diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
index 0c64492da..0fed2f798 100644
--- a/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/arm-nuri/readme.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
 Startup time is slow because of the SMP CPU emulation so be patient.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-versatile/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/arm-versatile/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/arm-versatile/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/arm-versatile/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-versatile/readme.txt b/board/qemu/arm-versatile/readme.txt
index e734d5602..4902c5497 100644
--- a/board/qemu/arm-versatile/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/arm-versatile/readme.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/arm-vexpress/readme.txt b/board/qemu/arm-vexpress/readme.txt
index bde90ef4e..65d199621 100644
--- a/board/qemu/arm-vexpress/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/arm-vexpress/readme.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/readme.txt b/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/readme.txt
index 7d172d187..473a93426 100644
--- a/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/microblazebe-mmu/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
index 9728a45dd..baddc7ad9 100644
--- a/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/microblazeel-mmu/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
index ccdcc841e..33764ead6 100644
--- a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer. No keyboard support has been
 enabled.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips64-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mips64-malta/readme.txt
index 73617227a..23b85abf7 100644
--- a/board/qemu/mips64-malta/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/mips64-malta/readme.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ enabled.
 
 This configuration is known to be flaky.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/mipsel-malta/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/mipsel-malta/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/readme.txt
index 52d424d01..1e1782813 100644
--- a/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/mipsel-malta/readme.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer. No keyboard support has been
 enabled.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
index b5c73a4d0..4c0bf8a3a 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/powerpc-g3beige/readme.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Run the emulation with:
 
-  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel output/images/vmlinux -hda output/images/rootfs.ext2 -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hdc" -serial stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user
+  qemu-system-ppc -M g3beige -kernel output/images/vmlinux -hda output/images/rootfs.ext2 -append "console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hda" -serial stdio -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
index dfe1ac259..8c57eadec 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt
index f4bc5d551..e958d494b 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/sh4-r2d/readme.txt b/board/qemu/sh4-r2d/readme.txt
index 34f4857e1..45fca86d7 100644
--- a/board/qemu/sh4-r2d/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/sh4-r2d/readme.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 The graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/sparc-ss10/readme.txt b/board/qemu/sparc-ss10/readme.txt
index 8f4b5bec7..dab402812 100644
--- a/board/qemu/sparc-ss10/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/sparc-ss10/readme.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 The graphical window is the framebuffer.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/x86/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/x86/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/x86/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/x86/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/x86/readme.txt b/board/qemu/x86/readme.txt
index 7bc3a1c31..5f3af4042 100644
--- a/board/qemu/x86/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/x86/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the graphical window.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/board/qemu/x86_64/linux-3.10.config b/board/qemu/x86_64/linux-3.11.config
similarity index 100%
rename from board/qemu/x86_64/linux-3.10.config
rename to board/qemu/x86_64/linux-3.11.config
diff --git a/board/qemu/x86_64/readme.txt b/board/qemu/x86_64/readme.txt
index b6f4659a6..d9eaf5622 100644
--- a/board/qemu/x86_64/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/x86_64/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the graphical window.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.5.2
+Tested with QEMU 1.6.0
diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips64_malta_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips64_malta_defconfig
index 61abdcf47..035cfa1be 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips64_malta_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips64_malta_defconfig
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Lock to 3.10 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+# Lock to 3.11 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.10.7"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.11.3"
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.10.7"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.11.3"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.10.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips64-malta/linux-3.11.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
 
 # Serial port config
diff --git a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
index 33f0b213b..ad1b136e7 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_sparc_ss10_defconfig
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ BR2_sparc_v8=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Lock to 3.7 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+# Lock to 3.11 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.7.10"
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.11.3"
 
 # Linux kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.7.10"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.11.3"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="sparc32"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_ZIMAGE=y