diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-14.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-14.vars
index 0a7ac5e0e1..0997c47af5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-14.vars
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-14.vars
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
 NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
 PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
 PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk-vnc gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson mtools ncurses nettle ninja opencv pixman pkgconf png py311-numpy py311-pillow py311-pip py311-pyyaml py311-sphinx py311-sphinx_rtd_theme py311-tomli python3 rpm2cpio rust rust-bindgen-cli sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio socat spice-protocol tesseract usbredir virglrenderer vte3 xorriso zstd'
+PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache4 cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk-vnc gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson mtools ncurses nettle ninja opencv pixman pkgconf png py311-numpy py311-pillow py311-pip py311-pyyaml py311-sphinx py311-sphinx_rtd_theme py311-tomli python3 rpm2cpio rust rust-bindgen-cli sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio socat spice-protocol tesseract usbredir virglrenderer vte3 xorriso zstd'
 PYPI_PKGS=''
 PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2101b51217..c1d954c9de 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ F: include/hw/intc/goldfish_pic.h
 F: include/hw/intc/m68k_irqc.h
 F: include/hw/misc/virt_ctrl.h
 F: docs/specs/virt-ctlr.rst
+F: tests/functional/test_m68k_tuxrun.py
 
 MicroBlaze Machines
 -------------------
@@ -4151,7 +4152,6 @@ M: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
 T: git https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu testing/next
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
 M: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
-R: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: .github/workflows/lockdown.yml
 F: .gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4197,7 +4197,6 @@ Integration Testing with the Avocado framework
 W: https://trello.com/b/6Qi1pxVn/avocado-qemu
 R: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
 R: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
-R: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@redhat.com>
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: tests/avocado/
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/keymaps/meson.build b/pc-bios/keymaps/meson.build
index 0bd8ce0077..a79a09b276 100644
--- a/pc-bios/keymaps/meson.build
+++ b/pc-bios/keymaps/meson.build
@@ -39,19 +39,18 @@ else
   native_qemu_keymap = qemu_keymap
 endif
 
+keymap_targets = []
 if native_qemu_keymap.found()
-  t = []
   foreach km, args: keymaps
     # generate with qemu-kvm
-    t += custom_target(km,
-                       build_by_default: true,
-                       output: km,
-                       command: [native_qemu_keymap, '-f', '@OUTPUT@', args.split()],
-                       install: have_system,
-                       install_dir: qemu_datadir / 'keymaps')
+    keymap_targets += custom_target(km,
+                                    build_by_default: true,
+                                    output: km,
+                                    command: [native_qemu_keymap, '-f', '@OUTPUT@', args.split()],
+                                    install: have_system,
+                                    install_dir: qemu_datadir / 'keymaps')
   endforeach
-
-  alias_target('update-keymaps', t)
+  alias_target('update-keymaps', keymap_targets)
 else
   install_data(keymaps.keys(), install_dir: qemu_datadir / 'keymaps')
 endif
diff --git a/system/qtest.c b/system/qtest.c
index 99ef2042f6..e68ed0f2a8 100644
--- a/system/qtest.c
+++ b/system/qtest.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static void *qtest_server_send_opaque;
  * let you adjust the value of the clock (monotonically).  All the commands
  * return the current value of the clock in nanoseconds.
  *
+ * If the commands FAIL then time wasn't advanced which is likely
+ * because the machine was in a paused state or no timer events exist
+ * in the future. This will cause qtest to abort and the test will
+ * need to check its assumptions.
+ *
  * .. code-block:: none
  *
  *  > clock_step
@@ -710,7 +715,8 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
             qtest_sendf(chr, "OK little\n");
         }
     } else if (qtest_enabled() && strcmp(words[0], "clock_step") == 0) {
-        int64_t ns;
+        int64_t old_ns = qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
+        int64_t ns, new_ns;
 
         if (words[1]) {
             int ret = qemu_strtoi64(words[1], NULL, 0, &ns);
@@ -719,11 +725,10 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
             ns = qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
                                             QEMU_TIMER_ATTR_ALL);
         }
-        qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(
-            qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + ns);
+        new_ns = qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(old_ns + ns);
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
-        qtest_sendf(chr, "OK %"PRIi64"\n",
-                    (int64_t)qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL));
+        qtest_sendf(chr, "%s %"PRIi64"\n",
+                    new_ns > old_ns ? "OK" : "FAIL", new_ns);
     } else if (strcmp(words[0], "module_load") == 0) {
         Error *local_err = NULL;
         int rv;
@@ -740,16 +745,16 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
             qtest_sendf(chr, "FAIL\n");
         }
     } else if (qtest_enabled() && strcmp(words[0], "clock_set") == 0) {
-        int64_t ns;
+        int64_t ns, new_ns;
         int ret;
 
         g_assert(words[1]);
         ret = qemu_strtoi64(words[1], NULL, 0, &ns);
         g_assert(ret == 0);
-        qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(ns);
+        new_ns = qemu_clock_advance_virtual_time(ns);
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
-        qtest_sendf(chr, "OK %"PRIi64"\n",
-                    (int64_t)qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL));
+        qtest_sendf(chr, "%s %"PRIi64"\n",
+                    new_ns == ns ? "OK" : "FAIL", new_ns);
     } else if (process_command_cb && process_command_cb(chr, words)) {
         /* Command got consumed by the callback handler */
     } else {
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
index c09a8da890..9f6c4763c5 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
@@ -93,13 +93,18 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       libcmocka-dev:mips64el \
                       libcurl4-gnutls-dev:mips64el \
                       libdaxctl-dev:mips64el \
+                      libdrm-dev:mips64el \
+                      libepoxy-dev:mips64el \
                       libfdt-dev:mips64el \
                       libffi-dev:mips64el \
                       libfuse3-dev:mips64el \
+                      libgbm-dev:mips64el \
                       libgcrypt20-dev:mips64el \
                       libglib2.0-dev:mips64el \
                       libglusterfs-dev:mips64el \
                       libgnutls28-dev:mips64el \
+                      libgtk-3-dev:mips64el \
+                      libgtk-vnc-2.0-dev:mips64el \
                       libibverbs-dev:mips64el \
                       libiscsi-dev:mips64el \
                       libjemalloc-dev:mips64el \
@@ -119,6 +124,8 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       librbd-dev:mips64el \
                       librdmacm-dev:mips64el \
                       libsasl2-dev:mips64el \
+                      libsdl2-dev:mips64el \
+                      libsdl2-image-dev:mips64el \
                       libseccomp-dev:mips64el \
                       libselinux1-dev:mips64el \
                       libslirp-dev:mips64el \
@@ -134,6 +141,8 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
                       libusb-1.0-0-dev:mips64el \
                       libusbredirhost-dev:mips64el \
                       libvdeplug-dev:mips64el \
+                      libvirglrenderer-dev:mips64el \
+                      libvte-2.91-dev:mips64el \
                       libxdp-dev:mips64el \
                       libzstd-dev:mips64el \
                       nettle-dev:mips64el \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
index 4d8ca83cb3..b0386cd3a1 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross-arch riscv64 debian-sid qemu-minimal
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross-arch riscv64 debian-13 qemu-minimal
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM docker.io/library/debian:sid-slim
+FROM docker.io/library/debian:trixie-slim
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
     apt-get update && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
index 479b4d6eba..7e00e870ce 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-tricore-cross.docker
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #
 FROM docker.io/library/debian:11-slim
 
-MAINTAINER Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
-
 RUN apt update && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt install -yy \
diff --git a/tests/functional/meson.build b/tests/functional/meson.build
index a5087fcb34..bd3d903cfc 100644
--- a/tests/functional/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ endif
 test_timeouts = {
   'aarch64_aspeed' : 600,
   'aarch64_raspi4' : 480,
+  'aarch64_rme_virt' : 1200,
+  'aarch64_rme_sbsaref' : 1200,
   'aarch64_sbsaref_alpine' : 720,
   'aarch64_sbsaref_freebsd' : 720,
   'aarch64_tuxrun' : 240,
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ tests_aarch64_system_thorough = [
   'aarch64_aspeed',
   'aarch64_raspi3',
   'aarch64_raspi4',
+  'aarch64_rme_virt',
+  'aarch64_rme_sbsaref',
   'aarch64_sbsaref',
   'aarch64_sbsaref_alpine',
   'aarch64_sbsaref_freebsd',
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ tests_m68k_system_thorough = [
   'm68k_mcf5208evb',
   'm68k_nextcube',
   'm68k_q800',
+  'm68k_tuxrun',
 ]
 
 tests_microblaze_system_thorough = [
diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/tuxruntest.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/tuxruntest.py
index 7227a83757..41a4945a14 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/tuxruntest.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/tuxruntest.py
@@ -73,17 +73,7 @@ class TuxRunBaselineTest(QemuSystemTest):
         Fetch the TuxBoot assets.
         """
         kernel_image =  kernel_asset.fetch()
-        disk_image_zst = rootfs_asset.fetch()
-
-        disk_image = self.scratch_file("rootfs.ext4")
-
-        check_call(['zstd', "-f", "-d", disk_image_zst,
-                    "-o", disk_image],
-                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
-        # zstd copies source archive permissions for the output
-        # file, so must make this writable for QEMU
-        os.chmod(disk_image, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
-
+        disk_image = self.uncompress(rootfs_asset)
         dtb = dtb_asset.fetch() if dtb_asset is not None else None
 
         return (kernel_image, disk_image, dtb)
diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/uncompress.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/uncompress.py
index 6d02ded066..76dcf22385 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/uncompress.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/uncompress.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import gzip
 import lzma
 import os
+import stat
 import shutil
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from subprocess import check_call, CalledProcessError
 
 from .asset import Asset
 
@@ -38,6 +40,24 @@ def lzma_uncompress(xz_path, output_path):
             os.remove(output_path)
             raise
 
+
+def zstd_uncompress(zstd_path, output_path):
+    if os.path.exists(output_path):
+        return
+
+    try:
+        check_call(['zstd', "-f", "-d", zstd_path,
+                    "-o", output_path])
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        os.remove(output_path)
+        raise Exception(
+            f"Unable to decompress zstd file {zstd_path} with {e}") from e
+
+    # zstd copies source archive permissions for the output
+    # file, so must make this writable for QEMU
+    os.chmod(output_path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
+
+
 '''
 @params compressed: filename, Asset, or file-like object to uncompress
 @params uncompressed: filename to uncompress into
@@ -59,6 +79,8 @@ def uncompress(compressed, uncompressed, format=None):
         lzma_uncompress(str(compressed), uncompressed)
     elif format == "gz":
         gzip_uncompress(str(compressed), uncompressed)
+    elif format == "zstd":
+        zstd_uncompress(str(compressed), uncompressed)
     else:
         raise Exception(f"Unknown compression format {format}")
 
@@ -79,5 +101,7 @@ def guess_uncompress_format(compressed):
         return "xz"
     elif ext == ".gz":
         return "gz"
+    elif ext in [".zstd", ".zst"]:
+        return 'zstd'
     else:
         raise Exception(f"Unknown compression format for {compressed}")
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_sbsaref.py b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_sbsaref.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..93bb528338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_sbsaref.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots a Realms environment on sbsa-ref machine and a
+# nested guest VM using it.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import time
+import os
+import logging
+
+from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
+from qemu_test import exec_command, wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+from test_aarch64_rme_virt import test_realms_guest
+
+class Aarch64RMESbsaRefMachine(QemuSystemTest):
+
+    # Stack is built with OP-TEE build environment from those instructions:
+    # https://linaro.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/QEMU/pages/29051027459/
+    # https://github.com/pbo-linaro/qemu-rme-stack
+    ASSET_RME_STACK_SBSA = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/KJyeBxL82mz2r7F/'
+         'download/rme-stack-op-tee-4.2.0-cca-v4-sbsa.tar.gz'),
+         'dd9ab28ec869bdf3b5376116cb3689103b43433fd5c4bca0f4a8d8b3c104999e')
+
+    # This tests the FEAT_RME cpu implementation, by booting a VM supporting it,
+    # and launching a nested VM using it.
+    def test_aarch64_rme_sbsaref(self):
+        self.set_machine('sbsa-ref')
+        self.require_accelerator('tcg')
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+
+        stack_path_tar_gz = self.ASSET_RME_STACK_SBSA.fetch()
+        self.archive_extract(stack_path_tar_gz, format="tar")
+
+        rme_stack = self.scratch_file('rme-stack-op-tee-4.2.0-cca-v4-sbsa')
+        pflash0 = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'images', 'SBSA_FLASH0.fd')
+        pflash1 = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'images', 'SBSA_FLASH1.fd')
+        virtual = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'images', 'disks', 'virtual')
+        drive = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'out-br', 'images', 'rootfs.ext4')
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'max,x-rme=on,pauth-impdef=on')
+        self.vm.add_args('-m', '2G')
+        self.vm.add_args('-M', 'sbsa-ref')
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'file={pflash0},format=raw,if=pflash')
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'file={pflash1},format=raw,if=pflash')
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'file=fat:rw:{virtual},format=raw')
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'format=raw,if=none,file={drive},id=hd0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=hd0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=shr0,mount_tag=shr0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-fsdev', f'local,security_model=none,path={rme_stack},id=shr0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-netdev', 'user,id=net0')
+
+        self.vm.launch()
+        # Wait for host VM boot to complete.
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Welcome to Buildroot')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'root', '#')
+
+        test_realms_guest(self)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    QemuSystemTest.main()
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_virt.py b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_virt.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..42b9229b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_rme_virt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots a Realms environment on virt machine and a nested
+# guest VM using it.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import time
+import os
+import logging
+
+from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
+from qemu_test import exec_command, wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+
+def test_realms_guest(test_rme_instance):
+
+    # Boot the (nested) guest VM
+    exec_command(test_rme_instance,
+                 'qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt,gic-version=3 '
+                 '-cpu host -enable-kvm -m 512M '
+                 '-M confidential-guest-support=rme0 '
+                 '-object rme-guest,id=rme0 '
+                 '-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0,romfile= '
+                 '-netdev user,id=net0 '
+                 '-kernel /mnt/out/bin/Image '
+                 '-initrd /mnt/out-br/images/rootfs.cpio '
+                 '-serial stdio')
+    # Detect Realm activation during (nested) guest boot.
+    wait_for_console_pattern(test_rme_instance,
+                             'SMC_RMI_REALM_ACTIVATE')
+    # Wait for (nested) guest boot to complete.
+    wait_for_console_pattern(test_rme_instance,
+                             'Welcome to Buildroot')
+    exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(test_rme_instance, 'root', '#')
+    # query (nested) guest cca report
+    exec_command(test_rme_instance, 'cca-workload-attestation report')
+    wait_for_console_pattern(test_rme_instance,
+                             '"cca-platform-hash-algo-id": "sha-256"')
+    wait_for_console_pattern(test_rme_instance,
+                             '"cca-realm-hash-algo-id": "sha-512"')
+    wait_for_console_pattern(test_rme_instance,
+                             '"cca-realm-public-key-hash-algo-id": "sha-256"')
+
+class Aarch64RMEVirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
+
+    # Stack is built with OP-TEE build environment from those instructions:
+    # https://linaro.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/QEMU/pages/29051027459/
+    # https://github.com/pbo-linaro/qemu-rme-stack
+    ASSET_RME_STACK_VIRT = Asset(
+        ('https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/iaRsNDJp2CXHMSJ/'
+         'download/rme-stack-op-tee-4.2.0-cca-v4-qemu_v8.tar.gz'),
+         '1851adc232b094384d8b879b9a2cfff07ef3d6205032b85e9b3a4a9ae6b0b7ad')
+
+    # This tests the FEAT_RME cpu implementation, by booting a VM supporting it,
+    # and launching a nested VM using it.
+    def test_aarch64_rme_virt(self):
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        self.require_accelerator('tcg')
+
+        stack_path_tar_gz = self.ASSET_RME_STACK_VIRT.fetch()
+        self.archive_extract(stack_path_tar_gz, format="tar")
+
+        rme_stack = self.scratch_file('rme-stack-op-tee-4.2.0-cca-v4-qemu_v8')
+        kernel = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'out', 'bin', 'Image')
+        bios = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'out', 'bin', 'flash.bin')
+        drive = os.path.join(rme_stack, 'out-br', 'images', 'rootfs.ext4')
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'max,x-rme=on,pauth-impdef=on')
+        self.vm.add_args('-m', '2G')
+        self.vm.add_args('-M', 'virt,acpi=off,'
+                         'virtualization=on,'
+                         'secure=on,'
+                         'gic-version=3')
+        self.vm.add_args('-bios', bios)
+        self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel)
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'format=raw,if=none,file={drive},id=hd0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=hd0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-9p-device,fsdev=shr0,mount_tag=shr0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-fsdev', f'local,security_model=none,path={rme_stack},id=shr0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-netdev', 'user,id=net0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-append', 'root=/dev/vda')
+
+        self.vm.launch()
+        # Wait for host VM boot to complete.
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, 'Welcome to Buildroot')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, 'root', '#')
+
+        test_realms_guest(self)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    QemuSystemTest.main()
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_aarch64_virt.py b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_virt.py
index 08576b0694..07c1c13638 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_aarch64_virt.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_aarch64_virt.py
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
-import time
 import logging
 from subprocess import check_call, DEVNULL
 
+from qemu.machine.machine import VMLaunchFailure
+
 from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
-from qemu_test import exec_command, wait_for_console_pattern
-from qemu_test import get_qemu_img
+from qemu_test import exec_command, exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern
+from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test import skipIfMissingCommands, get_qemu_img
 
 
 class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
@@ -40,11 +42,9 @@ class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         iso_path = self.ASSET_ALPINE_ISO.fetch()
 
         self.set_machine('virt')
-        self.vm.set_console()
-        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
-                               'console=ttyAMA0')
         self.require_accelerator("tcg")
 
+        self.vm.set_console()
         self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
         self.vm.add_args("-cpu", "max,pauth-impdef=on")
         self.vm.add_args("-machine",
@@ -73,15 +73,16 @@ class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         Common code to launch basic virt machine with kernel+initrd
         and a scratch disk.
         """
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
+
         logger = logging.getLogger('aarch64_virt')
 
         kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
 
-        self.set_machine('virt')
         self.vm.set_console()
         kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
                                'console=ttyAMA0')
-        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
         self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'max,pauth-impdef=on',
                          '-machine', machine,
                          '-accel', 'tcg',
@@ -102,23 +103,29 @@ class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
 
         # Add the device
         self.vm.add_args('-blockdev',
-                         f"driver=qcow2,file.driver=file,file.filename={image_path},node-name=scratch")
+                         "driver=qcow2,"
+                         "file.driver=file,"
+                         f"file.filename={image_path},node-name=scratch")
         self.vm.add_args('-device',
                          'virtio-blk-device,drive=scratch')
 
         self.vm.launch()
-        self.wait_for_console_pattern('Welcome to Buildroot')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-        exec_command(self, 'root')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-        exec_command(self, 'dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/vda bs=512 count=4')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-        exec_command(self, 'md5sum /dev/vda')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-        exec_command(self, 'cat /proc/interrupts')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-        exec_command(self, 'cat /proc/self/maps')
-        time.sleep(0.1)
+
+        ps1='#'
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('login:')
+
+        commands = [
+            ('root', ps1),
+            ('cat /proc/interrupts', ps1),
+            ('cat /proc/self/maps', ps1),
+            ('uname -a', ps1),
+            ('dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/vda bs=512 count=4', ps1),
+            ('md5sum /dev/vda', ps1),
+            ('halt -n', 'reboot: System halted')
+        ]
+
+        for cmd, pattern in commands:
+            exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, cmd, pattern)
 
     def test_aarch64_virt_gicv3(self):
         self.common_aarch64_virt("virt,gic_version=3")
@@ -127,5 +134,75 @@ class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
         self.common_aarch64_virt("virt,gic-version=2")
 
 
+    ASSET_VIRT_GPU_KERNEL = Asset(
+        'https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/ce5jXBFinPxtEdx/'
+        'download?path=%2F&files='
+        'Image',
+        '89e5099d26166204cc5ca4bb6d1a11b92c217e1f82ec67e3ba363d09157462f6')
+
+    ASSET_VIRT_GPU_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://fileserver.linaro.org/s/ce5jXBFinPxtEdx/'
+        'download?path=%2F&files='
+        'rootfs.ext4.zstd',
+        '792da7573f5dc2913ddb7c638151d4a6b2d028a4cb2afb38add513c1924bdad4')
+
+    @skipIfMissingCommands('zstd')
+    def test_aarch64_virt_with_gpu(self):
+        # This tests boots with a buildroot test image that contains
+        # vkmark and other GPU exercising tools. We run a headless
+        # weston that nevertheless still exercises the virtio-gpu
+        # backend.
+
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.require_accelerator("tcg")
+
+        kernel_path = self.ASSET_VIRT_GPU_KERNEL.fetch()
+        image_path = self.uncompress(self.ASSET_VIRT_GPU_ROOTFS, format="zstd")
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+        kernel_command_line = (self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE +
+                               'console=ttyAMA0 root=/dev/vda')
+
+        self.vm.add_args("-accel", "tcg")
+        self.vm.add_args("-cpu", "neoverse-v1,pauth-impdef=on")
+        self.vm.add_args("-machine", "virt,gic-version=max",
+                         '-kernel', kernel_path,
+                         '-append', kernel_command_line)
+        self.vm.add_args("-smp", "2", "-m", "2048")
+        self.vm.add_args("-device",
+                         "virtio-gpu-gl-pci,hostmem=4G,blob=on,venus=on")
+        self.vm.add_args("-display", "egl-headless")
+        self.vm.add_args("-display", "dbus,gl=on")
+        self.vm.add_args("-device", "virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0")
+        self.vm.add_args("-blockdev",
+                         "driver=raw,file.driver=file,"
+                         "node-name=hd0,read-only=on,"
+                         f"file.filename={image_path}")
+        self.vm.add_args("-snapshot")
+
+        try:
+            self.vm.launch()
+        except VMLaunchFailure as excp:
+            if "old virglrenderer, blob resources unsupported" in excp.output:
+                self.skipTest("No blob support for virtio-gpu")
+            elif "old virglrenderer, venus unsupported" in excp.output:
+                self.skipTest("No venus support for virtio-gpu")
+            elif "egl: no drm render node available" in excp.output:
+                self.skipTest("Can't access host DRM render node")
+            else:
+                self.log.info(f"unhandled launch failure: {excp.output}")
+                raise excp
+
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('buildroot login:')
+        exec_command(self, 'root')
+        exec_command(self, 'export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp')
+        exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self,
+                                          "weston -B headless "
+                                          "--renderer gl "
+                                          "--shell kiosk "
+                                          "-- vkmark -b:duration=1.0",
+                                          "vkmark Score")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     QemuSystemTest.main()
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_arm_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_arm_tuxrun.py
index 944f0756e1..4ac85f48ac 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_arm_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_arm_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunArmTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_ARMV5_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv5/zImage',
-        'c95af2f27647c12265d75e9df44c22ff5228c59855f54aaa70f41ec2842e3a4d')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv5/zImage',
+        '3931a3908dbcf0ec0fe292d035ffc4dfed95f797dedd4a59ccfcf7a46e6f92d4')
     ASSET_ARMV5_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv5/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '17177afa74e7294da0642861f08c88ca3c836764299a54bf6d1ce276cb9712a5')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv5/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '60ff78b68c7021df378e4fc2d66d3b016484d1acc7e07fb8920c1d8e30f4571f')
     ASSET_ARMV5_DTB = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv5/versatile-pb.dtb',
-        '0bc0c0b0858cefd3c32b385c0d66d97142ded29472a496f4f490e42fc7615b25')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv5/versatile-pb.dtb',
+        '50988e69ef3f3b08bfb9146e8fe414129990029e8dfbed444953b7e14809530a')
 
     def test_armv5(self):
         self.set_machine('versatilepb')
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ class TuxRunArmTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
                            drive="virtio-blk-pci")
 
     ASSET_ARMV7_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv7/zImage',
-        '4c7a22e9f15875bec06bd2a29d822496571eb297d4f22694099ffcdb19077572')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv7/zImage',
+        '1377bc3d90de5ce57ab17cd67429fe8b15c2e9964248c775c682b67e6299b991')
     ASSET_ARMV7_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv7/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'ab1fbbeaddda1ffdd45c9405a28cd5370c20f23a7cbc809cc90dc9f243a8eb5a')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv7/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'ed2cbc69bd6b3fbd5cafb5ee961393c7cfbe726446f14301c67d6b1f28bfdb51')
 
     def test_armv7(self):
         self.set_machine('virt')
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ class TuxRunArmTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
                            rootfs_asset=self.ASSET_ARMV7_ROOTFS)
 
     ASSET_ARMV7BE_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv7be/zImage',
-        '7facc62082b57af12015b08f7fdbaf2f123ba07a478367853ae12b219afc9f2f')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv7be/zImage',
+        'a244e6da99f1bbd254827ec7681bd4aac9eb1aa05aaebc6b15e5d289ebb683f3')
     ASSET_ARMV7BE_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/armv7be/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '42ed46dd2d59986206c5b1f6cf35eab58fe3fd20c96b41aaa16b32f3f90a9835')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/armv7be/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'd4f9c57860a512163f30ecc69b2174d1a1bdeb853a43dc49a09cfcfe84e428ea')
 
     def test_armv7be(self):
         self.set_machine('virt')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
index c593ffbe8c..f3ccf11ae8 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_i386_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunI386Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_I386_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/i386/bzImage',
-        'a3e5b32a354729e65910f5a1ffcda7c14a6c12a55e8213fb86e277f1b76ed956')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/i386/bzImage',
+        '47fb44e38e34101eb0f71a2a01742b959d40ed5fd67cefb5608a39be11d3b74e')
     ASSET_I386_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/i386/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'f15e66b2bf673a210ec2a4b2e744a80530b36289e04f5388aab812b97f69754a')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/i386/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'a1a3b3b4c9dccd6475b58db95c107b468b736b700f6620985a8ed050a73d51c8')
 
     def test_i386(self):
         self.set_machine('q35')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_m68k_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_m68k_tuxrun.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7eacba135f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_m68k_tuxrun.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that boots known good tuxboot images the same way
+# that tuxrun (www.tuxrun.org) does. This tool is used by things like
+# the LKFT project to run regression tests on kernels.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from qemu_test import Asset
+from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
+
+class TuxRunM68KTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
+
+    ASSET_M68K_KERNEL = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/m68k/vmlinux',
+        '7754e1d5cec753ccf1dc6894729a7f54c1a4965631ebf56df8e4ce1163ad19d8')
+    ASSET_M68K_ROOTFS = Asset(
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/m68k/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '557962ffff265607912e82232cf21adbe0e4e5a88e1e1d411ce848c37f0213e9')
+
+    def test_m68k(self):
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.cpu="m68040"
+        self.common_tuxrun(kernel_asset=self.ASSET_M68K_KERNEL,
+                           rootfs_asset=self.ASSET_M68K_ROOTFS,
+                           drive="virtio-blk-device")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TuxRunBaselineTest.main()
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mips64_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_mips64_tuxrun.py
index 54af1ae794..0e4c65961d 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_mips64_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mips64_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunMips64Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_MIPS64_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips64/vmlinux',
-        '09010e51e4b8bcbbd2494786ffb48eca78f228e96e5c5438344b0eac4029dc61')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips64/vmlinux',
+        'fe2882d216898ba2c56b49ba59f46ad392f36871f7fe325373cd926848b9dbdc')
     ASSET_MIPS64_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '69d91eeb04df3d8d172922c6993bb37d4deeb6496def75d8580f6f9de3e431da')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'b8c98400216b6d4fb3b3ff05e9929aa015948b596cf0b82234813c84a4f7f4d5')
 
     def test_mips64(self):
         self.set_machine('malta')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mips64el_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_mips64el_tuxrun.py
index 819549a27b..0a24757c51 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_mips64el_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mips64el_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunMips64ELTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_MIPS64EL_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips64el/vmlinux',
-        'd4e08965e2155c4cccce7c5f34d18fe34c636cda2f2c9844387d614950155266')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips64el/vmlinux',
+        '0d2829a96f005229839c4cd586d4d8a136ea4b488d29821611c8e97f2266bfa9')
     ASSET_MIPS64EL_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips64el/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'fba585368f5915b1498ed081863474b2d7ec4e97cdd46d21bdcb2f9698f83de4')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips64el/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '69c8b69a4f1582ce4c6f01a994968f5d73bffb2fc99cbeeeb26c8b5a28eaeb84')
 
     def test_mips64el(self):
         self.set_machine('malta')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mips_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_mips_tuxrun.py
index 6fec44c2bf..6771dbd57e 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_mips_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mips_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunMipsTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_MIPS_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32/vmlinux',
-        'bfd2172f8b17fb32970ca0c8c58f59c5a4ca38aa5855d920be3a69b5d16e52f0')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips32/vmlinux',
+        'b6f97fc698ae8c96456ad8c996c7454228074df0d7520dedd0a15e2913700a19')
     ASSET_MIPS_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'fc3da0b4c2f38d74c6d705123bb0f633c76ed953128f9d0859378c328a6d11a0')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '87055cf3cbde3fd134e5039e7b87feb03231d8c4b21ee712b8ba3308dfa72f50')
 
     def test_mips32(self):
         self.set_machine('malta')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py
index 2965bbd913..d4b39baab5 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_mipsel_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunMipsELTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_MIPSEL_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32el/vmlinux',
-        '8573867c68a8443db8de6d08bb33fb291c189ca2ca671471d3973a3e712096a3')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips32el/vmlinux',
+        '660dd8c7a6ca7a32d37b4e6348865532ab0edb66802e8cc07869338444cf4929')
     ASSET_MIPSEL_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/mips32el/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'e799768e289fd69209c21f4dacffa11baea7543d5db101e8ce27e3bc2c41d90e')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/mips32el/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'c5d69542bcaed54a4f34671671eb4be5c608ee02671d4d0436544367816a73b1')
 
     def test_mips32el(self):
         self.set_machine('malta')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_ppc64_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_ppc64_tuxrun.py
index 8a98d18ab3..05c6162b5e 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_ppc64_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_ppc64_tuxrun.py
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ class TuxRunPPC64Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
                                drive="scsi-hd")
 
     ASSET_PPC64_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc64/vmlinux',
-        'f22a9b9e924174a4c199f4c7e5d91a2339fcfe51c6eafd0907dc3e09b64ab728')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc64/vmlinux',
+        '8219d5cb26e7654ad7826fe8aee6290f7c01eef44f2cd6d26c15fe8f99e1c17c')
     ASSET_PPC64_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '1d953e81a4379e537fc8e41e05a0a59d9b453eef97aa03d47866c6c45b00bdff')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'b68e12314303c5dd0fef37ae98021299a206085ae591893e73557af99a02d373')
 
     def test_ppc64(self):
         self.ppc64_common_tuxrun(kernel_asset=self.ASSET_PPC64_KERNEL,
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ class TuxRunPPC64Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
                                  prefix='tuxrun_ppc64_')
 
     ASSET_PPC64LE_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc64le/vmlinux',
-        '979eb61b445a010fb13e2b927126991f8ceef9c590fa2be0996c00e293e80cf2')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc64le/vmlinux',
+        '21aea1fbc18bf6fa7d8ca4ea48d4940b2c8363c077acd564eb47d769b7495279')
     ASSET_PPC64LE_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc64le/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'b442678c93fb8abe1f7d3bfa20556488de6b475c22c8fed363f42cf81a0a3906')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc64le/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '67d36a3f9597b738e8b7359bdf04500f4d9bb82fc35eaa65aa439d888b2392f4')
 
     def test_ppc64le(self):
         self.ppc64_common_tuxrun(kernel_asset=self.ASSET_PPC64LE_KERNEL,
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_ppc_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_ppc_tuxrun.py
index 50b76946c4..5458a7fb71 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_ppc_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_ppc_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunPPC32Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_PPC32_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc32/uImage',
-        '1a68f74b860fda022fb12e03c5efece8c2b8b590d96cca37a8481a3ae0b3f81f')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc32/uImage',
+        'aa5d81deabdb255a318c4bc5ffd6fdd2b5da1ef39f1955dcc35b671d258b68e9')
     ASSET_PPC32_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/ppc32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '8885b9d999cc24d679542a02e9b6aaf48f718f2050ece6b8347074b6ee41dd09')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/ppc32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '67554f830269d6bf53b67c7dd206bcc821e463993d526b1644066fea8117019b')
 
     def test_ppc32(self):
         self.set_machine('ppce500')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_riscv32_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_riscv32_tuxrun.py
index 49b57cd428..3c570208d0 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_riscv32_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_riscv32_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunRiscV32Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_RISCV32_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv32/Image',
-        '89599407d7334de629a40e7ad6503c73670359eb5f5ae9d686353a3d6deccbd5')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv32/Image',
+        '872bc8f8e0d4661825d5f47f7bec64988e9d0a8bd5db8917d57e16f66d83b329')
     ASSET_RISCV32_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '7168d296d0283238ea73cd5a775b3dd608e55e04c7b92b76ecce31bb13108cba')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '511ad34e63222db08d6c1da16fad224970de36517a784110956ba6a24a0ee5f6')
 
     def test_riscv32(self):
         self.set_machine('virt')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_riscv64_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_riscv64_tuxrun.py
index 4e2449539c..0d8de36204 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_riscv64_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_riscv64_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunRiscV64Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_RISCV64_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv64/Image',
-        'cd634badc65e52fb63465ec99e309c0de0369f0841b7d9486f9729e119bac25e')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv64/Image',
+        '2bd8132a3bf21570290042324fff48c987f42f2a00c08de979f43f0662ebadba')
     ASSET_RISCV64_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'b18e3a3bdf27be03da0b285e84cb71bf09eca071c3a087b42884b6982ed679eb')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'aa4736a9872651dfc0d95e709465eedf1134fd19d42b8cb305bfd776f9801004')
 
     ASSET_RISCV32_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv32/Image',
-        '89599407d7334de629a40e7ad6503c73670359eb5f5ae9d686353a3d6deccbd5')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv32/Image',
+        '872bc8f8e0d4661825d5f47f7bec64988e9d0a8bd5db8917d57e16f66d83b329')
     ASSET_RISCV32_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/riscv32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '7168d296d0283238ea73cd5a775b3dd608e55e04c7b92b76ecce31bb13108cba')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/riscv32/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '511ad34e63222db08d6c1da16fad224970de36517a784110956ba6a24a0ee5f6')
 
     def test_riscv64(self):
         self.set_machine('virt')
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_s390x_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_s390x_tuxrun.py
index dcab17c68b..a7db4bfd84 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_s390x_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_s390x_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunS390xTest(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_S390X_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/s390/bzImage',
-        '0414e98dd1c3dafff8496c9cd9c28a5f8d04553bb5ba37e906a812b48d442ef0')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/s390/bzImage',
+        'ee67e91db52a2aed104a7c72b2a08987c678f8179c029626789c35d6dd0fedf1')
     ASSET_S390X_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/s390/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        '88c37c32276677f873a25ab9ec6247895b8e3e6f8259134de2a616080b8ab3fc')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/s390/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        'bff7971fc2fef56372d98afe4557b82fd0a785a241e44c29b058e577ad1bbb44')
 
     def test_s390(self):
         self.wait_for_shutdown=False
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_sparc64_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_sparc64_tuxrun.py
index 1c2c005630..3be08d6102 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_sparc64_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_sparc64_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunSparc64Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_SPARC64_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/sparc64/vmlinux',
-        'e34313e4325ff21deaa3d38a502aa09a373ef62b9bd4d7f8f29388b688225c55')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/sparc64/vmlinux',
+        'a04cfb2e70a264051d161fdd93aabf4b2a9472f2e435c14ed18c5848c5fed261')
     ASSET_SPARC64_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/sparc64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'ad2f1dc436ab51583543d25d2c210cab478645d47078d30d129a66ab0e281d76')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/sparc64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '479c3dc104c82b68be55e2c0c5c38cd473d0b37ad4badccde4775bb88ce34611')
 
     def test_sparc64(self):
         self.root='sda'
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_x86_64_tuxrun.py b/tests/functional/test_x86_64_tuxrun.py
index 4f96139871..fcbc62b1b0 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_x86_64_tuxrun.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_x86_64_tuxrun.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ from qemu_test.tuxruntest import TuxRunBaselineTest
 class TuxRunX86Test(TuxRunBaselineTest):
 
     ASSET_X86_64_KERNEL = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/x86_64/bzImage',
-        '2bc7480a669ee9b6b82500a236aba0c54233debe98cb968268fa230f52f03461')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/x86_64/bzImage',
+        'f57bfc6553bcd6e0a54aab86095bf642b33b5571d14e3af1731b18c87ed5aef8')
     ASSET_X86_64_ROOTFS = Asset(
-        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/20230331/x86_64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
-        'b72ac729769b8f51c6dffb221113c9a063c774dbe1d66af30eb593c4e9999b4b')
+        'https://storage.tuxboot.com/buildroot/20241119/x86_64/rootfs.ext4.zst',
+        '4b8b2a99117519c5290e1202cb36eb6c7aaba92b357b5160f5970cf5fb78a751')
 
     def test_x86_64(self):
         self.set_machine('q35')
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
index 9ad3f70bde..b6a65806bc 160000
--- a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
+++ b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9ad3f70bde9865d5ad18f36d256d472e72b5cbf3
+Subproject commit b6a65806bc9b2b56985f5e97c936b77c7e7a99fc
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
index f8186b0e69..74eb13d62b 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
@@ -6,23 +6,6 @@ mappings:
   flake8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
-  # Due to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1081535 we
-  # have to disable all packages that depend on libgl1-mesa-dri:mips64el
-  gtk3:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  libdrm:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  libepoxy:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  gtk-vnc:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  mesa-libgbm:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
   meson:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
@@ -81,18 +64,6 @@ mappings:
   python3-wheel:
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-pip
 
-  sdl2:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  sdl2-image:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  virglrenderer:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
-  vte:
-    mips64el-deb:
-
 pypi_mappings:
   # Request more recent version
   meson:
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index 6720516b94..53f8d2585f 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ try:
                         trailer=cross_build("powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",
                                             "ppc64-softmmu,ppc64-linux-user"))
 
-    generate_dockerfile("debian-riscv64-cross", "debian-sid",
+    # while not yet a release architecture the packages are still
+    # build while part of testing
+    generate_dockerfile("debian-riscv64-cross", "debian-13",
                         project="qemu-minimal",
                         cross="riscv64",
                         trailer=cross_build("riscv64-linux-gnu-",
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c b/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
index a21b6eee9c..2e7979652f 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ void qvirtio_wait_queue_isr(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     gint64 start_time = g_get_monotonic_time();
 
     for (;;) {
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
         if (d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq)) {
             return;
         }
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ uint8_t qvirtio_wait_status_byte_no_isr(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     uint8_t val;
 
     while ((val = qtest_readb(qts, addr)) == 0xff) {
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
         g_assert(!d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq));
         g_assert(g_get_monotonic_time() - start_time <= timeout_us);
     }
@@ -219,14 +217,12 @@ void qvirtio_wait_used_elem(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     for (;;) {
         uint32_t got_desc_idx;
 
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
 
         if (d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq) &&
             qvirtqueue_get_buf(qts, vq, &got_desc_idx, len)) {
             g_assert_cmpint(got_desc_idx, ==, desc_idx);
             return;
         }
-
         g_assert(g_get_monotonic_time() - start_time <= timeout_us);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/qtest/meson.build b/tests/qtest/meson.build
index c5a70021c5..f75c1057a4 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/meson.build
+++ b/tests/qtest/meson.build
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ qtests = {
 if vnc.found()
   gvnc = dependency('gvnc-1.0', method: 'pkg-config', required: false)
   if gvnc.found()
-    qtests += {'vnc-display-test': [gvnc]}
+    qtests += {'vnc-display-test': [gvnc, keymap_targets]}
     qtests_generic += [ 'vnc-display-test' ]
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/tests/vm/Makefile.include b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
index 13ed80f72d..14188bba1c 100644
--- a/tests/vm/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/vm/Makefile.include
@@ -64,23 +64,24 @@ endif
 	@echo "  vm-boot-ssh-<guest>             - Boot guest and login via ssh"
 	@echo
 	@echo "Special variables:"
-	@echo "    BUILD_TARGET=foo		 - Override the build target"
-	@echo "    DEBUG=1              	 - Enable verbose output on host and interactive debugging"
-	@echo '    EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS="..."   - Pass to configure step'
-	@echo "    J=[0..9]*            	 - Override the -jN parameter for make commands"
-	@echo "    LOG_CONSOLE=1        	 - Log console to file in: ~/.cache/qemu-vm "
-	@echo "    USE_TCG=1        	         - Use TCG for cross-arch images"
-	@echo "    QEMU=/path/to/qemu		 - Change path to QEMU binary"
+	@echo "    BUILD_TARGET=foo              - Override the build target"
+	@echo "    DEBUG=1                       - Enable verbose output on host and interactive debugging"
+	@echo "    ROOT_USER=1                   - Login as root user for interactive shell"
+	@echo '    EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS="..."    - Pass to configure step'
+	@echo "    J=[0..9]*                     - Override the -jN parameter for make commands"
+	@echo "    LOG_CONSOLE=1                 - Log console to file in: ~/.cache/qemu-vm "
+	@echo "    USE_TCG=1                     - Use TCG for cross-arch images"
+	@echo "    QEMU=/path/to/qemu            - Change path to QEMU binary"
 ifeq ($(HAVE_PYTHON_YAML),yes)
-	@echo "    QEMU_CONFIG=/path/conf.yml   - Change path to VM configuration .yml file."
+	@echo "    QEMU_CONFIG=/path/conf.yml    - Change path to VM configuration .yml file."
 else
 	@echo "    (install python3-yaml to enable support for yaml file to configure a VM.)"
 endif
-	@echo "                                   See conf_example_*.yml for file format details."
-	@echo "    QEMU_IMG=/path/to/qemu-img	 - Change path to qemu-img tool"
-	@echo "    QEMU_LOCAL=1                 - Use QEMU binary local to this build."
-	@echo "    TARGET_LIST=a,b,c    	 - Override target list in builds"
-	@echo "    V=1				 - Enable verbose output on host and guest commands"
+	@echo "                                    See conf_example_*.yml for file format details."
+	@echo "    QEMU_IMG=/path/to/qemu-img    - Change path to qemu-img tool"
+	@echo "    QEMU_LOCAL=1                  - Use QEMU binary local to this build."
+	@echo "    TARGET_LIST=a,b,c             - Override target list in builds"
+	@echo "    V=1                           - Enable verbose output on host and guest commands"
 
 vm-build-all: $(addprefix vm-build-, $(IMAGES))
 
@@ -141,6 +142,6 @@ vm-boot-ssh-%: $(IMAGES_DIR)/%.img $(VM_VENV)
 		$(if $(EFI_AARCH64),--efi-aarch64 $(EFI_AARCH64)) \
 		$(if $(LOG_CONSOLE),--log-console) \
 		--image "$<" \
-		--interactive \
+		$(if $(ROOT_USER),--interactive-root,-interactive) \
 		false, \
 		"  VM-BOOT-SSH $*") || true
diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 4a1af04b9a..6d41ac7574 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ def get_qemu_path(arch, build_path=None):
     if "QEMU" in os.environ:
         qemu_path = os.environ["QEMU"]
     elif build_path:
-        qemu_path = os.path.join(build_path, arch + "-softmmu")
-        qemu_path = os.path.join(qemu_path, "qemu-system-" + arch)
+        qemu_path = os.path.join(build_path, "qemu-system-" + arch)
     else:
         # Default is to use system path for qemu.
         qemu_path = "qemu-system-" + arch
@@ -613,8 +612,11 @@ def parse_args(vmcls):
     parser.add_argument("--source-path", default=None,
                         help="Path of source directory, "\
                         "for finding additional files. ")
-    parser.add_argument("--interactive", "-I", action="store_true",
-                        help="Interactively run command")
+    int_ops = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    int_ops.add_argument("--interactive", "-I", action="store_true",
+                         help="Interactively run command")
+    int_ops.add_argument("--interactive-root", action="store_true",
+                         help="Interactively run command as root")
     parser.add_argument("--snapshot", "-s", action="store_true",
                         help="run tests with a snapshot")
     parser.add_argument("--genisoimage", default="genisoimage",
@@ -676,6 +678,8 @@ def main(vmcls, config=None):
         exitcode = 3
     if args.interactive:
         vm.ssh()
+    elif args.interactive_root:
+        vm.ssh_root()
 
     if not args.snapshot:
         vm.graceful_shutdown()
diff --git a/tests/vm/generated/freebsd.json b/tests/vm/generated/freebsd.json
index 3cb7fb7060..81fc38d798 100644
--- a/tests/vm/generated/freebsd.json
+++ b/tests/vm/generated/freebsd.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "bzip2",
     "ca_root_nss",
     "capstone4",
-    "ccache",
+    "ccache4",
     "cmocka",
     "ctags",
     "curl",