diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
index 9040f860ae..322452c877 100644
--- a/docs/meson.build
+++ b/docs/meson.build
@@ -99,3 +99,8 @@ if build_docs
   alias_target('html', sphinxdocs)
   alias_target('man', sphinxmans)
 endif
+
+test('QAPI firmware.json regression tests', qapi_gen,
+     args: ['-o', meson.current_build_dir() / 'qapi',
+            meson.current_source_dir() / 'interop/firmware.json'],
+     suite: ['qapi-schema', 'qapi-interop'])
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/depfile.py b/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
index afdcbcec6e..e74be6af98 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/depfile.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ __version__ = '1.0'
 
 def get_infiles(env):
     for x in env.found_docs:
-        yield env.doc2path(x)
+        yield str(env.doc2path(x))
         yield from ((os.path.join(env.srcdir, dep)
                     for dep in env.dependencies[x]))
     for mod in sys.modules.values():
diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 191916f38e..720ed21a7e 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -786,8 +786,7 @@ size_t qemu_get_host_physmem(void);
  * Toggle write/execute on the pages marked MAP_JIT
  * for the current thread.
  */
-#if defined(MAC_OS_VERSION_11_0) && \
-    MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= MAC_OS_VERSION_11_0
+#ifdef __APPLE__
 static inline void qemu_thread_jit_execute(void)
 {
     pthread_jit_write_protect_np(true);
diff --git a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
index c35fc5e9ba..2929aa042d 100644
--- a/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
+++ b/tests/avocado/boot_linux_console.py
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         # Wait for VM to shut down gracefully
         self.vm.wait()
 
-    def do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(self, kernel_url, kernel_hash):
-        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+    def do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(self, kernel_path_xz):
         kernel_path = self.workdir + "kernel"
         with lzma.open(kernel_path_xz, 'rb') as f_in:
             with open(kernel_path, 'wb') as f_out:
@@ -299,11 +298,12 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         :avocado: tags=endian:little
         :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
                       'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
                       'generic_nano32r6el_page4k.xz')
         kernel_hash = '477456aafd2a0f1ddc9482727f20fe9575565dd6'
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_url, kernel_hash)
+        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
 
     def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_16k_up(self):
         """
@@ -312,11 +312,12 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         :avocado: tags=endian:little
         :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
                       'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
                       'generic_nano32r6el_page16k_up.xz')
         kernel_hash = 'e882868f944c71c816e832e2303b7874d044a7bc'
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_url, kernel_hash)
+        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
 
     def test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_64k_dbg(self):
         """
@@ -325,11 +326,12 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
         :avocado: tags=endian:little
         :avocado: tags=cpu:I7200
         """
-        kernel_url = ('https://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
+        kernel_url = ('http://mipsdistros.mips.com/LinuxDistro/nanomips/'
                       'kernels/v4.15.18-432-gb2eb9a8b07a1-20180627102142/'
                       'generic_nano32r6el_page64k_dbg.xz')
         kernel_hash = '18d1c68f2e23429e266ca39ba5349ccd0aeb7180'
-        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_url, kernel_hash)
+        kernel_path_xz = self.fetch_asset(kernel_url, asset_hash=kernel_hash)
+        self.do_test_mips_malta32el_nanomips(kernel_path_xz)
 
     def test_aarch64_xlnx_versal_virt(self):
         """
@@ -399,14 +401,16 @@ class BootLinuxConsole(LinuxKernelTest):
                    'fe371d32e50ca682391e1e70ab98c2942aeffb01/spi.bin')
         spi_hash = '65523a1835949b6f4553be96dec1b6a38fb05501'
         spi_path = self.fetch_asset(spi_url, asset_hash=spi_hash)
+        spi_path_rw = os.path.join(self.workdir, os.path.basename(spi_path))
+        shutil.copy(spi_path, spi_path_rw)
 
-        file_truncate(spi_path, 16 << 20) # Spansion S25FL128SDPBHICO is 16 MiB
+        file_truncate(spi_path_rw, 16 << 20) # Spansion S25FL128SDPBHICO is 16 MiB
 
         self.vm.set_console()
         kernel_command_line = self.KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE
         self.vm.add_args('-kernel', uboot_path,
                          '-append', kernel_command_line,
-                         '-drive', 'file=' + spi_path + ',if=mtd,format=raw',
+                         '-drive', 'file=' + spi_path_rw + ',if=mtd,format=raw',
                          '-no-reboot')
         self.vm.launch()
         self.wait_for_console_pattern('Enter \'help\' for a list')