Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream' into staging

pc, pci, virtio: new features, cleanups, fixes

This includes some infrastructure for ipmi smbios tables.
Beginning of acpi hotplug rework by Igor for supporting >255 CPUs.
Misc cleanups and fixes.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

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* remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (25 commits)
  virtio: move bi-endian target support to a single location
  pc-dimm: introduce realize callback
  pc-dimm: get memory region from ->get_memory_region()
  acpi: make bios_linker_loader_add_checksum() API offset based
  acpi: make bios_linker_loader_add_pointer() API offset based
  tpm: apci: cleanup TCPA table initialization
  acpi: cleanup bios_linker_loader_cleanup()
  acpi: simplify bios_linker API by removing redundant 'table' argument
  acpi: convert linker from GArray to BIOSLinker structure
  pc: use AcpiDeviceIfClass.send_event to issue GPE events
  acpi: extend ACPI interface to provide send_event hook
  pc: Postpone SMBIOS table installation to post machine init
  ipmi: rework the fwinfo to be fetched from the interface
  tests: acpi: update tables with consolidated legacy cpu-hotplug AML
  pc: acpi: cpuhp-legacy: switch ProcessorID to possible_cpus idx
  pc: acpi: simplify build_legacy_cpu_hotplug_aml() signature
  pc: acpi: consolidate legacy CPU hotplug in one file
  pc: acpi: mark current CPU hotplug functions as legacy
  pc: acpi: cpu-hotplug: make AML CPU_foo defines local to cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
  pc: acpi: consolidate \GPE._E02 with the rest of CPU hotplug AML
  ...

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

40 files changed, 737 insertions, 686 deletions

diff --git a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs b/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
index faee86c5c4..66bd72702b 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_X86) += core.o piix4.o pcihp.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_X86_ICH) += ich9.o tco.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG) += cpu_hotplug.o cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG) += cpu_hotplug.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory_hotplug.o memory_hotplug_acpi_table.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NVDIMM) += nvdimm.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += acpi_interface.o
diff --git a/hw/acpi/acpi_interface.c b/hw/acpi/acpi_interface.c
index d82131326a..6583917b8e 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/acpi_interface.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/acpi_interface.c
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 
+void acpi_send_event(DeviceState *dev, AcpiEventStatusBits event)
+{
+    AcpiDeviceIfClass *adevc = ACPI_DEVICE_IF_GET_CLASS(dev);
+    if (adevc->send_event) {
+        AcpiDeviceIf *adev = ACPI_DEVICE_IF(dev);
+        adevc->send_event(adev, event);
+    }
+}
+
 static void register_types(void)
 {
     static const TypeInfo acpi_dev_if_info = {
diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index cedb74e7cf..123160a94e 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
 #include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
-#include "hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h"
 
 static GArray *build_alloc_array(void)
 {
@@ -406,6 +405,15 @@ Aml *aml_return(Aml *val)
     return var;
 }
 
+/* ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.6.3 Debug Objects Encoding: DebugObj */
+Aml *aml_debug(void)
+{
+    Aml *var = aml_alloc();
+    build_append_byte(var->buf, 0x5B); /* ExtOpPrefix */
+    build_append_byte(var->buf, 0x31); /* DebugOp */
+    return var;
+}
+
 /*
  * ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.3 Data Objects Encoding:
  * encodes: ByteConst, WordConst, DWordConst, QWordConst, ZeroOp, OneOp
@@ -1407,6 +1415,14 @@ Aml *aml_unicode(const char *str)
     return var;
 }
 
+/* ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.5.4 Type 2 Opcodes Encoding: DefRefOf */
+Aml *aml_refof(Aml *arg)
+{
+    Aml *var = aml_opcode(0x71 /* RefOfOp */);
+    aml_append(var, arg);
+    return var;
+}
+
 /* ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.5.4 Type 2 Opcodes Encoding: DefDerefOf */
 Aml *aml_derefof(Aml *arg)
 {
@@ -1473,10 +1489,12 @@ Aml *aml_concatenate(Aml *source1, Aml *source2, Aml *target)
 }
 
 void
-build_header(GArray *linker, GArray *table_data,
+build_header(BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *table_data,
              AcpiTableHeader *h, const char *sig, int len, uint8_t rev,
              const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id)
 {
+    unsigned tbl_offset = (char *)h - table_data->data;
+    unsigned checksum_offset = (char *)&h->checksum - table_data->data;
     memcpy(&h->signature, sig, 4);
     h->length = cpu_to_le32(len);
     h->revision = rev;
@@ -1497,10 +1515,9 @@ build_header(GArray *linker, GArray *table_data,
     h->oem_revision = cpu_to_le32(1);
     memcpy(h->asl_compiler_id, ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME4, 4);
     h->asl_compiler_revision = cpu_to_le32(1);
-    h->checksum = 0;
     /* Checksum to be filled in by Guest linker */
     bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                    table_data, h, len, &h->checksum);
+        tbl_offset, len, checksum_offset);
 }
 
 void *acpi_data_push(GArray *table_data, unsigned size)
@@ -1518,7 +1535,7 @@ unsigned acpi_data_len(GArray *table)
 
 void acpi_add_table(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data)
 {
-    uint32_t offset = cpu_to_le32(table_data->len);
+    uint32_t offset = table_data->len;
     g_array_append_val(table_offsets, offset);
 }
 
@@ -1532,8 +1549,7 @@ void acpi_build_tables_init(AcpiBuildTables *tables)
 
 void acpi_build_tables_cleanup(AcpiBuildTables *tables, bool mfre)
 {
-    void *linker_data = bios_linker_loader_cleanup(tables->linker);
-    g_free(linker_data);
+    bios_linker_loader_cleanup(tables->linker);
     g_array_free(tables->rsdp, true);
     g_array_free(tables->table_data, true);
     g_array_free(tables->tcpalog, mfre);
@@ -1541,24 +1557,26 @@ void acpi_build_tables_cleanup(AcpiBuildTables *tables, bool mfre)
 
 /* Build rsdt table */
 void
-build_rsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, GArray *table_offsets,
+build_rsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *table_offsets,
            const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id)
 {
-    AcpiRsdtDescriptorRev1 *rsdt;
-    size_t rsdt_len;
     int i;
-    const int table_data_len = (sizeof(uint32_t) * table_offsets->len);
+    unsigned rsdt_entries_offset;
+    AcpiRsdtDescriptorRev1 *rsdt;
+    const unsigned table_data_len = (sizeof(uint32_t) * table_offsets->len);
+    const unsigned rsdt_entry_size = sizeof(rsdt->table_offset_entry[0]);
+    const size_t rsdt_len = sizeof(*rsdt) + table_data_len;
 
-    rsdt_len = sizeof(*rsdt) + table_data_len;
     rsdt = acpi_data_push(table_data, rsdt_len);
-    memcpy(rsdt->table_offset_entry, table_offsets->data, table_data_len);
+    rsdt_entries_offset = (char *)rsdt->table_offset_entry - table_data->data;
     for (i = 0; i < table_offsets->len; ++i) {
+        uint32_t ref_tbl_offset = g_array_index(table_offsets, uint32_t, i);
+        uint32_t rsdt_entry_offset = rsdt_entries_offset + rsdt_entry_size * i;
+
         /* rsdt->table_offset_entry to be filled by Guest linker */
         bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
-                                       ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                       ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                       table_data, &rsdt->table_offset_entry[i],
-                                       sizeof(uint32_t));
+            ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, rsdt_entry_offset, rsdt_entry_size,
+            ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, ref_tbl_offset);
     }
     build_header(linker, table_data,
                  (void *)rsdt, "RSDT", rsdt_len, 1, oem_id, oem_table_id);
diff --git a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
index 5153ab151b..d963ebe241 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
@@ -96,134 +96,170 @@ enum {
 };
 
 /*
- * bios_linker_loader_init: allocate a new linker file blob array.
+ * BiosLinkerFileEntry:
+ *
+ * An internal type used for book-keeping file entries
+ */
+typedef struct BiosLinkerFileEntry {
+    char *name; /* file name */
+    GArray *blob; /* data accosiated with @name */
+} BiosLinkerFileEntry;
+
+/*
+ * bios_linker_loader_init: allocate a new linker object instance.
  *
  * After initialization, linker commands can be added, and will
- * be stored in the array.
+ * be stored in the linker.cmd_blob array.
  */
-GArray *bios_linker_loader_init(void)
+BIOSLinker *bios_linker_loader_init(void)
 {
-    return g_array_new(false, true /* clear */, 1);
+    BIOSLinker *linker = g_new(BIOSLinker, 1);
+
+    linker->cmd_blob = g_array_new(false, true /* clear */, 1);
+    linker->file_list = g_array_new(false, true /* clear */,
+                                    sizeof(BiosLinkerFileEntry));
+    return linker;
 }
 
-/* Free linker wrapper and return the linker array. */
-void *bios_linker_loader_cleanup(GArray *linker)
+/* Free linker wrapper */
+void bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
-    return g_array_free(linker, false);
+    int i;
+    BiosLinkerFileEntry *entry;
+
+    g_array_free(linker->cmd_blob, true);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < linker->file_list->len; i++) {
+        entry = &g_array_index(linker->file_list, BiosLinkerFileEntry, i);
+        g_free(entry->name);
+    }
+    g_array_free(linker->file_list, true);
+    g_free(linker);
+}
+
+static const BiosLinkerFileEntry *
+bios_linker_find_file(const BIOSLinker *linker, const char *name)
+{
+    int i;
+    BiosLinkerFileEntry *entry;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < linker->file_list->len; i++) {
+        entry = &g_array_index(linker->file_list, BiosLinkerFileEntry, i);
+        if (!strcmp(entry->name, name)) {
+            return entry;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
  * bios_linker_loader_alloc: ask guest to load file into guest memory.
  *
- * @linker: linker file blob array
- * @file: file to be loaded
+ * @linker: linker object instance
+ * @file_name: name of the file blob to be loaded
+ * @file_blob: pointer to blob corresponding to @file_name
  * @alloc_align: required minimal alignment in bytes. Must be a power of 2.
  * @alloc_fseg: request allocation in FSEG zone (useful for the RSDP ACPI table)
  *
  * Note: this command must precede any other linker command using this file.
  */
-void bios_linker_loader_alloc(GArray *linker,
-                              const char *file,
+void bios_linker_loader_alloc(BIOSLinker *linker,
+                              const char *file_name,
+                              GArray *file_blob,
                               uint32_t alloc_align,
                               bool alloc_fseg)
 {
     BiosLinkerLoaderEntry entry;
+    BiosLinkerFileEntry file = { g_strdup(file_name), file_blob};
 
     assert(!(alloc_align & (alloc_align - 1)));
 
+    assert(!bios_linker_find_file(linker, file_name));
+    g_array_append_val(linker->file_list, file);
+
     memset(&entry, 0, sizeof entry);
-    strncpy(entry.alloc.file, file, sizeof entry.alloc.file - 1);
+    strncpy(entry.alloc.file, file_name, sizeof entry.alloc.file - 1);
     entry.command = cpu_to_le32(BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_COMMAND_ALLOCATE);
     entry.alloc.align = cpu_to_le32(alloc_align);
     entry.alloc.zone = alloc_fseg ? BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_ALLOC_ZONE_FSEG :
                                     BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_ALLOC_ZONE_HIGH;
 
     /* Alloc entries must come first, so prepend them */
-    g_array_prepend_vals(linker, &entry, sizeof entry);
+    g_array_prepend_vals(linker->cmd_blob, &entry, sizeof entry);
 }
 
 /*
- * bios_linker_loader_add_checksum: ask guest to add checksum of file data
- * into (same) file at the specified pointer.
+ * bios_linker_loader_add_checksum: ask guest to add checksum of ACPI
+ * table in the specified file at the specified offset.
  *
  * Checksum calculation simply sums -X for each byte X in the range
  * using 8-bit math (i.e. ACPI checksum).
  *
- * @linker: linker file blob array
+ * @linker: linker object instance
  * @file: file that includes the checksum to be calculated
  *        and the data to be checksummed
- * @table: @file blob contents
- * @start, @size: range of data to checksum
- * @checksum: location of the checksum to be patched within file blob
- *
- * Notes:
- * - checksum byte initial value must have been pushed into @table
- *   and reside at address @checksum.
- * - @size bytes must have been pushed into @table and reside at address
- *   @start.
- * - Guest calculates checksum of specified range of data, result is added to
- *   initial value at @checksum into copy of @file in Guest memory.
- * - Range might include the checksum itself.
- * - To avoid confusion, caller must always put 0x0 at @checksum.
- * - @file must be loaded into Guest memory using bios_linker_loader_alloc
+ * @start_offset, @size: range of data in the file to checksum,
+ *                       relative to the start of file blob
+ * @checksum_offset: location of the checksum to be patched within file blob,
+ *                   relative to the start of file blob
  */
-void bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(GArray *linker, const char *file,
-                                     GArray *table,
-                                     void *start, unsigned size,
-                                     uint8_t *checksum)
+void bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(BIOSLinker *linker, const char *file_name,
+                                     unsigned start_offset, unsigned size,
+                                     unsigned checksum_offset)
 {
     BiosLinkerLoaderEntry entry;
-    ptrdiff_t checksum_offset = (gchar *)checksum - table->data;
-    ptrdiff_t start_offset = (gchar *)start - table->data;
+    const BiosLinkerFileEntry *file = bios_linker_find_file(linker, file_name);
 
-    assert(checksum_offset >= 0);
-    assert(start_offset >= 0);
-    assert(checksum_offset + 1 <= table->len);
-    assert(start_offset + size <= table->len);
-    assert(*checksum == 0x0);
+    assert(file);
+    assert(start_offset < file->blob->len);
+    assert(start_offset + size <= file->blob->len);
+    assert(checksum_offset >= start_offset);
+    assert(checksum_offset + 1 <= start_offset + size);
 
+    *(file->blob->data + checksum_offset) = 0;
     memset(&entry, 0, sizeof entry);
-    strncpy(entry.cksum.file, file, sizeof entry.cksum.file - 1);
+    strncpy(entry.cksum.file, file_name, sizeof entry.cksum.file - 1);
     entry.command = cpu_to_le32(BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_COMMAND_ADD_CHECKSUM);
     entry.cksum.offset = cpu_to_le32(checksum_offset);
     entry.cksum.start = cpu_to_le32(start_offset);
     entry.cksum.length = cpu_to_le32(size);
 
-    g_array_append_vals(linker, &entry, sizeof entry);
+    g_array_append_vals(linker->cmd_blob, &entry, sizeof entry);
 }
 
 /*
- * bios_linker_loader_add_pointer: ask guest to add address of source file
- * into destination file at the specified pointer.
+ * bios_linker_loader_add_pointer: ask guest to patch address in
+ * destination file with a pointer to source file
  *
- * @linker: linker file blob array
+ * @linker: linker object instance
  * @dest_file: destination file that must be changed
+ * @dst_patched_offset: location within destination file blob to be patched
+ *                      with the pointer to @src_file+@src_offset (i.e. source
+ *                      blob allocated in guest memory + @src_offset), in bytes
+ * @dst_patched_offset_size: size of the pointer to be patched
+ *                      at @dst_patched_offset in @dest_file blob, in bytes
  * @src_file: source file who's address must be taken
- * @table: @dest_file blob contents array
- * @pointer: location of the pointer to be patched within destination file blob
- * @pointer_size: size of pointer to be patched, in bytes
- *
- * Notes:
- * - @pointer_size bytes must have been pushed into @table
- *   and reside at address @pointer.
- * - Guest address is added to initial value at @pointer
- *   into copy of @dest_file in Guest memory.
- *   e.g. to get start of src_file in guest memory, put 0x0 there
- *   to get address of a field at offset 0x10 in src_file, put 0x10 there
- * - Both @dest_file and @src_file must be
- *   loaded into Guest memory using bios_linker_loader_alloc
+ * @src_offset: location within source file blob to which
+ *              @dest_file+@dst_patched_offset will point to after
+ *              firmware's executed ADD_POINTER command
  */
-void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(GArray *linker,
+void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(BIOSLinker *linker,
                                     const char *dest_file,
+                                    uint32_t dst_patched_offset,
+                                    uint8_t dst_patched_size,
                                     const char *src_file,
-                                    GArray *table, void *pointer,
-                                    uint8_t pointer_size)
+                                    uint32_t src_offset)
 {
+    uint64_t le_src_offset;
     BiosLinkerLoaderEntry entry;
-    ptrdiff_t offset = (gchar *)pointer - table->data;
+    const BiosLinkerFileEntry *dst_file =
+        bios_linker_find_file(linker, dest_file);
+    const BiosLinkerFileEntry *source_file =
+        bios_linker_find_file(linker, src_file);
 
-    assert(offset >= 0);
-    assert(offset + pointer_size <= table->len);
+    assert(dst_patched_offset < dst_file->blob->len);
+    assert(dst_patched_offset + dst_patched_size <= dst_file->blob->len);
+    assert(src_offset < source_file->blob->len);
 
     memset(&entry, 0, sizeof entry);
     strncpy(entry.pointer.dest_file, dest_file,
@@ -231,10 +267,14 @@ void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(GArray *linker,
     strncpy(entry.pointer.src_file, src_file,
             sizeof entry.pointer.src_file - 1);
     entry.command = cpu_to_le32(BIOS_LINKER_LOADER_COMMAND_ADD_POINTER);
-    entry.pointer.offset = cpu_to_le32(offset);
-    entry.pointer.size = pointer_size;
-    assert(pointer_size == 1 || pointer_size == 2 ||
-           pointer_size == 4 || pointer_size == 8);
+    entry.pointer.offset = cpu_to_le32(dst_patched_offset);
+    entry.pointer.size = dst_patched_size;
+    assert(dst_patched_size == 1 || dst_patched_size == 2 ||
+           dst_patched_size == 4 || dst_patched_size == 8);
+
+    le_src_offset = cpu_to_le64(src_offset);
+    memcpy(dst_file->blob->data + dst_patched_offset,
+           &le_src_offset, dst_patched_size);
 
-    g_array_append_vals(linker, &entry, sizeof entry);
+    g_array_append_vals(linker->cmd_blob, &entry, sizeof entry);
 }
diff --git a/hw/acpi/core.c b/hw/acpi/core.c
index 1ffd155c11..d24b9a98c8 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/core.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/core.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ uint32_t acpi_gpe_ioport_readb(ACPIREGS *ar, uint32_t addr)
 }
 
 void acpi_send_gpe_event(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
-                         AcpiGPEStatusBits status)
+                         AcpiEventStatusBits status)
 {
     ar->gpe.sts[0] |= status;
     acpi_update_sci(ar, irq);
diff --git a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c
index 4d86743fde..fe75bd9ac9 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.c
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qom/cpu.h"
+#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
+
+#define CPU_EJECT_METHOD "CPEJ"
+#define CPU_MAT_METHOD "CPMA"
+#define CPU_ON_BITMAP "CPON"
+#define CPU_STATUS_METHOD "CPST"
+#define CPU_STATUS_MAP "PRS"
+#define CPU_SCAN_METHOD "PRSC"
 
 static uint64_t cpu_status_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -54,19 +62,18 @@ static void acpi_set_cpu_present_bit(AcpiCpuHotplug *g, CPUState *cpu,
     g->sts[cpu_id / 8] |= (1 << (cpu_id % 8));
 }
 
-void acpi_cpu_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
-                      AcpiCpuHotplug *g, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+void legacy_acpi_cpu_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                             AcpiCpuHotplug *g, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     acpi_set_cpu_present_bit(g, CPU(dev), errp);
     if (*errp != NULL) {
         return;
     }
-
-    acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+    acpi_send_event(DEVICE(hotplug_dev), ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
 }
 
-void acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *parent, Object *owner,
-                           AcpiCpuHotplug *gpe_cpu, uint16_t base)
+void legacy_acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *parent, Object *owner,
+                                  AcpiCpuHotplug *gpe_cpu, uint16_t base)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
 
@@ -77,3 +84,230 @@ void acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *parent, Object *owner,
                           gpe_cpu, "acpi-cpu-hotplug", ACPI_GPE_PROC_LEN);
     memory_region_add_subregion(parent, base, &gpe_cpu->io);
 }
+
+void build_legacy_cpu_hotplug_aml(Aml *ctx, MachineState *machine,
+                                  uint16_t io_base)
+{
+    Aml *dev;
+    Aml *crs;
+    Aml *pkg;
+    Aml *field;
+    Aml *method;
+    Aml *if_ctx;
+    Aml *else_ctx;
+    int i, apic_idx;
+    Aml *sb_scope = aml_scope("_SB");
+    uint8_t madt_tmpl[8] = {0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 0, 0};
+    Aml *cpu_id = aml_arg(1);
+    Aml *apic_id = aml_arg(0);
+    Aml *cpu_on = aml_local(0);
+    Aml *madt = aml_local(1);
+    Aml *cpus_map = aml_name(CPU_ON_BITMAP);
+    Aml *zero = aml_int(0);
+    Aml *one = aml_int(1);
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
+    CPUArchIdList *apic_ids = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(machine);
+    PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(machine);
+
+    /*
+     * _MAT method - creates an madt apic buffer
+     * apic_id = Arg0 = Local APIC ID
+     * cpu_id  = Arg1 = Processor ID
+     * cpu_on = Local0 = CPON flag for this cpu
+     * madt = Local1 = Buffer (in madt apic form) to return
+     */
+    method = aml_method(CPU_MAT_METHOD, 2, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method,
+        aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, apic_id)), cpu_on));
+    aml_append(method,
+        aml_store(aml_buffer(sizeof(madt_tmpl), madt_tmpl), madt));
+    /* Update the processor id, lapic id, and enable/disable status */
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(cpu_id, aml_index(madt, aml_int(2))));
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(apic_id, aml_index(madt, aml_int(3))));
+    aml_append(method, aml_store(cpu_on, aml_index(madt, aml_int(4))));
+    aml_append(method, aml_return(madt));
+    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
+
+    /*
+     * _STA method - return ON status of cpu
+     * apic_id = Arg0 = Local APIC ID
+     * cpu_on = Local0 = CPON flag for this cpu
+     */
+    method = aml_method(CPU_STATUS_METHOD, 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method,
+        aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, apic_id)), cpu_on));
+    if_ctx = aml_if(cpu_on);
+    {
+        aml_append(if_ctx, aml_return(aml_int(0xF)));
+    }
+    aml_append(method, if_ctx);
+    else_ctx = aml_else();
+    {
+        aml_append(else_ctx, aml_return(zero));
+    }
+    aml_append(method, else_ctx);
+    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
+
+    method = aml_method(CPU_EJECT_METHOD, 2, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method, aml_sleep(200));
+    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
+
+    method = aml_method(CPU_SCAN_METHOD, 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    {
+        Aml *while_ctx, *if_ctx2, *else_ctx2;
+        Aml *bus_check_evt = aml_int(1);
+        Aml *remove_evt = aml_int(3);
+        Aml *status_map = aml_local(5); /* Local5 = active cpu bitmap */
+        Aml *byte = aml_local(2); /* Local2 = last read byte from bitmap */
+        Aml *idx = aml_local(0); /* Processor ID / APIC ID iterator */
+        Aml *is_cpu_on = aml_local(1); /* Local1 = CPON flag for cpu */
+        Aml *status = aml_local(3); /* Local3 = active state for cpu */
+
+        aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_name(CPU_STATUS_MAP), status_map));
+        aml_append(method, aml_store(zero, byte));
+        aml_append(method, aml_store(zero, idx));
+
+        /* While (idx < SizeOf(CPON)) */
+        while_ctx = aml_while(aml_lless(idx, aml_sizeof(cpus_map)));
+        aml_append(while_ctx,
+            aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, idx)), is_cpu_on));
+
+        if_ctx = aml_if(aml_and(idx, aml_int(0x07), NULL));
+        {
+            /* Shift down previously read bitmap byte */
+            aml_append(if_ctx, aml_shiftright(byte, one, byte));
+        }
+        aml_append(while_ctx, if_ctx);
+
+        else_ctx = aml_else();
+        {
+            /* Read next byte from cpu bitmap */
+            aml_append(else_ctx, aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(status_map,
+                       aml_shiftright(idx, aml_int(3), NULL))), byte));
+        }
+        aml_append(while_ctx, else_ctx);
+
+        aml_append(while_ctx, aml_store(aml_and(byte, one, NULL), status));
+        if_ctx = aml_if(aml_lnot(aml_equal(is_cpu_on, status)));
+        {
+            /* State change - update CPON with new state */
+            aml_append(if_ctx, aml_store(status, aml_index(cpus_map, idx)));
+            if_ctx2 = aml_if(aml_equal(status, one));
+            {
+                aml_append(if_ctx2,
+                    aml_call2(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, idx, bus_check_evt));
+            }
+            aml_append(if_ctx, if_ctx2);
+            else_ctx2 = aml_else();
+            {
+                aml_append(else_ctx2,
+                    aml_call2(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, idx, remove_evt));
+            }
+        }
+        aml_append(if_ctx, else_ctx2);
+        aml_append(while_ctx, if_ctx);
+
+        aml_append(while_ctx, aml_increment(idx)); /* go to next cpu */
+        aml_append(method, while_ctx);
+    }
+    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
+
+    /* The current AML generator can cover the APIC ID range [0..255],
+     * inclusive, for VCPU hotplug. */
+    QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT > 256);
+    g_assert(pcms->apic_id_limit <= ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
+
+    /* create PCI0.PRES device and its _CRS to reserve CPU hotplug MMIO */
+    dev = aml_device("PCI0." stringify(CPU_HOTPLUG_RESOURCE_DEVICE));
+    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_eisaid("PNP0A06")));
+    aml_append(dev,
+        aml_name_decl("_UID", aml_string("CPU Hotplug resources"))
+    );
+    /* device present, functioning, decoding, not shown in UI */
+    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_STA", aml_int(0xB)));
+    crs = aml_resource_template();
+    aml_append(crs,
+        aml_io(AML_DECODE16, io_base, io_base, 1, ACPI_GPE_PROC_LEN)
+    );
+    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_CRS", crs));
+    aml_append(sb_scope, dev);
+    /* declare CPU hotplug MMIO region and PRS field to access it */
+    aml_append(sb_scope, aml_operation_region(
+        "PRST", AML_SYSTEM_IO, aml_int(io_base), ACPI_GPE_PROC_LEN));
+    field = aml_field("PRST", AML_BYTE_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
+    aml_append(field, aml_named_field("PRS", 256));
+    aml_append(sb_scope, field);
+
+    /* build Processor object for each processor */
+    for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
+        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
+
+        assert(apic_id < ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
+
+        dev = aml_processor(i, 0, 0, "CP%.02X", apic_id);
+
+        method = aml_method("_MAT", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+        aml_append(method,
+            aml_return(aml_call2(CPU_MAT_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id), aml_int(i))
+        ));
+        aml_append(dev, method);
+
+        method = aml_method("_STA", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+        aml_append(method,
+            aml_return(aml_call1(CPU_STATUS_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id))));
+        aml_append(dev, method);
+
+        method = aml_method("_EJ0", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+        aml_append(method,
+            aml_return(aml_call2(CPU_EJECT_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id),
+                aml_arg(0)))
+        );
+        aml_append(dev, method);
+
+        aml_append(sb_scope, dev);
+    }
+
+    /* build this code:
+     *   Method(NTFY, 2) {If (LEqual(Arg0, 0x00)) {Notify(CP00, Arg1)} ...}
+     */
+    /* Arg0 = APIC ID */
+    method = aml_method(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, 2, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
+        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
+
+        if_ctx = aml_if(aml_equal(aml_arg(0), aml_int(apic_id)));
+        aml_append(if_ctx,
+            aml_notify(aml_name("CP%.02X", apic_id), aml_arg(1))
+        );
+        aml_append(method, if_ctx);
+    }
+    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
+
+    /* build "Name(CPON, Package() { One, One, ..., Zero, Zero, ... })"
+     *
+     * Note: The ability to create variable-sized packages was first
+     * introduced in ACPI 2.0. ACPI 1.0 only allowed fixed-size packages
+     * ith up to 255 elements. Windows guests up to win2k8 fail when
+     * VarPackageOp is used.
+     */
+    pkg = pcms->apic_id_limit <= 255 ? aml_package(pcms->apic_id_limit) :
+                                       aml_varpackage(pcms->apic_id_limit);
+
+    for (i = 0, apic_idx = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
+        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
+
+        for (; apic_idx < apic_id; apic_idx++) {
+            aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0));
+        }
+        aml_append(pkg, aml_int(apic_ids->cpus[i].cpu ? 1 : 0));
+        apic_idx = apic_id + 1;
+    }
+    aml_append(sb_scope, aml_name_decl(CPU_ON_BITMAP, pkg));
+    g_free(apic_ids);
+
+    aml_append(ctx, sb_scope);
+
+    method = aml_method("\\_GPE._E02", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
+    aml_append(method, aml_call0("\\_SB." CPU_SCAN_METHOD));
+    aml_append(ctx, method);
+}
diff --git a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c b/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 97bb1092a2..0000000000
--- a/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug_acpi_table.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,136 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
-
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
-
-void build_cpu_hotplug_aml(Aml *ctx)
-{
-    Aml *method;
-    Aml *if_ctx;
-    Aml *else_ctx;
-    Aml *sb_scope = aml_scope("_SB");
-    uint8_t madt_tmpl[8] = {0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 0, 0};
-    Aml *cpu_id = aml_arg(0);
-    Aml *cpu_on = aml_local(0);
-    Aml *madt = aml_local(1);
-    Aml *cpus_map = aml_name(CPU_ON_BITMAP);
-    Aml *zero = aml_int(0);
-    Aml *one = aml_int(1);
-
-    /*
-     * _MAT method - creates an madt apic buffer
-     * cpu_id = Arg0 = Processor ID = Local APIC ID
-     * cpu_on = Local0 = CPON flag for this cpu
-     * madt = Local1 = Buffer (in madt apic form) to return
-     */
-    method = aml_method(CPU_MAT_METHOD, 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    aml_append(method,
-        aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, cpu_id)), cpu_on));
-    aml_append(method,
-        aml_store(aml_buffer(sizeof(madt_tmpl), madt_tmpl), madt));
-    /* Update the processor id, lapic id, and enable/disable status */
-    aml_append(method, aml_store(cpu_id, aml_index(madt, aml_int(2))));
-    aml_append(method, aml_store(cpu_id, aml_index(madt, aml_int(3))));
-    aml_append(method, aml_store(cpu_on, aml_index(madt, aml_int(4))));
-    aml_append(method, aml_return(madt));
-    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
-
-    /*
-     * _STA method - return ON status of cpu
-     * cpu_id = Arg0 = Processor ID = Local APIC ID
-     * cpu_on = Local0 = CPON flag for this cpu
-     */
-    method = aml_method(CPU_STATUS_METHOD, 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    aml_append(method,
-        aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, cpu_id)), cpu_on));
-    if_ctx = aml_if(cpu_on);
-    {
-        aml_append(if_ctx, aml_return(aml_int(0xF)));
-    }
-    aml_append(method, if_ctx);
-    else_ctx = aml_else();
-    {
-        aml_append(else_ctx, aml_return(zero));
-    }
-    aml_append(method, else_ctx);
-    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
-
-    method = aml_method(CPU_EJECT_METHOD, 2, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    aml_append(method, aml_sleep(200));
-    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
-
-    method = aml_method(CPU_SCAN_METHOD, 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    {
-        Aml *while_ctx, *if_ctx2, *else_ctx2;
-        Aml *bus_check_evt = aml_int(1);
-        Aml *remove_evt = aml_int(3);
-        Aml *status_map = aml_local(5); /* Local5 = active cpu bitmap */
-        Aml *byte = aml_local(2); /* Local2 = last read byte from bitmap */
-        Aml *idx = aml_local(0); /* Processor ID / APIC ID iterator */
-        Aml *is_cpu_on = aml_local(1); /* Local1 = CPON flag for cpu */
-        Aml *status = aml_local(3); /* Local3 = active state for cpu */
-
-        aml_append(method, aml_store(aml_name(CPU_STATUS_MAP), status_map));
-        aml_append(method, aml_store(zero, byte));
-        aml_append(method, aml_store(zero, idx));
-
-        /* While (idx < SizeOf(CPON)) */
-        while_ctx = aml_while(aml_lless(idx, aml_sizeof(cpus_map)));
-        aml_append(while_ctx,
-            aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(cpus_map, idx)), is_cpu_on));
-
-        if_ctx = aml_if(aml_and(idx, aml_int(0x07), NULL));
-        {
-            /* Shift down previously read bitmap byte */
-            aml_append(if_ctx, aml_shiftright(byte, one, byte));
-        }
-        aml_append(while_ctx, if_ctx);
-
-        else_ctx = aml_else();
-        {
-            /* Read next byte from cpu bitmap */
-            aml_append(else_ctx, aml_store(aml_derefof(aml_index(status_map,
-                       aml_shiftright(idx, aml_int(3), NULL))), byte));
-        }
-        aml_append(while_ctx, else_ctx);
-
-        aml_append(while_ctx, aml_store(aml_and(byte, one, NULL), status));
-        if_ctx = aml_if(aml_lnot(aml_equal(is_cpu_on, status)));
-        {
-            /* State change - update CPON with new state */
-            aml_append(if_ctx, aml_store(status, aml_index(cpus_map, idx)));
-            if_ctx2 = aml_if(aml_equal(status, one));
-            {
-                aml_append(if_ctx2,
-                    aml_call2(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, idx, bus_check_evt));
-            }
-            aml_append(if_ctx, if_ctx2);
-            else_ctx2 = aml_else();
-            {
-                aml_append(else_ctx2,
-                    aml_call2(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, idx, remove_evt));
-            }
-        }
-        aml_append(if_ctx, else_ctx2);
-        aml_append(while_ctx, if_ctx);
-
-        aml_append(while_ctx, aml_increment(idx)); /* go to next cpu */
-        aml_append(method, while_ctx);
-    }
-    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
-
-    aml_append(ctx, sb_scope);
-}
diff --git a/hw/acpi/ich9.c b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
index 27e978f5fd..853c9c4eb7 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/ich9.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/ich9.c
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ void ich9_pm_init(PCIDevice *lpc_pci, ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm,
     pm->powerdown_notifier.notify = pm_powerdown_req;
     qemu_register_powerdown_notifier(&pm->powerdown_notifier);
 
-    acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci), OBJECT(lpc_pci),
-                          &pm->gpe_cpu, ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE);
+    legacy_acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci),
+        OBJECT(lpc_pci), &pm->gpe_cpu, ICH9_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE);
 
     if (pm->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) {
         acpi_memory_hotplug_init(pci_address_space_io(lpc_pci), OBJECT(lpc_pci),
@@ -430,39 +430,47 @@ void ich9_pm_add_properties(Object *obj, ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, Error **errp)
                              NULL);
 }
 
-void ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+void ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
+                            Error **errp)
 {
-    if (pm->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
+    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
+
+    if (lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        acpi_memory_plug_cb(&pm->acpi_regs, pm->irq, &pm->acpi_memory_hotplug,
+        acpi_memory_plug_cb(hotplug_dev, &lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug,
                             dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
-        acpi_cpu_plug_cb(&pm->acpi_regs, pm->irq, &pm->gpe_cpu, dev, errp);
+        legacy_acpi_cpu_plug_cb(hotplug_dev, &lpc->pm.gpe_cpu, dev, errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "acpi: device plug request for not supported device"
                    " type: %s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
     }
 }
 
-void ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev,
-                                      Error **errp)
+void ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                                      DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
-    if (pm->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
+    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
+
+    if (lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(&pm->acpi_regs, pm->irq,
-                                      &pm->acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
+        acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(hotplug_dev,
+                                      &lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug, dev,
+                                      errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "acpi: device unplug request for not supported device"
                    " type: %s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
     }
 }
 
-void ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev,
+void ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
                               Error **errp)
 {
-    if (pm->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
+    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
+
+    if (lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        acpi_memory_unplug_cb(&pm->acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
+        acpi_memory_unplug_cb(&lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "acpi: device unplug for not supported device"
                    " type: %s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
diff --git a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
index f65a3a21ef..ec4e64b361 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ acpi_memory_slot_status(MemHotplugState *mem_st,
     return &mem_st->devs[slot];
 }
 
-void acpi_memory_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
+void acpi_memory_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
                          DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     MemStatus *mdev;
@@ -247,13 +247,11 @@ void acpi_memory_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
     mdev->is_enabled = true;
     if (dev->hotplugged) {
         mdev->is_inserting = true;
-
-        /* do ACPI magic */
-        acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+        acpi_send_event(DEVICE(hotplug_dev), ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
     }
 }
 
-void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
+void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                    MemHotplugState *mem_st,
                                    DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -265,9 +263,7 @@ void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
     }
 
     mdev->is_removing = true;
-
-    /* Do ACPI magic */
-    acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+    acpi_send_event(DEVICE(hotplug_dev), ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
 }
 
 void acpi_memory_unplug_cb(MemHotplugState *mem_st,
diff --git a/hw/acpi/nvdimm.c b/hw/acpi/nvdimm.c
index fb925dccae..b4c22627df 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/nvdimm.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/nvdimm.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static GArray *nvdimm_build_device_structure(GSList *device_list)
 }
 
 static void nvdimm_build_nfit(GSList *device_list, GArray *table_offsets,
-                              GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+                              GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     GArray *structures = nvdimm_build_device_structure(device_list);
     unsigned int header;
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ static void nvdimm_build_nvdimm_devices(GSList *device_list, Aml *root_dev)
 }
 
 static void nvdimm_build_ssdt(GSList *device_list, GArray *table_offsets,
-                              GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+                              GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
+                              GArray *dsm_dma_arrea)
 {
     Aml *ssdt, *sb_scope, *dev, *field;
     int mem_addr_offset, nvdimm_ssdt;
@@ -678,12 +679,12 @@ static void nvdimm_build_ssdt(GSList *device_list, GArray *table_offsets,
     mem_addr_offset = build_append_named_dword(table_data,
                                                NVDIMM_ACPI_MEM_ADDR);
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, NVDIMM_DSM_MEM_FILE, sizeof(NvdimmDsmIn),
-                             false /* high memory */);
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   NVDIMM_DSM_MEM_FILE, table_data,
-                                   table_data->data + mem_addr_offset,
-                                   sizeof(uint32_t));
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker,
+                             NVDIMM_DSM_MEM_FILE, dsm_dma_arrea,
+                             sizeof(NvdimmDsmIn), false /* high memory */);
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, mem_addr_offset, sizeof(uint32_t),
+        NVDIMM_DSM_MEM_FILE, 0);
     build_header(linker, table_data,
         (void *)(table_data->data + nvdimm_ssdt),
         "SSDT", table_data->len - nvdimm_ssdt, 1, NULL, "NVDIMM");
@@ -691,7 +692,7 @@ static void nvdimm_build_ssdt(GSList *device_list, GArray *table_offsets,
 }
 
 void nvdimm_build_acpi(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data,
-                       GArray *linker)
+                       BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *dsm_dma_arrea)
 {
     GSList *device_list;
 
@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@ void nvdimm_build_acpi(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data,
         return;
     }
     nvdimm_build_nfit(device_list, table_offsets, table_data, linker);
-    nvdimm_build_ssdt(device_list, table_offsets, table_data, linker);
+    nvdimm_build_ssdt(device_list, table_offsets, table_data, linker,
+                      dsm_dma_arrea);
     g_slist_free(device_list);
 }
diff --git a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
index 71f4c4e14b..d957d1e30d 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/pcihp.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void acpi_pcihp_reset(AcpiPciHpState *s)
     acpi_pcihp_update(s);
 }
 
-void acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
+void acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, AcpiPciHpState *s,
                                DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PCIDevice *pdev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -202,11 +202,10 @@ void acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
     }
 
     s->acpi_pcihp_pci_status[bsel].up |= (1U << slot);
-
-    acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+    acpi_send_event(DEVICE(hotplug_dev), ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
 }
 
-void acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
+void acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, AcpiPciHpState *s,
                                  DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PCIDevice *pdev = PCI_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -219,8 +218,7 @@ void acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
     }
 
     s->acpi_pcihp_pci_status[bsel].down |= (1U << slot);
-
-    acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
+    acpi_send_event(DEVICE(hotplug_dev), ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
 }
 
 static uint64_t pci_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
diff --git a/hw/acpi/piix4.c b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
index b3e3bb306a..c48cb1b91a 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
@@ -348,12 +348,11 @@ static void piix4_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 
     if (s->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        acpi_memory_plug_cb(&s->ar, s->irq, &s->acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
+        acpi_memory_plug_cb(hotplug_dev, &s->acpi_memory_hotplug, dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PCI_DEVICE)) {
-        acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(&s->ar, s->irq, &s->acpi_pci_hotplug, dev,
-                                  errp);
+        acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(hotplug_dev, &s->acpi_pci_hotplug, dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_CPU)) {
-        acpi_cpu_plug_cb(&s->ar, s->irq, &s->gpe_cpu, dev, errp);
+        legacy_acpi_cpu_plug_cb(hotplug_dev, &s->gpe_cpu, dev, errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "acpi: device plug request for not supported device"
                    " type: %s", object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
@@ -367,10 +366,10 @@ static void piix4_device_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 
     if (s->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled &&
         object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
-        acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(&s->ar, s->irq, &s->acpi_memory_hotplug,
+        acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(hotplug_dev, &s->acpi_memory_hotplug,
                                       dev, errp);
     } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PCI_DEVICE)) {
-        acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(&s->ar, s->irq, &s->acpi_pci_hotplug, dev,
+        acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(hotplug_dev, &s->acpi_pci_hotplug, dev,
                                     errp);
     } else {
         error_setg(errp, "acpi: device unplug request for not supported device"
@@ -571,8 +570,8 @@ static void piix4_acpi_system_hot_add_init(MemoryRegion *parent,
     acpi_pcihp_init(OBJECT(s), &s->acpi_pci_hotplug, bus, parent,
                     s->use_acpi_pci_hotplug);
 
-    acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(parent, OBJECT(s), &s->gpe_cpu,
-                          PIIX4_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE);
+    legacy_acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(parent, OBJECT(s), &s->gpe_cpu,
+                                 PIIX4_CPU_HOTPLUG_IO_BASE);
 
     if (s->acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) {
         acpi_memory_hotplug_init(parent, OBJECT(s), &s->acpi_memory_hotplug);
@@ -586,6 +585,13 @@ static void piix4_ospm_status(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, ACPIOSTInfoList ***list)
     acpi_memory_ospm_status(&s->acpi_memory_hotplug, list);
 }
 
+static void piix4_send_gpe(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, AcpiEventStatusBits ev)
+{
+    PIIX4PMState *s = PIIX4_PM(adev);
+
+    acpi_send_gpe_event(&s->ar, s->irq, ev);
+}
+
 static Property piix4_pm_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("smb_io_base", PIIX4PMState, smb_io_base, 0),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8(ACPI_PM_PROP_S3_DISABLED, PIIX4PMState, disable_s3, 0),
@@ -624,6 +630,7 @@ static void piix4_pm_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     hc->unplug_request = piix4_device_unplug_request_cb;
     hc->unplug = piix4_device_unplug_cb;
     adevc->ospm_status = piix4_ospm_status;
+    adevc->send_event = piix4_send_gpe;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo piix4_pm_info = {
diff --git a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
index 83a54203b8..735ab864a0 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
@@ -354,11 +354,14 @@ static void acpi_dsdt_add_power_button(Aml *scope)
 
 /* RSDP */
 static GArray *
-build_rsdp(GArray *rsdp_table, GArray *linker, unsigned rsdt)
+build_rsdp(GArray *rsdp_table, BIOSLinker *linker, unsigned rsdt_tbl_offset)
 {
     AcpiRsdpDescriptor *rsdp = acpi_data_push(rsdp_table, sizeof *rsdp);
+    unsigned rsdt_pa_size = sizeof(rsdp->rsdt_physical_address);
+    unsigned rsdt_pa_offset =
+        (char *)&rsdp->rsdt_physical_address - rsdp_table->data;
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, 16,
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, rsdp_table, 16,
                              true /* fseg memory */);
 
     memcpy(&rsdp->signature, "RSD PTR ", sizeof(rsdp->signature));
@@ -366,24 +369,21 @@ build_rsdp(GArray *rsdp_table, GArray *linker, unsigned rsdt)
     rsdp->length = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(*rsdp));
     rsdp->revision = 0x02;
 
-    /* Point to RSDT */
-    rsdp->rsdt_physical_address = cpu_to_le32(rsdt);
     /* Address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   rsdp_table, &rsdp->rsdt_physical_address,
-                                   sizeof rsdp->rsdt_physical_address);
-    rsdp->checksum = 0;
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, rsdt_pa_offset, rsdt_pa_size,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, rsdt_tbl_offset);
+
     /* Checksum to be filled by Guest linker */
     bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE,
-                                    rsdp_table, rsdp, sizeof *rsdp,
-                                    &rsdp->checksum);
+        (char *)rsdp - rsdp_table->data, sizeof *rsdp,
+        (char *)&rsdp->checksum - rsdp_table->data);
 
     return rsdp_table;
 }
 
 static void
-build_spcr(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
+build_spcr(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 {
     AcpiSerialPortConsoleRedirection *spcr;
     const MemMapEntry *uart_memmap = &guest_info->memmap[VIRT_UART];
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ build_spcr(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 }
 
 static void
-build_srat(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
+build_srat(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 {
     AcpiSystemResourceAffinityTable *srat;
     AcpiSratProcessorGiccAffinity *core;
@@ -456,13 +456,12 @@ build_srat(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
         mem_base += numa_info[i].node_mem;
     }
 
-    build_header(linker, table_data,
-                 (void *)(table_data->data + srat_start), "SRAT",
+    build_header(linker, table_data, (void *)srat, "SRAT",
                  table_data->len - srat_start, 3, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
-build_mcfg(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
+build_mcfg(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 {
     AcpiTableMcfg *mcfg;
     const MemMapEntry *memmap = guest_info->memmap;
@@ -482,7 +481,7 @@ build_mcfg(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 
 /* GTDT */
 static void
-build_gtdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+build_gtdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     int gtdt_start = table_data->len;
     AcpiGenericTimerTable *gtdt;
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ build_gtdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
 
 /* MADT */
 static void
-build_madt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
+build_madt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 {
     int madt_start = table_data->len;
     const MemMapEntry *memmap = guest_info->memmap;
@@ -567,9 +566,10 @@ build_madt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 
 /* FADT */
 static void
-build_fadt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, unsigned dsdt)
+build_fadt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, unsigned dsdt_tbl_offset)
 {
     AcpiFadtDescriptorRev5_1 *fadt = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof(*fadt));
+    unsigned dsdt_entry_offset = (char *)&fadt->dsdt - table_data->data;
 
     /* Hardware Reduced = 1 and use PSCI 0.2+ and with HVC */
     fadt->flags = cpu_to_le32(1 << ACPI_FADT_F_HW_REDUCED_ACPI);
@@ -579,12 +579,10 @@ build_fadt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, unsigned dsdt)
     /* ACPI v5.1 (fadt->revision.fadt->minor_revision) */
     fadt->minor_revision = 0x1;
 
-    fadt->dsdt = cpu_to_le32(dsdt);
     /* DSDT address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   table_data, &fadt->dsdt,
-                                   sizeof fadt->dsdt);
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, dsdt_entry_offset, sizeof(fadt->dsdt),
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, dsdt_tbl_offset);
 
     build_header(linker, table_data,
                  (void *)fadt, "FACP", sizeof(*fadt), 5, NULL, NULL);
@@ -592,7 +590,7 @@ build_fadt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, unsigned dsdt)
 
 /* DSDT */
 static void
-build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
+build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
 {
     Aml *scope, *dsdt;
     const MemMapEntry *memmap = guest_info->memmap;
@@ -652,7 +650,8 @@ void virt_acpi_build(VirtGuestInfo *guest_info, AcpiBuildTables *tables)
     table_offsets = g_array_new(false, true /* clear */,
                                         sizeof(uint32_t));
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(tables->linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(tables->linker,
+                             ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, tables_blob,
                              64, false /* high memory */);
 
     /*
@@ -731,7 +730,7 @@ static void virt_acpi_build_update(void *build_opaque)
 
     acpi_ram_update(build_state->table_mr, tables.table_data);
     acpi_ram_update(build_state->rsdp_mr, tables.rsdp);
-    acpi_ram_update(build_state->linker_mr, tables.linker);
+    acpi_ram_update(build_state->linker_mr, tables.linker->cmd_blob);
 
 
     acpi_build_tables_cleanup(&tables, true);
@@ -789,7 +788,8 @@ void virt_acpi_setup(VirtGuestInfo *guest_info)
     assert(build_state->table_mr != NULL);
 
     build_state->linker_mr =
-        acpi_add_rom_blob(build_state, tables.linker, "etc/table-loader", 0);
+        acpi_add_rom_blob(build_state, tables.linker->cmd_blob,
+                          "etc/table-loader", 0);
 
     fw_cfg_add_file(guest_info->fw_cfg, ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE,
                     tables.tcpalog->data, acpi_data_len(tables.tcpalog));
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 279f0d7d05..06d6204749 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ typedef struct AcpiPmInfo {
     uint32_t gpe0_blk_len;
     uint32_t io_base;
     uint16_t cpu_hp_io_base;
-    uint16_t cpu_hp_io_len;
     uint16_t mem_hp_io_base;
     uint16_t mem_hp_io_len;
     uint16_t pcihp_io_base;
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ static void acpi_get_pm_info(AcpiPmInfo *pm)
     }
     assert(obj);
 
-    pm->cpu_hp_io_len = ACPI_GPE_PROC_LEN;
     pm->mem_hp_io_base = ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_BASE;
     pm->mem_hp_io_len = ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_IO_LEN;
 
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ static void acpi_align_size(GArray *blob, unsigned align)
 
 /* FACS */
 static void
-build_facs(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+build_facs(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     AcpiFacsDescriptorRev1 *facs = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof *facs);
     memcpy(&facs->signature, "FACS", 4);
@@ -307,34 +305,31 @@ static void fadt_setup(AcpiFadtDescriptorRev1 *fadt, AcpiPmInfo *pm)
 
 /* FADT */
 static void
-build_fadt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, AcpiPmInfo *pm,
-           unsigned facs, unsigned dsdt,
+build_fadt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, AcpiPmInfo *pm,
+           unsigned facs_tbl_offset, unsigned dsdt_tbl_offset,
            const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id)
 {
     AcpiFadtDescriptorRev1 *fadt = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof(*fadt));
+    unsigned fw_ctrl_offset = (char *)&fadt->firmware_ctrl - table_data->data;
+    unsigned dsdt_entry_offset = (char *)&fadt->dsdt - table_data->data;
 
-    fadt->firmware_ctrl = cpu_to_le32(facs);
     /* FACS address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   table_data, &fadt->firmware_ctrl,
-                                   sizeof fadt->firmware_ctrl);
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, fw_ctrl_offset, sizeof(fadt->firmware_ctrl),
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, facs_tbl_offset);
 
-    fadt->dsdt = cpu_to_le32(dsdt);
     /* DSDT address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   table_data, &fadt->dsdt,
-                                   sizeof fadt->dsdt);
-
     fadt_setup(fadt, pm);
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, dsdt_entry_offset, sizeof(fadt->dsdt),
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, dsdt_tbl_offset);
 
     build_header(linker, table_data,
                  (void *)fadt, "FACP", sizeof(*fadt), 1, oem_id, oem_table_id);
 }
 
 static void
-build_madt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, PCMachineState *pcms)
+build_madt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, PCMachineState *pcms)
 {
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(pcms);
     CPUArchIdList *apic_ids = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(MACHINE(pcms));
@@ -356,7 +351,7 @@ build_madt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, PCMachineState *pcms)
 
         apic->type = ACPI_APIC_PROCESSOR;
         apic->length = sizeof(*apic);
-        apic->processor_id = apic_id;
+        apic->processor_id = i;
         apic->local_apic_id = apic_id;
         if (apic_ids->cpus[i].cpu != NULL) {
             apic->flags = cpu_to_le32(1);
@@ -943,114 +938,6 @@ static Aml *build_crs(PCIHostState *host,
     return crs;
 }
 
-static void build_processor_devices(Aml *sb_scope, MachineState *machine,
-                                    AcpiPmInfo *pm)
-{
-    int i, apic_idx;
-    Aml *dev;
-    Aml *crs;
-    Aml *pkg;
-    Aml *field;
-    Aml *ifctx;
-    Aml *method;
-    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
-    CPUArchIdList *apic_ids = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(machine);
-    PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(machine);
-
-    /* The current AML generator can cover the APIC ID range [0..255],
-     * inclusive, for VCPU hotplug. */
-    QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT > 256);
-    g_assert(pcms->apic_id_limit <= ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
-
-    /* create PCI0.PRES device and its _CRS to reserve CPU hotplug MMIO */
-    dev = aml_device("PCI0." stringify(CPU_HOTPLUG_RESOURCE_DEVICE));
-    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_eisaid("PNP0A06")));
-    aml_append(dev,
-        aml_name_decl("_UID", aml_string("CPU Hotplug resources"))
-    );
-    /* device present, functioning, decoding, not shown in UI */
-    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_STA", aml_int(0xB)));
-    crs = aml_resource_template();
-    aml_append(crs,
-        aml_io(AML_DECODE16, pm->cpu_hp_io_base, pm->cpu_hp_io_base, 1,
-               pm->cpu_hp_io_len)
-    );
-    aml_append(dev, aml_name_decl("_CRS", crs));
-    aml_append(sb_scope, dev);
-    /* declare CPU hotplug MMIO region and PRS field to access it */
-    aml_append(sb_scope, aml_operation_region(
-        "PRST", AML_SYSTEM_IO, aml_int(pm->cpu_hp_io_base), pm->cpu_hp_io_len));
-    field = aml_field("PRST", AML_BYTE_ACC, AML_NOLOCK, AML_PRESERVE);
-    aml_append(field, aml_named_field("PRS", 256));
-    aml_append(sb_scope, field);
-
-    /* build Processor object for each processor */
-    for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
-        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
-
-        assert(apic_id < ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_ID_LIMIT);
-
-        dev = aml_processor(apic_id, 0, 0, "CP%.02X", apic_id);
-
-        method = aml_method("_MAT", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-        aml_append(method,
-            aml_return(aml_call1(CPU_MAT_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id))));
-        aml_append(dev, method);
-
-        method = aml_method("_STA", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-        aml_append(method,
-            aml_return(aml_call1(CPU_STATUS_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id))));
-        aml_append(dev, method);
-
-        method = aml_method("_EJ0", 1, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-        aml_append(method,
-            aml_return(aml_call2(CPU_EJECT_METHOD, aml_int(apic_id),
-                aml_arg(0)))
-        );
-        aml_append(dev, method);
-
-        aml_append(sb_scope, dev);
-    }
-
-    /* build this code:
-     *   Method(NTFY, 2) {If (LEqual(Arg0, 0x00)) {Notify(CP00, Arg1)} ...}
-     */
-    /* Arg0 = Processor ID = APIC ID */
-    method = aml_method(AML_NOTIFY_METHOD, 2, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-    for (i = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
-        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
-
-        ifctx = aml_if(aml_equal(aml_arg(0), aml_int(apic_id)));
-        aml_append(ifctx,
-            aml_notify(aml_name("CP%.02X", apic_id), aml_arg(1))
-        );
-        aml_append(method, ifctx);
-    }
-    aml_append(sb_scope, method);
-
-    /* build "Name(CPON, Package() { One, One, ..., Zero, Zero, ... })"
-     *
-     * Note: The ability to create variable-sized packages was first
-     * introduced in ACPI 2.0. ACPI 1.0 only allowed fixed-size packages
-     * ith up to 255 elements. Windows guests up to win2k8 fail when
-     * VarPackageOp is used.
-     */
-    pkg = pcms->apic_id_limit <= 255 ? aml_package(pcms->apic_id_limit) :
-                                       aml_varpackage(pcms->apic_id_limit);
-
-    for (i = 0, apic_idx = 0; i < apic_ids->len; i++) {
-        int apic_id = apic_ids->cpus[i].arch_id;
-
-        for (; apic_idx < apic_id; apic_idx++) {
-            aml_append(pkg, aml_int(0));
-        }
-        aml_append(pkg, aml_int(apic_ids->cpus[i].cpu ? 1 : 0));
-        apic_idx = apic_id + 1;
-    }
-    aml_append(sb_scope, aml_name_decl(CPU_ON_BITMAP, pkg));
-    g_free(apic_ids);
-}
-
 static void build_memory_devices(Aml *sb_scope, int nr_mem,
                                  uint16_t io_base, uint16_t io_len)
 {
@@ -1979,7 +1866,7 @@ static Aml *build_q35_osc_method(void)
 }
 
 static void
-build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
+build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker,
            AcpiPmInfo *pm, AcpiMiscInfo *misc,
            PcPciInfo *pci, MachineState *machine)
 {
@@ -2043,7 +1930,7 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
         build_q35_pci0_int(dsdt);
     }
 
-    build_cpu_hotplug_aml(dsdt);
+    build_legacy_cpu_hotplug_aml(dsdt, machine, pm->cpu_hp_io_base);
     build_memory_hotplug_aml(dsdt, nr_mem, pm->mem_hp_io_base,
                              pm->mem_hp_io_len);
 
@@ -2051,8 +1938,6 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
     {
         aml_append(scope, aml_name_decl("_HID", aml_string("ACPI0006")));
 
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L00", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-
         if (misc->is_piix4) {
             method = aml_method("_E01", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
             aml_append(method,
@@ -2060,30 +1945,11 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
             aml_append(method, aml_call0("\\_SB.PCI0.PCNT"));
             aml_append(method, aml_release(aml_name("\\_SB.PCI0.BLCK")));
             aml_append(scope, method);
-        } else {
-            aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L01", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
         }
 
-        method = aml_method("_E02", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
-        aml_append(method, aml_call0("\\_SB." CPU_SCAN_METHOD));
-        aml_append(scope, method);
-
         method = aml_method("_E03", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED);
         aml_append(method, aml_call0(MEMORY_HOTPLUG_HANDLER_PATH));
         aml_append(scope, method);
-
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L04", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L05", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L06", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L07", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L08", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L09", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0A", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0B", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0C", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0D", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0E", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
-        aml_append(scope, aml_method("_L0F", 0, AML_NOTSERIALIZED));
     }
     aml_append(dsdt, scope);
 
@@ -2322,8 +2188,6 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
 
     sb_scope = aml_scope("\\_SB");
     {
-        build_processor_devices(sb_scope, machine, pm);
-
         build_memory_devices(sb_scope, nr_mem, pm->mem_hp_io_base,
                              pm->mem_hp_io_len);
 
@@ -2373,7 +2237,7 @@ build_dsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker,
 }
 
 static void
-build_hpet(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+build_hpet(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     Acpi20Hpet *hpet;
 
@@ -2388,32 +2252,31 @@ build_hpet(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
 }
 
 static void
-build_tpm_tcpa(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, GArray *tcpalog)
+build_tpm_tcpa(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *tcpalog)
 {
     Acpi20Tcpa *tcpa = acpi_data_push(table_data, sizeof *tcpa);
-    uint64_t log_area_start_address = acpi_data_len(tcpalog);
+    unsigned log_addr_size = sizeof(tcpa->log_area_start_address);
+    unsigned log_addr_offset =
+        (char *)&tcpa->log_area_start_address - table_data->data;
 
     tcpa->platform_class = cpu_to_le16(TPM_TCPA_ACPI_CLASS_CLIENT);
     tcpa->log_area_minimum_length = cpu_to_le32(TPM_LOG_AREA_MINIMUM_SIZE);
-    tcpa->log_area_start_address = cpu_to_le64(log_area_start_address);
+    acpi_data_push(tcpalog, le32_to_cpu(tcpa->log_area_minimum_length));
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE, 1,
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE, tcpalog, 1,
                              false /* high memory */);
 
     /* log area start address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE,
-                                   table_data, &tcpa->log_area_start_address,
-                                   sizeof(tcpa->log_area_start_address));
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, log_addr_offset, log_addr_size,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE, 0);
 
     build_header(linker, table_data,
                  (void *)tcpa, "TCPA", sizeof(*tcpa), 2, NULL, NULL);
-
-    acpi_data_push(tcpalog, TPM_LOG_AREA_MINIMUM_SIZE);
 }
 
 static void
-build_tpm2(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+build_tpm2(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     Acpi20TPM2 *tpm2_ptr;
 
@@ -2428,7 +2291,7 @@ build_tpm2(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
 }
 
 static void
-build_srat(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, MachineState *machine)
+build_srat(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, MachineState *machine)
 {
     AcpiSystemResourceAffinityTable *srat;
     AcpiSratProcessorAffinity *core;
@@ -2525,7 +2388,7 @@ build_srat(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, MachineState *machine)
 }
 
 static void
-build_mcfg_q35(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, AcpiMcfgInfo *info)
+build_mcfg_q35(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, AcpiMcfgInfo *info)
 {
     AcpiTableMcfg *mcfg;
     const char *sig;
@@ -2554,7 +2417,7 @@ build_mcfg_q35(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, AcpiMcfgInfo *info)
 }
 
 static void
-build_dmar_q35(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
+build_dmar_q35(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     int dmar_start = table_data->len;
 
@@ -2578,26 +2441,27 @@ build_dmar_q35(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker)
 }
 
 static GArray *
-build_rsdp(GArray *rsdp_table, GArray *linker, unsigned rsdt)
+build_rsdp(GArray *rsdp_table, BIOSLinker *linker, unsigned rsdt_tbl_offset)
 {
     AcpiRsdpDescriptor *rsdp = acpi_data_push(rsdp_table, sizeof *rsdp);
+    unsigned rsdt_pa_size = sizeof(rsdp->rsdt_physical_address);
+    unsigned rsdt_pa_offset =
+        (char *)&rsdp->rsdt_physical_address - rsdp_table->data;
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, 16,
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, rsdp_table, 16,
                              true /* fseg memory */);
 
     memcpy(&rsdp->signature, "RSD PTR ", 8);
     memcpy(rsdp->oem_id, ACPI_BUILD_APPNAME6, 6);
-    rsdp->rsdt_physical_address = cpu_to_le32(rsdt);
     /* Address to be filled by Guest linker */
-    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE,
-                                   ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
-                                   rsdp_table, &rsdp->rsdt_physical_address,
-                                   sizeof rsdp->rsdt_physical_address);
-    rsdp->checksum = 0;
+    bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(linker,
+        ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE, rsdt_pa_offset, rsdt_pa_size,
+        ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, rsdt_tbl_offset);
+
     /* Checksum to be filled by Guest linker */
     bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(linker, ACPI_BUILD_RSDP_FILE,
-                                    rsdp_table, rsdp, sizeof *rsdp,
-                                    &rsdp->checksum);
+        (char *)rsdp - rsdp_table->data, sizeof *rsdp,
+        (char *)&rsdp->checksum - rsdp_table->data);
 
     return rsdp_table;
 }
@@ -2670,7 +2534,8 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables, MachineState *machine)
                                         sizeof(uint32_t));
     ACPI_BUILD_DPRINTF("init ACPI tables\n");
 
-    bios_linker_loader_alloc(tables->linker, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE,
+    bios_linker_loader_alloc(tables->linker,
+                             ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_FILE, tables_blob,
                              64 /* Ensure FACS is aligned */,
                              false /* high memory */);
 
@@ -2727,7 +2592,8 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables, MachineState *machine)
         build_dmar_q35(tables_blob, tables->linker);
     }
     if (pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state.is_enabled) {
-        nvdimm_build_acpi(table_offsets, tables_blob, tables->linker);
+        nvdimm_build_acpi(table_offsets, tables_blob, tables->linker,
+                          pcms->acpi_nvdimm_state.dsm_mem);
     }
 
     /* Add tables supplied by user (if any) */
@@ -2790,7 +2656,7 @@ void acpi_build(AcpiBuildTables *tables, MachineState *machine)
         acpi_align_size(tables_blob, ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_SIZE);
     }
 
-    acpi_align_size(tables->linker, ACPI_BUILD_ALIGN_SIZE);
+    acpi_align_size(tables->linker->cmd_blob, ACPI_BUILD_ALIGN_SIZE);
 
     /* Cleanup memory that's no longer used. */
     g_array_free(table_offsets, true);
@@ -2830,7 +2696,7 @@ static void acpi_build_update(void *build_opaque)
         acpi_ram_update(build_state->rsdp_mr, tables.rsdp);
     }
 
-    acpi_ram_update(build_state->linker_mr, tables.linker);
+    acpi_ram_update(build_state->linker_mr, tables.linker->cmd_blob);
     acpi_build_tables_cleanup(&tables, true);
 }
 
@@ -2894,7 +2760,8 @@ void acpi_setup(void)
     assert(build_state->table_mr != NULL);
 
     build_state->linker_mr =
-        acpi_add_rom_blob(build_state, tables.linker, "etc/table-loader", 0);
+        acpi_add_rom_blob(build_state, tables.linker->cmd_blob,
+                          "etc/table-loader", 0);
 
     fw_cfg_add_file(pcms->fw_cfg, ACPI_BUILD_TPMLOG_FILE,
                     tables.tcpalog->data, acpi_data_len(tables.tcpalog));
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index e29ccc8341..92125a8cc8 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -765,8 +765,6 @@ static FWCfgState *bochs_bios_init(AddressSpace *as, PCMachineState *pcms)
                      acpi_tables, acpi_tables_len);
     fw_cfg_add_i32(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_IRQ0_OVERRIDE, kvm_allows_irq0_override());
 
-    pc_build_smbios(fw_cfg);
-
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(fw_cfg, FW_CFG_E820_TABLE,
                      &e820_reserve, sizeof(e820_reserve));
     fw_cfg_add_file(fw_cfg, "etc/e820", e820_table,
@@ -1182,6 +1180,9 @@ void pc_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
     }
 
     acpi_setup();
+    if (pcms->fw_cfg) {
+        pc_build_smbios(pcms->fw_cfg);
+    }
 }
 
 void pc_guest_info_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
diff --git a/hw/ipmi/ipmi.c b/hw/ipmi/ipmi.c
index 6adec1e990..f09f217e78 100644
--- a/hw/ipmi/ipmi.c
+++ b/hw/ipmi/ipmi.c
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 
+static uint32_t ipmi_current_uuid = 1;
+
+uint32_t ipmi_next_uuid(void)
+{
+    return ipmi_current_uuid++;
+}
+
 static int ipmi_do_hw_op(IPMIInterface *s, enum ipmi_op op, int checkonly)
 {
     switch (op) {
@@ -122,30 +129,3 @@ static void ipmi_register_types(void)
 }
 
 type_init(ipmi_register_types)
-
-static IPMIFwInfo *ipmi_fw_info;
-static unsigned int ipmi_fw_info_len;
-
-static uint32_t current_uuid = 1;
-
-void ipmi_add_fwinfo(IPMIFwInfo *info, Error **errp)
-{
-    info->uuid = current_uuid++;
-    ipmi_fw_info = g_realloc(ipmi_fw_info,
-                             sizeof(*ipmi_fw_info) * (ipmi_fw_info_len + 1));
-    ipmi_fw_info[ipmi_fw_info_len] = *info;
-}
-
-IPMIFwInfo *ipmi_first_fwinfo(void)
-{
-    return ipmi_fw_info;
-}
-
-IPMIFwInfo *ipmi_next_fwinfo(IPMIFwInfo *current)
-{
-    current++;
-    if (current >= &ipmi_fw_info[ipmi_fw_info_len]) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return current;
-}
diff --git a/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_bt.c b/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_bt.c
index aaea12ecdd..f03661715c 100644
--- a/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_bt.c
+++ b/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_bt.c
@@ -390,16 +390,6 @@ static void ipmi_bt_init(IPMIInterface *ii, Error **errp)
     memory_region_init_io(&ib->io, NULL, &ipmi_bt_io_ops, ii, "ipmi-bt", 3);
 }
 
-static void ipmi_bt_class_init(IPMIInterfaceClass *iic)
-{
-    iic->init = ipmi_bt_init;
-    iic->set_atn = ipmi_bt_set_atn;
-    iic->handle_rsp = ipmi_bt_handle_rsp;
-    iic->handle_if_event = ipmi_bt_handle_event;
-    iic->set_irq_enable = ipmi_bt_set_irq_enable;
-    iic->reset = ipmi_bt_handle_reset;
-}
-
 
 #define TYPE_ISA_IPMI_BT "isa-ipmi-bt"
 #define ISA_IPMI_BT(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(ISAIPMIBTDevice, (obj), \
@@ -409,9 +399,38 @@ typedef struct ISAIPMIBTDevice {
     ISADevice dev;
     int32_t isairq;
     IPMIBT bt;
-    IPMIFwInfo fwinfo;
+    uint32_t uuid;
 } ISAIPMIBTDevice;
 
+static void ipmi_bt_get_fwinfo(struct IPMIInterface *ii, IPMIFwInfo *info)
+{
+    ISAIPMIBTDevice *iib = ISA_IPMI_BT(ii);
+
+    info->interface_name = "bt";
+    info->interface_type = IPMI_SMBIOS_BT;
+    info->ipmi_spec_major_revision = 2;
+    info->ipmi_spec_minor_revision = 0;
+    info->base_address = iib->bt.io_base;
+    info->register_length = iib->bt.io_length;
+    info->register_spacing = 1;
+    info->memspace = IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO;
+    info->irq_type = IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ;
+    info->interrupt_number = iib->isairq;
+    info->i2c_slave_address = iib->bt.bmc->slave_addr;
+    info->uuid = iib->uuid;
+}
+
+static void ipmi_bt_class_init(IPMIInterfaceClass *iic)
+{
+    iic->init = ipmi_bt_init;
+    iic->set_atn = ipmi_bt_set_atn;
+    iic->handle_rsp = ipmi_bt_handle_rsp;
+    iic->handle_if_event = ipmi_bt_handle_event;
+    iic->set_irq_enable = ipmi_bt_set_irq_enable;
+    iic->reset = ipmi_bt_handle_reset;
+    iic->get_fwinfo = ipmi_bt_get_fwinfo;
+}
+
 static void isa_ipmi_bt_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     ISADevice *isadev = ISA_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -424,6 +443,8 @@ static void isa_ipmi_bt_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    iib->uuid = ipmi_next_uuid();
+
     iib->bt.bmc->intf = ii;
 
     iic->init(ii, errp);
@@ -438,20 +459,6 @@ static void isa_ipmi_bt_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     qdev_set_legacy_instance_id(dev, iib->bt.io_base, iib->bt.io_length);
 
     isa_register_ioport(isadev, &iib->bt.io, iib->bt.io_base);
-
-    iib->fwinfo.interface_name = "bt";
-    iib->fwinfo.interface_type = IPMI_SMBIOS_BT;
-    iib->fwinfo.ipmi_spec_major_revision = 2;
-    iib->fwinfo.ipmi_spec_minor_revision = 0;
-    iib->fwinfo.base_address = iib->bt.io_base;
-    iib->fwinfo.register_length = iib->bt.io_length;
-    iib->fwinfo.register_spacing = 1;
-    iib->fwinfo.memspace = IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO;
-    iib->fwinfo.irq_type = IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ;
-    iib->fwinfo.interrupt_number = iib->isairq;
-    iib->fwinfo.acpi_parent = "\\_SB.PCI0.ISA";
-    iib->fwinfo.i2c_slave_address = iib->bt.bmc->slave_addr;
-    ipmi_add_fwinfo(&iib->fwinfo, errp);
 }
 
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_ISAIPMIBTDevice = {
diff --git a/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_kcs.c b/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_kcs.c
index 2742ce06c4..9a38f8a28a 100644
--- a/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_kcs.c
+++ b/hw/ipmi/isa_ipmi_kcs.c
@@ -354,16 +354,6 @@ static void ipmi_kcs_init(IPMIInterface *ii, Error **errp)
     memory_region_init_io(&ik->io, NULL, &ipmi_kcs_io_ops, ii, "ipmi-kcs", 2);
 }
 
-static void ipmi_kcs_class_init(IPMIInterfaceClass *iic)
-{
-    iic->init = ipmi_kcs_init;
-    iic->set_atn = ipmi_kcs_set_atn;
-    iic->handle_rsp = ipmi_kcs_handle_rsp;
-    iic->handle_if_event = ipmi_kcs_handle_event;
-    iic->set_irq_enable = ipmi_kcs_set_irq_enable;
-}
-
-
 #define TYPE_ISA_IPMI_KCS "isa-ipmi-kcs"
 #define ISA_IPMI_KCS(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(ISAIPMIKCSDevice, (obj), \
                                        TYPE_ISA_IPMI_KCS)
@@ -372,9 +362,37 @@ typedef struct ISAIPMIKCSDevice {
     ISADevice dev;
     int32_t isairq;
     IPMIKCS kcs;
-    IPMIFwInfo fwinfo;
+    uint32_t uuid;
 } ISAIPMIKCSDevice;
 
+static void ipmi_kcs_get_fwinfo(IPMIInterface *ii, IPMIFwInfo *info)
+{
+    ISAIPMIKCSDevice *iik = ISA_IPMI_KCS(ii);
+
+    info->interface_name = "kcs";
+    info->interface_type = IPMI_SMBIOS_KCS;
+    info->ipmi_spec_major_revision = 2;
+    info->ipmi_spec_minor_revision = 0;
+    info->base_address = iik->kcs.io_base;
+    info->i2c_slave_address = iik->kcs.bmc->slave_addr;
+    info->register_length = iik->kcs.io_length;
+    info->register_spacing = 1;
+    info->memspace = IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO;
+    info->irq_type = IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ;
+    info->interrupt_number = iik->isairq;
+    info->uuid = iik->uuid;
+}
+
+static void ipmi_kcs_class_init(IPMIInterfaceClass *iic)
+{
+    iic->init = ipmi_kcs_init;
+    iic->set_atn = ipmi_kcs_set_atn;
+    iic->handle_rsp = ipmi_kcs_handle_rsp;
+    iic->handle_if_event = ipmi_kcs_handle_event;
+    iic->set_irq_enable = ipmi_kcs_set_irq_enable;
+    iic->get_fwinfo = ipmi_kcs_get_fwinfo;
+}
+
 static void ipmi_isa_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     ISADevice *isadev = ISA_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -387,6 +405,8 @@ static void ipmi_isa_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
+    iik->uuid = ipmi_next_uuid();
+
     iik->kcs.bmc->intf = ii;
 
     iic->init(ii, errp);
@@ -401,20 +421,6 @@ static void ipmi_isa_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     qdev_set_legacy_instance_id(dev, iik->kcs.io_base, iik->kcs.io_length);
 
     isa_register_ioport(isadev, &iik->kcs.io, iik->kcs.io_base);
-
-    iik->fwinfo.interface_name = "kcs";
-    iik->fwinfo.interface_type = IPMI_SMBIOS_KCS;
-    iik->fwinfo.ipmi_spec_major_revision = 2;
-    iik->fwinfo.ipmi_spec_minor_revision = 0;
-    iik->fwinfo.base_address = iik->kcs.io_base;
-    iik->fwinfo.i2c_slave_address = iik->kcs.bmc->slave_addr;
-    iik->fwinfo.register_length = iik->kcs.io_length;
-    iik->fwinfo.register_spacing = 1;
-    iik->fwinfo.memspace = IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO;
-    iik->fwinfo.irq_type = IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ;
-    iik->fwinfo.interrupt_number = iik->isairq;
-    iik->fwinfo.acpi_parent = "\\_SB.PCI0.ISA";
-    ipmi_add_fwinfo(&iik->fwinfo, errp);
 }
 
 const VMStateDescription vmstate_ISAIPMIKCSDevice = {
diff --git a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
index 4f8ca45f6d..2a2d52e69a 100644
--- a/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
+++ b/hw/isa/lpc_ich9.c
@@ -637,30 +637,6 @@ static void ich9_lpc_realize(PCIDevice *d, Error **errp)
                                         1);
 }
 
-static void ich9_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
-                                DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
-
-    ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(&lpc->pm, dev, errp);
-}
-
-static void ich9_device_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
-                                          DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
-
-    ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb(&lpc->pm, dev, errp);
-}
-
-static void ich9_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
-                                  DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
-{
-    ICH9LPCState *lpc = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(hotplug_dev);
-
-    ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb(&lpc->pm, dev, errp);
-}
-
 static bool ich9_rst_cnt_needed(void *opaque)
 {
     ICH9LPCState *lpc = opaque;
@@ -703,6 +679,13 @@ static Property ich9_lpc_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
+static void ich9_send_gpe(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, AcpiEventStatusBits ev)
+{
+    ICH9LPCState *s = ICH9_LPC_DEVICE(adev);
+
+    acpi_send_gpe_event(&s->pm.acpi_regs, s->pm.irq, ev);
+}
+
 static void ich9_lpc_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -726,10 +709,11 @@ static void ich9_lpc_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
      * pc_q35_init()
      */
     dc->cannot_instantiate_with_device_add_yet = true;
-    hc->plug = ich9_device_plug_cb;
-    hc->unplug_request = ich9_device_unplug_request_cb;
-    hc->unplug = ich9_device_unplug_cb;
+    hc->plug = ich9_pm_device_plug_cb;
+    hc->unplug_request = ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb;
+    hc->unplug = ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb;
     adevc->ospm_status = ich9_pm_ospm_status;
+    adevc->send_event = ich9_send_gpe;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo ich9_lpc_info = {
diff --git a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
index 9e7de56829..6de2275986 100644
--- a/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
+++ b/hw/mem/pc-dimm.c
@@ -354,8 +354,9 @@ static void pc_dimm_get_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     int64_t value;
     MemoryRegion *mr;
     PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(obj);
+    PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(obj);
 
-    mr = host_memory_backend_get_memory(dimm->hostmem, errp);
+    mr = ddc->get_memory_region(dimm);
     value = memory_region_size(mr);
 
     visit_type_int(v, name, &value, errp);
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ static void pc_dimm_init(Object *obj)
 static void pc_dimm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     PCDIMMDevice *dimm = PC_DIMM(dev);
+    PCDIMMDeviceClass *ddc = PC_DIMM_GET_CLASS(dimm);
 
     if (!dimm->hostmem) {
         error_setg(errp, "'" PC_DIMM_MEMDEV_PROP "' property is not set");
@@ -411,6 +413,10 @@ static void pc_dimm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
                    dimm->node, nb_numa_nodes ? nb_numa_nodes : 1);
         return;
     }
+
+    if (ddc->realize) {
+        ddc->realize(dimm, errp);
+    }
 }
 
 static MemoryRegion *pc_dimm_get_memory_region(PCDIMMDevice *dimm)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 4400718154..81cc5b0ae3 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -767,15 +767,11 @@ static inline bool vhost_needs_vring_endian(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     if (virtio_vdev_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) {
         return false;
     }
-#ifdef TARGET_IS_BIENDIAN
 #ifdef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     return vdev->device_endian == VIRTIO_DEVICE_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
 #else
     return vdev->device_endian == VIRTIO_DEVICE_ENDIAN_BIG;
 #endif
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif
 }
 
 static int vhost_virtqueue_set_vring_endian_legacy(struct vhost_dev *dev,
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/acpi.h b/include/hw/acpi/acpi.h
index dc6ee00885..c717f157fe 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/acpi.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/acpi.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h"
 
 /*
  * current device naming scheme supports up to 256 memory devices
@@ -89,13 +90,6 @@
 /* PM2_CNT */
 #define ACPI_BITMASK_ARB_DISABLE                0x0001
 
-/* These values are part of guest ABI, and can not be changed */
-typedef enum {
-    ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 2,
-    ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 4,
-    ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 8,
-} AcpiGPEStatusBits;
-
 /* structs */
 typedef struct ACPIPMTimer ACPIPMTimer;
 typedef struct ACPIPM1EVT ACPIPM1EVT;
@@ -172,7 +166,7 @@ void acpi_gpe_ioport_writeb(ACPIREGS *ar, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val);
 uint32_t acpi_gpe_ioport_readb(ACPIREGS *ar, uint32_t addr);
 
 void acpi_send_gpe_event(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
-                         AcpiGPEStatusBits status);
+                         AcpiEventStatusBits status);
 
 void acpi_update_sci(ACPIREGS *acpi_regs, qemu_irq irq);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h b/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
index f245f8d236..a0c4a336f2 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/acpi_dev_interface.h
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 #include "qapi-types.h"
 
+/* These values are part of guest ABI, and can not be changed */
+typedef enum {
+    ACPI_PCI_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 2,
+    ACPI_CPU_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 4,
+    ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS = 8,
+} AcpiEventStatusBits;
+
 #define TYPE_ACPI_DEVICE_IF "acpi-device-interface"
 
 #define ACPI_DEVICE_IF_CLASS(klass) \
@@ -22,11 +29,14 @@ typedef struct AcpiDeviceIf {
     Object Parent;
 } AcpiDeviceIf;
 
+void acpi_send_event(DeviceState *dev, AcpiEventStatusBits event);
+
 /**
  * AcpiDeviceIfClass:
  *
  * ospm_status: returns status of ACPI device objects, reported
  *              via _OST method if device supports it.
+ * send_event: inject a specified event into guest
  *
  * Interface is designed for providing unified interface
  * to generic ACPI functionality that could be used without
@@ -39,5 +49,6 @@ typedef struct AcpiDeviceIfClass {
 
     /* <public> */
     void (*ospm_status)(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, ACPIOSTInfoList ***list);
+    void (*send_event)(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, AcpiEventStatusBits ev);
 } AcpiDeviceIfClass;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index 7eb51c7885..3952f85eeb 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi-defs.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h"
 
 /* Reserve RAM space for tables: add another order of magnitude. */
 #define ACPI_BUILD_TABLE_MAX_SIZE         0x200000
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ struct AcpiBuildTables {
     GArray *table_data;
     GArray *rsdp;
     GArray *tcpalog;
-    GArray *linker;
+    BIOSLinker *linker;
 } AcpiBuildTables;
 
 /**
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ void aml_append(Aml *parent_ctx, Aml *child);
 /* non block AML object primitives */
 Aml *aml_name(const char *name_format, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 Aml *aml_name_decl(const char *name, Aml *val);
+Aml *aml_debug(void);
 Aml *aml_return(Aml *val);
 Aml *aml_int(const uint64_t val);
 Aml *aml_arg(int pos);
@@ -358,12 +360,13 @@ Aml *aml_create_qword_field(Aml *srcbuf, Aml *index, const char *name);
 Aml *aml_varpackage(uint32_t num_elements);
 Aml *aml_touuid(const char *uuid);
 Aml *aml_unicode(const char *str);
+Aml *aml_refof(Aml *arg);
 Aml *aml_derefof(Aml *arg);
 Aml *aml_sizeof(Aml *arg);
 Aml *aml_concatenate(Aml *source1, Aml *source2, Aml *target);
 
 void
-build_header(GArray *linker, GArray *table_data,
+build_header(BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *table_data,
              AcpiTableHeader *h, const char *sig, int len, uint8_t rev,
              const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id);
 void *acpi_data_push(GArray *table_data, unsigned size);
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ void acpi_add_table(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data);
 void acpi_build_tables_init(AcpiBuildTables *tables);
 void acpi_build_tables_cleanup(AcpiBuildTables *tables, bool mfre);
 void
-build_rsdt(GArray *table_data, GArray *linker, GArray *table_offsets,
+build_rsdt(GArray *table_data, BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *table_offsets,
            const char *oem_id, const char *oem_table_id);
 
 int
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
index 82f1af6433..a05227eb30 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
@@ -3,23 +3,29 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
-GArray *bios_linker_loader_init(void);
+typedef struct BIOSLinker {
+    GArray *cmd_blob;
+    GArray *file_list;
+} BIOSLinker;
 
-void bios_linker_loader_alloc(GArray *linker,
-                              const char *file,
+BIOSLinker *bios_linker_loader_init(void);
+
+void bios_linker_loader_alloc(BIOSLinker *linker,
+                              const char *file_name,
+                              GArray *file_blob,
                               uint32_t alloc_align,
                               bool alloc_fseg);
 
-void bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(GArray *linker, const char *file,
-                                     GArray *table,
-                                     void *start, unsigned size,
-                                     uint8_t *checksum);
+void bios_linker_loader_add_checksum(BIOSLinker *linker, const char *file,
+                                     unsigned start_offset, unsigned size,
+                                     unsigned checksum_offset);
 
-void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(GArray *linker,
+void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(BIOSLinker *linker,
                                     const char *dest_file,
+                                    uint32_t dst_patched_offset,
+                                    uint8_t dst_patched_size,
                                     const char *src_file,
-                                    GArray *table, void *pointer,
-                                    uint8_t pointer_size);
+                                    uint32_t src_offset);
 
-void *bios_linker_loader_cleanup(GArray *linker);
+void bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h b/include/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h
index f22640e389..6fef67ec14 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h
@@ -15,24 +15,19 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/pc-hotplug.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/aml-build.h"
+#include "hw/hotplug.h"
 
 typedef struct AcpiCpuHotplug {
     MemoryRegion io;
     uint8_t sts[ACPI_GPE_PROC_LEN];
 } AcpiCpuHotplug;
 
-void acpi_cpu_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
-                      AcpiCpuHotplug *g, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
+void legacy_acpi_cpu_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                             AcpiCpuHotplug *g, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
 
-void acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *parent, Object *owner,
-                           AcpiCpuHotplug *gpe_cpu, uint16_t base);
+void legacy_acpi_cpu_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *parent, Object *owner,
+                                  AcpiCpuHotplug *gpe_cpu, uint16_t base);
 
-#define CPU_EJECT_METHOD "CPEJ"
-#define CPU_MAT_METHOD "CPMA"
-#define CPU_ON_BITMAP "CPON"
-#define CPU_STATUS_METHOD "CPST"
-#define CPU_STATUS_MAP "PRS"
-#define CPU_SCAN_METHOD "PRSC"
-
-void build_cpu_hotplug_aml(Aml *ctx);
+void build_legacy_cpu_hotplug_aml(Aml *ctx, MachineState *machine,
+                                  uint16_t io_base);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/ich9.h b/include/hw/acpi/ich9.h
index 63fa198145..bbd657c59b 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/ich9.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/ich9.h
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ extern const VMStateDescription vmstate_ich9_pm;
 
 void ich9_pm_add_properties(Object *obj, ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, Error **errp);
 
-void ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
-void ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev,
-                                      Error **errp);
-void ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb(ICH9LPCPMRegs *pm, DeviceState *dev,
+void ich9_pm_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
+                            Error **errp);
+void ich9_pm_device_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                                      DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
+void ich9_pm_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
                               Error **errp);
 
 void ich9_pm_ospm_status(AcpiDeviceIf *adev, ACPIOSTInfoList ***list);
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h b/include/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h
index 3a646b12e0..d2c7452397 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ typedef struct MemHotplugState {
 void acpi_memory_hotplug_init(MemoryRegion *as, Object *owner,
                               MemHotplugState *state);
 
-void acpi_memory_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
+void acpi_memory_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
                          DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
-void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,
+void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                    MemHotplugState *mem_st,
                                    DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
 void acpi_memory_unplug_cb(MemHotplugState *mem_st,
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/pcihp.h b/include/hw/acpi/pcihp.h
index 79a43923e8..04528b78d9 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/pcihp.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/pcihp.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
+#include "hw/hotplug.h"
 
 #define ACPI_PCIHP_IO_BASE_PROP "acpi-pcihp-io-base"
 #define ACPI_PCIHP_IO_LEN_PROP "acpi-pcihp-io-len"
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ typedef struct AcpiPciHpState {
 void acpi_pcihp_init(Object *owner, AcpiPciHpState *, PCIBus *root,
                      MemoryRegion *address_space_io, bool bridges_enabled);
 
-void acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
+void acpi_pcihp_device_plug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, AcpiPciHpState *s,
                                DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
-void acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, AcpiPciHpState *s,
+void acpi_pcihp_device_unplug_cb(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, AcpiPciHpState *s,
                                  DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
 
 /* Called on reset */
diff --git a/include/hw/ipmi/ipmi.h b/include/hw/ipmi/ipmi.h
index 74a2b5af96..91b83b5bb0 100644
--- a/include/hw/ipmi/ipmi.h
+++ b/include/hw/ipmi/ipmi.h
@@ -65,6 +65,40 @@ enum ipmi_op {
 #define IPMI_SMBIOS_BT          0x03
 #define IPMI_SMBIOS_SSIF        0x04
 
+/*
+ * Used for transferring information to interfaces that add
+ * entries to firmware tables.
+ */
+typedef struct IPMIFwInfo {
+    const char *interface_name;
+    int interface_type;
+    uint8_t ipmi_spec_major_revision;
+    uint8_t ipmi_spec_minor_revision;
+    uint8_t i2c_slave_address;
+    uint32_t uuid;
+
+    uint64_t base_address;
+    uint64_t register_length;
+    uint8_t register_spacing;
+    enum {
+        IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO,
+        IPMI_MEMSPACE_MEM32,
+        IPMI_MEMSPACE_MEM64,
+        IPMI_MEMSPACE_SMBUS
+    } memspace;
+
+    int interrupt_number;
+    enum {
+        IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ,
+        IPMI_EDGE_IRQ
+    } irq_type;
+} IPMIFwInfo;
+
+/*
+ * Called by each instantiated IPMI interface device to get it's uuid.
+ */
+uint32_t ipmi_next_uuid(void);
+
 /* IPMI Interface types (KCS, SMIC, BT) are prefixed with this */
 #define TYPE_IPMI_INTERFACE_PREFIX "ipmi-interface-"
 
@@ -127,6 +161,11 @@ typedef struct IPMIInterfaceClass {
      * Set by the owner to hold the backend data for the interface.
      */
     void *(*get_backend_data)(struct IPMIInterface *s);
+
+    /*
+     * Return the firmware info for a device.
+     */
+    void (*get_fwinfo)(struct IPMIInterface *s, IPMIFwInfo *info);
 } IPMIInterfaceClass;
 
 /*
@@ -168,41 +207,6 @@ typedef struct IPMIBmcClass {
  */
 void ipmi_bmc_find_and_link(Object *obj, Object **bmc);
 
-/*
- * Used for transferring information to interfaces that add
- * entries to firmware tables.
- */
-typedef struct IPMIFwInfo {
-    const char *interface_name;
-    int interface_type;
-    uint8_t ipmi_spec_major_revision;
-    uint8_t ipmi_spec_minor_revision;
-    uint8_t i2c_slave_address;
-    uint32_t uuid;
-
-    uint64_t base_address;
-    uint64_t register_length;
-    uint8_t register_spacing;
-    enum {
-        IPMI_MEMSPACE_IO,
-        IPMI_MEMSPACE_MEM32,
-        IPMI_MEMSPACE_MEM64,
-        IPMI_MEMSPACE_SMBUS
-    } memspace;
-
-    int interrupt_number;
-    enum {
-        IPMI_LEVEL_IRQ,
-        IPMI_EDGE_IRQ
-    } irq_type;
-
-    const char *acpi_parent;
-} IPMIFwInfo;
-
-void ipmi_add_fwinfo(IPMIFwInfo *info, Error **errp);
-IPMIFwInfo *ipmi_first_fwinfo(void);
-IPMIFwInfo *ipmi_next_fwinfo(IPMIFwInfo *current);
-
 #ifdef IPMI_DEBUG
 #define ipmi_debug(fs, ...) \
     fprintf(stderr, "IPMI (%s): " fs, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
index 517de9c366..60ee92b85a 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/nvdimm.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define QEMU_NVDIMM_H
 
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h"
 
 #define NVDIMM_DEBUG 0
 #define nvdimm_debug(fmt, ...)                                \
@@ -58,5 +59,5 @@ typedef struct AcpiNVDIMMState AcpiNVDIMMState;
 void nvdimm_init_acpi_state(AcpiNVDIMMState *state, MemoryRegion *io,
                             FWCfgState *fw_cfg, Object *owner);
 void nvdimm_build_acpi(GArray *table_offsets, GArray *table_data,
-                       GArray *linker);
+                       BIOSLinker *linker, GArray *dsm_dma_arrea);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
index 8cdc3266b3..67e92d8f7b 100644
--- a/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
+++ b/include/hw/mem/pc-dimm.h
@@ -58,13 +58,17 @@ typedef struct PCDIMMDevice {
 
 /**
  * PCDIMMDeviceClass:
- * @get_memory_region: returns #MemoryRegion associated with @dimm
+ * @realize: called after common dimm is realized so that the dimm based
+ * devices get the chance to do specified operations.
+ * @get_memory_region: returns #MemoryRegion associated with @dimm which
+ * is directly mapped into the physical address space of guest
  */
 typedef struct PCDIMMDeviceClass {
     /* private */
     DeviceClass parent_class;
 
     /* public */
+    void (*realize)(PCDIMMDevice *dimm, Error **errp);
     MemoryRegion *(*get_memory_region)(PCDIMMDevice *dimm);
 } PCDIMMDeviceClass;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-access.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-access.h
index 8dc84f5203..4b28038146 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-access.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-access.h
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
 #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 
+#if defined(TARGET_PPC64) || defined(TARGET_ARM)
+#define LEGACY_VIRTIO_IS_BIENDIAN 1
+#endif
+
 static inline bool virtio_access_is_big_endian(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
-#if defined(TARGET_IS_BIENDIAN)
+#if defined(LEGACY_VIRTIO_IS_BIENDIAN)
     return virtio_is_big_endian(vdev);
 #elif defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
     if (virtio_vdev_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1)) {
diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.h b/target-arm/cpu.h
index 401955f825..17d80510da 100644
--- a/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #  define TARGET_LONG_BITS 32
 #endif
 
-#define TARGET_IS_BIENDIAN 1
-
 #define CPUArchState struct CPUARMState
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
diff --git a/target-ppc/cpu.h b/target-ppc/cpu.h
index c2962d7f55..cb8b9122f3 100644
--- a/target-ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target-ppc/cpu.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #define TARGET_LONG_BITS 64
 #define TARGET_PAGE_BITS 12
 
-#define TARGET_IS_BIENDIAN 1
-
 /* Note that the official physical address space bits is 62-M where M
    is implementation dependent.  I've not looked up M for the set of
    cpus we emulate at the system level.  */
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT
index 9d1274d3c2..8b4f1a09b8 100644
--- a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT
+++ b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT.bridge b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT.bridge
index cf48c62aa7..0d09b5cc61 100644
--- a/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT.bridge
+++ b/tests/acpi-test-data/pc/DSDT.bridge
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT
index 1c089c34b0..67445428d9 100644
--- a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT
+++ b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT
diff --git a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT.bridge b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT.bridge
index b29fcda0bb..e85f5b1af9 100644
--- a/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT.bridge
+++ b/tests/acpi-test-data/q35/DSDT.bridge
diff --git a/tests/bios-tables-test.c b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
index 03528140c1..f0493f8c69 100644
--- a/tests/bios-tables-test.c
+++ b/tests/bios-tables-test.c
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ static GArray *load_expected_aml(test_data *data)
 {
     int i;
     AcpiSdtTable *sdt;
-    gchar *aml_file = NULL;
     GError *error = NULL;
     gboolean ret;
 
@@ -472,6 +471,7 @@ static GArray *load_expected_aml(test_data *data)
     for (i = 0; i < data->tables->len; ++i) {
         AcpiSdtTable exp_sdt;
         uint32_t signature;
+        gchar *aml_file = NULL;
         const char *ext = data->variant ? data->variant : "";
 
         sdt = &g_array_index(data->tables, AcpiSdtTable, i);
@@ -484,13 +484,21 @@ static GArray *load_expected_aml(test_data *data)
 try_again:
         aml_file = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s/%.4s%s", data_dir, data->machine,
                                    (gchar *)&signature, ext);
-        if (data->variant && !g_file_test(aml_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
-            g_free(aml_file);
+        if (getenv("V")) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "\nLooking for expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
+        }
+        if (g_file_test(aml_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+            exp_sdt.aml_file = aml_file;
+        } else if (*ext != '\0') {
+            /* try fallback to generic (extention less) expected file */
             ext = "";
+            g_free(aml_file);
             goto try_again;
         }
-        exp_sdt.aml_file = aml_file;
-        g_assert(g_file_test(aml_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS));
+        g_assert(exp_sdt.aml_file);
+        if (getenv("V")) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "\nUsing expected file '%s'\n", aml_file);
+        }
         ret = g_file_get_contents(aml_file, &exp_sdt.aml,
                                   &exp_sdt.aml_len, &error);
         g_assert(ret);