diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f14454e691..2d2a498ac4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5457,7 +5457,7 @@ case "$target_name" in
     echo "TARGET_ABI32=y" >> $config_target_mak
   ;;
   s390x)
-    gdb_xml_files="s390x-core64.xml s390-acr.xml s390-fpr.xml s390-vx.xml s390-cr.xml"
+    gdb_xml_files="s390x-core64.xml s390-acr.xml s390-fpr.xml s390-vx.xml s390-cr.xml s390-virt.xml"
   ;;
   tilegx)
   ;;
diff --git a/gdb-xml/s390-virt.xml b/gdb-xml/s390-virt.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2e9a7ad3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb-xml/s390-virt.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2015 IBM Corp.
+
+     This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+     (at your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in the
+     top-level directory. -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE feature SYSTEM "gdb-target.dtd">
+<feature name="org.gnu.gdb.s390.virt">
+  <reg name="ckc" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="cputm" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="last_break" bitsize="64" type="code_ptr" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="prefix" bitsize="64" type="data_ptr" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="pp" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="pfault_token" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="pfault_select" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+  <reg name="pfault_compare" bitsize="64" type="uint64" group="system"/>
+</feature>
diff --git a/hw/s390x/event-facility.c b/hw/s390x/event-facility.c
index ef2a05160a..907b48560c 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/event-facility.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/event-facility.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ typedef struct SCLPEventsBus {
 struct SCLPEventFacility {
     SysBusDevice parent_obj;
     SCLPEventsBus sbus;
-    SCLPEvent quiesce_event;
-    SCLPEvent cpu_hotplug_event;
     /* guest' receive mask */
     unsigned int receive_mask;
 };
@@ -347,19 +345,21 @@ static void init_event_facility(Object *obj)
 {
     SCLPEventFacility *event_facility = EVENT_FACILITY(obj);
     DeviceState *sdev = DEVICE(obj);
+    Object *new;
 
     /* Spawn a new bus for SCLP events */
     qbus_create_inplace(&event_facility->sbus, sizeof(event_facility->sbus),
                         TYPE_SCLP_EVENTS_BUS, sdev, NULL);
 
-    object_initialize(&event_facility->quiesce_event, sizeof(SCLPEvent),
-                      TYPE_SCLP_QUIESCE);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&event_facility->quiesce_event),
-                        &event_facility->sbus.qbus);
-    object_initialize(&event_facility->cpu_hotplug_event, sizeof(SCLPEvent),
-                      TYPE_SCLP_CPU_HOTPLUG);
-    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&event_facility->cpu_hotplug_event),
-                        &event_facility->sbus.qbus);
+    new = object_new(TYPE_SCLP_QUIESCE);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, TYPE_SCLP_QUIESCE, new, NULL);
+    object_unref(new);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(new), &event_facility->sbus.qbus);
+
+    new = object_new(TYPE_SCLP_CPU_HOTPLUG);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, TYPE_SCLP_CPU_HOTPLUG, new, NULL);
+    object_unref(new);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(new), &event_facility->sbus.qbus);
     /* the facility will automatically realize the devices via the bus */
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index c53ebc1ae1..6195f132fc 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ typedef struct S390CcwMachineState {
     bool dea_key_wrap;
 } S390CcwMachineState;
 
-void io_subsystem_reset(void)
+void subsystem_reset(void)
 {
     DeviceState *css, *sclp, *flic, *diag288;
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
index 746603a315..15e423274f 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/s390-ccw)
 .PHONY : all clean build-all
 
 OBJECTS = start.o main.o bootmap.o sclp-ascii.o virtio.o
-CFLAGS += -fPIE -fno-stack-protector -ffreestanding -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
+CFLAGS += -fPIE -fno-stack-protector -ffreestanding
+CFLAGS += -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -msoft-float
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-pie -nostdlib
 
 build-all: s390-ccw.img
diff --git a/target-s390x/cpu.h b/target-s390x/cpu.h
index 5acd54c6ca..843904bc12 100644
--- a/target-s390x/cpu.h
+++ b/target-s390x/cpu.h
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ void cpu_unlock(void);
 typedef struct SubchDev SubchDev;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-extern void io_subsystem_reset(void);
+extern void subsystem_reset(void);
 SubchDev *css_find_subch(uint8_t m, uint8_t cssid, uint8_t ssid,
                          uint16_t schid);
 bool css_subch_visible(SubchDev *sch);
diff --git a/target-s390x/gdbstub.c b/target-s390x/gdbstub.c
index 0c39a3c69f..a05d1cd7ab 100644
--- a/target-s390x/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target-s390x/gdbstub.c
@@ -205,6 +205,82 @@ static int cpu_write_c_reg(CPUS390XState *env, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
         return 0;
     }
 }
+
+/* the values represent the positions in s390-virt.xml */
+#define S390_VIRT_CKC_REGNUM    0
+#define S390_VIRT_CPUTM_REGNUM  1
+#define S390_VIRT_BEA_REGNUM    2
+#define S390_VIRT_PREFIX_REGNUM 3
+#define S390_VIRT_PP_REGNUM     4
+#define S390_VIRT_PFT_REGNUM    5
+#define S390_VIRT_PFS_REGNUM    6
+#define S390_VIRT_PFC_REGNUM    7
+/* total number of registers in s390-virt.xml */
+#define S390_NUM_VIRT_REGS 8
+
+static int cpu_read_virt_reg(CPUS390XState *env, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
+{
+    switch (n) {
+    case S390_VIRT_CKC_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->ckc);
+    case S390_VIRT_CPUTM_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->cputm);
+    case S390_VIRT_BEA_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->gbea);
+    case S390_VIRT_PREFIX_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->psa);
+    case S390_VIRT_PP_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->pp);
+    case S390_VIRT_PFT_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->pfault_token);
+    case S390_VIRT_PFS_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->pfault_select);
+    case S390_VIRT_PFC_REGNUM:
+        return gdb_get_regl(mem_buf, env->pfault_compare);
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static int cpu_write_virt_reg(CPUS390XState *env, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
+{
+    switch (n) {
+    case S390_VIRT_CKC_REGNUM:
+        env->ckc = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_CPUTM_REGNUM:
+        env->cputm = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_BEA_REGNUM:
+        env->gbea = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_PREFIX_REGNUM:
+        env->psa = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_PP_REGNUM:
+        env->pp = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_PFT_REGNUM:
+        env->pfault_token = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_PFS_REGNUM:
+        env->pfault_select = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    case S390_VIRT_PFC_REGNUM:
+        env->pfault_compare = ldtul_p(mem_buf);
+        cpu_synchronize_post_init(ENV_GET_CPU(env));
+        return 8;
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
 #endif
 
 void s390_cpu_gdb_init(CPUState *cs)
@@ -225,5 +301,11 @@ void s390_cpu_gdb_init(CPUState *cs)
     gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, cpu_read_c_reg,
                              cpu_write_c_reg,
                              S390_NUM_C_REGS, "s390-cr.xml", 0);
+
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, cpu_read_virt_reg,
+                                 cpu_write_virt_reg,
+                                 S390_NUM_VIRT_REGS, "s390-virt.xml", 0);
+    }
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/target-s390x/misc_helper.c b/target-s390x/misc_helper.c
index 8eac0e12b9..3a19e321c8 100644
--- a/target-s390x/misc_helper.c
+++ b/target-s390x/misc_helper.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static int modified_clear_reset(S390CPU *cpu)
         run_on_cpu(t, s390_do_cpu_full_reset, t);
     }
     cmma_reset(cpu);
-    io_subsystem_reset();
+    subsystem_reset();
     scc->load_normal(CPU(cpu));
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset();
     resume_all_vcpus();
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int load_normal_reset(S390CPU *cpu)
         run_on_cpu(t, s390_do_cpu_reset, t);
     }
     cmma_reset(cpu);
-    io_subsystem_reset();
+    subsystem_reset();
     scc->initial_cpu_reset(CPU(cpu));
     scc->load_normal(CPU(cpu));
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset();
diff --git a/target-s390x/translate.c b/target-s390x/translate.c
index 2bca33acca..1151515fa4 100644
--- a/target-s390x/translate.c
+++ b/target-s390x/translate.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void s390_cpu_dump_state(CPUState *cs, FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf,
     for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
         cpu_fprintf(f, "V%02d=%016" PRIx64 "%016" PRIx64, i,
                     env->vregs[i][0].ll, env->vregs[i][1].ll);
-        cpu_fprintf(f, (i % 2) ? " " : "\n");
+        cpu_fprintf(f, (i % 2) ? "\n" : " ");
     }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY