diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index ab58971..2a11886 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -1598,6 +1598,53 @@
         # Try building
         bitbake('%s -c patch' % testrecipe)
 
+    def test_devtool_git_submodules(self):
+        # This tests if we can add a patch in a git submodule and extract it properly using devtool finish
+        # Check preconditions
+        self.assertTrue(not os.path.exists(self.workspacedir), 'This test cannot be run with a workspace directory under the build directory')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
+        recipe = 'vulkan-samples'
+        src_uri = get_bb_var('SRC_URI', recipe)
+        self.assertIn('gitsm://', src_uri, 'This test expects the %s recipe to be a git recipe with submodules' % recipe)
+        oldrecipefile = get_bb_var('FILE', recipe)
+        recipedir = os.path.dirname(oldrecipefile)
+        result = runCmd('git status --porcelain .', cwd=recipedir)
+        if result.output.strip():
+            self.fail('Recipe directory for %s contains uncommitted changes' % recipe)
+        self.assertIn('/meta/', recipedir)
+        tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtoolqa')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
+        result = runCmd('devtool modify %s %s' % (recipe, tempdir))
+        self.assertExists(os.path.join(tempdir, 'CMakeLists.txt'), 'Extracted source could not be found')
+        # Test devtool status
+        result = runCmd('devtool status')
+        self.assertIn(recipe, result.output)
+        self.assertIn(tempdir, result.output)
+        # Modify a source file in a submodule, (grab the first one)
+        result = runCmd('git submodule --quiet foreach \'echo $sm_path\'', cwd=tempdir)
+        submodule = result.output.splitlines()[0]
+        submodule_path = os.path.join(tempdir, submodule)
+        runCmd('echo "#This is a first comment" >> testfile', cwd=submodule_path)
+        result = runCmd('git status --porcelain . ', cwd=submodule_path)
+        self.assertIn("testfile", result.output)
+        runCmd('git add testfile; git commit -m "Adding a new file"', cwd=submodule_path)
+
+        # Try finish to the original layer
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('rm -rf %s ; cd %s ; git checkout %s' % (recipedir, os.path.dirname(recipedir), recipedir))
+        runCmd('devtool finish -f %s meta' % recipe)
+        result = runCmd('devtool status')
+        self.assertNotIn(recipe, result.output, 'Recipe should have been reset by finish but wasn\'t')
+        self.assertNotExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'recipes', recipe), 'Recipe directory should not exist after finish')
+        expected_status = [(' M', '.*/%s$' % os.path.basename(oldrecipefile)),
+                           ('??', '.*/.*-Adding-a-new-file.patch$')]
+        self._check_repo_status(recipedir, expected_status)
+        # Make sure the patch is added to the recipe with the correct "patchdir" option
+        result = runCmd('git diff .', cwd=recipedir)
+        addlines = [
+           'file://0001-Adding-a-new-file.patch;patchdir=%s \\\\' % submodule
+        ]
+        self._check_diff(result.output, addlines, [])
 
 class DevtoolExtractTests(DevtoolBase):
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
index 029b6af..14ccb0b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import datetime
 
 exclude_packages = [
-	'rust',
+	'rust-rustdoc',
 	'rust-dbg'
 	]
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index b4866bc..4ebcb76 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from glob import glob
 from shutil import rmtree, copy
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator import OETestTag
@@ -146,6 +147,73 @@
         self.assertEqual(1, runCmd('wic', ignore_status=True).status)
 
 class Wic(WicTestCase):
+    def test_skip_kernel_install(self):
+        """Test the functionality of not installing the kernel in the boot directory using the wic plugin"""
+        # create a temporary file for the WKS content
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
+            wks.write(
+                'part --source bootimg-efi '
+                '--sourceparams="loader=grub-efi,install-kernel-into-boot-dir=false" '
+                '--label boot --active\n'
+            )
+            wks.flush()
+            # create a temporary directory to extract the disk image to
+            with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                img = 'core-image-minimal'
+                # build the image using the WKS file
+                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))
+                sysroot = get_bb_var('RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE', 'wic-tools')
+                # extract the content of the disk image to the temporary directory
+                cmd = "wic cp %s:1 %s -n %s" % (out[0], tmpdir, sysroot)
+                runCmd(cmd)
+                # check if the kernel is installed or not
+                kimgtype = get_bb_var('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', img)
+                for file in os.listdir(tmpdir):
+                    if file == kimgtype:
+                        raise AssertionError(
+                            "The kernel image '{}' was found in the partition".format(kimgtype)
+                        )
+
+    def test_kernel_install(self):
+        """Test the installation of the kernel to the boot directory in the wic plugin"""
+        # create a temporary file for the WKS content
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
+            wks.write(
+                'part --source bootimg-efi '
+                '--sourceparams="loader=grub-efi,install-kernel-into-boot-dir=true" '
+                '--label boot --active\n'
+            )
+            wks.flush()
+            # create a temporary directory to extract the disk image to
+            with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                img = 'core-image-minimal'
+                # build the image using the WKS file
+                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))
+                sysroot = get_bb_var('RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE', 'wic-tools')
+                # extract the content of the disk image to the temporary directory
+                cmd = "wic cp %s:1 %s -n %s" % (out[0], tmpdir, sysroot)
+                runCmd(cmd)
+                # check if the kernel is installed or not
+                kimgtype = get_bb_var('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', img)
+                found = False
+                for file in os.listdir(tmpdir):
+                    if file == kimgtype:
+                        found = True
+                        break
+                self.assertTrue(
+                    found, "The kernel image '{}' was not found in the boot partition".format(kimgtype)
+                )
+
     def test_build_image_name(self):
         """Test wic create wictestdisk --image-name=core-image-minimal"""
         cmd = "wic create wictestdisk --image-name=core-image-minimal -o %s" % self.resultdir
@@ -748,6 +816,30 @@
 
         os.remove(wks_file)
 
+    def test_partition_hidden_attributes(self):
+        """Test --hidden wks option."""
+        wks_file = 'temp.wks'
+        sysroot = get_bb_var('RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE', 'wic-tools')
+        try:
+            with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+                wks.write("""
+part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4
+part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --hidden
+bootloader --ptable gpt""")
+
+            runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir))
+            wicout = os.path.join(self.resultdir, "*.direct")
+
+            result = runCmd("%s/usr/sbin/sfdisk --part-attrs %s 1" % (sysroot, wicout))
+            self.assertEqual('', result.output)
+            result = runCmd("%s/usr/sbin/sfdisk --part-attrs %s 2" % (sysroot, wicout))
+            self.assertEqual('RequiredPartition', result.output)
+
+        finally:
+            os.remove(wks_file)
+
+
 class Wic2(WicTestCase):
 
     def test_bmap_short(self):