diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/create.py b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/create.py
index c8f3f1b..517554c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/create.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/create.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import bb.utils
 
 from bblayers.common import LayerPlugin
+from bblayers.action import ActionPlugin
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('bitbake-layers')
 
@@ -69,11 +70,19 @@
         with open(os.path.join(example, args.examplerecipe + '_%s.bb') % args.version, 'w') as fd:
             fd.write(example_template)
 
-        logger.plain('Add your new layer with \'bitbake-layers add-layer %s\'' % args.layerdir)
+        if args.add_layer:
+            # Add the layer to bblayers.conf
+            args.layerdir = [layerdir]
+            ActionPlugin.do_add_layer(self, args)
+            logger.plain('Layer added %s' % args.layerdir)
+
+        else:
+            logger.plain('Add your new layer with \'bitbake-layers add-layer %s\'' % args.layerdir)
 
     def register_commands(self, sp):
         parser_create_layer = self.add_command(sp, 'create-layer', self.do_create_layer, parserecipes=False)
         parser_create_layer.add_argument('layerdir', help='Layer directory to create')
+        parser_create_layer.add_argument('--add-layer', '-a', action='store_true', help='Add the layer to bblayers.conf after creation')
         parser_create_layer.add_argument('--layerid', '-i', help='Layer id to use if different from layername')
         parser_create_layer.add_argument('--priority', '-p', default=6, help='Priority of recipes in layer')
         parser_create_layer.add_argument('--example-recipe-name', '-e', dest='examplerecipe', default='example', help='Filename of the example recipe')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/makesetup.py b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/makesetup.py
index 834e933..5fb6f14 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/makesetup.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/makesetup.py
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
             return ""
         return describe.strip()
 
+    def _is_submodule(self, repo_path):
+        # This is slightly brittle: git does not offer a way to tell whether
+        # a given repo dir is a submodule checkout, so we need to rely on .git
+        # being a file (rather than a dir like it is in standalone checkouts).
+        # The file typically contains a gitdir pointer to elsewhere.
+        return os.path.isfile(os.path.join(repo_path,".git"))
+
     def make_repo_config(self, destdir):
         """ This is a helper function for the writer plugins that discovers currently configured layers.
         The writers do not have to use it, but it can save a bit of work and avoid duplicated code, hence it is
@@ -63,6 +70,9 @@
                 logger.error("Layer {name} in {path} has uncommitted modifications or is not in a git repository.".format(name=l_name,path=l_path))
                 return
             repo_path = self._get_repo_path(l_path)
+
+            if self._is_submodule(repo_path):
+                continue
             if repo_path not in repos.keys():
                 repos[repo_path] = {'path':os.path.basename(repo_path),'git-remote':{'rev':l_rev, 'branch':l_branch, 'remotes':self._get_remotes(repo_path), 'describe':self._get_describe(repo_path)}}
                 if repo_path == destdir_repo:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/setupwriters/oe-setup-layers.py b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/setupwriters/oe-setup-layers.py
index f6a484b..d5bc19a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/setupwriters/oe-setup-layers.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/bblayers/setupwriters/oe-setup-layers.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
     def do_write(self, parent, args):
         """ Writes out a python script and a json config that replicate the directory structure and revisions of the layers in a current build. """
+        if not os.path.exists(args.destdir):
+            os.makedirs(args.destdir)
         repos = parent.make_repo_config(args.destdir)
         json = {"version":"1.0","sources":repos}
         if not repos:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
index b4cbc50..de98063 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
@@ -213,6 +213,23 @@
 def exit_if_errors(d):
     exit_with_message_if_errors("Fatal QA errors were found, failing task.", d)
 
+def check_upstream_status(fullpath):
+    import re
+    kinda_status_re = re.compile(r"^.*upstream.*status.*$", re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)
+    strict_status_re = re.compile(r"^Upstream-Status: (Pending|Submitted|Denied|Accepted|Inappropriate|Backport|Inactive-Upstream)( .+)?$", re.MULTILINE)
+    guidelines = "https://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Commit_Patch_Message_Guidelines#Patch_Header_Recommendations:_Upstream-Status"
+
+    with open(fullpath, encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as f:
+        file_content = f.read()
+        match_kinda = kinda_status_re.search(file_content)
+        match_strict = strict_status_re.search(file_content)
+
+        if not match_strict:
+            if match_kinda:
+                return "Malformed Upstream-Status in patch\n%s\nPlease correct according to %s :\n%s" % (fullpath, guidelines, match_kinda.group(0))
+            else:
+                return "Missing Upstream-Status in patch\n%s\nPlease add according to %s ." % (fullpath, guidelines)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import sys
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sbom.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sbom.py
index bbf466b..22ed507 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sbom.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sbom.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     return "SPDXRef-%s-%s" % ("Recipe", d.getVar("PN"))
 
 
+def get_download_spdxid(d, idx):
+    return "SPDXRef-Download-%s-%d" % (d.getVar("PN"), idx)
+
+
 def get_package_spdxid(pkg):
     return "SPDXRef-Package-%s" % pkg
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/spdx.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/spdx.py
index c74ea68..7aaf2af 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/spdx.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/spdx.py
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@
 
 
 class SPDXPackage(SPDXObject):
+    ALLOWED_CHECKSUMS = [
+        "SHA1",
+        "SHA224",
+        "SHA256",
+        "SHA384",
+        "SHA512",
+        "MD2",
+        "MD4",
+        "MD5",
+        "MD6",
+    ]
+
     name = _String()
     SPDXID = _String()
     versionInfo = _String()
@@ -234,6 +246,7 @@
     hasFiles = _StringList()
     packageFileName = _String()
     annotations = _ObjectList(SPDXAnnotation)
+    checksums = _ObjectList(SPDXChecksum)
 
 
 class SPDXFile(SPDXObject):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index f022445..ae7ef14 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -652,6 +652,10 @@
                 if f == 'fixmepath':
                     continue
                 process(os.path.join(root, f))
+
+            for dir in dirs:
+                if os.path.islink(os.path.join(root, dir)):
+                    process(os.path.join(root, dir))
     finally:
         os.chdir(prev_dir)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
index 7a10ba9..5107907 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.user = user
         ssh_options = [
+                '-o', 'ServerAliveCountMax=2',
+                '-o', 'ServerAliveInterval=30',
                 '-o', 'UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null',
                 '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no',
                 '-o', 'LogLevel=ERROR'
@@ -224,27 +226,33 @@
     def run():
         nonlocal output
         nonlocal process
+        output_raw = b''
         starttime = time.time()
         process = subprocess.Popen(command, **options)
         if timeout:
             endtime = starttime + timeout
             eof = False
+            os.set_blocking(process.stdout.fileno(), False)
             while time.time() < endtime and not eof:
-                logger.debug('time: %s, endtime: %s' % (time.time(), endtime))
                 try:
+                    logger.debug('Waiting for process output: time: %s, endtime: %s' % (time.time(), endtime))
                     if select.select([process.stdout], [], [], 5)[0] != []:
-                        reader = codecs.getreader('utf-8')(process.stdout, 'ignore')
-                        data = reader.read(1024, 4096)
+                        # wait a bit for more data, tries to avoid reading single characters
+                        time.sleep(0.2)
+                        data = process.stdout.read()
                         if not data:
-                            process.stdout.close()
                             eof = True
                         else:
-                            output += data
-                            logger.debug('Partial data from SSH call: %s' % data)
+                            output_raw += data
+                            # ignore errors to capture as much as possible
+                            logger.debug('Partial data from SSH call:\n%s' % data.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore'))
                             endtime = time.time() + timeout
                 except InterruptedError:
+                    logger.debug('InterruptedError')
                     continue
 
+            process.stdout.close()
+
             # process hasn't returned yet
             if not eof:
                 process.terminate()
@@ -252,16 +260,30 @@
                 try:
                     process.kill()
                 except OSError:
+                    logger.debug('OSError when killing process')
                     pass
                 endtime = time.time() - starttime
                 lastline = ("\nProcess killed - no output for %d seconds. Total"
                             " running time: %d seconds." % (timeout, endtime))
-                logger.debug('Received data from SSH call %s ' % lastline)
+                logger.debug('Received data from SSH call:\n%s ' % lastline)
                 output += lastline
 
         else:
-            output = process.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
-            logger.debug('Data from SSH call: %s' % output.rstrip())
+            output_raw = process.communicate()[0]
+
+        output = output_raw.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')
+        logger.debug('Data from SSH call:\n%s' % output.rstrip())
+
+        # timout or not, make sure process exits and is not hanging
+        if process.returncode == None:
+            try:
+                process.wait(timeout=5)
+            except TimeoutExpired:
+                try:
+                    process.kill()
+                except OSError:
+                    logger.debug('OSError')
+                    pass
 
     options = {
         "stdout": subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -290,4 +312,5 @@
             process.kill()
         logger.debug('Something went wrong, killing SSH process')
         raise
-    return (process.wait(), output.rstrip())
+
+    return (process.returncode, output.rstrip())
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
index cb95503..9fe3b80 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/prservice.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         exported_db_path = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'export.inc')
         export_result = runCmd("bitbake-prserv-tool export %s" % exported_db_path, ignore_status=True)
         self.assertEqual(export_result.status, 0, msg="PR Service database export failed: %s" % export_result.output)
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(exported_db_path))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(exported_db_path), msg="%s didn't exist, tool output %s" % (exported_db_path, export_result.output))
 
         if replace_current_db:
             current_db_path = os.path.join(get_bb_var('PERSISTENT_DIR'), 'prserv.sqlite3')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/resulttooltests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/resulttooltests.py
index c2e76f1..f059991 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/resulttooltests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/resulttooltests.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         self.assertTrue('target_result1' in results['runtime/mydistro/qemux86/image'], msg="Pair not correct:%s" % results)
         self.assertTrue('target_result3' in results['runtime/mydistro/qemux86-64/image'], msg="Pair not correct:%s" % results)
 
-    def test_regrresion_can_get_regression_result(self):
+    def test_regression_can_get_regression_result(self):
         base_result_data = {'result': {'test1': {'status': 'PASSED'},
                                        'test2': {'status': 'PASSED'},
                                        'test3': {'status': 'FAILED'},
@@ -98,3 +98,246 @@
         resultutils.append_resultsdata(results, ResultToolTests.target_results_data, configmap=resultutils.flatten_map)
         self.assertEqual(len(results[''].keys()), 5, msg="Flattened results not correct %s" % str(results))
 
+    def test_results_without_metadata_can_be_compared(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+            "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+            "STARTTIME": 1672527600
+        }, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+                                "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+                                "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+                                "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+                                "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+                                "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+                                "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                "STARTTIME": 1672527600
+                                }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect metadata filtering, tests without metadata should be compared")
+
+    def test_target_result_with_missing_metadata_can_not_be_compared(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+            "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+            "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {
+                "run_all_tests": True,
+                "run_tests": None,
+                "skips": None,
+                "machine": None,
+                "select_tags": ["toolchain-user", "toolchain-system"],
+                "exclude_tags": None
+            }}, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {"TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+                                "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+                                                  "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+                                                  "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+                                                  "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+                                                  "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                                  "STARTTIME": 1672527600
+                                                  }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertFalse(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                         msg="incorrect metadata filtering, tests should not be compared")
+
+    def test_results_with_matching_metadata_can_be_compared(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+                             "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+                             "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+            "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+                             "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                                     "run_tests": None,
+                                                     "skips": None,
+                                                     "machine": None,
+                                                     "select_tags": ["toolchain-user", "toolchain-system"],
+                                                     "exclude_tags": None}
+        }, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+            "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+                                "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                                        "run_tests": None,
+                                                        "skips": None,
+                                                        "machine": None,
+                                                        "select_tags": ["toolchain-user", "toolchain-system"],
+                                                        "exclude_tags": None}
+                                }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect metadata filtering, tests with matching metadata should be compared")
+
+    def test_results_with_mismatching_metadata_can_not_be_compared(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+            "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+            "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+            "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                    "run_tests": None,
+                                    "skips": None,
+                                    "machine": None,
+                                    "select_tags": ["toolchain-user", "toolchain-system"],
+                                    "exclude_tags": None}
+        }, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "oeselftest",
+            "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+            "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+            "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+            "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+                                "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                                        "run_tests": None,
+                                                        "skips": None,
+                                                        "machine": None,
+                                                        "select_tags": ["machine"],
+                                                        "exclude_tags": None}
+                                }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertFalse(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                         msg="incorrect metadata filtering, tests with mismatching metadata should not be compared")
+
+    def test_metadata_matching_is_only_checked_for_relevant_test_type(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {"TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+                              "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+                                                "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+                                                "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+                                                "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+                                                "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                                "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+                                                "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                                                        "run_tests": None,
+                                                                        "skips": None,
+                                                                        "machine": None,
+                                                                        "select_tags": ["toolchain-user", "toolchain-system"],
+                                                                        "exclude_tags": None}}, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {"TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+                                "TESTSERIES": "series1",
+                                                  "IMAGE_BASENAME": "image",
+                                                  "IMAGE_PKGTYPE": "ipk",
+                                                  "DISTRO": "mydistro",
+                                                  "MACHINE": "qemux86",
+                                                  "STARTTIME": 1672527600,
+                                                  "OESELFTEST_METADATA": {"run_all_tests": True,
+                                                                          "run_tests": None,
+                                                                          "skips": None,
+                                                                          "machine": None,
+                                                                          "select_tags": ["machine"],
+                                                                          "exclude_tags": None}}, "result": {}}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect metadata filtering, %s tests should be compared" % base_configuration['configuration']['TEST_TYPE'])
+
+    def test_machine_matches(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"}, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect machine filtering, identical machine tests should be compared")
+
+    def test_machine_mismatches(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86_64"
+        }, "result": {}}
+        self.assertFalse(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                         msg="incorrect machine filtering, mismatching machine tests should not be compared")
+
+    def test_can_not_compare_non_ltp_tests(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {
+            "ltpresult_foo": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86_64"
+        }, "result": {
+            "bar": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }}}
+        self.assertFalse(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                         msg="incorrect ltpresult filtering, mismatching ltpresult content should not be compared")
+
+    def test_can_compare_ltp_tests(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {
+            "ltpresult_foo": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }}}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {
+            "ltpresult_foo": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }}}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect ltpresult filtering, matching ltpresult content should be compared")
+
+    def test_can_match_non_static_ptest_names(self):
+        base_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {
+            "ptestresult.lttng-tools.foo_-_bar_-_moo": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.babeltrace.bar_-_moo_-_foo": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.babletrace2.moo_-_foo_-_bar": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.curl.test_0000__foo_out_of_bar": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }
+        }}
+        target_configuration = {"configuration": {
+            "TEST_TYPE": "runtime",
+            "MACHINE": "qemux86"
+        }, "result": {
+            "ptestresult.lttng-tools.xxx_-_yyy_-_zzz": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.babeltrace.yyy_-_zzz_-_xxx": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.babletrace2.zzz_-_xxx_-_yyy": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            },
+            "ptestresult.curl.test_0000__xxx_out_of_yyy": {
+                "STATUS": "PASSED"
+            }
+            }}
+        self.assertTrue(regression.can_be_compared(self.logger, base_configuration, target_configuration),
+                        msg="incorrect ptests filtering, tests shoould be compared if prefixes match")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 7d99c15..e32c4af 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -260,17 +260,6 @@
         if distro and (distro in ['debian-9', 'debian-10', 'centos-7', 'centos-8', 'ubuntu-16.04', 'ubuntu-18.04'] or distro.startswith('almalinux')):
             self.skipTest('virgl headless cannot be tested with %s' %(distro))
 
-        render_hint = """If /dev/dri/renderD* is absent due to lack of suitable GPU, 'modprobe vgem' will create one suitable for mesa llvmpipe software renderer."""
-        try:
-            content = os.listdir("/dev/dri")
-            if len([i for i in content if i.startswith('render')]) == 0:
-                self.fail("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            self.fail("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
-        try:
-            dripath = subprocess.check_output("PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
         qemu_distrofeatures = get_bb_var('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'qemu-system-native')
         features = 'IMAGE_CLASSES += "testimage"\n'
         if 'opengl' not in qemu_distrofeatures:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index ca1abb9..b9430cd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -1151,6 +1151,26 @@
             out = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, "%s-*.direct" % wksname))
             self.assertEqual(1, len(out))
 
+    @skipIfNotArch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64', 'aarch64'])
+    def test_uefi_kernel(self):
+        """ Test uefi-kernel in wic """
+        config = 'IMAGE_EFI_BOOT_FILES="/etc/fstab;testfile"\nIMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"\nWKS_FILE = "test_uefikernel.wks"\nMACHINE_FEATURES:append = " efi"\n'
+        self.append_config(config)
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        self.remove_config(config)
+
+        img = 'core-image-minimal'
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
+            wks.writelines(['part /boot --source bootimg-efi --sourceparams="loader=uefi-kernel"\n'
+                            'part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --align 1024 --use-uuid\n'\
+                            'bootloader --timeout=0 --append="console=ttyS0,115200n8"\n'])
+            wks.flush()
+            cmd = "wic create %s -e %s -o %s" % (wks.name, img, self.resultdir)
+            runCmd(cmd)
+            wksname = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(wks.name))[0]
+            out = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, "%s-*.direct" % wksname))
+            self.assertEqual(1, len(out))
+
     # TODO this test could also work on aarch64
     @skipIfNotArch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
     @OETestTag("runqemu")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/yoctotestresultsquerytests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/yoctotestresultsquerytests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..312edb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/yoctotestresultsquerytests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import shutil
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from yocto_testresults_query import get_sha1, create_workdir
+basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/../../../../../')
+lib_path = basepath + '/scripts/lib'
+sys.path = sys.path + [lib_path]
+
+
+class TestResultsQueryTests(OESelftestTestCase):
+    def test_get_sha1(self):
+        test_data_get_sha1 = [
+            {"input": "yocto-4.0", "expected": "00cfdde791a0176c134f31e5a09eff725e75b905"},
+            {"input": "4.1_M1", "expected": "95066dde6861ee08fdb505ab3e0422156cc24fae"},
+        ]
+        for data in test_data_get_sha1:
+            test_name = data["input"]
+            with self.subTest(f"Test SHA1 from {test_name}"):
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    get_sha1(basepath, data["input"]), data["expected"])
+
+    def test_create_workdir(self):
+        workdir = create_workdir()
+        try:
+            url = subprocess.check_output(
+                ["git", "-C", workdir, "remote", "get-url", "origin"]).strip().decode("utf-8")
+        except:
+            shutil.rmtree(workdir, ignore_errors=True)
+            self.fail(f"Can not execute git commands in {workdir}")
+        shutil.rmtree(workdir)
+        self.assertEqual(url, "git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-testresults")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index c7dd03c..ab13131 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
 
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, get_bb_vars, get_test_layer
 
+OESELFTEST_METADATA=["run_all_tests", "run_tests", "skips", "machine", "select_tags", "exclude_tags"]
+
+def get_oeselftest_metadata(args):
+    result = {}
+    raw_args = vars(args)
+    for metadata in OESELFTEST_METADATA:
+        if metadata in raw_args:
+            result[metadata] = raw_args[metadata]
+
+    return result
+
 class NonConcurrentTestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
     def __init__(self, suite, processes, setupfunc, removefunc):
         super().__init__([suite])
@@ -334,12 +345,14 @@
         import platform
         from oeqa.utils.metadata import metadata_from_bb
         metadata = metadata_from_bb()
+        oeselftest_metadata = get_oeselftest_metadata(args)
         configuration = {'TEST_TYPE': 'oeselftest',
                         'STARTTIME': args.test_start_time,
                         'MACHINE': self.tc.td["MACHINE"],
                         'HOST_DISTRO': oe.lsb.distro_identifier().replace(' ', '-'),
                         'HOST_NAME': metadata['hostname'],
-                        'LAYERS': metadata['layers']}
+                        'LAYERS': metadata['layers'],
+                        'OESELFTEST_METADATA': oeselftest_metadata}
         return configuration
 
     def get_result_id(self, configuration):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
index bcee03b..d420b49 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
@@ -93,37 +93,55 @@
             self._write_dump(cmd.split()[0], result.output)
 
 class TargetDumper(BaseDumper):
-    """ Class to get dumps from target, it only works with QemuRunner """
+    """ Class to get dumps from target, it only works with QemuRunner.
+        Will give up permanently after 5 errors from running commands over
+        serial console. This helps to end testing when target is really dead, hanging
+        or unresponsive.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, cmds, parent_dir, runner):
         super(TargetDumper, self).__init__(cmds, parent_dir)
         self.runner = runner
+        self.errors = 0
 
     def dump_target(self, dump_dir=""):
+        if self.errors >= 5:
+                print("Too many errors when dumping data from target, assuming it is dead! Will not dump data anymore!")
+                return
         if dump_dir:
             self.dump_dir = dump_dir
         for cmd in self.cmds:
             # We can continue with the testing if serial commands fail
             try:
                 (status, output) = self.runner.run_serial(cmd)
+                if status == 0:
+                    self.errors = self.errors + 1
                 self._write_dump(cmd.split()[0], output)
             except:
+                self.errors = self.errors + 1
                 print("Tried to dump info from target but "
                         "serial console failed")
                 print("Failed CMD: %s" % (cmd))
 
 class MonitorDumper(BaseDumper):
-    """ Class to get dumps via the Qemu Monitor, it only works with QemuRunner """
+    """ Class to get dumps via the Qemu Monitor, it only works with QemuRunner
+        Will stop completely if there are more than 5 errors when dumping monitor data.
+        This helps to end testing when target is really dead, hanging or unresponsive.
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, cmds, parent_dir, runner):
         super(MonitorDumper, self).__init__(cmds, parent_dir)
         self.runner = runner
+        self.errors = 0
 
     def dump_monitor(self, dump_dir=""):
         if self.runner is None:
             return
         if dump_dir:
             self.dump_dir = dump_dir
+        if self.errors >= 5:
+                print("Too many errors when dumping data from qemu monitor, assuming it is dead! Will not dump data anymore!")
+                return
         for cmd in self.cmds:
             cmd_name = cmd.split()[0]
             try:
@@ -137,4 +155,5 @@
                     output = self.runner.run_monitor(cmd_name)
                 self._write_dump(cmd_name, output)
             except Exception as e:
+                self.errors = self.errors + 1
                 print("Failed to dump QMP CMD: %s with\nException: %s" % (cmd_name, e))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 8b89360..0538576 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         qmp_file = "." + next(tempfile._get_candidate_names())
         qmp_param = ' -S -qmp unix:./%s,server,wait' % (qmp_file)
         qmp_port = self.tmpdir + "/" + qmp_file
-        # Create a second socket connection for debugging use, 
+        # Create a second socket connection for debugging use,
         # note this will NOT cause qemu to block waiting for the connection
         qmp_file2 = "." + next(tempfile._get_candidate_names())
         qmp_param += ' -qmp unix:./%s,server,nowait' % (qmp_file2)
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@
                     return False
 
             try:
+                # set timeout value for all QMP calls
+                self.qmp.settimeout(self.runqemutime)
                 self.qmp.connect()
                 connect_time = time.time()
                 self.logger.info("QMP connected to QEMU at %s and took %s seconds" %
@@ -468,6 +470,8 @@
                     socklist.remove(self.server_socket)
                     self.logger.debug("Connection from %s:%s" % addr)
                 else:
+                    # try to avoid reading only a single character at a time
+                    time.sleep(0.1)
                     data = data + sock.recv(1024)
                     if data:
                         bootlog += data
@@ -626,6 +630,7 @@
 
     def run_monitor(self, command, args=None, timeout=60):
         if hasattr(self, 'qmp') and self.qmp:
+            self.qmp.settimeout(timeout)
             if args is not None:
                 return self.qmp.cmd(command, args)
             else:
@@ -653,6 +658,8 @@
             except InterruptedError:
                 continue
             if sread:
+                # try to avoid reading single character at a time
+                time.sleep(0.1)
                 answer = self.server_socket.recv(1024)
                 if answer:
                     data += answer.decode('utf-8')