diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh
index b5d89208a5d8..8a0df69c8009 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# for runtime reasons we split functional testings into N parts
-# - use a define to check for missing tarfiles
-FUNCTIONAL_PARTS="4"
-
-ZTS_REPORT="tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py"
-chmod +x $ZTS_REPORT
-
 function output() {
   echo -e $* >> Summary.md
 }
@@ -16,8 +9,8 @@ function error() {
 }
 
 # this function generates the real summary
-# - expects a logfile "log" in current directory
 function generate() {
+
   # we issued some error already
   test ! -s log && return
 
@@ -31,7 +24,7 @@ function generate() {
   # summary of errors
   if [ -s err ]; then
     output "<pre>"
-    $ZTS_REPORT --no-maybes ./list >> Summary.md
+    ./zts-report.py --no-maybes ./list >> Summary.md
     output "</pre>"
 
     # generate seperate error logfile
@@ -45,12 +38,30 @@ function generate() {
     output "All tests passed :thumbsup:"
   fi
 
+  if [ -s uname.txt ]; then
+    output "<details><summary>Uname -a</summary><pre>"
+    cat uname.txt >> Summary.md
+    output "</pre></details>"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -s dmesg-prerun.txt ]; then
+    output "<details><summary>Dmesg - prerun</summary><pre>"
+    cat dmesg-prerun.txt >> Summary.md
+    output "</pre></details>"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -s dmesg-module-load ]; then
+    output "<details><summary>Dmesg - module loading</summary><pre>"
+    cat dmesg-module-load.txt >> Summary.md
+    output "</pre></details>"
+  fi
+
   output "<details><summary>Full Listing</summary><pre>"
   cat list >> Summary.md
   output "</pre></details>"
 
   # remove tmp files
-  rm -f err list log
+  rm -f err list log *.txt
 }
 
 # check tarfiles and untar
@@ -71,29 +82,42 @@ function check_logfile() {
   fi
 }
 
-# sanity
-function summarize_s() {
-  headline="$1"
+# sanity checks on ubuntu runner
+function summarize_sanity() {
+  headline="Sanity Tests Ubuntu $1"
   output "\n## $headline\n"
   rm -rf testfiles
-  check_tarfile "$2/sanity.tar"
+  check_tarfile "Logs-$1-sanity/sanity.tar"
   check_logfile "testfiles/log"
   generate
 }
 
-# functional
-function summarize_f() {
-  headline="$1"
+# functional on ubuntu runner matrix
+function summarize_functional() {
+  headline="Functional Tests Ubuntu $1"
   output "\n## $headline\n"
   rm -rf testfiles
-  for i in $(seq 1 $FUNCTIONAL_PARTS); do
-    tarfile="$2-part$i/part$i.tar"
+  for i in $(seq 1 4); do
+    tarfile="Logs-$1-functional-part$i/part$i.tar"
     check_tarfile "$tarfile"
     check_logfile "testfiles/log"
   done
   generate
 }
 
+# functional tests via qemu
+function summarize_qemu() {
+  for tarfile in Logs-functional*/qemu-*.tar; do
+    rm -rf current
+    check_tarfile "$tarfile"
+    osname=`cat osname.txt`
+    headline="Functional Tests: $osname"
+    output "\n## $headline\n"
+    check_logfile "current/log"
+    generate
+  done
+}
+
 # https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.6/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#step-isolation-and-limits
 # Job summaries are isolated between steps and each step is restricted to a maximum size of 1MiB.
 # [ ] can not show all error findings here
@@ -102,11 +126,20 @@ function summarize_f() {
 ERRLOGS=0
 if [ ! -f Summary/Summary.md ]; then
   # first call, we do the default summary (~500k)
+
+  # create ./zts-report.py for generate()
+  if [ ! -x ./zts-report.py ]; then
+    TEMPLATE="tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py.in"
+    cat $TEMPLATE| sed -e 's|@PYTHON_SHEBANG@|python3|' > ./zts-report.py
+    chmod +x ./zts-report.py
+  fi
+
   echo -n > Summary.md
-  summarize_s "Sanity Tests Ubuntu 20.04" Logs-20.04-sanity
-  summarize_s "Sanity Tests Ubuntu 22.04" Logs-22.04-sanity
-  summarize_f "Functional Tests Ubuntu 20.04" Logs-20.04-functional
-  summarize_f "Functional Tests Ubuntu 22.04" Logs-22.04-functional
+  summarize_sanity "20.04"
+  summarize_sanity "22.04"
+  summarize_functional "20.04"
+  summarize_functional "22.04"
+  summarize_qemu
 
   cat Summary.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
   mkdir -p Summary
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-build.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e8bd2f08f1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#####################################################
+# 4) configure and build openzfs modules            #
+#####################################################
+
+set -eu
+
+function freebsd() {
+  echo "##[group]Autogen.sh"
+  MAKE="gmake" ./autogen.sh
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Configure"
+  MAKE="gmake" ./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr/local \
+    --with-libintl-prefix=/usr/local \
+    --enable-debug \
+    --enable-debuginfo
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Build"
+  gmake -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install"
+  sudo gmake install
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Load modules"
+  # when freebsd zfs is loaded, unload it:
+  kldstat -n zfs 2>/dev/null && kldunload zfs
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-prerun.txt
+  sudo -E ./scripts/zfs.sh
+  sudo dmesg
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-module-load.txt
+  echo "Loaded module: "
+  kldstat -n openzfs
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+function linux_forceload() {
+  echo "Need to force the module loading!"
+  # -f tells modprobe to ignore wrong version numbers
+  sudo modprobe -v -f spl || echo "!! Loading module spl is failing !!"
+  sudo modprobe -v -f zfs || echo "!! Loading module zfs is failing !!"
+}
+
+function linux() {
+  echo "##[group]Autogen.sh"
+  ./autogen.sh
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Configure"
+  ./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --enable-debug \
+    --enable-debuginfo
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Build"
+  make -j$(nproc)
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install"
+  sudo make install
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Load modules"
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-prerun.txt
+  sudo -E ./scripts/zfs.sh
+  test -d /proc/spl/kstat/zfs || linux_forceload
+  sudo dmesg
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-module-load.txt
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+export PATH="$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin"
+case "$1" in
+  freebsd*)
+    freebsd
+    ;;
+  *)
+    linux
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-deps.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9e08f222d75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#####################################################
+# 3) install dependencies for compiling and loading #
+#####################################################
+
+set -eu
+
+function archlinux() {
+  echo "##[group]Running pacman -Syu"
+  sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  # XXX: image must have these installed: linux linux-headers
+  echo "##[group]Install Development Tools"
+  sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel bc cpio dkms fakeroot fio \
+    inetutils lsscsi nfs-utils parted pax perf ksh samba sysstat \
+    rng-tools rsync wget
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+function debian() {
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+  echo "##[group]Running apt-get update+upgrade"
+  sudo apt-get update -y
+  sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install Development Tools"
+  yes | sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf libtool \
+    libtool-bin gdb lcov git alien fakeroot wget curl bc fio acl \
+    sysstat lsscsi parted gdebi attr dbench watchdog ksh nfs-kernel-server \
+    samba rng-tools dkms rsync linux-headers-$(uname -r) \
+    zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libblkid-dev libselinux-dev \
+    xfslibs-dev libattr1-dev libacl1-dev libudev-dev libdevmapper-dev \
+    libssl-dev libaio-dev libffi-dev libelf-dev libmount-dev \
+    libpam0g-dev pamtester python3-dev python3-setuptools python3 \
+    python3-dev python3-setuptools python3-cffi libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    python3-packaging python3-distlib
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+function freebsd() {
+  export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES="YES"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install Development Tools"
+  yes | sudo pkg install autoconf automake autotools git gmake gsed python \
+    devel/py-sysctl gettext gettext-runtime base64 checkbashisms \
+    lscpu fio ksh93 pamtester devel/py-flake8 pamtester rsync
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install Kernel Headers"
+  ABI=$(uname -p)
+  VERSION=$(freebsd-version -r)
+  cd /tmp
+  fetch https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/${ABI}/${VERSION}/src.txz ||
+  fetch https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/${ABI}/${VERSION}/src.txz
+  sudo tar xpf src.txz -C /
+  rm src.txz
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+function rhel() {
+  echo "##[group]Running dnf update"
+  sudo dnf update -y
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install Development Tools"
+  sudo dnf group install -y "Development Tools"
+  sudo dnf install -y libtool rpm-build libtirpc-devel libblkid-devel \
+    libuuid-devel libudev-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel libaio-devel \
+    libattr-devel elfutils-libelf-devel python3 python3-devel \
+    python3-setuptools python3-cffi libffi-devel git ncompress \
+    libcurl-devel python3-packaging
+  sudo dnf install -y kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+
+  echo "##[group]Install utilities for ZTS"
+  sudo dnf install -y acl ksh bc bzip2 fio sysstat mdadm lsscsi parted attr \
+    nfs-utils samba rng-tools perf rsync dbench pamtester
+  echo "##[endgroup]"
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  almalinux8|centos-stream8)
+    echo "##[group]Enable epel and powertools repositories"
+    sudo dnf config-manager -y --set-enabled powertools
+    sudo dnf install -y epel-release
+    echo "##[endgroup]"
+    rhel
+    ;;
+  almalinux9|centos-stream9)
+    echo "##[group]Enable epel and crb repositories"
+    sudo dnf config-manager -y --set-enabled crb
+    sudo dnf install -y epel-release
+    echo "##[endgroup]"
+    rhel
+    ;;
+  archlinux)
+    archlinux
+    ;;
+  debian*)
+    debian
+    echo "##[group]Install linux-perf"
+    sudo apt-get install -yq linux-perf
+    echo "##[endgroup]"
+    ;;
+  fedora*)
+    rhel
+    ;;
+  freebsd*)
+    freebsd
+    ;;
+  ubuntu*)
+    debian
+    echo "##[group]Install linux-tools-common"
+    sudo apt-get install -yq linux-tools-common
+    echo "##[endgroup]"
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-setup.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2c3d75e7ff39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##########################################################
+# 1) setup the action runner to start some qemu instance #
+##########################################################
+
+set -eu
+
+# only install qemu, leave the system as it is
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install axel cloud-image-utils guestfs-tools virt-manager
+
+# generate ssh keys
+sudo ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 -q -N ""
+
+# no swap needed
+sudo swapoff -a
+
+# disk usage afterwards
+sudo df -h /
+sudo df -h /mnt
+sudo fstrim -a
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-start.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..76b76c50119d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#################################################################
+# 2) start qemu with some operating system, init via cloud-init #
+#################################################################
+
+OS="$1"
+ID="$2"
+GH="$3"
+REPO="$4"
+
+# valid ostypes: virt-install --os-variant list
+OSv=$OS
+
+case "$OS" in
+  almalinux8)
+    OSNAME="AlmaLinux 8"
+    URL="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/8/cloud/x86_64/images/AlmaLinux-8-GenericCloud-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  almalinux9)
+    OSNAME="AlmaLinux 9"
+    URL="https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9/cloud/x86_64/images/AlmaLinux-9-GenericCloud-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  archlinux)
+    OSNAME="Archlinux"
+    URL="https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/images/latest/Arch-Linux-x86_64-cloudimg.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  centos-stream8)
+    OSNAME="CentOS Stream 8"
+    URL="https://cloud.centos.org/centos/8-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-8-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  centos-stream9)
+    OSNAME="CentOS Stream 9"
+    URL="https://cloud.centos.org/centos/9-stream/x86_64/images/CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-9-latest.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  debian11)
+    OSNAME="Debian 11"
+    URL="https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-generic-amd64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  debian12)
+    OSNAME="Debian 12"
+    URL="https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/latest/debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  fedora38)
+    OSNAME="Fedora 38"
+    URL="https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/38/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-38-1.6.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  fedora39)
+    OSNAME="Fedora 39"
+    OSv="fedora38"
+    URL="https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/39/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-39-1.5.x86_64.qcow2"
+    ;;
+  freebsd13)
+    OSNAME="FreeBSD 13"
+    OSv="freebsd13.0"
+    # freebsd images don't have clout-init within it! :(
+    # -> workaround: provide own images base on this url:
+    URL="https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64"
+    URL="https://openzfs.de/freebsd/amd64-freebsd-13.2.qcow2"
+    BASH="/usr/local/bin/bash"
+    ;;
+  freebsd14)
+    OSNAME="FreeBSD 14"
+    OSv="freebsd13.0"
+    URL="https://openzfs.de/freebsd/amd64-freebsd-14.0.qcow2"
+    BASH="/usr/local/bin/bash"
+    ;;
+  freebsd15)
+    OSNAME="FreeBSD 15"
+    OSv="freebsd13.0"
+    URL="https://openzfs.de/freebsd/amd64-freebsd-15.0.qcow2"
+    BASH="/usr/local/bin/bash"
+    ;;
+  ubuntu22)
+    OSNAME="Ubuntu 22.04"
+    OSv="ubuntu22.04"
+    URL="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/jammy/current/jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+    ;;
+  ubuntu24)
+    OSNAME="Ubuntu 24.04"
+    OSv="ubuntu24.04"
+    URL="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Wrong value for variable OS!"
+    exit 111
+    ;;
+esac
+
+IMG="/mnt/original.qcow2"
+DISK="/mnt/openzfs.qcow2"
+
+echo "Loading image $URL ..."
+sudo axel -q "$URL" -o "$IMG" || exit 111
+
+# we use zstd for faster IO on the testing runner
+echo "Converting image ..."
+sudo qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O qcow2 -c -o compression_type=zstd,preallocation=off $IMG $DISK || exit 111
+sudo rm -f /mnt/original.qcow2 || exit 111
+
+echo "Resizing image to 60GiB ..."
+sudo qemu-img resize $DISK 60G || exit 111
+
+PUBKEY=`sudo cat /root/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub`
+cat <<EOF > /tmp/user-data
+#cloud-config
+
+fqdn: $OS
+
+users:
+- name: root
+  shell: $BASH
+- name: zfs
+  sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
+  shell: $BASH
+  ssh_authorized_keys:
+    - $PUBKEY
+
+growpart:
+  mode: auto
+  devices: ['/']
+  ignore_growroot_disabled: false
+
+write_files:
+  - content: |
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+      cd \$HOME
+      exec 2>stderr-init.log
+      echo "$OSNAME" > /var/tmp/osname.txt
+
+      # download github action runner package
+      function download_action_runner() {
+        REL="2.312.0"
+        URL="https://github.com/actions/runner/releases"
+        while :; do
+          # https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.305.0/actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.305.0.tar.gz
+          curl -s -o ghar.tgz -L "\$URL/download/v\$REL/actions-runner-linux-\$1-\$REL.tar.gz"
+          [[ \$? == 0 ]] && break
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        tar xzf ./ghar.tgz
+
+        # in case sth. is missing /TR
+        sudo ./bin/installdependencies.sh
+      }
+
+      # download github-act-runner package
+      function download_act_runner() {
+        REL="v0.6.7"
+        URL="https://github.com/ChristopherHX/github-act-runner/releases"
+        TGZ="download/\$REL/binary-\$1.tar.gz"
+        while :; do
+          curl -s -o gar.tgz -L "\$URL/\$TGZ"
+          [[ \$? == 0 ]] && break
+          sleep 5
+        done
+        tar xzf ./gar.tgz
+      }
+
+      case $OS in
+      debian*|ubuntu*)
+        export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+        sudo systemctl stop unattended-upgrades
+        sudo systemctl disable unattended-upgrades
+        download_action_runner "x64"
+        ;;
+      freebsd*)
+        export ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES="YES"
+        yes | sudo pkg update
+        download_act_runner "freebsd-amd64"
+        ;;
+      *)
+        download_action_runner "x64"
+        ;;
+      esac
+
+      # start action runner
+      ./config.sh \
+        --name "$ID" \
+        --labels "$ID" \
+        --replace \
+        --ephemeral \
+        --unattended \
+        --pat "$GH" \
+        --url "$REPO"
+      exec /tmp/runner-start.sh
+    path: /tmp/runner-init.sh
+    permissions: '0755'
+  - content: |
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+      exec 2>\$HOME/stderr-start.log
+      cd \$HOME
+
+      sudo rm -f /tmp/runner-init.sh
+      sudo rm -rf /var/lib/cloud/instance/*
+      # start tests
+      ./run.sh
+      sudo poweroff
+    path: /tmp/runner-start.sh
+    permissions: '0755'
+
+runcmd:
+  - sudo -u zfs /tmp/runner-init.sh
+EOF
+
+# we could extend this with more virtual disks for example /TR
+echo "Starting machine for runner $ID ..."
+sudo virt-install \
+  --os-variant $OSv \
+  --name "openzfs" \
+  --cpu host-passthrough \
+  --vcpus=4,sockets=1 \
+  --memory 10240 \
+  --graphics none \
+  --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
+  --cloud-init user-data=/tmp/user-data \
+  --disk $DISK,format=qcow2,bus=virtio \
+  --import --noautoconsole
+sudo rm -f /tmp/user-data
+echo "Starting $ID -> result=$?"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-tests.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..12b0f2e6c814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/qemu-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#####################################################
+# 4) configure and build openzfs modules            #
+#####################################################
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+
+#OPTS="-T casenorm"
+OPTS=""
+
+case "$1" in
+  freebsd*)
+    /usr/local/share/zfs/zfs-tests.sh -vKR -s 3G $OPTS \
+      | scripts/zfs-tests-color.sh
+    ;;
+  *)
+    /usr/share/zfs/zfs-tests.sh -vKR -s 3G $OPTS \
+      | scripts/zfs-tests-color.sh
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/setup-dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/setup-dependencies.sh
index b40f9290f914..57e51dcaed70 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/setup-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/setup-dependencies.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function prerun() {
   sudo apt upgrade
   sudo xargs --arg-file=.github/workflows/build-dependencies.txt apt-get install -qq
   sudo apt-get clean
-  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-prerun
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-prerun.txt
   echo "::endgroup::"
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function mod_install() {
   sudo depmod -a
   sudo modprobe zfs
   sudo dmesg
-  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-module-load
+  sudo dmesg -c > /var/tmp/dmesg-module-load.txt
   echo "::endgroup::"
 
   echo "::group::Report CPU information"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zfs-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/zfs-linux.yml
index e6b705c86055..121457453f12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zfs-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zfs-linux.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,30 @@ jobs:
         path: modules-${{ matrix.os }}.tgz
         retention-days: 14
 
-  testings:
-    name: Testing
+  setup-vm:
+    name: Setup
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [almalinux8, almalinux9, centos-stream8, centos-stream9, fedora38, fedora39, debian11, debian12, freebsd13, freebsd14, freebsd15, ubuntu22, ubuntu24]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+    - name: Setup QEMU
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/qemu-setup.sh
+    - name: Start runner VM
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/qemu-start.sh ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.run_id }} ${{ secrets.GHO }} https://github.com/mcmilk/zfs
+    - name: Wait for runner VM
+      run: |
+        echo Waiting for eol of runner ${{ matrix.os }} ...
+        while pidof /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 >/dev/null; do
+          sleep 5
+        done
+
+  tests:
+    name: Tests
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -38,26 +60,115 @@ jobs:
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
+  tests-vm:
+    name: Tests
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [almalinux8, almalinux9, centos-stream8, centos-stream9, fedora38, fedora39, debian11, debian12, freebsd13, freebsd14, freebsd15, ubuntu22, ubuntu24]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+    - name: System Information
+      run: |
+        echo Running on ${{ matrix.os }}:
+        uname -a
+        echo Disk usage:
+        df -h
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/qemu-deps.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
+    - name: Build and install modules
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/qemu-build.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/qemu-tests.sh ${{ matrix.os }}
+      timeout-minutes: 330
+    - name: Prepare artifacts
+      if: success() || failure()
+      run: |
+        RESPATH="/var/tmp/test_results"
+        uname -a > /var/tmp/uname.txt
+        cp -f /var/tmp/*.txt $RESPATH
+        tar cf qemu-${{ matrix.os }}.tar -C $RESPATH -h current uname.txt \
+          osname.txt dmesg-prerun.txt dmesg-module-load.txt
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      if: success() || failure()
+      with:
+        name: Logs-functional-${{ matrix.os }}
+        path: qemu-${{ matrix.os }}.tar
+        if-no-files-found: ignore
+
   cleanup:
     if: always()
     name: Cleanup
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: testings
+    needs: [tests, tests-vm]
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
     - name: Generating summary
-      run: |
-        tar xzf modules-22.04/modules-22.04.tgz .github tests
-        .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh
-    # up to 4 steps, each can have 1 MiB output (for debugging log files)
-    - name: Summary for errors #1
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh
+    - name: Generating summary...
       run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 1
-    - name: Summary for errors #2
+    - name: Generating summary...
       run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 2
-    - name: Summary for errors #3
+    - name: Generating summary...
       run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 3
-    - name: Summary for errors #4
+    - name: Generating summary...
       run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 4
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 5
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 6
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 7
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 8
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 9
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 10
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 11
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 12
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 13
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 14
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 15
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 16
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 17
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 18
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 19
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 20
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 21
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 22
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 23
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 24
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 25
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 26
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 27
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 28
+    - name: Generating summary...
+      run: .github/workflows/scripts/generate-summary.sh 29
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: Summary Files