +27,6 @@
 # include "internal.h"
 # include "libvirt_internal.h"
 # include "viruri.h"
-/*
- * List of registered drivers numbers
- */
-typedef enum {
-    VIR_DRV_XEN_UNIFIED = 1,
-    VIR_DRV_TEST = 2,
-    VIR_DRV_QEMU = 3,
-    VIR_DRV_REMOTE = 4,
-    VIR_DRV_OPENVZ = 5,
-    VIR_DRV_LXC = 6,
-    VIR_DRV_UML = 7,
-    VIR_DRV_VBOX = 8,
-    VIR_DRV_ONE = 9,
-    VIR_DRV_ESX = 10,
-    VIR_DRV_PHYP = 11,
-    VIR_DRV_XENAPI = 12,
-    VIR_DRV_VMWARE = 13,
-    VIR_DRV_LIBXL = 14,
-    VIR_DRV_HYPERV = 15,
-    VIR_DRV_PARALLELS = 16,
-    VIR_DRV_BHYVE = 17,
-} virDrvNo;
 
 
 /* Status codes returned from driver open call. */
@@ -97,15 +75,29 @@ typedef enum {
 
 # undef __VIR_DRIVER_H_INCLUDES___
 
-int virRegisterHypervisorDriver(virHypervisorDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterInterfaceDriver(virInterfaceDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(virNodeDeviceDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterNWFilterDriver(virNWFilterDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterSecretDriver(virSecretDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterStateDriver(virStateDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-int virRegisterStorageDriver(virStorageDriverPtr) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+typedef struct _virConnectDriver virConnectDriver;
+typedef virConnectDriver *virConnectDriverPtr;
+
+struct _virConnectDriver {
+    virHypervisorDriverPtr hypervisorDriver;
+    virInterfaceDriverPtr interfaceDriver;
+    virNetworkDriverPtr networkDriver;
+    virNodeDeviceDriverPtr nodeDeviceDriver;
+    virNWFilterDriverPtr nwfilterDriver;
+    virSecretDriverPtr secretDriver;
+    virStorageDriverPtr storageDriver;
+};
+
+int virRegisterConnectDriver(virConnectDriverPtr driver,
+                             bool setSharedDrivers) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virRegisterStateDriver(virStateDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+
+int virSetSharedInterfaceDriver(virInterfaceDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virSetSharedNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver(virNodeDeviceDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virSetSharedNWFilterDriver(virNWFilterDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virSetSharedSecretDriver(virSecretDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+int virSetSharedStorageDriver(virStorageDriverPtr driver) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 void *virDriverLoadModule(const char *name);
 
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.c b/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.c
deleted file mode 100644
index bf71145..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_device_monitor.c: device monitor functions for managing VMware ESX
- *                       host devices
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "esx_private.h"
-#include "esx_device_monitor.h"
-#include "esx_vi.h"
-#include "esx_vi_methods.h"
-#include "esx_util.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxNodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                  virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxNodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virNodeDeviceDriver esxNodeDeviceDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = esxNodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.7.6 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = esxNodeDeviceClose, /* 0.7.6 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-esxDeviceRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&esxNodeDeviceDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.h b/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b2795e..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_device_monitor.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_device_monitor.h: device monitor methods for managing VMware ESX
- *                       host devices
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __ESX_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__
-# define __ESX_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__
-
-int esxDeviceRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __ESX_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__ */
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_driver.c
index bfa1d79..6b9965f 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_driver.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_driver.c
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 #include "esx_interface_driver.h"
 #include "esx_network_driver.h"
 #include "esx_storage_driver.h"
-#include "esx_device_monitor.h"
-#include "esx_secret_driver.h"
-#include "esx_nwfilter_driver.h"
 #include "esx_private.h"
 #include "esx_vi.h"
 #include "esx_vi_methods.h"
@@ -5151,8 +5148,7 @@ esxConnectListAllDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
 #undef MATCH
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver esxDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_ESX,
+static virHypervisorDriver esxHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "ESX",
     .connectOpen = esxConnectOpen, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectClose = esxConnectClose, /* 0.7.0 */
@@ -5233,19 +5229,16 @@ static virHypervisorDriver esxDriver = {
 };
 
 
+static virConnectDriver esxConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &esxHypervisorDriver,
+    .interfaceDriver = &esxInterfaceDriver,
+    .networkDriver = &esxNetworkDriver,
+    .storageDriver = &esxStorageDriver,
+};
 
 int
 esxRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&esxDriver) < 0 ||
-        esxInterfaceRegister() < 0 ||
-        esxNetworkRegister() < 0 ||
-        esxStorageRegister() < 0 ||
-        esxDeviceRegister() < 0 ||
-        esxSecretRegister() < 0 ||
-        esxNWFilterRegister() < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&esxConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c
index 20c9361..58096e8 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.c
@@ -38,30 +38,6 @@
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
 
 
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                 virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                 unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
 static int
 esxConnectNumOfInterfaces(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -282,10 +258,7 @@ esxInterfaceIsActive(virInterfacePtr iface ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
 
 
-static virInterfaceDriver esxInterfaceDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .interfaceOpen = esxInterfaceOpen, /* 0.7.6 */
-    .interfaceClose = esxInterfaceClose, /* 0.7.6 */
+virInterfaceDriver esxInterfaceDriver = {
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = esxConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 0.10.0 */
     .connectListInterfaces = esxConnectListInterfaces, /* 0.10.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces = esxConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces, /* 0.10.0 */
@@ -295,11 +268,3 @@ static virInterfaceDriver esxInterfaceDriver = {
     .interfaceGetXMLDesc = esxInterfaceGetXMLDesc, /* 0.10.0 */
     .interfaceIsActive = esxInterfaceIsActive, /* 0.10.0 */
 };
-
-
-
-int
-esxInterfaceRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&esxInterfaceDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.h b/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.h
index cf0c4bd..dfe245b 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.h
+++ b/src/esx/esx_interface_driver.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef __ESX_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__
 # define __ESX_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__
 
-int esxInterfaceRegister(void);
+# include "driver.h"
+
+extern virInterfaceDriver esxInterfaceDriver;
 
 #endif /* __ESX_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_network_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_network_driver.c
index 8defcd6..6793b80 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_network_driver.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_network_driver.c
@@ -44,30 +44,6 @@
 verify(MD5_DIGEST_SIZE == VIR_UUID_BUFLEN);
 
 
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxNetworkOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-               virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-               unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxNetworkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
 static int
 esxConnectNumOfNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -881,10 +857,7 @@ esxNetworkIsPersistent(virNetworkPtr network ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
 
 
-static virNetworkDriver esxNetworkDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .networkOpen = esxNetworkOpen, /* 0.7.6 */
-    .networkClose = esxNetworkClose, /* 0.7.6 */
+virNetworkDriver esxNetworkDriver = {
     .connectNumOfNetworks = esxConnectNumOfNetworks, /* 0.10.0 */
     .connectListNetworks = esxConnectListNetworks, /* 0.10.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedNetworks = esxConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks, /* 0.10.0 */
@@ -899,11 +872,3 @@ static virNetworkDriver esxNetworkDriver = {
     .networkIsActive = esxNetworkIsActive, /* 0.10.0 */
     .networkIsPersistent = esxNetworkIsPersistent, /* 0.10.0 */
 };
-
-
-
-int
-esxNetworkRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNetworkDriver(&esxNetworkDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_network_driver.h b/src/esx/esx_network_driver.h
index 7a8a225..d5bf0dd 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_network_driver.h
+++ b/src/esx/esx_network_driver.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef __ESX_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__
 # define __ESX_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__
 
-int esxNetworkRegister(void);
+# include "driver.h"
+
+extern virNetworkDriver esxNetworkDriver;
 
 #endif /* __ESX_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 705035c..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_nwfilter_driver.c: nwfilter driver functions for managing VMware ESX
- *                        firewall rules
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "esx_private.h"
-#include "esx_nwfilter_driver.h"
-#include "esx_vi.h"
-#include "esx_vi_methods.h"
-#include "esx_util.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxNWFilterOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxNWFilterClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virNWFilterDriver esxNWFilterDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .nwfilterOpen = esxNWFilterOpen, /* 0.8.1 */
-    .nwfilterClose = esxNWFilterClose, /* 0.8.1 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-esxNWFilterRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNWFilterDriver(&esxNWFilterDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h b/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fa88c3..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_nwfilter_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_nwfilter_driver.h: nwfilter driver functions for managing VMware ESX
- *                        firewall rules
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __ESX_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__
-# define __ESX_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__
-
-int esxNWFilterRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __ESX_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index de398af..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_secret_driver.c: secret driver functions for VMware ESX secret manipulation
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "esx_private.h"
-#include "esx_secret_driver.h"
-#include "esx_vi.h"
-#include "esx_vi_methods.h"
-#include "esx_util.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxSecretOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-              unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxSecretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virSecretDriver esxSecretDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .secretOpen = esxSecretOpen, /* 0.7.6 */
-    .secretClose = esxSecretClose, /* 0.7.6 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-esxSecretRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterSecretDriver(&esxSecretDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.h b/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 07f8b13..0000000
--- a/src/esx/esx_secret_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * esx_secret_driver.h: secret driver functions for VMware ESX secret manipulation
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __ESX_SECRET_DRIVER_H__
-# define __ESX_SECRET_DRIVER_H__
-
-int esxSecretRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __ESX_SECRET_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c b/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c
index b8e2fda..e692e86 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.c
@@ -52,30 +52,6 @@ static virStorageDriverPtr backends[] = {
 };
 
 
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-esxStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-               virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-               unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_ESX)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-esxStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
 static int
 esxConnectNumOfStoragePools(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -541,10 +517,7 @@ esxStoragePoolIsPersistent(virStoragePoolPtr pool ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
 
 
-static virStorageDriver esxStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "ESX",
-    .storageOpen = esxStorageOpen, /* 0.7.6 */
-    .storageClose = esxStorageClose, /* 0.7.6 */
+virStorageDriver esxStorageDriver = {
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = esxConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.8.2 */
     .connectListStoragePools = esxConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.8.2 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedStoragePools = esxConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools, /* 0.8.2 */
@@ -572,11 +545,3 @@ static virStorageDriver esxStorageDriver = {
     .storagePoolIsActive = esxStoragePoolIsActive, /* 0.8.2 */
     .storagePoolIsPersistent = esxStoragePoolIsPersistent, /* 0.8.2 */
 };
-
-
-
-int
-esxStorageRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterStorageDriver(&esxStorageDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.h b/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.h
index 871e59c..eee3c5c 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.h
+++ b/src/esx/esx_storage_driver.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef __ESX_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__
 # define __ESX_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__
 
-int esxStorageRegister(void);
+# include "driver.h"
+
+extern virStorageDriver esxStorageDriver;
 
 #endif /* __ESX_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c24c384..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_device_monitor.c: device monitor functions for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host devices
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_device_monitor.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervNodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                     virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                     unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervNodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virNodeDeviceDriver hypervNodeDeviceDriver = {
-    "Hyper-V",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = hypervNodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = hypervNodeDeviceClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervDeviceRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&hypervNodeDeviceDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 36459b6..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_device_monitor.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_device_monitor.h: device monitor functions for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host devices
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__
-# define __HYPERV_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__
-
-int hypervDeviceRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_DEVICE_MONITOR_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_driver.c
index be379e9..906c603 100644
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_driver.c
+++ b/src/hyperv/hyperv_driver.c
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "viruuid.h"
 #include "hyperv_driver.h"
-#include "hyperv_interface_driver.h"
-#include "hyperv_network_driver.h"
-#include "hyperv_storage_driver.h"
-#include "hyperv_device_monitor.h"
-#include "hyperv_secret_driver.h"
-#include "hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h"
 #include "hyperv_private.h"
 #include "hyperv_util.h"
 #include "hyperv_wmi.h"
@@ -1326,8 +1320,7 @@ hypervConnectListAllDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver hypervDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_HYPERV,
+static virHypervisorDriver hypervHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "Hyper-V",
     .connectOpen = hypervConnectOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
     .connectClose = hypervConnectClose, /* 0.9.5 */
@@ -1386,22 +1379,16 @@ hypervDebugHandler(const char *message, debug_level_e level,
 }
 
 
+static virConnectDriver hypervConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &hypervHypervisorDriver,
+};
 
 int
 hypervRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&hypervDriver) < 0 ||
-        hypervInterfaceRegister() < 0 ||
-        hypervNetworkRegister() < 0 ||
-        hypervStorageRegister() < 0 ||
-        hypervDeviceRegister() < 0 ||
-        hypervSecretRegister() < 0 ||
-        hypervNWFilterRegister() < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     /* Forward openwsman errors and warnings to libvirt's logging */
     debug_add_handler(hypervDebugHandler, DEBUG_LEVEL_WARNING, NULL);
 
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&hypervConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6529e37..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_interface_driver.c: interface driver functions for managing
- *                            Microsoft Hyper-V host interfaces
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_interface_driver.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                    virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                    unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virInterfaceDriver hypervInterfaceDriver = {
-    .name = "Hyper-V",
-    .interfaceOpen = hypervInterfaceOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
-    .interfaceClose = hypervInterfaceClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervInterfaceRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&hypervInterfaceDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ab0225..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_interface_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_interface_driver.h: interface driver functions for managing
- *                            Microsoft Hyper-V host interfaces
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__
-# define __HYPERV_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__
-
-int hypervInterfaceRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_INTERFACE_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f3718..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_network_driver.c: network driver functions for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host networks
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_network_driver.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervNetworkOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                  virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervNetworkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virNetworkDriver hypervNetworkDriver = {
-    .name = "Hyper-V",
-    .networkOpen = hypervNetworkOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
-    .networkClose = hypervNetworkClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervNetworkRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNetworkDriver(&hypervNetworkDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 231d94b..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_network_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_network_driver.h: network driver functions for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host networks
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__
-# define __HYPERV_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__
-
-int hypervNetworkRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_NETWORK_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc6ae19..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_nwfilter_driver.c: nwfilter driver functions for managing
- *                           Microsoft Hyper-V firewall rules
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervNWFilterOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                   virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                   unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervNWFilterClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virNWFilterDriver hypervNWFilterDriver = {
-    .name = "Hyper-V",
-    .nwfilterOpen = hypervNWFilterOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
-    .nwfilterClose = hypervNWFilterClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervNWFilterRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterNWFilterDriver(&hypervNWFilterDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d5918cb..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_nwfilter_driver.h: nwfilter driver functions for managing
- *                           Microsoft Hyper-V firewall rules
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__
-# define __HYPERV_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__
-
-int hypervNWFilterRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_NWFILTER_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31cf915..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_secret_driver.c: secret driver functions for Microsoft Hyper-V
- *                         secret manipulation
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_secret_driver.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervSecretOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                 virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                 unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervSecretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virSecretDriver hypervSecretDriver = {
-    .name = "Hyper-V",
-    .secretOpen = hypervSecretOpen, /* 0.9.5 */
-    .secretClose = hypervSecretClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervSecretRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterSecretDriver(&hypervSecretDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 40bb3ad..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_secret_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_secret_driver.h: secret driver functions for Microsoft Hyper-V
- *                         secret manipulation
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_SECRET_DRIVER_H__
-# define __HYPERV_SECRET_DRIVER_H__
-
-int hypervSecretRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_SECRET_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c b/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fa1343..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_storage_driver.c: storage driver functions for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host storage
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#include <config.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
-#include "virerror.h"
-#include "datatypes.h"
-#include "viralloc.h"
-#include "viruuid.h"
-#include "hyperv_storage_driver.h"
-
-#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_HYPERV
-
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-hypervStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                  virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_HYPERV)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-
-static int
-hypervStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-
-static virStorageDriver hypervStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "Hyper-V",
-    .storageOpen = hypervStorageOpen, /* 0.9.5*/
-    .storageClose = hypervStorageClose, /* 0.9.5 */
-};
-
-
-
-int
-hypervStorageRegister(void)
-{
-    return virRegisterStorageDriver(&hypervStorageDriver);
-}
diff --git a/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h b/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 651fb51..0000000
--- a/src/hyperv/hyperv_storage_driver.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * hyperv_storage_driver.h: storage driver methods for managing
- *                          Microsoft Hyper-V host storage
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2011 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library.  If not, see
- * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-#ifndef __HYPERV_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__
-# define __HYPERV_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__
-
-int hypervStorageRegister(void);
-
-#endif /* __HYPERV_STORAGE_DRIVER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
index 116d84e..947f1e2 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_netcf.c
@@ -264,25 +264,6 @@ netcfInterfaceObjIsActive(struct netcf_if *iface,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-netcfInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                   virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                   unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (!driver)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-netcfInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int netcfConnectNumOfInterfacesImpl(virConnectPtr conn,
                                            int status,
                                            virInterfaceObjListFilter filter)
@@ -1136,8 +1117,6 @@ static int netcfInterfaceChangeRollback(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned int flags)
 
 static virInterfaceDriver interfaceDriver = {
     .name = INTERFACE_DRIVER_NAME,
-    .interfaceOpen = netcfInterfaceOpen, /* 0.7.0 */
-    .interfaceClose = netcfInterfaceClose, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = netcfConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectListInterfaces = netcfConnectListInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces = netcfConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
@@ -1167,11 +1146,8 @@ static virStateDriver interfaceStateDriver = {
 
 int netcfIfaceRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&interfaceDriver) < 0) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
-                       _("failed to register netcf interface driver"));
+    if (virSetSharedInterfaceDriver(&interfaceDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
-    }
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&interfaceStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
index b027de0..27a772d 100644
--- a/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
+++ b/src/interface/interface_backend_udev.c
@@ -135,25 +135,6 @@ udevGetDevices(struct udev *udev, virUdevStatus status)
     return enumerate;
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-udevInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (!driver)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-udevInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 udevNumOfInterfacesByStatus(virConnectPtr conn, virUdevStatus status,
                             virInterfaceObjListFilter filter)
@@ -1212,9 +1193,7 @@ udevStateCleanup(void)
 
 
 static virInterfaceDriver udevIfaceDriver = {
-    "udev",
-    .interfaceOpen = udevInterfaceOpen, /* 1.0.0 */
-    .interfaceClose = udevInterfaceClose, /* 1.0.0 */
+    .name = "udev",
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = udevConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 1.0.0 */
     .connectListInterfaces = udevConnectListInterfaces, /* 1.0.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces = udevConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces, /* 1.0.0 */
@@ -1235,7 +1214,7 @@ static virStateDriver interfaceStateDriver = {
 int
 udevIfaceRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&udevIfaceDriver) < 0) {
+    if (virSetSharedInterfaceDriver(&udevIfaceDriver) < 0) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
                        _("failed to register udev interface driver"));
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 43eb95c..c8a5834 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -111,33 +111,18 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("libvirt");
 
 #define MAX_DRIVERS 20
 
-#define virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(count, ret)                          \
-    do {                                                                \
-        if ((count) >= MAX_DRIVERS) {                                   \
-            virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,                      \
-                           _("Too many drivers, cannot register %s"),   \
-                           driver->name);                               \
-            return ret;                                                 \
-        }                                                               \
-    } while (0)
-
-static virHypervisorDriverPtr virHypervisorDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virHypervisorDriverTabCount;
-static virNetworkDriverPtr virNetworkDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virNetworkDriverTabCount;
-static virInterfaceDriverPtr virInterfaceDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virInterfaceDriverTabCount;
-static virStorageDriverPtr virStorageDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virStorageDriverTabCount;
-static virNodeDeviceDriverPtr virNodeDeviceDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount;
-static virSecretDriverPtr virSecretDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virSecretDriverTabCount;
-static virNWFilterDriverPtr virNWFilterDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
-static int virNWFilterDriverTabCount;
+static virConnectDriverPtr virConnectDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
+static int virConnectDriverTabCount;
 static virStateDriverPtr virStateDriverTab[MAX_DRIVERS];
 static int virStateDriverTabCount;
 
+static virNetworkDriverPtr virSharedNetworkDriver;
+static virInterfaceDriverPtr virSharedInterfaceDriver;
+static virStorageDriverPtr virSharedStorageDriver;
+static virNodeDeviceDriverPtr virSharedNodeDeviceDriver;
+static virSecretDriverPtr virSharedSecretDriver;
+static virNWFilterDriverPtr virSharedNWFilterDriver;
+
 
 #if defined(POLKIT_AUTH)
 static int
@@ -533,29 +518,33 @@ DllMain(HINSTANCE instance ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterNetworkDriver:
+ * virSetSharedNetworkDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a network driver block
  *
  * Register a network virtualization driver
  *
- * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
+ * Returns 0 on success, or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virNetworkDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as network driver %d",
-           driver->name, virNetworkDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedNetworkDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A network driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as network driver", driver->name);
 
-    virNetworkDriverTab[virNetworkDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virNetworkDriverTabCount++;
+    virSharedNetworkDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterInterfaceDriver:
+ * virSetSharedInterfaceDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to an interface driver block
  *
  * Register an interface virtualization driver
@@ -563,21 +552,25 @@ virRegisterNetworkDriver(virNetworkDriverPtr driver)
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterInterfaceDriver(virInterfaceDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedInterfaceDriver(virInterfaceDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virInterfaceDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as interface driver %d",
-           driver->name, virInterfaceDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedInterfaceDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A interface driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    virInterfaceDriverTab[virInterfaceDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virInterfaceDriverTabCount++;
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as interface driver", driver->name);
+
+    virSharedInterfaceDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterStorageDriver:
+ * virSetSharedStorageDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a storage driver block
  *
  * Register a storage virtualization driver
@@ -585,21 +578,25 @@ virRegisterInterfaceDriver(virInterfaceDriverPtr driver)
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterStorageDriver(virStorageDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedStorageDriver(virStorageDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virStorageDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as storage driver %d",
-           driver->name, virStorageDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedStorageDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A storage driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as storage driver", driver->name);
 
-    virStorageDriverTab[virStorageDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virStorageDriverTabCount++;
+    virSharedStorageDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver:
+ * virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a device monitor block
  *
  * Register a device monitor
@@ -607,21 +604,25 @@ virRegisterStorageDriver(virStorageDriverPtr driver)
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(virNodeDeviceDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver(virNodeDeviceDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as device driver %d",
-           driver->name, virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedNodeDeviceDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A node device driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    virNodeDeviceDriverTab[virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount++;
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as device driver", driver->name);
+
+    virSharedNodeDeviceDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterSecretDriver:
+ * virSetSharedSecretDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a secret driver block
  *
  * Register a secret driver
@@ -629,21 +630,25 @@ virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(virNodeDeviceDriverPtr driver)
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterSecretDriver(virSecretDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedSecretDriver(virSecretDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virSecretDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as secret driver %d",
-           driver->name, virSecretDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedSecretDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A secret driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as secret driver", driver->name);
 
-    virSecretDriverTab[virSecretDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virSecretDriverTabCount++;
+    virSharedSecretDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterNWFilterDriver:
+ * virSetSharedNWFilterDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a network filter driver block
  *
  * Register a network filter virtualization driver
@@ -651,41 +656,68 @@ virRegisterSecretDriver(virSecretDriverPtr driver)
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterNWFilterDriver(virNWFilterDriverPtr driver)
+virSetSharedNWFilterDriver(virNWFilterDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virNWFilterDriverTabCount, -1);
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as network filter driver %d",
-           driver->name, virNWFilterDriverTabCount);
+    if (virSharedNWFilterDriver) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s",
+                       _("A network filter driver is already registered"));
+        return -1;
+    }
 
-    virNWFilterDriverTab[virNWFilterDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virNWFilterDriverTabCount++;
+    VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as network filter driver", driver->name);
+
+    virSharedNWFilterDriver = driver;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 /**
- * virRegisterHypervisorDriver:
+ * virRegisterConnectDriver:
  * @driver: pointer to a driver block
+ * @setSharedDrivers: populate shared drivers
  *
- * Register a virtualization driver
+ * Register a virtualization driver, optionally filling in
+ * any empty pointers for shared secondary drivers
  *
  * Returns the driver priority or -1 in case of error.
  */
 int
-virRegisterHypervisorDriver(virHypervisorDriverPtr driver)
+virRegisterConnectDriver(virConnectDriverPtr driver,
+                         bool setSharedDrivers)
 {
     VIR_DEBUG("driver=%p name=%s", driver,
-              driver ? NULLSTR(driver->name) : "(null)");
+              driver ? NULLSTR(driver->hypervisorDriver->name) : "(null)");
 
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virHypervisorDriverTabCount, -1);
+    if (virConnectDriverTabCount >= MAX_DRIVERS) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Too many drivers, cannot register %s"),
+                       driver->hypervisorDriver->name);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     VIR_DEBUG("registering %s as driver %d",
-           driver->name, virHypervisorDriverTabCount);
+           driver->hypervisorDriver->name, virConnectDriverTabCount);
+
+    if (setSharedDrivers) {
+        if (driver->interfaceDriver == NULL)
+            driver->interfaceDriver = virSharedInterfaceDriver;
+        if (driver->networkDriver == NULL)
+            driver->networkDriver = virSharedNetworkDriver;
+        if (driver->nodeDeviceDriver == NULL)
+            driver->nodeDeviceDriver = virSharedNodeDeviceDriver;
+        if (driver->nwfilterDriver == NULL)
+            driver->nwfilterDriver = virSharedNWFilterDriver;
+        if (driver->secretDriver == NULL)
+            driver->secretDriver = virSharedSecretDriver;
+        if (driver->storageDriver == NULL)
+            driver->storageDriver = virSharedStorageDriver;
+    }
 
-    virHypervisorDriverTab[virHypervisorDriverTabCount] = driver;
-    return virHypervisorDriverTabCount++;
+    virConnectDriverTab[virConnectDriverTabCount] = driver;
+    return virConnectDriverTabCount++;
 }
 
 
@@ -701,7 +733,13 @@ int
 virRegisterStateDriver(virStateDriverPtr driver)
 {
     virCheckNonNullArgReturn(driver, -1);
-    virDriverCheckTabMaxReturn(virStateDriverTabCount, -1);
+
+    if (virStateDriverTabCount >= MAX_DRIVERS) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Too many drivers, cannot register %s"),
+                       driver->name);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     virStateDriverTab[virStateDriverTabCount] = driver;
     return virStateDriverTabCount++;
@@ -1101,7 +1139,7 @@ do_open(const char *name,
     /* Cleansing flags */
     ret->flags = flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < virHypervisorDriverTabCount; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < virConnectDriverTabCount; i++) {
         /* We're going to probe the remote driver next. So we have already
          * probed all other client-side-only driver before, but none of them
          * accepted the URI.
@@ -1109,7 +1147,7 @@ do_open(const char *name,
          * driver then report a useful error, instead of a cryptic one about
          * not being able to connect to libvirtd or not being able to find
          * certificates. */
-        if (virHypervisorDriverTab[i]->no == VIR_DRV_REMOTE &&
+        if (STREQ(virConnectDriverTab[i]->hypervisorDriver->name, "remote") &&
             ret->uri != NULL && ret->uri->scheme != NULL &&
             (
 #ifndef WITH_PHYP
@@ -1137,22 +1175,37 @@ do_open(const char *name,
             goto failed;
         }
 
-        VIR_DEBUG("trying driver %zu (%s) ...", i, virHypervisorDriverTab[i]->name);
-        ret->driver = virHypervisorDriverTab[i];
-        res = virHypervisorDriverTab[i]->connectOpen(ret, auth, flags);
+        VIR_DEBUG("trying driver %zu (%s) ...",
+                  i, virConnectDriverTab[i]->hypervisorDriver->name);
+
+        ret->driver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->hypervisorDriver;
+        ret->interfaceDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->interfaceDriver;
+        ret->networkDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->networkDriver;
+        ret->nodeDeviceDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->nodeDeviceDriver;
+        ret->nwfilterDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->nwfilterDriver;
+        ret->secretDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->secretDriver;
+        ret->storageDriver = virConnectDriverTab[i]->storageDriver;
+
+        res = virConnectDriverTab[i]->hypervisorDriver->connectOpen(ret, auth, flags);
         VIR_DEBUG("driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virHypervisorDriverTab[i]->name,
+                  i, virConnectDriverTab[i]->hypervisorDriver->name,
                   res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
                   (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
                   (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
 
         if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
             break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            ret->driver = NULL;
-            goto failed;
         } else {
             ret->driver = NULL;
+            ret->interfaceDriver = NULL;
+            ret->networkDriver = NULL;
+            ret->nodeDeviceDriver = NULL;
+            ret->nwfilterDriver = NULL;
+            ret->secretDriver = NULL;
+            ret->storageDriver = NULL;
+
+            if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR)
+                goto failed;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1162,106 +1215,6 @@ do_open(const char *name,
         goto failed;
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < virNetworkDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virNetworkDriverTab[i]->networkOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("network driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virNetworkDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->networkDriver = virNetworkDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0; i < virInterfaceDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virInterfaceDriverTab[i]->interfaceOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("interface driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virInterfaceDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->interfaceDriver = virInterfaceDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Secondary driver for storage. Optional */
-    for (i = 0; i < virStorageDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virStorageDriverTab[i]->storageOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("storage driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virStorageDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->storageDriver = virStorageDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Node driver (optional) */
-    for (i = 0; i < virNodeDeviceDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virNodeDeviceDriverTab[i]->nodeDeviceOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("node driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virNodeDeviceDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->nodeDeviceDriver = virNodeDeviceDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Secret manipulation driver. Optional */
-    for (i = 0; i < virSecretDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virSecretDriverTab[i]->secretOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("secret driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virSecretDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->secretDriver = virSecretDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* Network filter driver. Optional */
-    for (i = 0; i < virNWFilterDriverTabCount; i++) {
-        res = virNWFilterDriverTab[i]->nwfilterOpen(ret, auth, flags);
-        VIR_DEBUG("nwfilter driver %zu %s returned %s",
-                  i, virNWFilterDriverTab[i]->name,
-                  res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS ? "SUCCESS" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED ? "DECLINED" :
-                  (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR ? "ERROR" : "unknown status")));
-
-        if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS) {
-            ret->nwfilterDriver = virNWFilterDriverTab[i];
-            break;
-        } else if (res == VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
     virConfFree(conf);
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 7df5972..d193422 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -883,14 +883,14 @@ virDomainMigratePrepare3Params;
 virDomainMigratePrepareTunnel;
 virDomainMigratePrepareTunnel3;
 virDomainMigratePrepareTunnel3Params;
-virRegisterHypervisorDriver;
-virRegisterInterfaceDriver;
-virRegisterNetworkDriver;
-virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver;
-virRegisterNWFilterDriver;
-virRegisterSecretDriver;
+virRegisterConnectDriver;
 virRegisterStateDriver;
-virRegisterStorageDriver;
+virSetSharedInterfaceDriver;
+virSetSharedNetworkDriver;
+virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver;
+virSetSharedNWFilterDriver;
+virSetSharedSecretDriver;
+virSetSharedStorageDriver;
 virStateCleanup;
 virStateInitialize;
 virStateReload;
diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index cd56cbc..c95b387 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -4749,8 +4749,7 @@ libxlDomainMigrateConfirm3Params(virDomainPtr domain,
 }
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver libxlDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_LIBXL,
+static virHypervisorDriver libxlHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = LIBXL_DRIVER_NAME,
     .connectOpen = libxlConnectOpen, /* 0.9.0 */
     .connectClose = libxlConnectClose, /* 0.9.0 */
@@ -4846,6 +4845,10 @@ static virHypervisorDriver libxlDriver = {
     .domainMigrateConfirm3Params = libxlDomainMigrateConfirm3Params, /* 1.2.6 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver libxlConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &libxlHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 static virStateDriver libxlStateDriver = {
     .name = "LIBXL",
     .stateInitialize = libxlStateInitialize,
@@ -4858,7 +4861,8 @@ static virStateDriver libxlStateDriver = {
 int
 libxlRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&libxlDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&libxlConnectDriver,
+                                 true) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&libxlStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index a0bc971..487e2a2 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -5727,8 +5727,7 @@ lxcNodeAllocPages(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 
 /* Function Tables */
-static virHypervisorDriver lxcDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_LXC,
+static virHypervisorDriver lxcHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = LXC_DRIVER_NAME,
     .connectOpen = lxcConnectOpen, /* 0.4.2 */
     .connectClose = lxcConnectClose, /* 0.4.2 */
@@ -5821,6 +5820,10 @@ static virHypervisorDriver lxcDriver = {
     .nodeAllocPages = lxcNodeAllocPages, /* 1.2.9 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver lxcConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &lxcHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 static virStateDriver lxcStateDriver = {
     .name = LXC_DRIVER_NAME,
     .stateInitialize = lxcStateInitialize,
@@ -5831,7 +5834,8 @@ static virStateDriver lxcStateDriver = {
 
 int lxcRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&lxcDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&lxcConnectDriver,
+                                 true) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&lxcStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index 7b84e27..a1bd97b 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -2509,23 +2509,6 @@ static virNetworkPtr networkLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus networkOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                    virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                    unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (!driver)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int networkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int networkConnectNumOfNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
     int nactive = 0;
@@ -3665,9 +3648,7 @@ networkGetDHCPLeases(virNetworkPtr network,
 
 
 static virNetworkDriver networkDriver = {
-    "Network",
-    .networkOpen = networkOpen, /* 0.2.0 */
-    .networkClose = networkClose, /* 0.2.0 */
+    .name = "bridge",
     .connectNumOfNetworks = networkConnectNumOfNetworks, /* 0.2.0 */
     .connectListNetworks = networkConnectListNetworks, /* 0.2.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedNetworks = networkConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks, /* 0.2.0 */
@@ -3693,7 +3674,7 @@ static virNetworkDriver networkDriver = {
 };
 
 static virStateDriver networkStateDriver = {
-    .name = "Network",
+    .name = "bridge",
     .stateInitialize  = networkStateInitialize,
     .stateAutoStart  = networkStateAutoStart,
     .stateCleanup = networkStateCleanup,
@@ -3702,7 +3683,7 @@ static virStateDriver networkStateDriver = {
 
 int networkRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterNetworkDriver(&networkDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedNetworkDriver(&networkDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&networkStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_driver.c b/src/node_device/node_device_driver.c
index b1f17f4..c1ad3cd 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_driver.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_driver.c
@@ -616,17 +616,11 @@ nodeDeviceDestroy(virNodeDevicePtr dev)
 
 int nodedevRegister(void)
 {
-#if defined(WITH_HAL) && defined(WITH_UDEV)
-    /* Register only one of these two - they conflict */
-    if (udevNodeRegister() == -1)
-        return halNodeRegister();
-    return 0;
+#ifdef WITH_UDEV
+    return udevNodeRegister();
 #else
 # ifdef WITH_HAL
     return halNodeRegister();
 # endif
-# ifdef WITH_UDEV
-    return udevNodeRegister();
-# endif
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index 2885bd3..fa37787 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -777,30 +777,8 @@ nodeStateReload(void)
 }
 
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-nodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-               virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-               unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (driver == NULL)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-nodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 static virNodeDeviceDriver halNodeDeviceDriver = {
-    .name = "halNodeDeviceDriver",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = nodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.5.0 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = nodeDeviceClose, /* 0.5.0 */
+    .name = "HAL",
     .nodeNumOfDevices = nodeNumOfDevices, /* 0.5.0 */
     .nodeListDevices = nodeListDevices, /* 0.5.0 */
     .connectListAllNodeDevices = nodeConnectListAllNodeDevices, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -825,7 +803,7 @@ static virStateDriver halStateDriver = {
 int
 halNodeRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&halNodeDeviceDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver(&halNodeDeviceDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     return virRegisterStateDriver(&halStateDriver);
 }
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
index 115a92b..03c7a0b 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
@@ -1821,27 +1821,8 @@ static int nodeStateReload(void)
 }
 
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus nodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                       virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                       unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (driver == NULL)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int nodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static virNodeDeviceDriver udevNodeDeviceDriver = {
-    .name = "udevNodeDeviceDriver",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = nodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.7.3 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = nodeDeviceClose, /* 0.7.3 */
+    .name = "udev",
     .nodeNumOfDevices = nodeNumOfDevices, /* 0.7.3 */
     .nodeListDevices = nodeListDevices, /* 0.7.3 */
     .connectListAllNodeDevices = nodeConnectListAllNodeDevices, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -1866,7 +1847,7 @@ int udevNodeRegister(void)
 {
     VIR_DEBUG("Registering udev node device backend");
 
-    if (virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&udevNodeDeviceDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedNodeDeviceDriver(&udevNodeDeviceDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
 
     return virRegisterStateDriver(&udevStateDriver);
diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
index 225ae14..8e3db43 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
@@ -413,27 +413,6 @@ nwfilterLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn,
 }
 
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-nwfilterOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-             virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-             unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (!driver)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-
-static int
-nwfilterClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 static int
 nwfilterConnectNumOfNWFilters(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -686,8 +665,6 @@ nwfilterTeardownFilter(virDomainNetDefPtr net)
 
 static virNWFilterDriver nwfilterDriver = {
     .name = "nwfilter",
-    .nwfilterOpen = nwfilterOpen, /* 0.8.0 */
-    .nwfilterClose = nwfilterClose, /* 0.8.0 */
     .connectNumOfNWFilters = nwfilterConnectNumOfNWFilters, /* 0.8.0 */
     .connectListNWFilters = nwfilterConnectListNWFilters, /* 0.8.0 */
     .connectListAllNWFilters = nwfilterConnectListAllNWFilters, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -715,7 +692,7 @@ static virDomainConfNWFilterDriver domainNWFilterDriver = {
 
 int nwfilterRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterNWFilterDriver(&nwfilterDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedNWFilterDriver(&nwfilterDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&stateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
index bdab1c3..556f626 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
@@ -2568,8 +2568,7 @@ openvzDomainMigrateConfirm3Params(virDomainPtr domain,
 }
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver openvzDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_OPENVZ,
+static virHypervisorDriver openvzHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "OPENVZ",
     .connectOpen = openvzConnectOpen, /* 0.3.1 */
     .connectClose = openvzConnectClose, /* 0.3.1 */
@@ -2635,9 +2634,12 @@ static virHypervisorDriver openvzDriver = {
     .domainMigrateConfirm3Params = openvzDomainMigrateConfirm3Params, /* 1.2.8 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver openvzConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &openvzHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 int openvzRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&openvzDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&openvzConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
index 17859b0..6c5a91e 100644
--- a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
+++ b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
@@ -3669,46 +3669,7 @@ phypDomainSetVcpus(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int nvcpus)
     return phypDomainSetVcpusFlags(dom, nvcpus, VIR_DOMAIN_VCPU_LIVE);
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-phypStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_PHYP)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-phypStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-phypInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (conn->driver->no != VIR_DRV_PHYP)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-phypInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static virHypervisorDriver phypDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_PHYP,
+static virHypervisorDriver phypHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "PHYP",
     .connectOpen = phypConnectOpen, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectClose = phypConnectClose, /* 0.7.0 */
@@ -3740,10 +3701,6 @@ static virHypervisorDriver phypDriver = {
 };
 
 static virStorageDriver phypStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "PHYP",
-    .storageOpen = phypStorageOpen, /* 0.8.2 */
-    .storageClose = phypStorageClose, /* 0.8.2 */
-
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = phypConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.8.2 */
     .connectListStoragePools = phypConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.8.2 */
     .storagePoolLookupByName = phypStoragePoolLookupByName, /* 0.8.2 */
@@ -3762,9 +3719,6 @@ static virStorageDriver phypStorageDriver = {
 };
 
 static virInterfaceDriver phypInterfaceDriver = {
-    .name = "PHYP",
-    .interfaceOpen = phypInterfaceOpen, /* 0.9.1 */
-    .interfaceClose = phypInterfaceClose, /* 0.9.1 */
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = phypConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 0.9.1 */
     .connectListInterfaces = phypConnectListInterfaces, /* 0.9.1 */
     .interfaceLookupByName = phypInterfaceLookupByName, /* 0.9.1 */
@@ -3773,15 +3727,15 @@ static virInterfaceDriver phypInterfaceDriver = {
     .interfaceIsActive = phypInterfaceIsActive /* 0.9.1 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver phypConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &phypHypervisorDriver,
+    .interfaceDriver = &phypInterfaceDriver,
+    .storageDriver = &phypStorageDriver,
+};
+
 int
 phypRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&phypDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterStorageDriver(&phypStorageDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&phypInterfaceDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&phypConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 2b0a3fd..a471572 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18898,8 +18898,7 @@ qemuDomainGetFSInfo(virDomainPtr dom,
 }
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver qemuDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_QEMU,
+static virHypervisorDriver qemuHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = QEMU_DRIVER_NAME,
     .connectOpen = qemuConnectOpen, /* 0.2.0 */
     .connectClose = qemuConnectClose, /* 0.2.0 */
@@ -19103,6 +19102,10 @@ static virHypervisorDriver qemuDriver = {
 };
 
 
+static virConnectDriver qemuConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &qemuHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 static virStateDriver qemuStateDriver = {
     .name = QEMU_DRIVER_NAME,
     .stateInitialize = qemuStateInitialize,
@@ -19114,7 +19117,8 @@ static virStateDriver qemuStateDriver = {
 
 int qemuRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&qemuDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&qemuConnectDriver,
+                                 true) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&qemuStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 0ad0531..d4fd658 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -3527,69 +3527,6 @@ remoteConnectListAllSecrets(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteGenericOpen(virConnectPtr conn)
-{
-    if (inside_daemon)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    if (conn->driver &&
-        STREQ(conn->driver->name, "remote")) {
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-    }
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-}
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteNetworkOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteNetworkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                    unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                  unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static char *
 remoteConnectFindStoragePoolSources(virConnectPtr conn,
                                     const char *type,
@@ -3757,21 +3694,6 @@ remoteStoragePoolListAllVolumes(virStoragePoolPtr pool,
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteNodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                     unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteNodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 remoteNodeDeviceDettach(virNodeDevicePtr dev)
 {
@@ -3870,22 +3792,6 @@ remoteNodeDeviceReset(virNodeDevicePtr dev)
     return rv;
 }
 
-/* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteNWFilterOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                   unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteNWFilterClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
@@ -5551,21 +5457,6 @@ remoteDomainBuildQemuMonitorEvent(virNetClientProgramPtr prog ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 }
 
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1)
-remoteSecretOpen(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                 unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    return remoteGenericOpen(conn);
-}
-
-static int
-remoteSecretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static unsigned char *
 remoteSecretGetValue(virSecretPtr secret, size_t *value_size,
                      unsigned int flags, unsigned int internalFlags)
@@ -8074,7 +7965,6 @@ unsigned long remoteVersion(void)
 }
 
 static virHypervisorDriver hypervisor_driver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_REMOTE,
     .name = "remote",
     .connectOpen = remoteConnectOpen, /* 0.3.0 */
     .connectClose = remoteConnectClose, /* 0.3.0 */
@@ -8287,9 +8177,6 @@ static virHypervisorDriver hypervisor_driver = {
 };
 
 static virNetworkDriver network_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .networkOpen = remoteNetworkOpen, /* 0.3.0 */
-    .networkClose = remoteNetworkClose, /* 0.3.0 */
     .connectNumOfNetworks = remoteConnectNumOfNetworks, /* 0.3.0 */
     .connectListNetworks = remoteConnectListNetworks, /* 0.3.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedNetworks = remoteConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks, /* 0.3.0 */
@@ -8315,9 +8202,6 @@ static virNetworkDriver network_driver = {
 };
 
 static virInterfaceDriver interface_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .interfaceOpen = remoteInterfaceOpen, /* 0.7.2 */
-    .interfaceClose = remoteInterfaceClose, /* 0.7.2 */
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = remoteConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 0.7.2 */
     .connectListInterfaces = remoteConnectListInterfaces, /* 0.7.2 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces = remoteConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces, /* 0.7.2 */
@@ -8337,9 +8221,6 @@ static virInterfaceDriver interface_driver = {
 };
 
 static virStorageDriver storage_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .storageOpen = remoteStorageOpen, /* 0.4.1 */
-    .storageClose = remoteStorageClose, /* 0.4.1 */
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = remoteConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.4.1 */
     .connectListStoragePools = remoteConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.4.1 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedStoragePools = remoteConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools, /* 0.4.1 */
@@ -8384,9 +8265,6 @@ static virStorageDriver storage_driver = {
 };
 
 static virSecretDriver secret_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .secretOpen = remoteSecretOpen, /* 0.7.1 */
-    .secretClose = remoteSecretClose, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectNumOfSecrets = remoteConnectNumOfSecrets, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectListSecrets = remoteConnectListSecrets, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectListAllSecrets = remoteConnectListAllSecrets, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -8400,9 +8278,6 @@ static virSecretDriver secret_driver = {
 };
 
 static virNodeDeviceDriver node_device_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = remoteNodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.5.0 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = remoteNodeDeviceClose, /* 0.5.0 */
     .nodeNumOfDevices = remoteNodeNumOfDevices, /* 0.5.0 */
     .nodeListDevices = remoteNodeListDevices, /* 0.5.0 */
     .connectListAllNodeDevices  = remoteConnectListAllNodeDevices, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -8417,9 +8292,6 @@ static virNodeDeviceDriver node_device_driver = {
 };
 
 static virNWFilterDriver nwfilter_driver = {
-    .name = "remote",
-    .nwfilterOpen = remoteNWFilterOpen, /* 0.8.0 */
-    .nwfilterClose = remoteNWFilterClose, /* 0.8.0 */
     .nwfilterLookupByUUID = remoteNWFilterLookupByUUID, /* 0.8.0 */
     .nwfilterLookupByName = remoteNWFilterLookupByName, /* 0.8.0 */
     .nwfilterGetXMLDesc           = remoteNWFilterGetXMLDesc, /* 0.8.0 */
@@ -8430,6 +8302,15 @@ static virNWFilterDriver nwfilter_driver = {
     .connectListAllNWFilters     = remoteConnectListAllNWFilters, /* 0.10.2 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver connect_driver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &hypervisor_driver,
+    .interfaceDriver = &interface_driver,
+    .networkDriver = &network_driver,
+    .nodeDeviceDriver = &node_device_driver,
+    .nwfilterDriver = &nwfilter_driver,
+    .secretDriver = &secret_driver,
+    .storageDriver = &storage_driver,
+};
 
 static virStateDriver state_driver = {
     .name = "Remote",
@@ -8446,19 +8327,8 @@ static virStateDriver state_driver = {
 int
 remoteRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&hypervisor_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNetworkDriver(&network_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&interface_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterStorageDriver(&storage_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&node_device_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterSecretDriver(&secret_driver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNWFilterDriver(&nwfilter_driver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&connect_driver,
+                                 false) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&state_driver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/secret/secret_driver.c b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
index 26a23ac..fcdff1b 100644
--- a/src/secret/secret_driver.c
+++ b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
@@ -514,25 +514,6 @@ loadSecrets(virSecretEntryPtr *dest)
 
  /* Driver functions */
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-secretOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-           virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-           unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (driver == NULL)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-secretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 secretConnectNumOfSecrets(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -1152,8 +1133,6 @@ secretStateReload(void)
 
 static virSecretDriver secretDriver = {
     .name = "secret",
-    .secretOpen = secretOpen, /* 0.7.1 */
-    .secretClose = secretClose, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectNumOfSecrets = secretConnectNumOfSecrets, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectListSecrets = secretConnectListSecrets, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectListAllSecrets = secretConnectListAllSecrets, /* 0.10.2 */
@@ -1167,7 +1146,7 @@ static virSecretDriver secretDriver = {
 };
 
 static virStateDriver stateDriver = {
-    .name = "Secret",
+    .name = "secret",
     .stateInitialize = secretStateInitialize,
     .stateCleanup = secretStateCleanup,
     .stateReload = secretStateReload,
@@ -1176,7 +1155,7 @@ static virStateDriver stateDriver = {
 int
 secretRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterSecretDriver(&secretDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedSecretDriver(&secretDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&stateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_driver.c b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
index 66dc994..3fc09ce 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
@@ -355,25 +355,6 @@ storagePoolLookupByVolume(virStorageVolPtr vol)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-storageOpen(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-            virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-            unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (!driver)
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-storageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 storageConnectNumOfStoragePools(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -2389,8 +2370,6 @@ storageConnectListAllStoragePools(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 static virStorageDriver storageDriver = {
     .name = "storage",
-    .storageOpen = storageOpen, /* 0.4.0 */
-    .storageClose = storageClose, /* 0.4.0 */
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = storageConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.4.0 */
     .connectListStoragePools = storageConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.4.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedStoragePools = storageConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools, /* 0.4.0 */
@@ -2437,7 +2416,7 @@ static virStorageDriver storageDriver = {
 
 
 static virStateDriver stateDriver = {
-    .name = "Storage",
+    .name = "storage",
     .stateInitialize = storageStateInitialize,
     .stateAutoStart = storageStateAutoStart,
     .stateCleanup = storageStateCleanup,
@@ -2446,7 +2425,7 @@ static virStateDriver stateDriver = {
 
 int storageRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterStorageDriver(&storageDriver) < 0)
+    if (virSetSharedStorageDriver(&storageDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&stateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/test/test_driver.c b/src/test/test_driver.c
index 777ef3a..a386270 100644
--- a/src/test/test_driver.c
+++ b/src/test/test_driver.c
@@ -3485,23 +3485,6 @@ static int testDomainInterfaceStats(virDomainPtr domain,
     return ret;
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus testNetworkOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                        virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                        unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testNetworkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 
 static virNetworkPtr testNetworkLookupByUUID(virConnectPtr conn,
                                              const unsigned char *uuid)
@@ -4043,23 +4026,6 @@ static int testNetworkSetAutostart(virNetworkPtr network,
  * Physical host interface routines
  */
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus testInterfaceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                          virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                          unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testInterfaceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 
 static int testConnectNumOfInterfaces(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -4478,23 +4444,6 @@ static int testStoragePoolObjSetDefaults(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool)
     return VIR_STRDUP(pool->configFile, "");
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus testStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                        virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                        unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 
 static virStoragePoolPtr
 testStoragePoolLookupByUUID(virConnectPtr conn,
@@ -5816,22 +5765,6 @@ testStorageVolGetPath(virStorageVolPtr vol)
 
 
 /* Node device implementations */
-static virDrvOpenStatus testNodeDeviceOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                           virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                           unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testNodeDeviceClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
 
 static int
 testNodeNumOfDevices(virConnectPtr conn,
@@ -6281,41 +6214,6 @@ static void testObjectEventQueue(testConnPtr driver,
     virObjectEventStateQueue(driver->eventState, event);
 }
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus testSecretOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                       virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                       unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testSecretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-static virDrvOpenStatus testNWFilterOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                                         virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                                         unsigned int flags)
-{
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "Test"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int testNWFilterClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 
 static int testConnectListAllDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
                                      virDomainPtr **domains,
@@ -7344,8 +7242,7 @@ testDomainRevertToSnapshot(virDomainSnapshotPtr snapshot,
 
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver testDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_TEST,
+static virHypervisorDriver testHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "Test",
     .connectOpen = testConnectOpen, /* 0.1.1 */
     .connectClose = testConnectClose, /* 0.1.1 */
@@ -7444,9 +7341,6 @@ static virHypervisorDriver testDriver = {
 };
 
 static virNetworkDriver testNetworkDriver = {
-    "Test",
-    .networkOpen = testNetworkOpen, /* 0.3.2 */
-    .networkClose = testNetworkClose, /* 0.3.2 */
     .connectNumOfNetworks = testConnectNumOfNetworks, /* 0.3.2 */
     .connectListNetworks = testConnectListNetworks, /* 0.3.2 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedNetworks = testConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks, /* 0.3.2 */
@@ -7471,9 +7365,6 @@ static virNetworkDriver testNetworkDriver = {
 };
 
 static virInterfaceDriver testInterfaceDriver = {
-    "Test",                     /* name */
-    .interfaceOpen = testInterfaceOpen, /* 0.7.0 */
-    .interfaceClose = testInterfaceClose, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectNumOfInterfaces = testConnectNumOfInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectListInterfaces = testConnectListInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedInterfaces = testConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces, /* 0.7.0 */
@@ -7493,10 +7384,6 @@ static virInterfaceDriver testInterfaceDriver = {
 
 
 static virStorageDriver testStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "Test",
-    .storageOpen = testStorageOpen, /* 0.4.1 */
-    .storageClose = testStorageClose, /* 0.4.1 */
-
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = testConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.5.0 */
     .connectListStoragePools = testConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.5.0 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedStoragePools = testConnectNumOfDefinedStoragePools, /* 0.5.0 */
@@ -7536,10 +7423,6 @@ static virStorageDriver testStorageDriver = {
 };
 
 static virNodeDeviceDriver testNodeDeviceDriver = {
-    .name = "Test",
-    .nodeDeviceOpen = testNodeDeviceOpen, /* 0.6.0 */
-    .nodeDeviceClose = testNodeDeviceClose, /* 0.6.0 */
-
     .nodeNumOfDevices = testNodeNumOfDevices, /* 0.7.2 */
     .nodeListDevices = testNodeListDevices, /* 0.7.2 */
     .nodeDeviceLookupByName = testNodeDeviceLookupByName, /* 0.7.2 */
@@ -7551,17 +7434,14 @@ static virNodeDeviceDriver testNodeDeviceDriver = {
     .nodeDeviceDestroy = testNodeDeviceDestroy, /* 0.7.3 */
 };
 
-static virSecretDriver testSecretDriver = {
-    .name = "Test",
-    .secretOpen = testSecretOpen, /* 0.7.1 */
-    .secretClose = testSecretClose, /* 0.7.1 */
-};
-
-
-static virNWFilterDriver testNWFilterDriver = {
-    .name = "Test",
-    .nwfilterOpen = testNWFilterOpen, /* 0.8.0 */
-    .nwfilterClose = testNWFilterClose, /* 0.8.0 */
+static virConnectDriver testConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &testHypervisorDriver,
+    .interfaceDriver = &testInterfaceDriver,
+    .networkDriver = &testNetworkDriver,
+    .nodeDeviceDriver = &testNodeDeviceDriver,
+    .nwfilterDriver = NULL,
+    .secretDriver = NULL,
+    .storageDriver = &testStorageDriver,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -7572,20 +7452,6 @@ static virNWFilterDriver testNWFilterDriver = {
 int
 testRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&testDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNetworkDriver(&testNetworkDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterInterfaceDriver(&testInterfaceDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterStorageDriver(&testStorageDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNodeDeviceDriver(&testNodeDeviceDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterSecretDriver(&testSecretDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    if (virRegisterNWFilterDriver(&testNWFilterDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&testConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_driver.c b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
index d5bc8ab..6ca038a 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_driver.c
+++ b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
@@ -2943,8 +2943,7 @@ umlNodeAllocPages(virConnectPtr conn,
 }
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver umlDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_UML,
+static virHypervisorDriver umlHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "UML",
     .connectOpen = umlConnectOpen, /* 0.5.0 */
     .connectClose = umlConnectClose, /* 0.5.0 */
@@ -3009,6 +3008,10 @@ static virHypervisorDriver umlDriver = {
     .nodeAllocPages = umlNodeAllocPages, /* 1.2.9 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver umlConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &umlHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 static virStateDriver umlStateDriver = {
     .name = "UML",
     .stateInitialize = umlStateInitialize,
@@ -3019,7 +3022,8 @@ static virStateDriver umlStateDriver = {
 
 int umlRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&umlDriver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&umlConnectDriver,
+                                 true) < 0)
         return -1;
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&umlStateDriver) < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index e020f83..bd3f50c 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -7594,7 +7594,6 @@ vboxNodeAllocPages(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
  */
 
 virHypervisorDriver vboxCommonDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_VBOX,
     .name = "VBOX",
     .connectOpen = vboxConnectOpen, /* 0.6.3 */
     .connectClose = vboxConnectClose, /* 0.6.3 */
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_driver.c b/src/vbox/vbox_driver.c
index b2e35e9..d363fef 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_driver.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_driver.c
@@ -50,36 +50,6 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("vbox.vbox_driver");
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_VBOX
 
-#if !defined(WITH_DRIVER_MODULES) || defined(VBOX_NETWORK_DRIVER)
-int vboxNetworkRegister(void)
-{
-    virNetworkDriverPtr networkDriver = NULL;
-    uint32_t uVersion;
-
-    if (VBoxCGlueInit(&uVersion) == 0)
-        networkDriver = vboxGetNetworkDriver(uVersion);
-
-    if (networkDriver && virRegisterNetworkDriver(networkDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(WITH_DRIVER_MODULES) || defined(VBOX_STORAGE_DRIVER)
-int vboxStorageRegister(void)
-{
-    virStorageDriverPtr storageDriver = NULL;
-    uint32_t uVersion;
-
-    if (VBoxCGlueInit(&uVersion) == 0)
-        storageDriver = vboxGetStorageDriver(uVersion);
-
-    if (storageDriver && virRegisterStorageDriver(storageDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(WITH_DRIVER_MODULES) || defined(VBOX_DRIVER)
 static virDrvOpenStatus dummyConnectOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
                                          virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
@@ -122,23 +92,28 @@ static virDrvOpenStatus dummyConnectOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
 }
 
 static virHypervisorDriver vboxDriverDummy = {
-    VIR_DRV_VBOX,
     "VBOX",
     .connectOpen = dummyConnectOpen, /* 0.6.3 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver vboxConnectDriver;
+
 int vboxRegister(void)
 {
-    virHypervisorDriverPtr driver = NULL;
     uint32_t uVersion;
 
     if (VBoxCGlueInit(&uVersion) == 0)
-        driver = vboxGetHypervisorDriver(uVersion);
+        vboxConnectDriver.hypervisorDriver = vboxGetHypervisorDriver(uVersion);
 
-    if (!driver)
-        driver = &vboxDriverDummy;
+    if (vboxConnectDriver.hypervisorDriver) {
+        vboxConnectDriver.networkDriver = vboxGetNetworkDriver(uVersion);
+        vboxConnectDriver.storageDriver = vboxGetStorageDriver(uVersion);
+    } else {
+        vboxConnectDriver.hypervisorDriver = &vboxDriverDummy;
+    }
 
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(driver) < 0)
+    if (virRegisterConnectDriver(&vboxConnectDriver,
+                                 false) < 0)
         return -1;
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_network.c b/src/vbox/vbox_network.c
index a6079b4..ee409e3 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_network.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_network.c
@@ -86,35 +86,6 @@ static vboxUniformedAPI gVBoxAPI;
  * The Network Functions here on
  */
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-vboxNetworkOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                unsigned int flags)
-{
-    vboxGlobalData *data = conn->privateData;
-
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "VBOX"))
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    if (!data->pFuncs || !data->vboxObj || !data->vboxSession)
-        goto cleanup;
-
-    VIR_DEBUG("network initialized");
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-
- cleanup:
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-}
-
-static int vboxNetworkClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("network uninitialized");
-
-    return 0;
-}
 
 static int vboxConnectNumOfNetworks(virConnectPtr conn)
 {
@@ -998,9 +969,6 @@ static char *vboxNetworkGetXMLDesc(virNetworkPtr network, unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 virNetworkDriver vboxNetworkDriver = {
-    "VBOX",
-    .networkOpen = vboxNetworkOpen, /* 0.6.4 */
-    .networkClose = vboxNetworkClose, /* 0.6.4 */
     .connectNumOfNetworks = vboxConnectNumOfNetworks, /* 0.6.4 */
     .connectListNetworks = vboxConnectListNetworks, /* 0.6.4 */
     .connectNumOfDefinedNetworks = vboxConnectNumOfDefinedNetworks, /* 0.6.4 */
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_storage.c b/src/vbox/vbox_storage.c
index 3af5f94..599f917 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_storage.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_storage.c
@@ -42,33 +42,6 @@ static vboxUniformedAPI gVBoxAPI;
  * The Storage Functions here on
  */
 
-static virDrvOpenStatus
-vboxStorageOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
-                virConnectAuthPtr auth ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                unsigned int flags)
-{
-    vboxGlobalData *data = conn->privateData;
-
-    virCheckFlags(VIR_CONNECT_RO, VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR);
-
-    if (STRNEQ(conn->driver->name, "VBOX"))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
-
-    if ((!data->pFuncs) || (!data->vboxObj) || (!data->vboxSession))
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
-
-    VIR_DEBUG("vbox storage initialized");
-
-    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int vboxStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    VIR_DEBUG("vbox storage uninitialized");
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int vboxConnectNumOfStoragePools(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 
@@ -894,9 +867,6 @@ static char *vboxStorageVolGetPath(virStorageVolPtr vol)
  */
 
 virStorageDriver vboxStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "VBOX",
-    .storageOpen = vboxStorageOpen, /* 0.7.1 */
-    .storageClose = vboxStorageClose, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectNumOfStoragePools = vboxConnectNumOfStoragePools, /* 0.7.1 */
     .connectListStoragePools = vboxConnectListStoragePools, /* 0.7.1 */
     .storagePoolLookupByName = vboxStoragePoolLookupByName, /* 0.7.1 */
diff --git a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
index d045993..2d7ba04 100644
--- a/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
+++ b/src/vmware/vmware_driver.c
@@ -1197,8 +1197,7 @@ vmwareConnectListAllDomains(virConnectPtr conn,
 
 
 
-static virHypervisorDriver vmwareDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_VMWARE,
+static virHypervisorDriver vmwareHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "VMWARE",
     .connectOpen = vmwareConnectOpen, /* 0.8.7 */
     .connectClose = vmwareConnectClose, /* 0.8.7 */
@@ -1236,10 +1235,13 @@ static virHypervisorDriver vmwareDriver = {
     .connectIsAlive = vmwareConnectIsAlive, /* 0.9.8 */
 };
 
+static virConnectDriver vmwareConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &vmwareHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 int
 vmwareRegister(void)
 {
-    if (virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&vmwareDriver) < 0)
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&vmwareConnectDriver,
+                                    false);
 }
diff --git a/src/xen/xen_driver.c b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
index 65dc24f..5e6ef68 100644
--- a/src/xen/xen_driver.c
+++ b/src/xen/xen_driver.c
@@ -2759,8 +2759,7 @@ xenUnifiedNodeSuspendForDuration(virConnectPtr conn,
 /*----- Register with libvirt.c, and initialize Xen drivers. -----*/
 
 /* The interface which we export upwards to libvirt.c. */
-static virHypervisorDriver xenUnifiedDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_XEN_UNIFIED,
+static virHypervisorDriver xenUnifiedHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "Xen",
     .connectOpen = xenUnifiedConnectOpen, /* 0.0.3 */
     .connectClose = xenUnifiedConnectClose, /* 0.0.3 */
@@ -2856,6 +2855,11 @@ static virHypervisorDriver xenUnifiedDriver = {
     .nodeSetMemoryParameters = xenUnifiedNodeSetMemoryParameters, /* 0.10.2 */
 };
 
+
+static virConnectDriver xenUnifiedConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &xenUnifiedHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 /**
  * xenRegister:
  *
@@ -2868,7 +2872,8 @@ xenRegister(void)
 {
     if (virRegisterStateDriver(&state_driver) == -1) return -1;
 
-    return virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&xenUnifiedDriver);
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&xenUnifiedConnectDriver,
+                                    true);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
index c5118ec..3ea91de 100644
--- a/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
+++ b/src/xenapi/xenapi_driver.c
@@ -1978,8 +1978,7 @@ xenapiConnectIsAlive(virConnectPtr conn)
 }
 
 /* The interface which we export upwards to libvirt.c. */
-static virHypervisorDriver xenapiDriver = {
-    .no = VIR_DRV_XENAPI,
+static virHypervisorDriver xenapiHypervisorDriver = {
     .name = "XenAPI",
     .connectOpen = xenapiConnectOpen, /* 0.8.0 */
     .connectClose = xenapiConnectClose, /* 0.8.0 */
@@ -2032,6 +2031,11 @@ static virHypervisorDriver xenapiDriver = {
     .connectIsAlive = xenapiConnectIsAlive, /* 0.9.8 */
 };
 
+
+static virConnectDriver xenapiConnectDriver = {
+    .hypervisorDriver = &xenapiHypervisorDriver,
+};
+
 /**
  * xenapiRegister:
  *
@@ -2041,7 +2045,7 @@ static virHypervisorDriver xenapiDriver = {
 int
 xenapiRegister(void)
 {
-    return virRegisterHypervisorDriver(&xenapiDriver);
+    return virRegisterConnectDriver(&xenapiConnectDriver);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index d1a95c5..3d79759 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -58,16 +58,7 @@ fakeSecretLookupByUsage(virConnectPtr conn,
     return virGetSecret(conn, uuid, usageType, usageID);
 }
 
-static int
-fakeSecretClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static virSecretDriver fakeSecretDriver = {
-    .name = "fake_secret",
-    .secretOpen = NULL,
-    .secretClose = fakeSecretClose,
     .connectNumOfSecrets = NULL,
     .connectListSecrets = NULL,
     .secretLookupByUUID = NULL,
@@ -213,12 +204,6 @@ fakeStoragePoolGetXMLDesc(virStoragePoolPtr pool,
 }
 
 static int
-fakeStorageClose(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int
 fakeStoragePoolIsActive(virStoragePoolPtr pool)
 {
     if (STREQ(pool->name, "inactive"))
@@ -244,8 +229,6 @@ fakeStoragePoolIsActive(virStoragePoolPtr pool)
  * type is assumed.
  */
 static virStorageDriver fakeStorageDriver = {
-    .name = "fake_storage",
-    .storageClose = fakeStorageClose,
     .storagePoolLookupByName = fakeStoragePoolLookupByName,
     .storageVolLookupByName = fakeStorageVolLookupByName,
     .storagePoolGetXMLDesc = fakeStoragePoolGetXMLDesc,
diff --git a/tests/virdrivermoduletest.c b/tests/virdrivermoduletest.c
index d823ad9..6fb842e 100644
--- a/tests/virdrivermoduletest.c
+++ b/tests/virdrivermoduletest.c
@@ -30,23 +30,12 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("tests.drivermoduletest");
 
-struct testDriverData {
-    const char *name;
-    const char *dep1;
-};
-
-
 static int testDriverModule(const void *args)
 {
-    const struct testDriverData *data = args;
-
-    /* coverity[leaked_storage] */
-    if (data->dep1 &&
-        !virDriverLoadModule(data->dep1))
-        return -1;
+    const char *name = args;
 
     /* coverity[leaked_storage] */
-    if (!virDriverLoadModule(data->name))
+    if (!virDriverLoadModule(name))
         return -1;
 
     return 0;
@@ -60,8 +49,7 @@ mymain(void)
 
 #define TEST(name, dep1)                                                \
     do  {                                                               \
-        const struct testDriverData data = { name, dep1 };              \
-        if (virtTestRun("Test driver " # name, testDriverModule, &data) < 0) \
+        if (virtTestRun("Test driver " # name, testDriverModule, name) < 0) \
             ret = -1;                                                   \
     } while (0)
 
-- 
2.1.0




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