diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
index fb07995..eab2349 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
                         "x86_64":     (62,     0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "epiphany":   (4643,   0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "lm32":       (138,    0,    0,          False,         32),
+                        "loongarch64":(258,    0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "mips":       ( 8,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "mipsel":     ( 8,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "microblaze":  (189,   0,    0,          False,         32),
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
                         "ia64":       (50,     0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "alpha":      (36902,  0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "hppa":       (15,     3,    0,          False,         32),
+                        "loongarch64":(258,    0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "m68k":       ( 4,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "mips":       ( 8,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "mipsel":     ( 8,     0,    0,          True,          32),
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/__init__.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/__init__.py
index c672454..0c23c88 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/__init__.py
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@
             return
 
         oe.utils.multiprocess_launch(create_index, index_cmds, self.d)
-        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN', True) == '1':
-            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND', True))
+        if self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN') == '1':
+            signer = get_signer(self.d, self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND'))
         else:
             signer = None
         if signer:
             for f in index_sign_files:
                 signer.detach_sign(f,
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME', True),
-                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE', True),
+                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME'),
+                                   self.d.getVar('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE'),
                                    output_suffix="gpg",
                                    use_sha256=True)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
index 8092dd0..0c5d186 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@
                 % self.default_target_type)
         runtime_group.add_argument('--target-ip', action='store',
                 default=self.default_target_ip,
-                help="IP address of device under test, default: %s" \
+                help="IP address and optionally ssh port (default 22) of device under test, for example '192.168.0.7:22'. Default: %s" \
                 % self.default_target_ip)
         runtime_group.add_argument('--server-ip', action='store',
                 default=self.default_target_ip,
-                help="IP address of device under test, default: %s" \
+                help="IP address of the test host from test target machine, default: %s" \
                 % self.default_server_ip)
 
         runtime_group.add_argument('--host-dumper-dir', action='store',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
index a5c6a76..5ffb732 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/cases/devtool.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         cmd = 'oe-publish-sdk %s %s' % (tcname_new, self.publish_dir)
         subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
 
-        self.http_service = HTTPService(self.publish_dir)
+        self.http_service = HTTPService(self.publish_dir, logger=self.logger)
         self.http_service.start()
 
         self.http_url = "http://127.0.0.1:%d" % self.http_service.port
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/locales.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/locales.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ca8ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/locales.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator import OETestTag
+from oeqa.utils.commands import bitbake, runqemu
+
+class LocalesTest(OESelftestTestCase):
+
+    @OETestTag("runqemu")
+
+    def run_locales_test(self, binary_enabled):
+        features = []
+        features.append('EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "empty-root-password allow-empty-password allow-root-login"')
+        features.append('IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " glibc-utils localedef"')
+        features.append('GLIBC_GENERATE_LOCALES = "en_US.UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8"')
+        features.append('IMAGE_LINGUAS:append = " en-us fr-fr"')
+        if binary_enabled:
+            features.append('ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION = "1"')
+        else:
+            features.append('ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION = "0"')
+        self.write_config("\n".join(features))
+
+        # Build a core-image-minimal
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+        with runqemu("core-image-minimal", ssh=False, runqemuparams='nographic') as qemu:
+            cmd = "locale -a"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            # output must includes fr_FR or fr_FR.UTF-8
+            self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg='locale test command failed: output: %s' % output)
+            self.assertIn("fr_FR", output, msg='locale -a test failed: output: %s' % output)
+
+            cmd = "localedef --list-archive -v"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            # output must includes fr_FR.utf8
+            self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg='localedef test command failed: output: %s' % output)
+            self.assertIn("fr_FR.utf8", output, msg='localedef test failed: output: %s' % output)
+
+    def test_locales_on(self):
+        """
+        Summary: Test the locales are generated
+        Expected: 1. Check the locale exist in the locale-archive
+                  2. Check the locale exist for the glibc
+                  3. Check the locale can be generated
+        Product: oe-core
+        Author: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
+        AutomatedBy: Louis Rannou <lrannou@baylibre.com>
+        """
+        self.run_locales_test(True)
+
+    def test_locales_off(self):
+        self.run_locales_test(False)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
index 8ce1dd4..80752c1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #
 
 import http.server
+import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
-import traceback
 import signal
 from socketserver import ThreadingMixIn
 
@@ -15,20 +15,24 @@
 
     def server_start(self, root_dir, logger):
         os.chdir(root_dir)
+        self.logger = logger
         self.serve_forever()
 
 class HTTPRequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
 
     def log_message(self, format_str, *args):
-        pass
+        self.server.logger.info(format_str, *args)
 
-class HTTPService(object):
+class HTTPService:
 
     def __init__(self, root_dir, host='', port=0, logger=None):
         self.root_dir = root_dir
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
-        self.logger = logger
+        if logger:
+            self.logger = logger.getChild("HTTPService")
+        else:
+            self.logger = logging.getLogger("HTTPService")
 
     def start(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.root_dir):
@@ -40,6 +44,12 @@
             self.port = self.server.server_port
         self.process = multiprocessing.Process(target=self.server.server_start, args=[self.root_dir, self.logger])
 
+        def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
+            import traceback
+            exception = traceback.format_exc()
+            self.logger.warn("Exception when handling %s: %s" % (request, exception))
+        self.server.handle_error = handle_error
+
         # The signal handler from testimage.bbclass can cause deadlocks here
         # if the HTTPServer is terminated before it can restore the standard 
         #signal behaviour
@@ -49,7 +59,7 @@
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, orig)
 
         if self.logger:
-            self.logger.info("Started HTTPService on %s:%s" % (self.host, self.port))
+            self.logger.info("Started HTTPService for %s on %s:%s" % (self.root_dir, self.host, self.port))
 
 
     def stop(self):
@@ -61,3 +71,10 @@
         if self.logger:
             self.logger.info("Stopped HTTPService on %s:%s" % (self.host, self.port))
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys, logging
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    httpd = HTTPService(sys.argv[1], port=8888, logger=logger)
+    httpd.start()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index b5fed6c..8b89360 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -543,10 +543,13 @@
                 except OSError as e:
                     if e.errno != errno.ESRCH:
                         raise
-            endtime = time.time() + self.runqemutime
-            while self.runqemu.poll() is None and time.time() < endtime:
-                time.sleep(1)
-            if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
+            try:
+                outs, errs = self.runqemu.communicate(timeout = self.runqemutime)
+                if outs:
+                    self.logger.info("Output from runqemu:\n%s", outs.decode("utf-8"))
+                if errs:
+                    self.logger.info("Stderr from runqemu:\n%s", errs.decode("utf-8"))
+            except TimeoutExpired:
                 self.logger.debug("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
                 os.killpg(os.getpgid(self.runqemu.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
             if not self.runqemu.stdout.closed: