12 files changed, 84 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index 1fa4ba2..764b79c 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ help:
 	@echo "make check-minreqs:"
 	@echo "    Run tests in the minreqs virtual environment."
 	@echo "    These tests use the oldest dependencies."
-	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.8"
-	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.8'"
+	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.9"
+	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3.9'"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make check-tox:"
 	@echo "    Run tests against multiple python versions."
 	@echo "    These tests use the newest dependencies."
-	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.8 - 3.11, and tox."
+	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.9 - 3.11, and tox."
 	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3-tox python3.11'"
 	@echo "    The variable QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS can be use to pass extra"
 	@echo "    arguments to tox".
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ PIP_INSTALL = pip install --disable-pip-version-check
 min-venv: $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR) $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate
 $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR) $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate: setup.cfg tests/minreqs.txt
 	@echo "VENV $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)"
-	@python3.8 -m venv $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)
+	@python3.9 -m venv $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)
 	@(								\
 		echo "ACTIVATE $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)";			\
 		. $(QEMU_MINVENV_DIR)/bin/activate;			\
diff --git a/python/qemu/utils/__init__.py b/python/qemu/utils/__init__.py
index 017cfdc..be5daa8 100644
--- a/python/qemu/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/python/qemu/utils/__init__.py
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ import textwrap
 from typing import Optional
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
-from .accel import kvm_available, list_accel, tcg_available
+from .accel import (
+    hvf_available,
+    kvm_available,
+    list_accel,
+    tcg_available,
+)
 
 
 __all__ = (
     'VerboseProcessError',
     'add_visual_margin',
     'get_info_usernet_hostfwd_port',
+    'hvf_available',
     'kvm_available',
     'list_accel',
     'tcg_available',
diff --git a/python/qemu/utils/accel.py b/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
index 386ff64..f915b64 100644
--- a/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
+++ b/python/qemu/utils/accel.py
@@ -82,3 +82,12 @@ def tcg_available(qemu_bin: str) -> bool:
     @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary
     """
     return 'tcg' in list_accel(qemu_bin)
+
+
+def hvf_available(qemu_bin: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if HVF is available.
+
+    @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary
+    """
+    return 'hvf' in list_accel(qemu_bin)
diff --git a/python/scripts/vendor.py b/python/scripts/vendor.py
index 0405e91..b47db00 100755
--- a/python/scripts/vendor.py
+++ b/python/scripts/vendor.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     parser.parse_args()
 
     packages = {
-        "meson==1.5.0":
-        "52b34f4903b882df52ad0d533146d4b992c018ea77399f825579737672ae7b20",
+        "meson==1.8.1":
+        "374bbf71247e629475fc10b0bd2ef66fc418c2d8f4890572f74de0f97d0d42da",
     }
 
     vendor_dir = Path(__file__, "..", "..", "wheels").resolve()
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index cf5af7e..d7f5dc7 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ classifiers =
     Natural Language :: English
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers =
     Typing :: Typed
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >= 3.8
+python_requires = >= 3.9
 packages =
     qemu.qmp
     qemu.machine
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ devel =
     urwid >= 2.1.2
     urwid-readline >= 0.13
     Pygments >= 2.9.0
+    sphinx >= 3.4.3
 
 # Provides qom-fuse functionality
 fuse =
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ exclude = __pycache__,
 
 [mypy]
 strict = True
-python_version = 3.8
-warn_unused_configs = True
+python_version = 3.9
 namespace_packages = True
 warn_unused_ignores = False
 
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ multi_line_output=3
 # of python available on your system to run this test.
 
 [tox:tox]
-envlist = py38, py39, py310, py311, py312, py313
+envlist = py39, py310, py311, py312, py313
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
diff --git a/python/tests/minreqs.txt b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
index a3f423e..cd2e2a8 100644
--- a/python/tests/minreqs.txt
+++ b/python/tests/minreqs.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file lists the ***oldest possible dependencies*** needed to run
-# "make check" successfully under ***Python 3.8***. It is used primarily
+# "make check" successfully under ***Python 3.9***. It is used primarily
 # by GitLab CI to ensure that our stated minimum versions in setup.cfg
 # are truthful and regularly validated.
 #
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
 # When adding new dependencies, pin the very oldest non-yanked version
 # on PyPI that allows the test suite to pass.
 
+# For some reason, the presence of packaging==14.0 below requires us to
+# also pin setuptools to version 70 or below. Otherwise, the
+# installation of the QEMU package itself fails, failing to find
+# setuptools.
+setuptools<=70
+
+# Dependencies for qapidoc/qapi_domain et al
+sphinx==3.4.3
+
 # Dependencies for the TUI addon (Required for successful linting)
 urwid==2.1.2
 urwid-readline==0.13
@@ -38,10 +47,32 @@ pyflakes==2.5.0
 
 # Transitive mypy dependencies
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+tomli==1.1.0
 typing-extensions==4.7.1
 
 # Transitive pylint dependencies
 astroid==2.15.4
+dill==0.2
 lazy-object-proxy==1.4.0
+platformdirs==2.2.0
 toml==0.10.0
+tomlkit==0.10.1
 wrapt==1.14.0
+
+# Transitive sphinx dependencies
+Jinja2==2.7
+MarkupSafe==1.1.0
+alabaster==0.7.1
+babel==1.3
+docutils==0.12
+imagesize==0.5.0
+packaging==14.0
+pytz==2011b0
+requests==2.5.0
+snowballstemmer==1.1
+sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.0
+sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.0.0
diff --git a/python/tests/qapi-flake8.sh b/python/tests/qapi-flake8.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c69f9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/qapi-flake8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+python3 -m flake8 ../scripts/qapi/ \
+        ../docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py \
+        ../docs/sphinx/qapi_domain.py
diff --git a/python/tests/qapi-isort.sh b/python/tests/qapi-isort.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..78dd947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/qapi-isort.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+python3 -m isort --sp . -c ../scripts/qapi/
+# Force isort to recognize "compat" as a local module and not third-party
+python3 -m isort --sp . -c -p compat -p qapidoc_legacy \
+        ../docs/sphinx/qapi_domain.py \
+        ../docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py
diff --git a/python/tests/qapi-mypy.sh b/python/tests/qapi-mypy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..363dbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/qapi-mypy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+python3 -m mypy ../scripts/qapi
diff --git a/python/tests/qapi-pylint.sh b/python/tests/qapi-pylint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8767d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/qapi-pylint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib python3 -m pylint \
+                                --rcfile=../scripts/qapi/pylintrc \
+                                ../scripts/qapi/ \
+                                ../docs/sphinx/qapidoc.py \
+                                ../docs/sphinx/qapi_domain.py
diff --git a/python/wheels/meson-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl b/python/wheels/meson-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
deleted file mode 100644
index c7edeb3..0000000
--- a/python/wheels/meson-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/python/wheels/meson-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl b/python/wheels/meson-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a885f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/wheels/meson-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl