diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index 5848c73..6394b8f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@
     - .native_build_job_template
     - .native_build_artifact_template
   needs:
-    job: amd64-centos8-container
+    job: amd64-centos9-container
   variables:
-    IMAGE: centos8
+    IMAGE: centos9
     CONFIGURE_ARGS: --disable-nettle --enable-gcrypt --enable-vfio-user-server
       --enable-modules --enable-trace-backends=dtrace --enable-docs
     TARGETS: ppc64-softmmu or1k-softmmu s390x-softmmu
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     - job: build-system-centos
       artifacts: true
   variables:
-    IMAGE: centos8
+    IMAGE: centos9
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check
 
 avocado-system-centos:
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
     - job: build-system-centos
       artifacts: true
   variables:
-    IMAGE: centos8
+    IMAGE: centos9
     MAKE_CHECK_ARGS: check-avocado
     AVOCADO_TAGS: arch:ppc64 arch:or1k arch:s390x arch:x86_64 arch:rx
       arch:sh4
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@
 build-tcg-disabled:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
   needs:
-    job: amd64-centos8-container
+    job: amd64-centos9-container
   variables:
-    IMAGE: centos8
+    IMAGE: centos9
   script:
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@
 build-without-defaults:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
   needs:
-    job: amd64-centos8-container
+    job: amd64-centos9-container
   variables:
-    IMAGE: centos8
+    IMAGE: centos9
     CONFIGURE_ARGS:
       --without-default-devices
       --without-default-features
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-core.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-core.yml
index 08f8450..5459447 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-core.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-core.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci.d/container-template.yml'
 
-amd64-centos8-container:
+amd64-centos9-container:
   extends: .container_job_template
   variables:
-    NAME: centos8
+    NAME: centos9
 
 amd64-fedora-container:
   extends: .container_job_template
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8a3ae76..cef0308 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 os: linux
-dist: focal
+dist: jammy
 language: c
 compiler:
   - gcc
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@
   # There is one cache per branch and compiler version.
   # characteristics of each job are used to identify the cache:
   # - OS name (currently only linux)
-  # - OS distribution (for Linux, bionic or focal)
+  # - OS distribution (e.g. "jammy" for Linux)
   # - Names and values of visible environment variables set in .travis.yml or Settings panel
   timeout: 1200
   ccache: true
   pip: true
-  directories:
-  - $HOME/avocado/data/cache
 
 
 # The channel name "irc.oftc.net#qemu" is encrypted against qemu/qemu
@@ -83,7 +81,6 @@
 
     - name: "[aarch64] GCC check-tcg"
       arch: arm64
-      dist: focal
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libaio-dev
@@ -115,11 +112,10 @@
         - TEST_CMD="make check check-tcg V=1"
         - CONFIG="--disable-containers --enable-fdt=system
                   --target-list=${MAIN_SYSTEM_TARGETS} --cxx=/bin/false"
-        - UNRELIABLE=true
 
-    - name: "[ppc64] GCC check-tcg"
+    - name: "[ppc64] Clang check-tcg"
       arch: ppc64le
-      dist: focal
+      compiler: clang
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libaio-dev
@@ -154,7 +150,6 @@
 
     - name: "[s390x] GCC check-tcg"
       arch: s390x
-      dist: focal
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libaio-dev
@@ -186,7 +181,6 @@
         - TEST_CMD="make check check-tcg V=1"
         - CONFIG="--disable-containers
             --target-list=hppa-softmmu,mips64-softmmu,ppc64-softmmu,riscv64-softmmu,s390x-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu"
-        - UNRELIABLE=true
       script:
         - BUILD_RC=0 && make -j${JOBS} || BUILD_RC=$?
         - |
@@ -197,9 +191,9 @@
               $(exit $BUILD_RC);
           fi
 
-    - name: "[s390x] GCC (other-system)"
+    - name: "[s390x] Clang (other-system)"
       arch: s390x
-      dist: focal
+      compiler: clang
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libaio-dev
@@ -229,7 +223,6 @@
 
     - name: "[s390x] GCC (user)"
       arch: s390x
-      dist: focal
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libgcrypt20-dev
@@ -244,8 +237,7 @@
 
     - name: "[s390x] Clang (disable-tcg)"
       arch: s390x
-      dist: focal
-      compiler: clang-10
+      compiler: clang
       addons:
         apt_packages:
           - libaio-dev
@@ -271,9 +263,7 @@
           - libvdeplug-dev
           - libvte-2.91-dev
           - ninja-build
-          - clang-10
       env:
         - TEST_CMD="make check-unit"
         - CONFIG="--disable-containers --disable-tcg --enable-kvm --disable-tools
                   --enable-fdt=system --host-cc=clang --cxx=clang++"
-        - UNRELIABLE=true
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d5a5181..59c2867 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3806,7 +3806,7 @@
 
 RBD
 M: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>
-R: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+R: Peter Lieven <pl@dlhnet.de>
 L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
 S: Supported
 F: block/rbd.c
@@ -3832,7 +3832,7 @@
 iSCSI
 M: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>
 M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
-M: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+M: Peter Lieven <pl@dlhnet.de>
 L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: block/iscsi.c
@@ -3855,7 +3855,7 @@
 T: git https://gitlab.com/vsementsov/qemu.git block
 
 NFS
-M: Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+M: Peter Lieven <pl@dlhnet.de>
 L: qemu-block@nongnu.org
 S: Maintained
 F: block/nfs.c
diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
index c641d94..83e9092 100644
--- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
 If your patch fixes a bug in the gitlab bug tracker, please add a line
 with "Resolves: <URL-of-the-bug>" to the commit message, too. Gitlab can
-close bugs automatically once commits with the "Resolved:" keyword get
+close bugs automatically once commits with the "Resolves:" keyword get
 merged into the master branch of the project. And if your patch addresses
 a bug in another public bug tracker, you can also use a line with
 "Buglink: <URL-of-the-bug>" for reference here, too.
diff --git a/docs/system/target-i386-desc.rst.inc b/docs/system/target-i386-desc.rst.inc
index 5ebbcda..319e540 100644
--- a/docs/system/target-i386-desc.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/system/target-i386-desc.rst.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 -  PCI UHCI, OHCI, EHCI or XHCI USB controller and a virtual USB-1.1
    hub.
 
-SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs.
+SMP is supported with up to 255 CPUs (and 4096 CPUs for PC Q35 machine).
 
 QEMU uses the PC BIOS from the Seabios project and the Plex86/Bochs LGPL
 VGA BIOS.
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-stattrib.c b/hw/s390x/s390-stattrib.c
index bc04187..c4259b5 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-stattrib.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-stattrib.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qdict.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
 
 /* 512KiB cover 2GB of guest memory */
 #define CMMA_BLOCK_SIZE  (512 * KiB)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-hcall.h b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-hcall.h
index 9800c4b..3ae6d6a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-hcall.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-hcall.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define HW_S390_VIRTIO_HCALL_H
 
 #include "standard-headers/asm-s390/virtio-ccw.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
 
 /* The only thing that we need from the old kvm_virtio.h file */
 #define KVM_S390_VIRTIO_NOTIFY 0
@@ -20,4 +21,5 @@
 typedef int (*s390_virtio_fn)(const uint64_t *args);
 void s390_register_virtio_hypercall(uint64_t code, s390_virtio_fn fn);
 int s390_virtio_hypercall(CPUS390XState *env);
+
 #endif /* HW_S390_VIRTIO_HCALL_H */
diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu_models.h b/target/s390x/cpu_models.h
index d7b8912..a89c2a1 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu_models.h
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu_models.h
@@ -114,23 +114,8 @@
 S390CPUDef const *s390_find_cpu_def(uint16_t type, uint8_t gen, uint8_t ec_ga,
                                     S390FeatBitmap features);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 bool kvm_s390_cpu_models_supported(void);
 void kvm_s390_get_host_cpu_model(S390CPUModel *model, Error **errp);
 void kvm_s390_apply_cpu_model(const S390CPUModel *model,  Error **errp);
-#else
-static inline void kvm_s390_get_host_cpu_model(S390CPUModel *model,
-                                               Error **errp)
-{
-}
-static inline void kvm_s390_apply_cpu_model(const S390CPUModel *model,
-                                            Error **errp)
-{
-}
-static inline bool kvm_s390_cpu_models_supported(void)
-{
-    return false;
-}
-#endif
 
 #endif /* TARGET_S390X_CPU_MODELS_H */
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
index 42f6928..cd9d7af 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@
         zlib-static \
         zstd \
         zstd-dev && \
-    apk list | sort > /packages.txt && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
+    apk list --installed | sort > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/cc && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
similarity index 82%
rename from tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
rename to tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
index d97c30e..6cf47ce 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
 #
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all centos-stream-8 qemu
+#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all centos-stream-9 qemu
 #
 # https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
 
-FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
 
 RUN dnf distro-sync -y && \
     dnf install 'dnf-command(config-manager)' -y && \
-    dnf config-manager --set-enabled -y powertools && \
-    dnf install -y centos-release-advanced-virtualization && \
+    dnf config-manager --set-enabled -y crb && \
     dnf install -y epel-release && \
     dnf install -y epel-next-release && \
     dnf install -y \
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
         glib2-static \
         glibc-langpack-en \
         glibc-static \
-        glusterfs-api-devel \
         gnutls-devel \
         gtk3-devel \
         hostname \
@@ -82,6 +80,7 @@
         lzo-devel \
         make \
         mesa-libgbm-devel \
+        meson \
         mtools \
         ncurses-devel \
         nettle-devel \
@@ -95,25 +94,25 @@
         pixman-devel \
         pkgconfig \
         pulseaudio-libs-devel \
-        python38 \
-        python38-PyYAML \
-        python38-numpy \
-        python38-pip \
-        python38-setuptools \
-        python38-wheel \
+        python3 \
+        python3-PyYAML \
+        python3-numpy \
+        python3-pillow \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-sphinx \
+        python3-sphinx_rtd_theme \
+        python3-tomli \
         rdma-core-devel \
         sed \
         snappy-devel \
         socat \
         spice-protocol \
-        spice-server-devel \
         swtpm \
         systemd-devel \
         systemtap-sdt-devel \
         tar \
         usbredir-devel \
         util-linux \
-        virglrenderer-devel \
         vte291-devel \
         which \
         xfsprogs-devel \
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@
         zstd && \
     dnf autoremove -y && \
     dnf clean all -y && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
     rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
@@ -131,18 +131,11 @@
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/g++ && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/gcc
 
-RUN /usr/bin/pip3.8 install \
-                    meson==0.63.2 \
-                    pillow \
-                    sphinx \
-                    sphinx-rtd-theme \
-                    tomli
-
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
 ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
 ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
-ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3.8"
+ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
 # As a final step configure the user (if env is defined)
 ARG USER
 ARG UID
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
index 00bdc06..d0b0e97 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
index 2dae377..8cb2257 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
index 75342c0..e6f3741 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 RUN /usr/bin/pip3 install tomli
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
index 180ed83..407a014 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-i686-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-i686-cross.docker
index 3fc4e15..bdc9566 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-i686-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-i686-cross.docker
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 RUN /usr/bin/pip3 install tomli
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
index 17d3e01..4d995d0 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 RUN /usr/bin/pip3 install tomli
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
index 5fcd641..0cf803b 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 RUN /usr/bin/pip3 install tomli
 
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
index d6be2f0..6180ec0 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
index a26637e..591572a 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-riscv64-cross.docker
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
index ec0041d..90c8d3c 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
+    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian.docker
index b5e642d..5722482 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian.docker
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
     dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
     dpkg-query --showformat '${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}\n' --show > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
index f8e4cb7..d1a480f 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
                xorriso \
                zstd && \
     nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
-    nosync dnf clean all -y
+    nosync dnf clean all -y && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
 ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
index 9e9c71f..7e6ab03 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
                zstd && \
     nosync dnf autoremove -y && \
     nosync dnf clean all -y && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
     rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
index cf75338..c4055bd 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
            zlib-devel-static \
            zstd && \
     zypper clean --all && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
     rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e2120..0000000
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
-#
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all ubuntu-2004 qemu
-#
-# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
-
-FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:20.04
-
-RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y eatmydata && \
-    eatmydata apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-                      bash \
-                      bc \
-                      bison \
-                      bsdmainutils \
-                      bzip2 \
-                      ca-certificates \
-                      ccache \
-                      clang \
-                      dbus \
-                      debianutils \
-                      diffutils \
-                      exuberant-ctags \
-                      findutils \
-                      flex \
-                      g++ \
-                      gcc \
-                      gcovr \
-                      gettext \
-                      git \
-                      hostname \
-                      libaio-dev \
-                      libasan6 \
-                      libasound2-dev \
-                      libattr1-dev \
-                      libbrlapi-dev \
-                      libbz2-dev \
-                      libc6-dev \
-                      libcacard-dev \
-                      libcap-ng-dev \
-                      libcapstone-dev \
-                      libcmocka-dev \
-                      libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
-                      libdaxctl-dev \
-                      libdrm-dev \
-                      libepoxy-dev \
-                      libfdt-dev \
-                      libffi-dev \
-                      libfuse3-dev \
-                      libgbm-dev \
-                      libgcrypt20-dev \
-                      libglib2.0-dev \
-                      libglusterfs-dev \
-                      libgnutls28-dev \
-                      libgtk-3-dev \
-                      libibumad-dev \
-                      libibverbs-dev \
-                      libiscsi-dev \
-                      libjemalloc-dev \
-                      libjpeg-turbo8-dev \
-                      libjson-c-dev \
-                      liblttng-ust-dev \
-                      liblzo2-dev \
-                      libncursesw5-dev \
-                      libnfs-dev \
-                      libnuma-dev \
-                      libpam0g-dev \
-                      libpcre2-dev \
-                      libpixman-1-dev \
-                      libpmem-dev \
-                      libpng-dev \
-                      libpulse-dev \
-                      librbd-dev \
-                      librdmacm-dev \
-                      libsasl2-dev \
-                      libsdl2-dev \
-                      libsdl2-image-dev \
-                      libseccomp-dev \
-                      libselinux1-dev \
-                      libslirp-dev \
-                      libsnappy-dev \
-                      libsndio-dev \
-                      libspice-protocol-dev \
-                      libspice-server-dev \
-                      libssh-dev \
-                      libsystemd-dev \
-                      libtasn1-6-dev \
-                      libubsan1 \
-                      libudev-dev \
-                      libusb-1.0-0-dev \
-                      libusbredirhost-dev \
-                      libvdeplug-dev \
-                      libvirglrenderer-dev \
-                      libvte-2.91-dev \
-                      libxen-dev \
-                      libzstd-dev \
-                      llvm \
-                      locales \
-                      make \
-                      mtools \
-                      multipath-tools \
-                      ncat \
-                      nettle-dev \
-                      ninja-build \
-                      openssh-client \
-                      pkgconf \
-                      python3 \
-                      python3-numpy \
-                      python3-opencv \
-                      python3-pillow \
-                      python3-pip \
-                      python3-setuptools \
-                      python3-sphinx \
-                      python3-sphinx-rtd-theme \
-                      python3-venv \
-                      python3-wheel \
-                      python3-yaml \
-                      rpm2cpio \
-                      sed \
-                      socat \
-                      sparse \
-                      systemtap-sdt-dev \
-                      tar \
-                      tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      xfslibs-dev \
-                      xorriso \
-                      zlib1g-dev \
-                      zstd && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
-    sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
-    dpkg-query --showformat '${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}\n' --show > /packages.txt && \
-    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/cc && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/clang && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/g++ && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/gcc
-
-RUN /usr/bin/pip3 install \
-                            meson==0.63.2 \
-                            tomli
-
-ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
-ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
-ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
-ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
-ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
-# As a final step configure the user (if env is defined)
-ARG USER
-ARG UID
-RUN if [ "${USER}" ]; then \
-  id ${USER} 2>/dev/null || useradd -u ${UID} -U ${USER}; fi
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2204.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2204.docker
index 2ca9cff..b8e7833 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2204.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2204.docker
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
     sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
     dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+    rm -f /usr/lib*/python3*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED && \
     dpkg-query --showformat '${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}\n' --show > /packages.txt && \
     mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/c++ && \
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
index 77c8001..cec6703 160000
--- a/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
+++ b/tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 77c800186f34b21be7660750577cc5582a914deb
+Subproject commit cec67039719becbfbab866f9c23574f389cf9559
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
index 407c033..03b974a 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
@@ -1,66 +1,50 @@
 mappings:
   flake8:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   meson:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3:
-    CentOSStream8: python38
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-base
 
   python3-PyYAML:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-PyYAML
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-devel:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-devel
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-devel
 
   python3-docutils:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-numpy:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-numpy
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-opencv:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-pillow:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-pip:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-pip
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-pip
 
   python3-pillow:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-selinux:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-setuptools:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-setuptools
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-setuptools
 
   python3-sphinx:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-sphinx-rtd-theme:
-    CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
   python3-sqlite3:
-    CentOSStream8: python38
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311
 
   python3-tomli:
@@ -69,15 +53,11 @@
     Fedora:
     Debian12:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
-    # Not available for Python 3.8
-    CentOSStream8:
 
   python3-venv:
-    CentOSStream8: python38
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-base
 
   python3-wheel:
-    CentOSStream8: python38-wheel
     OpenSUSELeap15: python311-pip
 
 pypi_mappings:
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index fe7692c..24a735a 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -125,12 +125,11 @@
     # Standard native builds
     #
     generate_dockerfile("alpine", "alpine-318")
-    generate_dockerfile("centos8", "centos-stream-8")
+    generate_dockerfile("centos9", "centos-stream-9")
     generate_dockerfile("debian", "debian-12",
                         trailer="".join(debian12_extras))
     generate_dockerfile("fedora", "fedora-38")
     generate_dockerfile("opensuse-leap", "opensuse-leap-15")
-    generate_dockerfile("ubuntu2004", "ubuntu-2004")
     generate_dockerfile("ubuntu2204", "ubuntu-2204")
 
     #
diff --git a/tests/qtest/aspeed_fsi-test.c b/tests/qtest/aspeed_fsi-test.c
index b3020dd..f5ab269 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/aspeed_fsi-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/aspeed_fsi-test.c
@@ -63,22 +63,22 @@
         /* Unselect FSI1 */
         aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_BUS_SELECT, 0x0);
         curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_BUS_SELECT);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x0);
+        g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x0);
 
         /* Select FSI0 */
         aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_BUS_SELECT, 0x1);
         curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_BUS_SELECT);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x1);
+        g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x1);
     } else if (base_addr == AST2600_OPB_FSI1_BASE_ADDR) {
         /* Unselect FSI0 */
         aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_BUS_SELECT, 0x0);
         curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_BUS_SELECT);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x0);
+        g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x0);
 
         /* Select FSI1 */
         aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_BUS_SELECT, 0x1);
         curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_BUS_SELECT);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x1);
+        g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x1);
     } else {
         g_assert_not_reached();
     }
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@
     aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_ENGINER_TRIGGER, 0x1);
 
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_INTRRUPT_STATUS);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x10000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x10000);
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_BUS_STATUS);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x0);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x0);
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB0_READ_DATA);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x152d02c0);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x152d02c0);
 }
 
 static void test_fsi1_getcfam_addr0(const void *data)
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@
     aspeed_fsi_writel(s, ASPEED_FSI_ENGINER_TRIGGER, 0x1);
 
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_INTRRUPT_STATUS);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x20000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x20000);
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_BUS_STATUS);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x0);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x0);
     curval = aspeed_fsi_readl(s, ASPEED_FSI_OPB1_READ_DATA);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(curval, ==, 0x152d02c0);
+    g_assert_cmphex(curval, ==, 0x152d02c0);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer-test.c b/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer-test.c
index ad6a758..3b89bed 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer-test.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
      * tick VALUE should have wrapped round to 0xffff.
      */
     clock_step(40);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(readl(TIMER_BASE + TIMER1VALUE), ==, 0xffff);
+    g_assert_cmphex(readl(TIMER_BASE + TIMER1VALUE), ==, 0xffff);
 
     /* Check that any write to INTCLR clears interrupt */
     writel(TIMER_BASE + TIMER1INTCLR, 1);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-watchdog-test.c b/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-watchdog-test.c
index 2710cb1..00b5dbb 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-watchdog-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/cmsdk-apb-watchdog-test.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
     /* Rewrite RCC.SYSDIV from 16 to 8, so the clock is now 40ns per tick */
     rcc = readl(SSYS_BASE + RCC);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(extract32(rcc, SYSDIV_SHIFT, SYSDIV_LENGTH), ==, 0xf);
+    g_assert_cmphex(extract32(rcc, SYSDIV_SHIFT, SYSDIV_LENGTH), ==, 0xf);
     rcc = deposit32(rcc, SYSDIV_SHIFT, SYSDIV_LENGTH, 7);
     writel(SSYS_BASE + RCC, rcc);
 
diff --git a/tests/qtest/erst-test.c b/tests/qtest/erst-test.c
index c45bee7..36bbe12 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/erst-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/erst-test.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     g_assert_cmpuint(s->reg_barsize, ==, 16);
 
     s->mem_bar = qpci_iomap(s->dev, 1, &s->mem_barsize);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(s->mem_barsize, ==, 0x2000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(s->mem_barsize, ==, 0x2000);
 
     qpci_device_enable(s->dev);
 }
diff --git a/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c b/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
index 9bf8e78..fb45fde 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/ivshmem-test.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 
     /* trigger interrupt via registers */
     out_reg(s, INTRMASK, 0xffffffff);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(in_reg(s, INTRMASK), ==, 0xffffffff);
+    g_assert_cmphex(in_reg(s, INTRMASK), ==, 0xffffffff);
     out_reg(s, INTRSTATUS, 1);
     /* check interrupt status */
     g_assert_cmpuint(in_reg(s, INTRSTATUS), ==, 1);
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@
     memset(tmpshmem, 0x42, TMPSHMSIZE);
     read_mem(s1, 0, data, TMPSHMSIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < TMPSHMSIZE; i++) {
-        g_assert_cmpuint(data[i], ==, 0x42);
+        g_assert_cmphex(data[i], ==, 0x42);
     }
     read_mem(s2, 0, data, TMPSHMSIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < TMPSHMSIZE; i++) {
-        g_assert_cmpuint(data[i], ==, 0x42);
+        g_assert_cmphex(data[i], ==, 0x42);
     }
 
     /* guest 1 write, guest 2 read */
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     memset(data, 0, TMPSHMSIZE);
     read_mem(s2, 0, data, TMPSHMSIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < TMPSHMSIZE; i++) {
-        g_assert_cmpuint(data[i], ==, 0x43);
+        g_assert_cmphex(data[i], ==, 0x43);
     }
 
     /* guest 2 write, guest 1 read */
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     memset(data, 0, TMPSHMSIZE);
     read_mem(s1, 0, data, TMPSHMSIZE);
     for (i = 0; i < TMPSHMSIZE; i++) {
-        g_assert_cmpuint(data[i], ==, 0x44);
+        g_assert_cmphex(data[i], ==, 0x44);
     }
 
     cleanup_vm(s1);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqos/ahci.c b/tests/qtest/libqos/ahci.c
index 6d59c75..34a75b7 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqos/ahci.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqos/ahci.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@
     case CMD_ATAPI_REQUEST_SENSE:
     case CMD_ATAPI_TEST_UNIT_READY:
     case CMD_ATAPI_START_STOP_UNIT:
-        g_assert_cmpuint(lba, ==, 0x00);
+        g_assert_cmphex(lba, ==, 0x00);
         break;
     default:
         /* SCSI doesn't have uniform packet formats,
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
         break;
     case CMD_ATAPI_READ_CD:
         /* 24bit BE store */
-        g_assert_cmpuint(nsectors, <, 1ULL << 24);
+        g_assert_cmphex(nsectors, <, 1ULL << 24);
         tmp = nsectors;
         cbd[6] = (tmp & 0xFF0000) >> 16;
         cbd[7] = (tmp & 0xFF00) >> 8;
diff --git a/tests/qtest/microbit-test.c b/tests/qtest/microbit-test.c
index 72190d3..505c831 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/microbit-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/microbit-test.c
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@
 
     /* MMA8653 magnetometer detection */
     val = i2c_read_byte(qts, 0x3A, 0x0D);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(val, ==, 0x5A);
+    g_assert_cmphex(val, ==, 0x5A);
 
     val = i2c_read_byte(qts, 0x3A, 0x0D);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(val, ==, 0x5A);
+    g_assert_cmphex(val, ==, 0x5A);
 
     /* LSM303 accelerometer detection */
     val = i2c_read_byte(qts, 0x3C, 0x4F);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(val, ==, 0x40);
+    g_assert_cmphex(val, ==, 0x40);
 
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_TWI_BASE + NRF51_TWI_REG_ENABLE, 0);
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 
     /* Check memory */
     for (i = 0; i < size / 4; i++) {
-        g_assert_cmpuint(qtest_readl(qts, base + i * 4), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+        g_assert_cmphex(qtest_readl(qts, base + i * 4), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
     }
 
     /* Fill memory */
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 
     /* Test always ready */
     value = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_NVMC_BASE + NRF51_NVMC_READY);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(value & 0x01, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(value & 0x01, ==, 0x01);
 
     /* Test write-read config register */
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_NVMC_BASE + NRF51_NVMC_CONFIG, 0x03);
@@ -302,19 +302,19 @@
     g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, expected);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START)
              & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_END) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
 
     /* Check clear via DIRCLR */
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_DIRCLR, 0x80000001);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_DIR);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00000000);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START)
              & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_END) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
 
     /* Check set via DIR */
     expected = 0x80000001;
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@
     g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, expected);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START)
              & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_END) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
 
     /* Reset DIR */
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_DIR, 0x00000000);
@@ -334,33 +334,33 @@
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0x00);
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, 0);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, 1);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, -1);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0x02);
 
     /* Check pull-up working */
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, 0);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0b0000);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0b1110);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0x02);
 
     /* Check pull-down working */
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, 1);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0b0000);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0b0110);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0x02);
     qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", 0, -1);
 
@@ -376,11 +376,11 @@
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_CNF_START, 0b01);
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_OUTSET, 0x01);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x01);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x01);
 
     qtest_writel(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_OUTCLR, 0x01);
     actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN) & 0x01;
-    g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x00);
+    g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x00);
 
     /*
      * Check short-circuit - generates an guest_error which must be checked
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
         /* Set pin high */
         qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", i, 1);
         uint32_t actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 1 << i);
+        g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 1 << i);
 
         /* Check that DETECT is high */
         g_assert_true(qtest_get_irq(qts, 0));
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
         /* Set pin low, check that DETECT goes low. */
         qtest_set_irq_in(qts, "/machine/nrf51", "unnamed-gpio-in", i, 0);
         actual = qtest_readl(qts, NRF51_GPIO_BASE + NRF51_GPIO_REG_IN);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(actual, ==, 0x0);
+        g_assert_cmphex(actual, ==, 0x0);
         g_assert_false(qtest_get_irq(qts, 0));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c b/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c
index a65d754..fd5635d 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/sse-timer-test.c
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@
     writel(TIMER_BASE + CNTP_AIVAL_CTL, 0);
     clock_step_ticks(0x42ULL << 32);
     g_assert_cmpuint(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTPCT_LO), ==, 4400);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTPCT_HI), ==, 0x42);
+    g_assert_cmphex(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTPCT_HI), ==, 0x42);
 
     /* Turn on the autoinc again to check AIVAL_HI */
     writel(TIMER_BASE + CNTP_AIVAL_CTL, 1);
     g_assert_cmpuint(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTP_AIVAL_LO), ==, 4600);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTP_AIVAL_HI), ==, 0x42);
+    g_assert_cmphex(readl(TIMER_BASE + CNTP_AIVAL_HI), ==, 0x42);
 }
 
 static void test_timer_scale_change(void)
diff --git a/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_exti-test.c b/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_exti-test.c
index 81830be..7092860 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_exti-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_exti-test.c
@@ -70,44 +70,44 @@
     /* Test that non-reserved bits in xMR and xTSR can be set and cleared */
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR1), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR1), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR1, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_EMR1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR1), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR1), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_EMR1, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x007DFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x007DFFFF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR1, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR1, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x007DFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x007DFFFF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR1, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR2, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x000000FF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x000000FF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_EMR2, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x000000FF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x000000FF);
     exti_writel(EXTI_EMR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR2, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000078);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000078);
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR2, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000078);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000078);
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_direct_lines_write(void)
@@ -115,28 +115,28 @@
     /* Test that direct lines reserved bits are not written to */
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR1, 0xFF820000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR1, 0xFF820000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER1, 0xFF820000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0xFF820000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR2, 0x00000087);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR2, 0x00000087);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER2, 0x00000087);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR2, 0x00000087);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_reserved_bits_write(void)
@@ -144,22 +144,22 @@
     /* Test that reserved bits stay are not written to */
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_IMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_EMR2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_EMR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_RTSR2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_RTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_FTSR2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_FTSR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR2, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_software_interrupt(void)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER1, 0x00000001);
 
     /* Check that the write in SWIER was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000001);
     /* Check that the corresponding pending bit in PR is set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
     /* Check that the corresponding interrupt is pending in the NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000001);
 
     /* Check that the write in PR was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the corresponding bit in SWIER was cleared */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt is still pending in the NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI35_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 
     /* Enable interrupt line EXTI0 */
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER2, 0x00000008);
 
     /* Check that the write in SWIER was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000008);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000008);
     /* Check that the corresponding pending bit in PR is set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000008);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000008);
     /* Check that the corresponding interrupt is pending in the NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR2, 0x00000008);
 
     /* Check that the write in PR was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the corresponding bit in SWIER was cleared */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt is still pending in the NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 
@@ -259,16 +259,16 @@
 
     /* Test that an irq is raised on rising edge only */
     exti_set_irq(0, 0);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     exti_set_irq(0, 1);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     /* Clean the test */
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     unpend_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -280,16 +280,16 @@
 
     /* Test that an irq is raised on falling edge only */
     exti_set_irq(0, 1);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     exti_set_irq(0, 0);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     /* Clean the test */
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     unpend_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -300,23 +300,23 @@
 
     /* Test that an irq is raised on rising edge */
     exti_set_irq(0, 1);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     /* Clean the test */
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     unpend_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     /* Test that an irq is raised on falling edge */
     exti_set_irq(0, 0);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000001);
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     /* Clean the test */
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     unpend_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@
 
     /* Test that no irq is raised */
     exti_set_irq(0, 1);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
     exti_set_irq(0, 0);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 }
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI0_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER1, 0x00000001);
 
     /* Check that the write in SWIER was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER1), ==, 0x00000001);
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR1, 0x00000001);
 
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI0_IRQ));
 
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI35_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_SWIER2, 0x00000008);
 
     /* Check that the write in SWIER was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000008);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_SWIER2), ==, 0x00000008);
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR2, 0x00000008);
 
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR2), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI35_IRQ));
 }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI1_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
     exti_set_irq(1, 1);
 
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_IMR1, 0x00000002);
 
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR wasn't set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 }
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI1_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
     exti_set_irq(1, 1);
 
     /* Check that the pending bit in PR was set */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000002);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000002);
     /* Check that the interrupt is pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
     exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 0x00000002);
 
     /* Check that the write in PR was effective */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that the interrupt is still pending in the NVIC */
     g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI1_IRQ));
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
      */
     enable_nvic_irq(EXTI5_9_IRQ);
     /* Check that there are no interrupts already pending in PR */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
     /* Check that this specific interrupt isn't pending in NVIC */
     g_assert_false(check_nvic_pending(EXTI5_9_IRQ));
 
@@ -522,11 +522,11 @@
     /* Raise GPIO line i, check that the interrupt is pending */
     for (unsigned i = 5; i < 10; i++) {
         exti_set_irq(i, 1);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 1 << i);
+        g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 1 << i);
         g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI5_9_IRQ));
 
         exti_writel(EXTI_PR1, 1 << i);
-        g_assert_cmpuint(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+        g_assert_cmphex(exti_readl(EXTI_PR1), ==, 0x00000000);
         g_assert_true(check_nvic_pending(EXTI5_9_IRQ));
 
         unpend_nvic_irq(EXTI5_9_IRQ);
diff --git a/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_syscfg-test.c b/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_syscfg-test.c
index ed48017..59bac82 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_syscfg-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/stm32l4x5_syscfg-test.c
@@ -54,27 +54,27 @@
     /*
      * Test that registers are initialized at the correct values
      */
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x7C000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x7C000001);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SCSR), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SCSR), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_reserved_bits(void)
@@ -87,25 +87,25 @@
      * register is still at reset value
      */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_MEMRMP, 0xFFFFFEF8);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR1, 0x7F00FEFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x7C000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x7C000001);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR1, 0xFFFF0000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR2, 0xFFFF0000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR3, 0xFFFF0000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR4, 0xFFFF0000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SKR, 0xFFFFFF00);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_set_and_clear(void)
@@ -114,40 +114,40 @@
      * Test that regular bits can be set and cleared
      */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_MEMRMP, 0x00000107);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000107);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000107);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_MEMRMP, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_MEMRMP), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     /* cfgr1 bit 0 is clear only so we keep it set */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR1, 0xFCFF0101);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0xFCFF0101);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0xFCFF0101);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x00000001);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x00000001);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR1, 0x0000FFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR1, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR2, 0x0000FFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR3, 0x0000FFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR3, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR3), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR4, 0x0000FFFF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x0000FFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_EXTICR4, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_EXTICR4), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SKR, 0x000000FF);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x000000FF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x000000FF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SKR, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SKR), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_clear_by_writing_1(void)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
      * Test that writing '1' doesn't set the bit
      */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR2, 0x00000100);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x00000000);
 }
 
 static void test_set_only_bits(void)
@@ -166,15 +166,15 @@
      */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR2, 0x0000000F);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x0000000F);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR2), ==, 0x0000000F);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SWPR, 0xFFFFFFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SWPR, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SWPR2, 0xFFFFFFFF);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_SWPR2, 0x00000000);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR2), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_SWPR2), ==, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
     system_reset();
 }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
      */
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR1, 0x00000000);
     syscfg_writel(SYSCFG_CFGR1, 0x00000001);
-    g_assert_cmpuint(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x00000000);
+    g_assert_cmphex(syscfg_readl(SYSCFG_CFGR1), ==, 0x00000000);
 
     system_reset();
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c b/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
index db33742..d8fd92c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-nested-aio-poll.c
@@ -30,19 +30,16 @@
 
 static void io_read(EventNotifier *notifier)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s %p\n", __func__, notifier);
     event_notifier_test_and_clear(notifier);
 }
 
 static bool io_poll_true(void *opaque)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s %p\n", __func__, opaque);
     return true;
 }
 
 static bool io_poll_false(void *opaque)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s %p\n", __func__, opaque);
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -50,8 +47,6 @@
 {
     TestData *td = container_of(notifier, TestData, poll_notifier);
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "> %s\n", __func__);
-
     g_assert(!td->nested);
     td->nested = true;
 
@@ -62,8 +57,6 @@
     g_assert(aio_poll(td->ctx, true));
 
     td->nested = false;
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "< %s\n", __func__);
 }
 
 /* dummy_notifier never triggers */
diff --git a/tests/vm/centos b/tests/vm/centos
index 097a9ca..d25c8f8 100755
--- a/tests/vm/centos
+++ b/tests/vm/centos
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         export SRC_ARCHIVE=/dev/vdb;
         sudo chmod a+r $SRC_ARCHIVE;
         tar -xf $SRC_ARCHIVE;
-        make docker-test-block@centos8 {verbose} J={jobs} NETWORK=1;
-        make docker-test-quick@centos8 {verbose} J={jobs} NETWORK=1;
+        make docker-test-block@centos9 {verbose} J={jobs} NETWORK=1;
+        make docker-test-quick@centos9 {verbose} J={jobs} NETWORK=1;
     """
 
     def build_image(self, img):
diff --git a/tests/vm/openbsd b/tests/vm/openbsd
index 85c9863..5e646f7 100755
--- a/tests/vm/openbsd
+++ b/tests/vm/openbsd
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
     name = "openbsd"
     arch = "x86_64"
 
-    link = "https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.4/amd64/install74.iso"
-    csum = "a1001736ed9fe2307965b5fcdb426ae11f9b80d26eb21e404a705144a0a224a0"
+    link = "https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.5/amd64/install75.iso"
+    csum = "034435c6e27405d5a7fafb058162943c194eb793dafdc412c08d49bb56b3892a"
     size = "20G"
     pkgs = [
         # tools
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         self.console_wait_send("Allow root ssh login",    "yes\n")
         self.console_wait_send("timezone",                "UTC\n")
         self.console_wait_send("root disk",               "\n")
-        self.console_wait_send("Encrypt the root disk with a passphrase", "no\n")
+        self.console_wait_send("Encrypt the root disk with a (p)assphrase", "no\n")
         self.console_wait_send("(W)hole disk",            "\n")
         self.console_wait_send("(A)uto layout",           "c\n")