diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e857cf8bf3..d7e9ba2da7 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
 
 General Project Administration
 ------------------------------
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
 
 Responsible Disclosure, Reporting Security Issues
 ------------------------------
 W: http://wiki.qemu.org/SecurityProcess
 M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 L: secalert@redhat.com
 
 Guest CPU cores (TCG):
@@ -568,7 +566,6 @@ F: hw/unicore32/
 X86 Machines
 ------------
 PC
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: include/hw/i386/
@@ -693,7 +690,6 @@ S: Supported
 F: hw/*/*vhost*
 
 virtio
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
 F: hw/*/virtio*
@@ -800,7 +796,6 @@ F: block/mirror.c
 T: git git://github.com/codyprime/qemu-kvm-jtc.git block
 
 Character Devices
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: qemu-char.c
@@ -861,7 +856,6 @@ F: audio/spiceaudio.c
 F: hw/display/qxl*
 
 Graphics
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
 S: Odd Fixes
 F: ui/
@@ -873,7 +867,6 @@ S: Odd Fixes
 F: ui/cocoa.m
 
 Main loop
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: cpus.c
@@ -890,7 +883,6 @@ F: hmp-commands.hx
 T: git git://repo.or.cz/qemu/qmp-unstable.git queue/qmp
 
 Network device layer
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
 M: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
@@ -942,7 +934,6 @@ F: qga/
 T: git git://github.com/mdroth/qemu.git qga
 
 QOM
-M: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@amazon.com>
 M: Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
 S: Supported
 T: git git://github.com/afaerber/qemu-cpu.git qom-next
diff --git a/device_tree.c b/device_tree.c
index 4cb1cd50aa..3d119ef0bd 100644
--- a/device_tree.c
+++ b/device_tree.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/device_tree.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
-#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ uint32_t qemu_fdt_alloc_phandle(void *fdt)
      * which phandle id to start allocting phandles.
      */
     if (!phandle) {
-        phandle = qemu_opt_get_number(qemu_get_machine_opts(),
-                                      "phandle_start", 0);
+        phandle = machine_phandle_start(current_machine);
     }
 
     if (!phandle) {
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 60b9752b0b..e97071a3ec 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "tcg.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#endif
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
@@ -1251,8 +1254,7 @@ static void qemu_ram_setup_dump(void *addr, ram_addr_t size)
     int ret;
 
     /* Use MADV_DONTDUMP, if user doesn't want the guest memory in the core */
-    if (!qemu_opt_get_bool(qemu_get_machine_opts(),
-                           "dump-guest-core", true)) {
+    if (!machine_dump_guest_core(current_machine)) {
         ret = qemu_madvise(addr, size, QEMU_MADV_DONTDUMP);
         if (ret) {
             perror("qemu_madvise");
@@ -1327,7 +1329,7 @@ void qemu_ram_unset_idstr(ram_addr_t addr)
 
 static int memory_try_enable_merging(void *addr, size_t len)
 {
-    if (!qemu_opt_get_bool(qemu_get_machine_opts(), "mem-merge", true)) {
+    if (!machine_mem_merge(current_machine)) {
         /* disabled by the user */
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index 876cada4b2..6242908d6c 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ build_append_namestringv(GArray *array, const char *format, va_list ap)
     switch (seg_count) {
     case 1:
         if (!*s) {
-            build_append_byte(array, 0x0); /* NullName */
+            build_append_byte(array, 0x00); /* NullName */
         } else {
             build_append_nameseg(array, s);
         }
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ build_append_namestringv(GArray *array, const char *format, va_list ap)
     g_strfreev(segs);
 }
 
+GCC_FMT_ATTR(2, 3)
 static void build_append_namestring(GArray *array, const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
@@ -335,26 +336,29 @@ static void build_buffer(GArray *array, uint8_t op)
 
 void aml_append(Aml *parent_ctx, Aml *child)
 {
+    GArray *buf = build_alloc_array();
+    build_append_array(buf, child->buf);
+
     switch (child->block_flags) {
     case AML_OPCODE:
         build_append_byte(parent_ctx->buf, child->op);
         break;
     case AML_EXT_PACKAGE:
-        build_extop_package(child->buf, child->op);
+        build_extop_package(buf, child->op);
         break;
     case AML_PACKAGE:
-        build_package(child->buf, child->op);
+        build_package(buf, child->op);
         break;
     case AML_RES_TEMPLATE:
-        build_append_byte(child->buf, 0x79); /* EndTag */
+        build_append_byte(buf, 0x79); /* EndTag */
         /*
          * checksum operations are treated as succeeded if checksum
          * field is zero. [ACPI Spec 1.0b, 6.4.2.8 End Tag]
          */
-        build_append_byte(child->buf, 0);
+        build_append_byte(buf, 0);
         /* fall through, to pack resources in buffer */
     case AML_BUFFER:
-        build_buffer(child->buf, child->op);
+        build_buffer(buf, child->op);
         break;
     case AML_NO_OPCODE:
         break;
@@ -362,7 +366,8 @@ void aml_append(Aml *parent_ctx, Aml *child)
         assert(0);
         break;
     }
-    build_append_array(parent_ctx->buf, child->buf);
+    build_append_array(parent_ctx->buf, buf);
+    build_free_array(buf);
 }
 
 /* ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.5.1 Namespace Modifier Objects Encoding: DefScope */
@@ -444,7 +449,7 @@ Aml *aml_and(Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2)
     Aml *var = aml_opcode(0x7B /* AndOp */);
     aml_append(var, arg1);
     aml_append(var, arg2);
-    build_append_int(var->buf, 0x00 /* NullNameOp */);
+    build_append_byte(var->buf, 0x00 /* NullNameOp */);
     return var;
 }
 
@@ -542,7 +547,6 @@ Aml *aml_equal(Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2)
     Aml *var = aml_opcode(0x93 /* LequalOp */);
     aml_append(var, arg1);
     aml_append(var, arg2);
-    build_append_int(var->buf, 0x00); /* NullNameOp */
     return var;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index fbd91be575..e3a3e2ab73 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ static void machine_set_accel(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
     ms->accel = g_strdup(value);
 }
 
-static bool machine_get_kernel_irqchip(Object *obj, Error **errp)
-{
-    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
-
-    return ms->kernel_irqchip;
-}
-
 static void machine_set_kernel_irqchip(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
 
-    ms->kernel_irqchip = value;
+    ms->kernel_irqchip_allowed = value;
+    ms->kernel_irqchip_required = value;
 }
 
 static void machine_get_kvm_shadow_mem(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
@@ -289,13 +283,18 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
 
+    ms->kernel_irqchip_allowed = true;
+    ms->kvm_shadow_mem = -1;
+    ms->dump_guest_core = true;
+    ms->mem_merge = true;
+
     object_property_add_str(obj, "accel",
                             machine_get_accel, machine_set_accel, NULL);
     object_property_set_description(obj, "accel",
                                     "Accelerator list",
                                     NULL);
     object_property_add_bool(obj, "kernel-irqchip",
-                             machine_get_kernel_irqchip,
+                             NULL,
                              machine_set_kernel_irqchip,
                              NULL);
     object_property_set_description(obj, "kernel-irqchip",
@@ -403,6 +402,41 @@ bool machine_usb(MachineState *machine)
     return machine->usb;
 }
 
+bool machine_iommu(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->iommu;
+}
+
+bool machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->kernel_irqchip_allowed;
+}
+
+bool machine_kernel_irqchip_required(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->kernel_irqchip_required;
+}
+
+int machine_kvm_shadow_mem(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->kvm_shadow_mem;
+}
+
+int machine_phandle_start(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->phandle_start;
+}
+
+bool machine_dump_guest_core(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->dump_guest_core;
+}
+
+bool machine_mem_merge(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    return machine->mem_merge;
+}
+
 static const TypeInfo machine_info = {
     .name = TYPE_MACHINE,
     .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
diff --git a/hw/pci-host/q35.c b/hw/pci-host/q35.c
index df60e61d4f..c8827cc000 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/q35.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/q35.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static void mch_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
                  PAM_EXPAN_BASE + i * PAM_EXPAN_SIZE, PAM_EXPAN_SIZE);
     }
     /* Intel IOMMU (VT-d) */
-    if (qemu_opt_get_bool(qemu_get_machine_opts(), "iommu", false)) {
+    if (machine_iommu(current_machine)) {
         mch_init_dmar(mch);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/pci/pci.c b/hw/pci/pci.c
index cc5d946b8f..6941a82a7f 100644
--- a/hw/pci/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci/pci.c
@@ -1613,9 +1613,11 @@ static const char * const pci_nic_names[] = {
 /* Initialize a PCI NIC.  */
 static PCIDevice *pci_nic_init(NICInfo *nd, PCIBus *rootbus,
                                const char *default_model,
-                               const char *default_devaddr)
+                               const char *default_devaddr,
+                               Error **errp)
 {
     const char *devaddr = nd->devaddr ? nd->devaddr : default_devaddr;
+    Error *err = NULL;
     PCIBus *bus;
     int devfn;
     PCIDevice *pci_dev;
@@ -1636,8 +1638,13 @@ static PCIDevice *pci_nic_init(NICInfo *nd, PCIBus *rootbus,
     pci_dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, pci_nic_names[i]);
     dev = &pci_dev->qdev;
     qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
-    if (qdev_init(dev) < 0)
+
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        object_unparent(OBJECT(dev));
         return NULL;
+    }
     return pci_dev;
 }
 
@@ -1645,14 +1652,17 @@ PCIDevice *pci_nic_init_nofail(NICInfo *nd, PCIBus *rootbus,
                                const char *default_model,
                                const char *default_devaddr)
 {
+    Error *err = NULL;
     PCIDevice *res;
 
     if (qemu_show_nic_models(nd->model, pci_nic_models))
         exit(0);
 
-    res = pci_nic_init(nd, rootbus, default_model, default_devaddr);
-    if (!res)
+    res = pci_nic_init(nd, rootbus, default_model, default_devaddr, &err);
+    if (!res) {
+        error_report_err(err);
         exit(1);
+    }
     return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/pci/shpc.c b/hw/pci/shpc.c
index 5fd7f4bbb7..759910f79a 100644
--- a/hw/pci/shpc.c
+++ b/hw/pci/shpc.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void shpc_interrupt_update(PCIDevice *d)
     for (slot = 0; slot < shpc->nslots; ++slot) {
         uint8_t event = shpc->config[SHPC_SLOT_EVENT_LATCH(slot)];
         uint8_t disable = shpc->config[SHPC_SLOT_EVENT_SERR_INT_DIS(d, slot)];
-        uint32_t mask = 1 << SHPC_IDX_TO_LOGICAL(slot);
+        uint32_t mask = 1U << SHPC_IDX_TO_LOGICAL(slot);
         if (event & ~disable) {
             int_locator |= mask;
         }
diff --git a/hw/ppc/e500.c b/hw/ppc/e500.c
index d51fb60f79..c10e1b57b6 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/e500.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/e500.c
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ static DeviceState *ppce500_init_mpic_kvm(PPCE500Params *params,
     return dev;
 }
 
-static qemu_irq *ppce500_init_mpic(PPCE500Params *params, MemoryRegion *ccsr,
-                                   qemu_irq **irqs)
+static qemu_irq *ppce500_init_mpic(MachineState *machine, PPCE500Params *params,
+                                   MemoryRegion *ccsr, qemu_irq **irqs)
 {
     qemu_irq *mpic;
     DeviceState *dev = NULL;
@@ -745,17 +745,12 @@ static qemu_irq *ppce500_init_mpic(PPCE500Params *params, MemoryRegion *ccsr,
     mpic = g_new0(qemu_irq, 256);
 
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        QemuOpts *machine_opts = qemu_get_machine_opts();
-        bool irqchip_allowed = qemu_opt_get_bool(machine_opts,
-                                                "kernel_irqchip", true);
-        bool irqchip_required = qemu_opt_get_bool(machine_opts,
-                                                  "kernel_irqchip", false);
         Error *err = NULL;
 
-        if (irqchip_allowed) {
+        if (machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(machine)) {
             dev = ppce500_init_mpic_kvm(params, irqs, &err);
         }
-        if (irqchip_required && !dev) {
+        if (machine_kernel_irqchip_required(machine) && !dev) {
             error_report("kernel_irqchip requested but unavailable: %s",
                          error_get_pretty(err));
             exit(1);
@@ -879,7 +874,7 @@ void ppce500_init(MachineState *machine, PPCE500Params *params)
     memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, params->ccsrbar_base,
                                 ccsr_addr_space);
 
-    mpic = ppce500_init_mpic(params, ccsr_addr_space, irqs);
+    mpic = ppce500_init_mpic(machine, params, ccsr_addr_space, irqs);
 
     /* Serial */
     if (serial_hds[0]) {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 4aa979fbbf..0487f52819 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -127,22 +127,18 @@ static XICSState *try_create_xics(const char *type, int nr_servers,
     return XICS_COMMON(dev);
 }
 
-static XICSState *xics_system_init(int nr_servers, int nr_irqs)
+static XICSState *xics_system_init(MachineState *machine,
+                                   int nr_servers, int nr_irqs)
 {
     XICSState *icp = NULL;
 
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        QemuOpts *machine_opts = qemu_get_machine_opts();
-        bool irqchip_allowed = qemu_opt_get_bool(machine_opts,
-                                                "kernel_irqchip", true);
-        bool irqchip_required = qemu_opt_get_bool(machine_opts,
-                                                  "kernel_irqchip", false);
         Error *err = NULL;
 
-        if (irqchip_allowed) {
+        if (machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(machine)) {
             icp = try_create_xics(TYPE_KVM_XICS, nr_servers, nr_irqs, &err);
         }
-        if (irqchip_required && !icp) {
+        if (machine_kernel_irqchip_required(machine) && !icp) {
             error_report("kernel_irqchip requested but unavailable: %s",
                          error_get_pretty(err));
         }
@@ -1455,7 +1451,8 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     }
 
     /* Set up Interrupt Controller before we create the VCPUs */
-    spapr->icp = xics_system_init(smp_cpus * kvmppc_smt_threads() / smp_threads,
+    spapr->icp = xics_system_init(machine,
+                                  smp_cpus * kvmppc_smt_threads() / smp_threads,
                                   XICS_IRQS);
 
     /* init CPUs */
diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index cfb52e8fd9..da0cff83f7 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int virtio_scsi_parse_cdb(SCSIDevice *dev, SCSICommand *cmd,
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req = hba_private;
 
     if (cmd->len == 0) {
-        cmd->len = MIN(VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE, SCSI_CMD_BUF_SIZE);
+        cmd->len = MIN(VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_DEFAULT_SIZE, SCSI_CMD_BUF_SIZE);
         memcpy(cmd->buf, buf, cmd->len);
     }
 
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ bool virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_prepare(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtIOSCSIReq *req)
     }
     req->sreq = scsi_req_new(d, req->req.cmd.tag,
                              virtio_scsi_get_lun(req->req.cmd.lun),
-                             req->req.cdb, req);
+                             req->req.cmd.cdb, req);
 
     if (req->sreq->cmd.mode != SCSI_XFER_NONE
         && (req->sreq->cmd.mode != req->mode ||
@@ -642,8 +642,8 @@ static void virtio_scsi_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     qbus_reset_all(&s->bus.qbus);
     s->resetting--;
 
-    vs->sense_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE;
-    vs->cdb_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE;
+    vs->sense_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_DEFAULT_SIZE;
+    vs->cdb_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_DEFAULT_SIZE;
     s->events_dropped = false;
 }
 
@@ -830,8 +830,8 @@ void virtio_scsi_common_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp,
         return;
     }
     s->cmd_vqs = g_new0(VirtQueue *, s->conf.num_queues);
-    s->sense_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE;
-    s->cdb_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE;
+    s->sense_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_DEFAULT_SIZE;
+    s->cdb_size = VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_DEFAULT_SIZE;
 
     s->ctrl_vq = virtio_add_queue(vdev, VIRTIO_SCSI_VQ_SIZE,
                                   ctrl);
diff --git a/hw/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/hw/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index d0bb97f7d9..9084ca439e 100644
--- a/hw/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/hw/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -959,18 +959,18 @@ static void tpm_tis_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     tis->bh = qemu_bh_new(tpm_tis_receive_bh, s);
 
     isa_init_irq(&s->busdev, &tis->irq, tis->irq_num);
+
+    memory_region_add_subregion(isa_address_space(ISA_DEVICE(dev)),
+                                TPM_TIS_ADDR_BASE, &s->mmio);
 }
 
 static void tpm_tis_initfn(Object *obj)
 {
-    ISADevice *dev = ISA_DEVICE(obj);
     TPMState *s = TPM(obj);
 
     memory_region_init_io(&s->mmio, OBJECT(s), &tpm_tis_memory_ops,
                           s, "tpm-tis-mmio",
                           TPM_TIS_NUM_LOCALITIES << TPM_TIS_LOCALITY_SHIFT);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(isa_address_space(dev), TPM_TIS_ADDR_BASE,
-                                &s->mmio);
 }
 
 static void tpm_tis_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
index e7baf7b5e8..c7c3f7249b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c
@@ -856,16 +856,13 @@ static void virtio_pci_vmstate_change(DeviceState *d, bool running)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
-static int virtio_9p_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_9p_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     V9fsPCIState *dev = VIRTIO_9P_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static Property virtio_9p_pci_properties[] = {
@@ -881,7 +878,7 @@ static void virtio_9p_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
 
-    k->init = virtio_9p_init_pci;
+    k->realize = virtio_9p_pci_realize;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
     pcidev_k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_9P;
     pcidev_k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
@@ -965,15 +962,15 @@ static void virtio_pci_device_unplugged(DeviceState *d)
     virtio_pci_stop_ioeventfd(proxy);
 }
 
-static int virtio_pci_init(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
+static void virtio_pci_realize(PCIDevice *pci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOPCIProxy *dev = VIRTIO_PCI(pci_dev);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_GET_CLASS(pci_dev);
+
     virtio_pci_bus_new(&dev->bus, sizeof(dev->bus), dev);
-    if (k->init != NULL) {
-        return k->init(dev);
+    if (k->realize) {
+        k->realize(dev, errp);
     }
-    return 0;
 }
 
 static void virtio_pci_exit(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
@@ -1003,7 +1000,7 @@ static void virtio_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     PCIDeviceClass *k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     dc->props = virtio_pci_properties;
-    k->init = virtio_pci_init;
+    k->realize = virtio_pci_realize;
     k->exit = virtio_pci_exit;
     k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
     k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
@@ -1030,15 +1027,13 @@ static Property virtio_blk_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int virtio_blk_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_blk_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOBlkPCI *dev = VIRTIO_BLK_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
+
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static void virtio_blk_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1049,7 +1044,7 @@ static void virtio_blk_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_blk_pci_properties;
-    k->init = virtio_blk_pci_init;
+    k->realize = virtio_blk_pci_realize;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
     pcidev_k->device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_VIRTIO_BLOCK;
     pcidev_k->revision = VIRTIO_PCI_ABI_VERSION;
@@ -1087,7 +1082,7 @@ static Property virtio_scsi_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int virtio_scsi_pci_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_scsi_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIPCI *dev = VIRTIO_SCSI_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
@@ -1110,10 +1105,7 @@ static int virtio_scsi_pci_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static void virtio_scsi_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1121,7 +1113,8 @@ static void virtio_scsi_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    k->init = virtio_scsi_pci_init_pci;
+
+    k->realize = virtio_scsi_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_scsi_pci_properties;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
@@ -1157,7 +1150,7 @@ static Property vhost_scsi_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int vhost_scsi_pci_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void vhost_scsi_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VHostSCSIPCI *dev = VHOST_SCSI_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
@@ -1168,10 +1161,7 @@ static int vhost_scsi_pci_init_pci(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static void vhost_scsi_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1179,7 +1169,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    k->init = vhost_scsi_pci_init_pci;
+    k->realize = vhost_scsi_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_STORAGE, dc->categories);
     dc->props = vhost_scsi_pci_properties;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
@@ -1240,7 +1230,7 @@ static Property virtio_balloon_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int virtio_balloon_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_balloon_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOBalloonPCI *dev = VIRTIO_BALLOON_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
@@ -1251,10 +1241,7 @@ static int virtio_balloon_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static void virtio_balloon_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1262,7 +1249,7 @@ static void virtio_balloon_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    k->init = virtio_balloon_pci_init;
+    k->realize = virtio_balloon_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_balloon_pci_properties;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
@@ -1296,7 +1283,7 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_balloon_pci_info = {
 
 /* virtio-serial-pci */
 
-static int virtio_serial_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_serial_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIOSerialPCI *dev = VIRTIO_SERIAL_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&dev->vdev);
@@ -1326,10 +1313,7 @@ static int virtio_serial_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     }
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static Property virtio_serial_pci_properties[] = {
@@ -1345,7 +1329,7 @@ static void virtio_serial_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    k->init = virtio_serial_pci_init;
+    k->realize = virtio_serial_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_INPUT, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_serial_pci_properties;
     pcidev_k->vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET;
@@ -1380,7 +1364,7 @@ static Property virtio_net_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int virtio_net_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_net_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     DeviceState *qdev = DEVICE(vpci_dev);
     VirtIONetPCI *dev = VIRTIO_NET_PCI(vpci_dev);
@@ -1390,10 +1374,7 @@ static int virtio_net_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
     virtio_net_set_netclient_name(&dev->vdev, qdev->id,
                                   object_get_typename(OBJECT(qdev)));
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", errp);
 }
 
 static void virtio_net_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1409,7 +1390,7 @@ static void virtio_net_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_NETWORK_ETHERNET;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_NETWORK, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_net_properties;
-    vpciklass->init = virtio_net_pci_init;
+    vpciklass->realize = virtio_net_pci_realize;
 }
 
 static void virtio_net_pci_instance_init(Object *obj)
@@ -1436,21 +1417,22 @@ static Property virtio_rng_pci_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-static int virtio_rng_pci_init(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev)
+static void virtio_rng_pci_realize(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtIORngPCI *vrng = VIRTIO_RNG_PCI(vpci_dev);
     DeviceState *vdev = DEVICE(&vrng->vdev);
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     qdev_set_parent_bus(vdev, BUS(&vpci_dev->bus));
-    if (qdev_init(vdev) < 0) {
-        return -1;
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(vdev), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
     }
 
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(vrng),
                              OBJECT(vrng->vdev.conf.rng), "rng",
                              NULL);
-
-    return 0;
 }
 
 static void virtio_rng_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
@@ -1459,7 +1441,7 @@ static void virtio_rng_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     VirtioPCIClass *k = VIRTIO_PCI_CLASS(klass);
     PCIDeviceClass *pcidev_k = PCI_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
-    k->init = virtio_rng_pci_init;
+    k->realize = virtio_rng_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_rng_pci_properties;
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
index 8873b6d138..3bac016999 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct VirtioPCIClass {
     PCIDeviceClass parent_class;
-    int (*init)(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev);
+    void (*realize)(VirtIOPCIProxy *vpci_dev, Error **errp);
 } VirtioPCIClass;
 
 struct VirtIOPCIProxy {
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 3ddc449bb6..f44d6f542a 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ MachineClass *find_default_machine(void);
 extern MachineState *current_machine;
 
 bool machine_usb(MachineState *machine);
+bool machine_iommu(MachineState *machine);
+bool machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(MachineState *machine);
+bool machine_kernel_irqchip_required(MachineState *machine);
+int machine_kvm_shadow_mem(MachineState *machine);
+int machine_phandle_start(MachineState *machine);
+bool machine_dump_guest_core(MachineState *machine);
+bool machine_mem_merge(MachineState *machine);
 
 /**
  * MachineClass:
@@ -124,7 +131,8 @@ struct MachineState {
     /*< public >*/
 
     char *accel;
-    bool kernel_irqchip;
+    bool kernel_irqchip_allowed;
+    bool kernel_irqchip_required;
     int kvm_shadow_mem;
     char *dtb;
     char *dumpdtb;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index de2c739d22..f93b57d3e9 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #ifndef _QEMU_VIRTIO_SCSI_H
 #define _QEMU_VIRTIO_SCSI_H
 
+/* Override CDB/sense data size: they are dynamic (guest controlled) in QEMU */
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE 0
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE 0
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h"
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
@@ -30,8 +33,6 @@
         OBJECT_CHECK(VirtIOSCSI, (obj), TYPE_VIRTIO_SCSI)
 
 #define VIRTIO_SCSI_VQ_SIZE     128
-#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE    32
-#define VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE  96
 #define VIRTIO_SCSI_MAX_CHANNEL 0
 #define VIRTIO_SCSI_MAX_TARGET  255
 #define VIRTIO_SCSI_MAX_LUN     16383
@@ -108,8 +109,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIOSCSIReq {
     /* Note:
      * - fields before elem are initialized by virtio_scsi_init_req;
      * - elem is uninitialized at the time of allocation.
-     * - fields after elem (except the ending cdb[]) are zeroed by
-     *   virtio_scsi_init_req.
+     * - fields after elem are zeroed by virtio_scsi_init_req.
      * */
 
     VirtQueueElement elem;
@@ -134,18 +134,12 @@ typedef struct VirtIOSCSIReq {
         VirtIOSCSIEvent       event;
     } resp;
     union {
-        struct {
-            VirtIOSCSICmdReq  cmd;
-            uint8_t           cdb[];
-        } QEMU_PACKED;
+        VirtIOSCSICmdReq      cmd;
         VirtIOSCSICtrlTMFReq  tmf;
         VirtIOSCSICtrlANReq   an;
     } req;
 } VirtIOSCSIReq;
 
-QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(VirtIOSCSIReq, req.cdb) !=
-                  offsetof(VirtIOSCSIReq, req.cmd) + sizeof(VirtIOSCSICmdReq));
-
 #define DEFINE_VIRTIO_SCSI_PROPERTIES(_state, _conf_field)                     \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num_queues", _state, _conf_field.num_queues, 1),       \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("max_sectors", _state, _conf_field.max_sectors, 0xFFFF),\
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h
index 78ba9d3635..ab66166b6a 100644
--- a/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h
+++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/virtio_scsi.h
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@
 
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_types.h"
 
-#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE   32
-#define VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE 96
+/* Default values of the CDB and sense data size configuration fields */
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_DEFAULT_SIZE   32
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_DEFAULT_SIZE 96
+
+#ifndef VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_SIZE VIRTIO_SCSI_CDB_DEFAULT_SIZE
+#endif
+#ifndef VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE
+#define VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_SIZE VIRTIO_SCSI_SENSE_DEFAULT_SIZE
+#endif
 
 /* SCSI command request, followed by data-out */
 struct virtio_scsi_cmd_req {
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index 30cb84d2b8..3792463080 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ int kvm_arch_get_registers(CPUState *cpu);
 
 int kvm_arch_put_registers(CPUState *cpu, int level);
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s);
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s);
 
 int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 07ef62cb32..cbedc2564e 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1360,11 +1360,11 @@ int kvm_irqchip_remove_irqfd_notifier(KVMState *s, EventNotifier *n, int virq)
            false);
 }
 
-static int kvm_irqchip_create(KVMState *s)
+static int kvm_irqchip_create(MachineState *machine, KVMState *s)
 {
     int ret;
 
-    if (!qemu_opt_get_bool(qemu_get_machine_opts(), "kernel_irqchip", true) ||
+    if (!machine_kernel_irqchip_allowed(machine) ||
         (!kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP) &&
          (kvm_vm_enable_cap(s, KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP, 0) < 0))) {
         return 0;
@@ -1598,12 +1598,12 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
     kvm_resamplefds_allowed =
         (kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_IRQFD_RESAMPLE) > 0);
 
-    ret = kvm_arch_init(s);
+    ret = kvm_arch_init(ms, s);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto err;
     }
 
-    ret = kvm_irqchip_create(s);
+    ret = kvm_irqchip_create(ms, s);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto err;
     }
diff --git a/target-arm/kvm.c b/target-arm/kvm.c
index 23cefe98b4..72c1fa1e64 100644
--- a/target-arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target-arm/kvm.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static const TypeInfo host_arm_cpu_type_info = {
     .class_size = sizeof(ARMHostCPUClass),
 };
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     /* For ARM interrupt delivery is always asynchronous,
      * whether we are using an in-kernel VGIC or not.
diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
index 27fe2be653..41d09e52de 100644
--- a/target-i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target-i386/kvm.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int kvm_get_supported_msrs(KVMState *s)
     return ret;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     uint64_t identity_base = 0xfffbc000;
     uint64_t shadow_mem;
@@ -890,8 +890,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
     }
     qemu_register_reset(kvm_unpoison_all, NULL);
 
-    shadow_mem = qemu_opt_get_size(qemu_get_machine_opts(),
-                                   "kvm_shadow_mem", -1);
+    shadow_mem = machine_kvm_shadow_mem(ms);
     if (shadow_mem != -1) {
         shadow_mem /= 4096;
         ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_SET_NR_MMU_PAGES, shadow_mem);
diff --git a/target-mips/kvm.c b/target-mips/kvm.c
index b68191c88e..4d1f7ead81 100644
--- a/target-mips/kvm.c
+++ b/target-mips/kvm.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ unsigned long kvm_arch_vcpu_id(CPUState *cs)
     return cs->cpu_index;
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     /* MIPS has 128 signals */
     kvm_set_sigmask_len(s, 16);
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index 1edf2b5aeb..12328a4027 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void kvm_kick_cpu(void *opaque)
 
 static int kvm_ppc_register_host_cpu_type(void);
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     cap_interrupt_unset = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_UNSET_IRQ);
     cap_interrupt_level = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PPC_IRQ_LEVEL);
diff --git a/target-s390x/kvm.c b/target-s390x/kvm.c
index e95a60a066..896534bf95 100644
--- a/target-s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target-s390x/kvm.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void kvm_s390_enable_cmma(KVMState *s)
     trace_kvm_enable_cmma(rc);
 }
 
-int kvm_arch_init(KVMState *s)
+int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
 {
     cap_sync_regs = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS);
     cap_async_pf = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_ASYNC_PF);
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT
index 87c3e9fc02..59be315237 100644
Binary files a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT and b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT differ
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT.bridge b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT.bridge
index 325899a757..fa6136935c 100644
Binary files a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT.bridge and b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/SSDT.bridge differ
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT
index 6a5c0423b9..e87f5a35c1 100644
Binary files a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT and b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT differ
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT.bridge b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT.bridge
index 5fc83a0340..b3cac34d70 100644
Binary files a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT.bridge and b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/SSDT.bridge differ