diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
index 8d4dd35..793143f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         service_repo = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR_DEB'], 'all')
-        cls.repo_server = HTTPService(service_repo, cls.tc.target.server_ip)
+        cls.repo_server = HTTPService(service_repo, cls.tc.target.server_ip, logger=cls.tc.logger)
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
index 2f87296..c1ed39d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.repo_server = HTTPService(os.path.join(cls.tc.td['WORKDIR'], 'oe-testimage-repo'),
-                                      cls.tc.target.server_ip)
+                                      cls.tc.target.server_ip, logger=cls.tc.logger)
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
         deploy_url = 'http://%s:%s/' %(self.target.server_ip, self.repo_server.port)
         cmdlinerepoopts = ["--repofrompath=oe-testimage-repo-%s,%s%s" %(arch, deploy_url, arch) for arch in pkgarchs]
 
-        self.dnf(" ".join(cmdlinerepoopts) + " --nogpgcheck " + command)
+        output = self.dnf(" ".join(cmdlinerepoopts) + " --nogpgcheck " + command)
+        return output
 
     @OETestDepends(['dnf.DnfBasicTest.test_dnf_help'])
     @OETestID(1744)
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@
     @OETestDepends(['dnf.DnfRepoTest.test_dnf_makecache'])
     @OETestID(1740)
     def test_dnf_install(self):
+        output = self.dnf_with_repo('list run-postinsts-dev')
+        if 'Installed Packages' in output:
+            self.dnf_with_repo('remove -y run-postinsts-dev')
         self.dnf_with_repo('install -y run-postinsts-dev')
 
     @OETestDepends(['dnf.DnfRepoTest.test_dnf_install'])
@@ -120,4 +124,44 @@
     def test_dnf_reinstall(self):
         self.dnf_with_repo('reinstall -y run-postinsts-dev')
 
+    @OETestDepends(['dnf.DnfRepoTest.test_dnf_makecache'])
+    @OETestID(1771)
+    def test_dnf_installroot(self):
+        rootpath = '/home/root/chroot/test'
+        #Copy necessary files to avoid errors with not yet installed tools on
+        #installroot directory.
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/etc' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/bin %s/sbin %s/usr/bin %s/usr/sbin' % (rootpath, rootpath, rootpath, rootpath), 1500)
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/dev' % rootpath, 1500)
+        #Handle different architectures lib dirs
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/lib' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/libx32' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('mkdir -p %s/lib64' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp /lib/libtinfo.so.5 %s/lib' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp /libx32/libtinfo.so.5 %s/libx32' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 %s/lib64' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp -r /etc/rpm %s/etc' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp -r /etc/dnf %s/etc' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('cp /bin/sh %s/bin' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.target.run('mount -o bind /dev %s/dev/' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.dnf_with_repo('install --installroot=%s -v -y --rpmverbosity=debug busybox run-postinsts' % rootpath)
+        status, output = self.target.run('test -e %s/var/cache/dnf' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.assertEqual(0, status, output)
+        status, output = self.target.run('test -e %s/bin/busybox' % rootpath, 1500)
+        self.assertEqual(0, status, output)
 
+    @OETestDepends(['dnf.DnfRepoTest.test_dnf_makecache'])
+    @OETestID(1772)
+    def test_dnf_exclude(self):
+        excludepkg = 'curl-dev'
+        self.dnf_with_repo('install -y curl*')
+        self.dnf('list %s' % excludepkg, 0)
+        #Avoid remove dependencies to skip some errors on different archs and images
+        self.dnf_with_repo('remove --setopt=clean_requirements_on_remove=0 -y curl*')
+        #check curl-dev is not installed adter removing all curl occurrences
+        status, output = self.target.run('dnf list --installed | grep %s'% excludepkg, 1500)
+        self.assertEqual(1, status, "%s was not removed,  is listed as installed"%excludepkg)
+        self.dnf_with_repo('install -y --exclude=%s --exclude=curl-staticdev curl*' % excludepkg)
+        #check curl-dev is not installed after being excluded
+        status, output = self.target.run('dnf list --installed | grep %s'% excludepkg , 1500)
+        self.assertEqual(1, status, "%s was not excluded, is listed as installed"%excludepkg)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ksample.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ksample.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..354cc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ksample.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import os
+import time
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+
+# need some kernel fragments
+# echo "KERNEL_FEATURES_append += \" features\/kernel\-sample\/kernel\-sample.scc\"" >> local.conf
+class KSample(OERuntimeTestCase):
+    def cmd_and_check(self, cmd='', match_string=''):
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
+        if not match_string:
+            # send cmd
+            msg = '%s failed, %s' % (cmd, output)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+        else:
+            # check result
+            result = ("%s" % match_string) in output
+            msg = output
+            self.assertTrue(result, msg)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, cmd)
+
+    def check_config(self, config_opt=''):
+        cmd = "zcat /proc/config.gz | grep %s" % config_opt
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
+        result = ("%s=y" % config_opt) in output
+        if not result:
+            self.skipTest("%s is not set" % config_opt)
+
+    def check_module_exist(self, path='', module_name=''):
+        status, output = self.target.run("uname -r")
+        cmd = "ls " + "/lib/modules/" + output + "/kernel/samples/" + path + module_name
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
+        if status != 0:
+            error_info = module_name + " doesn't exist"
+            self.skipTest(error_info)
+
+    def kfifo_func(self, name=''):
+        module_prename = name + "-example"
+        module_name = name + "-example.ko"
+        sysmbol_name = name + "_example"
+
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("kfifo/", module_name)
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe %s" % module_prename)
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep %s | cut -d\' \' -f1" % sysmbol_name, sysmbol_name)
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("dmesg | grep \"test passed\" ", "test passed")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod %s" %  module_prename)
+
+    def kprobe_func(self, name=''):
+        # check config
+        self.check_config("CONFIG_KPROBES")
+
+        module_prename = name + "_example"
+        module_name = name + "_example.ko"
+        sysmbol_name = module_prename
+
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("kprobes/", module_name)
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe %s" % module_prename)
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep %s | cut -d\' \' -f1" % sysmbol_name, sysmbol_name)
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("dmesg | grep Planted | head -n10", "Planted")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod %s" % module_prename)
+
+    def kobject_func(self, name=''):
+        module_prename = name + "_example"
+        module_name = name + "-example.ko"
+        sysmbol_name = module_prename
+
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("kobject/", module_name)
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe %s" % module_prename)
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep %s | cut -d\' \' -f1" % sysmbol_name, sysmbol_name)
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("ls /sys/kernel/%s/" % sysmbol_name, "bar")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod %s" % module_prename)
+
+class KSampleTest(KSample):
+    # kfifo
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_kfifo_test(self):
+        index = ["dma", "bytestream", "inttype", "record"]
+        for i in index:
+            self.kfifo_func(i)
+
+    # kprobe
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_kprobe_test(self):
+        index = ["kprobe", "kretprobe"]
+        for i in index:
+            self.kprobe_func(i)
+
+    # kobject
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_kobject_test(self):
+        index = ["kobject", "kset"]
+        for i in index:
+            self.kobject_func(i)
+
+    #trace
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_trace_events(self):
+        # check config
+        self.check_config("CONFIG_TRACING_SUPPORT")
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("trace_events/", "trace-events-sample.ko")
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe trace-events-sample")
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep trace_events_sample | cut -d\' \' -f1", "trace_events_sample")
+        # check dir
+        self.cmd_and_check("ls /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/ | grep sample-trace", "sample-trace")
+        # enable trace
+        self.cmd_and_check("echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sample-trace/enable")
+        self.cmd_and_check("cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sample-trace/enable")
+        # check result
+        status = 1
+        count = 0
+        while status != 0:
+            time.sleep(1)
+            status, output = self.target.run('cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | grep hello | head -n1 | cut -d\':\' -f2')
+            if " foo_bar" in output:
+                break
+            count = count + 1
+            if count > 5:
+                self.assertTrue(False, "Time out when check result")
+        # disable trace
+        self.cmd_and_check("echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sample-trace/enable")
+        # clean up trace
+        self.cmd_and_check("echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod trace-events-sample")
+
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_trace_printk(self):
+        # check config
+        self.check_config("CONFIG_TRACING_SUPPORT")
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("trace_printk/", "trace-printk.ko")
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe trace-printk")
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep trace_printk | cut -d\' \' -f1", "trace_printk")
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace | grep trace_printk_irq_work | head -n1 | cut -d\':\' -f2", " trace_printk_irq_work")
+        # clean up trace
+        self.cmd_and_check("echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod trace-printk")
+
+    # hw breakpoint
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_hw_breakpoint_example(self):
+        # check arch
+        status, output = self.target.run("uname -m")
+        result = ("x86" in output) or ("aarch64" in output)
+        if not result:
+            self.skipTest("the arch doesn't support hw breakpoint" % output)
+        # check config
+        self.check_config("CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL")
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("hw_breakpoint/", "data_breakpoint.ko")
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe data_breakpoint")
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep data_breakpoint | cut -d\' \' -f1", "data_breakpoint")
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("cat /var/log/messages | grep sample_hbp_handler", "sample_hbp_handler")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod data_breakpoint")
+
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_configfs_sample(self):
+        # check config
+        status, ret = self.target.run('zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS')
+        if not ["CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=m" in ret or "CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y" in ret]:
+            self.skipTest("CONFIG error")
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("configfs/", "configfs_sample.ko")
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe configfs_sample")
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep configfs_sample | cut -d\' \' -f1 | head -n1", "configfs_sample")
+
+        status = 1
+        count = 0
+        while status != 0:
+            time.sleep(1)
+            status, ret = self.target.run('cat /sys/kernel/config/01-childless/description')
+            count = count + 1
+            if count > 200:
+                self.skipTest("Time out for check dir")
+
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod configfs_sample")
+
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_cn_test(self):
+        # make sure if module exists
+        self.check_module_exist("connector/", "cn_test.ko")
+        # modprobe
+        self.cmd_and_check("modprobe cn_test")
+        # lsmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("lsmod | grep cn_test | cut -d\' \' -f1", "cn_test")
+        # check result
+        self.cmd_and_check("cat /proc/net/connector | grep cn_test | head -n1 | cut -d\' \' -f1", "cn_test")
+        # rmmod
+        self.cmd_and_check("rmmod cn_test")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ldd.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ldd.py
index c6d92fd..5bde184 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ldd.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ldd.py
@@ -2,24 +2,23 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class LddTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @OETestID(962)
-    @skipIfNotFeature('tools-sdk',
-                      'Test requires tools-sdk to be in IMAGE_FEATURES')
+    @OEHasPackage(["ldd"])
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
-    def test_ldd_exists(self):
+    def test_ldd(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('which ldd')
         msg = 'ldd does not exist in PATH: which ldd: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
-    @OETestID(239)
-    @OETestDepends(['ldd.LddTest.test_ldd_exists'])
-    def test_ldd_rtldlist_check(self):
         cmd = ('for i in $(which ldd | xargs cat | grep "^RTLDLIST"| '
               'cut -d\'=\' -f2|tr -d \'"\'); '
               'do test -f $i && echo $i && break; done')
         status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = "ldd path not correct or RTLDLIST files don't exist."
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="ldd path not correct or RTLDLIST files don't exist.")
+
+        status, output = self.target.run("ldd /bin/true")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg="ldd failed to execute: %s" % output)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
index 992fef2..db6e695 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
 
         cmd = ('sed -i "s#wtmp {#wtmp {\\n    olddir $HOME/logrotate_dir#"'
-               ' /etc/logrotate.conf')
+               ' /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp')
         status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = ('Could not write to logrotate.conf file. Status and output: '
+        msg = ('Could not write to logrotate.d/wtmp file. Status and output: '
                ' %s and %s' % (status, output))
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
index 005b697..a92a1f2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 
     @OETestID(201)
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
-    @OEHasPackage(["busybox-syslog", "sysklogd"])
+    @OEHasPackage(["busybox-syslog", "sysklogd", "rsyslog", "syslog-ng"])
     def test_syslog_running(self):
-        cmd = '%s  | grep -i [s]yslogd' % self.tc.target_cmds['ps']
-        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = "No syslogd process; ps output: %s" % output
+        status, output = self.target.run(self.tc.target_cmds['ps'])
+        msg = "Failed to execute %s" % self.tc.target_cmds['ps']
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+        msg = "No syslog daemon process; %s output:\n%s" % (self.tc.target_cmds['ps'], output)
+        hasdaemon = "syslogd" in output or "syslog-ng" in output
+        self.assertTrue(hasdaemon, msg=msg)
 
 class SyslogTestConfig(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
 
     @OETestID(202)
     @OETestDepends(['oe_syslog.SyslogTestConfig.test_syslog_logger'])
-    @OEHasPackage(["!sysklogd", "busybox"])
+    @OEHasPackage(["busybox-syslog"])
     @skipIfDataVar('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager', 'systemd',
                    'Not appropiate for systemd image')
     def test_syslog_startup_config(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
index 671ee06..29e9902 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        service_repo = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR_IPK'], 'all')
-        cls.repo_server = HTTPService(service_repo, cls.tc.target.server_ip)
+        allarchfeed = 'all'
+        if cls.tc.td["MULTILIB_VARIANTS"]:
+            allarchfeed = cls.tc.td["TUNE_PKGARCH"]
+        service_repo = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR_IPK'], allarchfeed)
+        cls.repo_server = HTTPService(service_repo, cls.tc.target.server_ip, logger=cls.tc.logger)
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
index 1f36c61..f6e9820 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
     "error: couldn\'t mount because of unsupported optional features",
     "GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors",
     "Cannot set xattr user.Librepo.DownloadInProgress",
+    "Failed to read /var/lib/nfs/statd/state: Success",
+    "error retry time-out =",
+    "logind: cannot setup systemd-logind helper (-61), using legacy fallback",
+    "Error changing net interface name 'eth0' to "
     ]
 
 video_related = [
@@ -120,15 +124,6 @@
         'dmi: Firmware registration failed.',
         'irq: type mismatch, failed to map hwirq-27 for /intc',
         ] + common_errors,
-    'emenlow' : [
-        '[Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness',
-        '(EE) Failed to load module "psb"',
-        '(EE) Failed to load module psb',
-        '(EE) Failed to load module "psbdrv"',
-        '(EE) Failed to load module psbdrv',
-        '(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory',
-        '(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering',
-        ] + x86_common,
     'intel-core2-32' : [
         'ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness',
         '[Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness',
@@ -156,7 +151,6 @@
         'Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to send firmware data (-38)',
         'atkbd serio0: Failed to enable keyboard on isa0060/serio0',
         ] + x86_common,
-    'crownbay' : x86_common,
     'genericx86' : x86_common,
     'genericx86-64' : [
         'Direct firmware load for i915',
@@ -169,10 +163,6 @@
     'edgerouter' : [
         'Fatal server error:',
         ] + common_errors,
-    'jasperforest' : [
-        'Activated service \'org.bluez\' failed:',
-        'Unable to find NFC netlink family',
-        ] + common_errors,
 }
 
 log_locations = ["/var/log/","/var/log/dmesg", "/tmp/dmesg_output.log"]
@@ -323,7 +313,7 @@
                 pass
 
             if result is not None:
-                results[log.replace('target_logs/','')] = {}
+                results[log] = {}
                 rez = result.splitlines()
 
                 for xrez in rez:
@@ -333,7 +323,7 @@
                         grep_output = check_output(cmd).decode('utf-8')
                     except:
                         pass
-                    results[log.replace('target_logs/','')][xrez]=grep_output
+                    results[log][xrez]=grep_output
 
         return results
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/perl.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/perl.py
index d0b7e8e..afeeb18 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/perl.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/perl.py
@@ -1,37 +1,13 @@
 import os
 
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
-from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
 from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class PerlTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
-
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        src = os.path.join(cls.tc.files_dir, 'test.pl')
-        dst = '/tmp/test.pl'
-        cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        dst = '/tmp/test.pl'
-        cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % dst)
-
-    @OETestID(1141)
-    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
-    @OEHasPackage(['perl'])
-    def test_perl_exists(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('which perl')
-        msg = 'Perl binary not in PATH or not on target.'
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
-
     @OETestID(208)
-    @OETestDepends(['perl.PerlTest.test_perl_exists'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['perl'])
     def test_perl_works(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('perl /tmp/test.pl')
-        msg = 'Exit status was not 0. Output: %s' % output
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
-
-        msg = 'Incorrect output: %s' % output
-        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg=msg)
+        status, output = self.target.run("perl -e '$_=\"Uryyb, jbeyq\"; tr/a-zA-Z/n-za-mN-ZA-M/;print'")
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
index bf3e179..4419a9f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/python.py
@@ -1,43 +1,21 @@
-import os
-
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 class PythonTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
-
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        src = os.path.join(cls.tc.files_dir, 'test.py')
-        dst = '/tmp/test.py'
-        cls.tc.target.copyTo(src, dst)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        dst = '/tmp/test.py'
-        cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % dst)
-
-    @OETestID(1145)
-    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
-    @OEHasPackage(['python-core'])
-    def test_python_exists(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('which python')
-        msg = 'Python binary not in PATH or not on target.'
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+        import unittest
+        if "python3-core" not in cls.tc.image_packages:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("Python3 not on target")
 
     @OETestID(965)
-    @OETestDepends(['python.PythonTest.test_python_exists'])
-    def test_python_stdout(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('python /tmp/test.py')
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    def test_python3(self):
+        cmd = "python3 -c \"import codecs; print(codecs.encode('Uryyb, jbeyq', 'rot13'))\""
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
         msg = 'Exit status was not 0. Output: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
         msg = 'Incorrect output: %s' % output
-        self.assertEqual(output, "the value of a is 0.01", msg=msg)
-
-    @OETestID(1146)
-    @OETestDepends(['python.PythonTest.test_python_stdout'])
-    def test_python_testfile(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('ls /tmp/testfile.python')
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Python test file generate failed.')
+        self.assertEqual(output, "Hello, world", msg=msg)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
index 84c59a6..1e5e463 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
@@ -39,31 +39,31 @@
 
         pkgarch = cls.td['TUNE_PKGARCH'].replace('-', '_')
         rpmdir = os.path.join(cls.tc.td['DEPLOY_DIR'], 'rpm', pkgarch)
-        # Pick rpm-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small
+        # Pick base-passwd-doc as a test file to get installed, because it's small
         # and it will always be built for standard targets
-        rpm_doc = 'rpm-doc-*.%s.rpm' % pkgarch
+        rpm_doc = 'base-passwd-doc-*.%s.rpm' % pkgarch
         for f in fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(rpmdir), rpm_doc):
             test_file = os.path.join(rpmdir, f)
-        dst = '/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm'
+        dst = '/tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm'
         cls.tc.target.copyTo(test_file, dst)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        dst = '/tmp/rpm-doc.rpm'
+        dst = '/tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm'
         cls.tc.target.run('rm -f %s' % dst)
 
     @OETestID(192)
     @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_help'])
     def test_rpm_install(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
-        msg = 'Failed to install rpm-doc package: %s' % output
+        status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm')
+        msg = 'Failed to install base-passwd-doc package: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
     @OETestID(194)
     @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmInstallRemoveTest.test_rpm_install'])
     def test_rpm_remove(self):
-        status,output = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
-        msg = 'Failed to remove rpm-doc package: %s' % output
+        status,output = self.target.run('rpm -e base-passwd-doc')
+        msg = 'Failed to remove base-passwd-doc package: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
     @OETestID(1096)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         Expected:    There should be some RPM prefixed entries in the above file.
         Product:     BSPs
         Author:      Alexandru Georgescu <alexandru.c.georgescu@intel.com>
-        Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alexander.kanavin@intel.com>
+        Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
         AutomatedBy: Daniel Istrate <daniel.alexandrux.istrate@intel.com>
         """
         db_files_cmd = 'ls /var/lib/rpm/__db.*'
@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@
         self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
         # Remove the package just in case
-        self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
+        self.target.run('rpm -e base-passwd-doc')
 
         # Install/Remove a package 10 times
         for i in range(10):
-            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/rpm-doc.rpm')
-            msg = 'Failed to install rpm-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
+            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -ivh /tmp/base-passwd-doc.rpm')
+            msg = 'Failed to install base-passwd-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
             self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
-            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -e rpm-doc')
-            msg = 'Failed to remove rpm-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
+            status, output = self.target.run('rpm -e base-passwd-doc')
+            msg = 'Failed to remove base-passwd-doc package. Reason: {}'.format(output)
             self.assertEqual(0, status, msg=msg)
 
         # if using systemd this should ensure all entries are flushed to /var
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scanelf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scanelf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ba1f78..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/scanelf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
-from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
-from oeqa.core.decorator.oeid import OETestID
-from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
-
-class ScanelfTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
-    scancmd = 'scanelf --quiet --recursive --mount --ldpath --path'
-
-    @OETestID(966)
-    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
-    @OEHasPackage(['pax-utils'])
-    def test_scanelf_textrel(self):
-        # print TEXTREL information
-        cmd = '%s --textrel' % self.scancmd
-        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = '\n'.join([cmd, output])
-        self.assertEqual(output.strip(), '', msg=msg)
-
-    @OETestID(967)
-    @OETestDepends(['scanelf.ScanelfTest.test_scanelf_textrel'])
-    def test_scanelf_rpath(self):
-        # print RPATH information
-        cmd = '%s --textrel --rpath' % self.scancmd
-        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = '\n'.join([cmd, output])
-        self.assertEqual(output.strip(), '', msg=msg)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
index fc728bf..96e197a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/stap.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     def test_stap(self):
         cmds = [
             'cd /usr/src/kernel && make scripts prepare',
-            'cd /lib/modules/`uname -r` && (if [ ! -L build ]; then ln -s /usr/src/kernel build; fi)',
+            'cd /lib/modules/`uname -r` && (if [ ! -e build ]; then ln -s /usr/src/kernel build; fi)',
             'stap --disable-cache -DSTP_NO_VERREL_CHECK /tmp/hello.stp'
             ]
         for cmd in cmds:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
index db69384..460b8fc 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/systemd.py
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 class SystemdTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     def systemctl(self, action='', target='', expected=0, verbose=False):
-        command = 'systemctl %s %s' % (action, target)
+        command = 'SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT=240s systemctl %s %s' % (action, target)
         status, output = self.target.run(command)
         message = '\n'.join([command, output])
         if status != expected and verbose:
-            cmd = 'systemctl status --full %s' % target
+            cmd = 'SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT=240s systemctl status --full %s' % target
             message += self.target.run(cmd)[1]
         self.assertEqual(status, expected, message)
         return output
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         """
         endtime = time.time() + (60 * 2)
         while True:
-            status, output = self.target.run('systemctl --state=activating')
+            status, output = self.target.run('SYSTEMD_BUS_TIMEOUT=240s systemctl --state=activating')
             if "0 loaded units listed" in output:
                 return (True, '')
             if time.time() >= endtime:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
index 0294003..a7f3823 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
@@ -112,12 +112,9 @@
             # XXX: Don't base your targets on this code it will be refactored
             # in the near future.
             # Custom target module loading
-            try:
-                target_modules_path = kwargs.get('target_modules_path', '')
-                controller = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor.getControllerModule(target_type, target_modules_path)
-                target = controller(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
-            except ImportError as e:
-                raise TypeError("Failed to import %s from available controller modules" % target_type)
+            target_modules_path = kwargs.get('target_modules_path', '')
+            controller = OERuntimeTestContextExecutor.getControllerModule(target_type, target_modules_path)
+            target = controller(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
 
         return target
 
@@ -173,10 +170,7 @@
     def _loadControllerFromModule(target, modulename):
         obj = None
         # import module, allowing it to raise import exception
-        try:
-            module = __import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), [target])
-        except Exception as e:
-            return obj
+        module = __import__(modulename, globals(), locals(), [target])
         # look for target class in the module, catching any exceptions as it
         # is valid that a module may not have the target class.
         try: