diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py
index 62c7a2e..708e1b3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/buildhistory_analysis.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
             diff = difflib.unified_diff(alines, blines, self.fieldname, self.fieldname, lineterm='')
             out += '\n  '.join(list(diff)[2:])
             out += '\n  --'
-        elif self.fieldname in img_monitor_files or '/image-files/' in self.path:
+        elif self.fieldname in img_monitor_files or '/image-files/' in self.path or self.fieldname == "sysroot":
             if self.filechanges or (self.oldvalue and self.newvalue):
                 fieldname = self.fieldname
                 if '/image-files/' in self.path:
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     return adict
 
 
-def compare_file_lists(alines, blines):
+def compare_file_lists(alines, blines, compare_ownership=True):
     adict = file_list_to_dict(alines)
     bdict = file_list_to_dict(blines)
     filechanges = []
@@ -294,16 +294,20 @@
             newvalue = newsplitv[0][0]
             if oldvalue != newvalue:
                 filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_type, oldvalue, newvalue))
+
             # Check permissions
             oldvalue = splitv[0][1:]
             newvalue = newsplitv[0][1:]
             if oldvalue != newvalue:
                 filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_perms, oldvalue, newvalue))
-            # Check owner/group
-            oldvalue = '%s/%s' % (splitv[1], splitv[2])
-            newvalue = '%s/%s' % (newsplitv[1], newsplitv[2])
-            if oldvalue != newvalue:
-                filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_ownergroup, oldvalue, newvalue))
+
+            if compare_ownership:
+                # Check owner/group
+                oldvalue = '%s/%s' % (splitv[1], splitv[2])
+                newvalue = '%s/%s' % (newsplitv[1], newsplitv[2])
+                if oldvalue != newvalue:
+                    filechanges.append(FileChange(path, FileChange.changetype_ownergroup, oldvalue, newvalue))
+
             # Check symlink target
             if newsplitv[0][0] == 'l':
                 if len(splitv) > 3:
@@ -571,6 +575,15 @@
             elif filename.startswith('latest.'):
                 chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, d.a_blob.data_stream.read().decode('utf-8'), d.b_blob.data_stream.read().decode('utf-8'), True)
                 changes.append(chg)
+            elif filename == 'sysroot':
+                alines = d.a_blob.data_stream.read().decode('utf-8').splitlines()
+                blines = d.b_blob.data_stream.read().decode('utf-8').splitlines()
+                filechanges = compare_file_lists(alines,blines, compare_ownership=False)
+                if filechanges:
+                    chg = ChangeRecord(path, filename, None, None, True)
+                    chg.filechanges = filechanges
+                    changes.append(chg)
+
         elif path.startswith('images/'):
             filename = os.path.basename(d.a_blob.path)
             if filename in img_monitor_files:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/copy_buildsystem.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/copy_buildsystem.py
index 5b96121..246ff58 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/copy_buildsystem.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/copy_buildsystem.py
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 
         corebase = os.path.abspath(self.d.getVar('COREBASE'))
         layers.append(corebase)
+        # Get relationship between TOPDIR and COREBASE
+        # Layers should respect it
+        corebase_relative = os.path.dirname(os.path.relpath(os.path.abspath(self.d.getVar('TOPDIR')), corebase))
         # The bitbake build system uses the meta-skeleton layer as a layout
         # for common recipies, e.g: the recipetool script to create kernel recipies
         # Add the meta-skeleton layer to be included as part of the eSDK installation
@@ -98,7 +101,10 @@
             if corebase == os.path.dirname(layer):
                 layerdestpath += '/' + os.path.basename(corebase)
             else:
-                layer_relative = os.path.basename(corebase) + '/' + os.path.relpath(layer, corebase)
+                layer_relative = os.path.relpath(layer, corebase)
+                if os.path.dirname(layer_relative) == corebase_relative:
+                    layer_relative = os.path.dirname(corebase_relative) + '/' + layernewname
+                layer_relative = os.path.basename(corebase) + '/' + layer_relative
                 if os.path.dirname(layer_relative) != layernewname:
                     layerdestpath += '/' + os.path.dirname(layer_relative)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index 06feb4d..7c37371 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -1297,6 +1297,8 @@
         rootfs_config = os.path.join('%s/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf'
                                   % self.target_rootfs)
 
+        os.makedirs('%s/etc/opkg' % self.target_rootfs, exist_ok=True)
+
         feed_uris = self.construct_uris(feed_uris.split(), feed_base_paths.split())
         archs = self.pkg_archs.split() if feed_archs is None else feed_archs.split()
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
index 0f5f9f4..3a8271a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/oe_syslog.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
 from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfDataVar
 from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
+import time
 
 class SyslogTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
@@ -21,12 +22,72 @@
 
 class SyslogTestConfig(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
+    def verif_not_running(self, pids):
+        for pid in pids:
+            status, err_output = self.target.run('kill -0 %s' %pid)
+            if not status:
+                self.logger.debug("previous %s is still running" %pid)
+                return 1
+
+    def verify_running(self, names):
+        pids = []
+        for name in names:
+            status, pid = self.target.run('pidof %s' %name)
+            if status:
+                self.logger.debug("%s is not running" %name)
+                return 1, pids
+            pids.append(pid)
+        return 0, pids
+
+
+    def restart_sanity(self, names, restart_cmd, pidchange=True):
+        status, original_pids = self.verify_running(names)
+        if status:
+            return False
+
+        status, output = self.target.run(restart_cmd)
+
+        msg = ('Could not restart %s service. Status and output: %s and %s' % (names, status, output))
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg)
+
+        if not pidchange:
+            return True
+
+        # Always check for an error, most likely a race between shutting down and starting up
+        timeout = time.time() + 30
+
+        restarted = False
+        status = ""
+        while time.time() < timeout:
+            # Verify the previous ones are no longer running
+            status = self.verif_not_running(original_pids)
+            if status:
+                status = "Original syslog processes still running"
+                continue
+
+            status, pids = self.verify_running(names)
+            if status:
+                status = "New syslog processes not running"
+                continue
+
+            # Everything is fine now, so exit to continue the test
+            restarted = True
+            break
+
+        msg = ('%s didn\'t appear to restart: %s' % (names, status))
+        self.assertTrue(restarted, msg)
+
+        return True
+
     @OETestDepends(['oe_syslog.SyslogTest.test_syslog_running'])
     def test_syslog_logger(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('logger foobar')
         msg = "Can't log into syslog. Output: %s " % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
+        # There is no way to flush the logger to disk in all cases
+        time.sleep(1)
+
         status, output = self.target.run('grep foobar /var/log/messages')
         if status != 0:
             if self.tc.td.get("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager") == "systemd":
@@ -37,12 +98,17 @@
                ' Output: %s ' % output)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
+
     @OETestDepends(['oe_syslog.SyslogTest.test_syslog_running'])
     def test_syslog_restart(self):
-        if "systemd" != self.tc.td.get("VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager", ""):
-            (_, _) = self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
+        if self.restart_sanity(['systemd-journald'], 'systemctl restart syslog.service', pidchange=False):
+            pass
+        elif self.restart_sanity(['rsyslogd'], '/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart'):
+            pass
+        elif self.restart_sanity(['syslogd', 'klogd'], '/etc/init.d/syslog restart'):
+            pass
         else:
-            (_, _) = self.target.run('systemctl restart syslog.service')
+            self.logger.info("No syslog found to restart, ignoring")
 
 
     @OETestDepends(['oe_syslog.SyslogTestConfig.test_syslog_logger'])
@@ -52,10 +118,8 @@
     def test_syslog_startup_config(self):
         cmd = 'echo "LOGFILE=/var/log/test" >> /etc/syslog-startup.conf'
         self.target.run(cmd)
-        status, output = self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
-        msg = ('Could not restart syslog service. Status and output:'
-               ' %s and %s' % (status,output))
-        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg)
+
+        self.test_syslog_restart()
 
         cmd = 'logger foobar && grep foobar /var/log/test'
         status,output = self.target.run(cmd)
@@ -64,4 +128,4 @@
 
         cmd = "sed -i 's#LOGFILE=/var/log/test##' /etc/syslog-startup.conf"
         self.target.run(cmd)
-        self.target.run('/etc/init.d/syslog restart')
+        self.test_syslog_restart()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
index d8cabd3..8e18b42 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 import fnmatch
+import time
 
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
@@ -29,6 +30,53 @@
         msg = 'status and output: %s and %s' % (status, output)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
+    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_query'])
+    def test_rpm_query_nonroot(self):
+
+        def set_up_test_user(u):
+            status, output = self.target.run('id -u %s' % u)
+            if status:
+                status, output = self.target.run('useradd %s' % u)
+                msg = 'Failed to create new user: %s' % output
+                self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
+
+        def exec_as_test_user(u):
+            status, output = self.target.run('su -c id %s' % u)
+            msg = 'Failed to execute as new user'
+            self.assertTrue("({0})".format(u) in output, msg=msg)
+
+            status, output = self.target.run('su -c "rpm -qa" %s ' % u)
+            msg = 'status: %s. Cannot run rpm -qa: %s' % (status, output)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+        def check_no_process_for_user(u):
+            _, output = self.target.run(self.tc.target_cmds['ps'])
+            if u + ' ' in output:
+                return False
+            else:
+                return True
+
+        def unset_up_test_user(u):
+            # ensure no test1 process in running
+            timeout = time.time() + 30
+            while time.time() < timeout:
+                if check_no_process_for_user(u):
+                    break
+                else:
+                    time.sleep(1)
+            status, output = self.target.run('userdel -r %s' % u)
+            msg = 'Failed to erase user: %s' % output
+            self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
+
+        tuser = 'test1'
+
+        try:
+            set_up_test_user(tuser)
+            exec_as_test_user(tuser)
+        finally:
+            unset_up_test_user(tuser)
+
+
 class RpmInstallRemoveTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
@@ -58,38 +106,6 @@
         msg = 'Failed to remove base-passwd-doc package: %s' % output
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
 
-    @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmBasicTest.test_rpm_query'])
-    def test_rpm_query_nonroot(self):
-
-        def set_up_test_user(u):
-            status, output = self.target.run('id -u %s' % u)
-            if status:
-                status, output = self.target.run('useradd %s' % u)
-                msg = 'Failed to create new user: %s' % output
-                self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
-
-        def exec_as_test_user(u):
-            status, output = self.target.run('su -c id %s' % u)
-            msg = 'Failed to execute as new user'
-            self.assertTrue("({0})".format(u) in output, msg=msg)
-
-            status, output = self.target.run('su -c "rpm -qa" %s ' % u)
-            msg = 'status: %s. Cannot run rpm -qa: %s' % (status, output)
-            self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
-
-        def unset_up_test_user(u):
-            status, output = self.target.run('userdel -r %s' % u)
-            msg = 'Failed to erase user: %s' % output
-            self.assertTrue(status == 0, msg=msg)
-
-        tuser = 'test1'
-
-        try:
-            set_up_test_user(tuser)
-            exec_as_test_user(tuser)
-        finally:
-            unset_up_test_user(tuser)
-
     @OETestDepends(['rpm.RpmInstallRemoveTest.test_rpm_remove'])
     def test_check_rpm_install_removal_log_file_size(self):
         """
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
index e9ad44b..17da0fd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/bbtests.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     def test_event_handler(self):
         self.write_config("INHERIT += \"test_events\"")
         result = bitbake('m4-native')
-        find_build_started = re.search(r"NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks", result.output)
+        find_build_started = re.search(r"NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildStarted(\n.*)*NOTE: Executing.*Tasks", result.output)
         find_build_completed = re.search(r"Tasks Summary:.*(\n.*)*NOTE: Test for bb\.event\.BuildCompleted", result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find_build_started, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s"  % result.output)
         self.assertTrue(find_build_completed, msg = "Match failed in:\n%s" % result.output)
@@ -242,6 +242,36 @@
             self.assertIn('_setscene', task, 'A task different from _setscene ran: %s.\n'
                                              'Executed tasks were: %s' % (task, str(tasks)))
 
+    def test_skip_setscene(self):
+        test_recipe = 'ed'
+
+        bitbake(test_recipe)
+        bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+
+        ret = bitbake('--setscene-only %s' % test_recipe)
+        tasks = re.findall(r'task\s+(do_\S+):', ret.output)
+
+        for task in tasks:
+            self.assertIn('_setscene', task, 'A task different from _setscene ran: %s.\n'
+                                             'Executed tasks were: %s' % (task, str(tasks)))
+
+        # Run without setscene. Should do nothing
+        ret = bitbake('--skip-setscene %s' % test_recipe)
+        tasks = re.findall(r'task\s+(do_\S+):', ret.output)
+
+        self.assertFalse(tasks, 'Tasks %s ran when they should not have' % (str(tasks)))
+
+        # Clean (leave sstate cache) and run with --skip-setscene. No setscene
+        # tasks should run
+        bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
+
+        ret = bitbake('--skip-setscene %s' % test_recipe)
+        tasks = re.findall(r'task\s+(do_\S+):', ret.output)
+
+        for task in tasks:
+            self.assertNotIn('_setscene', task, 'A _setscene task ran: %s.\n'
+                                                'Executed tasks were: %s' % (task, str(tasks)))
+
     def test_bbappend_order(self):
         """ Bitbake should bbappend to recipe in a predictable order """
         test_recipe = 'ed'
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
index 3ad65b4..6a5378d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/buildoptions.py
@@ -162,17 +162,14 @@
         self.assertTrue((g.glob(src_file_glob) and g.glob(tar_file_glob)), "Couldn't find .src.rpm and .tar.gz files under %s/allarch*/xcursor*" % deploy_dir_src)
 
 class ToolchainOptions(OESelftestTestCase):
-
     def test_toolchain_fortran(self):
         """
-        Test whether we can enable and build fortran and its supporting libraries
+        Test that Fortran works by building a Hello, World binary.
         """
 
         features = 'FORTRAN_forcevariable = ",fortran"\n'
-        features += 'RUNTIMETARGET_append_pn-gcc-runtime = " libquadmath"\n'
         self.write_config(features)
-
-        bitbake('gcc-runtime libgfortran')
+        bitbake('fortran-helloworld')
 
 class SourceMirroring(OESelftestTestCase):
     # Can we download everything from the Yocto Sources Mirror over http only
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 904ff69..6fe145c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@
         # Check preconditions
         result = runCmd('bitbake-layers show-layers')
         self.assertTrue('\nworkspace' not in result.output, 'This test cannot be run with a workspace layer in bblayers.conf')
+        # remove conf/devtool.conf to avoid it corrupting tests
+        devtoolconf = os.path.join(self.builddir, 'conf', 'devtool.conf')
+        self.track_for_cleanup(devtoolconf)
         # Try creating a workspace layer with a specific path
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtoolqa')
         self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
index e3f5c71..1c701a4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
@@ -406,22 +406,19 @@
         self._test_recipe_contents(os.path.join(temprecipe, dirlist[0]), checkvars, inherits)
 
     def test_recipetool_create_cmake(self):
-        bitbake('-c packagedata gtk+')
-
-        # Try adding a recipe
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
         os.makedirs(temprecipe)
-        recipefile = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'navit_0.5.0.bb')
-        srcuri = 'http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/navit-0.5.0.tar.gz'
+        recipefile = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'taglib_1.11.1.bb')
+        srcuri = 'http://taglib.github.io/releases/taglib-1.11.1.tar.gz'
         result = runCmd('recipetool create -o %s %s' % (temprecipe, srcuri))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(recipefile))
         checkvars = {}
-        checkvars['LICENSE'] = set(['Unknown', 'GPLv2', 'LGPLv2'])
-        checkvars['SRC_URI'] = 'http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/navit-${PV}.tar.gz'
-        checkvars['SRC_URI[md5sum]'] = '242f398e979a6b8c0f3c802b63435b68'
-        checkvars['SRC_URI[sha256sum]'] = '13353481d7fc01a4f64e385dda460b51496366bba0fd2cc85a89a0747910e94d'
-        checkvars['DEPENDS'] = set(['freetype', 'zlib', 'openssl', 'glib-2.0', 'virtual/libgl', 'virtual/egl', 'gtk+', 'libpng', 'libsdl', 'freeglut', 'dbus-glib', 'fribidi'])
-        inherits = ['cmake', 'python-dir', 'gettext', 'pkgconfig']
+        checkvars['LICENSE'] = set(['LGPLv2.1', 'MPL-1.1'])
+        checkvars['SRC_URI'] = 'http://taglib.github.io/releases/taglib-${PV}.tar.gz'
+        checkvars['SRC_URI[md5sum]'] = 'cee7be0ccfc892fa433d6c837df9522a'
+        checkvars['SRC_URI[sha256sum]'] = 'b6d1a5a610aae6ff39d93de5efd0fdc787aa9e9dc1e7026fa4c961b26563526b'
+        checkvars['DEPENDS'] = set(['boost', 'zlib'])
+        inherits = ['cmake']
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
 
     def test_recipetool_create_github(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index d817b75..20969d2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 
         # Enable package feed signing
         self.gpg_home = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="oeqa-feed-sign-")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.gpg_home)
         signing_key_dir = os.path.join(self.testlayer_path, 'files', 'signing')
         runCmd('gpg --batch --homedir %s --import %s' % (self.gpg_home, os.path.join(signing_key_dir, 'key.secret')), native_sysroot=get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "gnupg-native"))
         features += 'INHERIT += "sign_package_feed"\n'
@@ -165,9 +166,6 @@
         bitbake('core-image-full-cmdline socat')
         bitbake('-c testimage core-image-full-cmdline')
 
-        # remove the oeqa-feed-sign temporal directory
-        shutil.rmtree(self.gpg_home, ignore_errors=True)
-
     def test_testimage_virgl_gtk(self):
         """
         Summary: Check host-assisted accelerate OpenGL functionality in qemu with gtk frontend
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index d16eae5..928c476 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2015, Intel Corporation.
 #
@@ -500,7 +499,8 @@
         wicvars = set(bb_vars['WICVARS'].split())
         # filter out optional variables
         wicvars = wicvars.difference(('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', 'IMAGE_BOOT_FILES',
-                                      'INITRD', 'INITRD_LIVE', 'ISODIR'))
+                                      'INITRD', 'INITRD_LIVE', 'ISODIR','INITRAMFS_IMAGE',
+                                      'INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE', 'INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME'))
         with open(path) as envfile:
             content = dict(line.split("=", 1) for line in envfile)
             # test if variables used by wic present in the .env file
@@ -681,6 +681,65 @@
             out = glob(self.resultdir + "%s-*direct" % wksname)
             self.assertEqual(1, len(out))
 
+    @only_for_arch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
+    def test_biosplusefi_plugin_qemu(self):
+        """Test biosplusefi plugin in qemu"""
+        for fstype in ("ext4", "wic"):
+            config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "%s"\nWKS_FILE = "test_biosplusefi_plugin.wks"\nMACHINE_FEATURES_append = " efi"\n' % fstype
+            self.append_config(config)
+            self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal').status)
+            self.remove_config(config)
+
+        with runqemu('core-image-minimal', ssh=False, image_fstype='wic') as qemu:
+            # Check that we have ONLY two /dev/sda* partitions (/boot and /)
+            cmd = "grep sda. /proc/partitions | wc -l"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+            self.assertEqual(output, '2')
+            # Check that /dev/sda1 is /boot and that either /dev/root OR /dev/sda2 is /
+            cmd = "mount | grep '^/dev/' | cut -f1,3 -d ' ' | egrep -c -e '/dev/sda1 /boot' -e '/dev/root /|/dev/sda2 /'"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+            self.assertEqual(output, '2')
+            # Check that /boot has EFI bootx64.efi (required for EFI)
+            cmd = "ls /boot/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi | wc -l"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+            self.assertEqual(output, '1')
+            # Check that "BOOTABLE" flag is set on boot partition (required for PC-Bios)
+            # Trailing "cat" seems to be required; otherwise run_serial() sends back echo of the input command
+            cmd = "fdisk -l /dev/sda | grep /dev/sda1 | awk {print'$2'} | cat"
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(cmd)
+            self.assertEqual(1, status, 'Failed to run command "%s": %s' % (cmd, output))
+            self.assertEqual(output, '*')
+
+    @only_for_arch(['i586', 'i686', 'x86_64'])
+    def test_biosplusefi_plugin(self):
+        """Test biosplusefi plugin"""
+        # Wic generation below may fail depending on the order of the unittests
+        # This is because bootimg-pcbios (that bootimg-biosplusefi uses) generate its MBR inside STAGING_DATADIR directory
+        #    which may or may not exists depending on what was built already
+        # If an image hasn't been built yet, directory ${STAGING_DATADIR}/syslinux won't exists and _get_bootimg_dir()
+        #   will raise with "Couldn't find correct bootimg_dir"
+        # The easiest way to work-around this issue is to make sure we already built an image here, hence the bitbake call
+        for fstype in ("ext4", "wic"):
+            config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES = "%s"\nWKS_FILE = "test_biosplusefi_plugin.wks"\nMACHINE_FEATURES_append = " efi"\n' % fstype
+            self.append_config(config)
+            self.assertEqual(0, bitbake('core-image-minimal').status)
+            self.remove_config(config)
+
+        img = 'core-image-minimal'
+        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
+            wks.writelines(['part /boot --active --source bootimg-biosplusefi --sourceparams="loader=grub-efi"\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(self.resultdir + "%s-*.direct" % wksname)
+            self.assertEqual(1, len(out))
+
     def test_fs_types(self):
         """Test filesystem types for empty and not empty partitions"""
         img = 'core-image-minimal'
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
index b31214b..7313df8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index c16227f..b1999fd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     def handleSIGCHLD(self, signum, frame):
         if self.runqemu and self.runqemu.poll():
             if self.runqemu.returncode:
-                self.logger.debug('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
+                self.logger.warning('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
                 self.logger.debug("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % self.getOutput(self.runqemu.stdout))
                 self.stop()
                 self._dump_host()
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@
             if self.runqemu.poll():
                 if self.runqemu.returncode:
                     # No point waiting any longer
-                    self.logger.debug('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
+                    self.logger.warning('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
                     self._dump_host()
-                    self.logger.debug("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % self.getOutput(output))
+                    self.logger.warning("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % self.getOutput(output))
                     self.stop()
                     return False
             time.sleep(0.5)
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@
 
         if not reachedlogin:
             if time.time() >= endtime:
-                self.logger.debug("Target didn't reach login banner in %d seconds (%s)" %
+                self.logger.warning("Target didn't reach login banner in %d seconds (%s)" %
                                   (self.boottime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
             tail = lambda l: "\n".join(l.splitlines()[-25:])
             bootlog = bootlog.decode("utf-8")
             # in case bootlog is empty, use tail qemu log store at self.msg
             lines = tail(bootlog if bootlog else self.msg)
-            self.logger.debug("Last 25 lines of text:\n%s" % lines)
-            self.logger.debug("Check full boot log: %s" % self.logfile)
+            self.logger.warning("Last 25 lines of text:\n%s" % lines)
+            self.logger.warning("Check full boot log: %s" % self.logfile)
             self._dump_host()
             self.stop()
             return False
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@
                     else:
                         self.logger.debug("Couldn't configure guest networking")
             else:
-                self.logger.debug("Couldn't login into serial console"
+                self.logger.warning("Couldn't login into serial console"
                             " as root using blank password")
-                self.logger.debug("The output:\n%s" % output)
+                self.logger.warning("The output:\n%s" % output)
         except:
-            self.logger.debug("Serial console failed while trying to login")
+            self.logger.warning("Serial console failed while trying to login")
         return True
 
     def stop(self):
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
             self.thread.join()
 
     def restart(self, qemuparams = None):
-        self.logger.debug("Restarting qemu process")
+        self.logger.warning("Restarting qemu process")
         if self.runqemu.poll() is None:
             self.stop()
         if self.start(qemuparams):
@@ -425,13 +425,20 @@
         if not self.runqemu or self.runqemu.poll() is not None:
             return False
         if os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile):
-            f = open(self.qemu_pidfile, 'r')
-            qemu_pid = f.read()
-            f.close()
-            qemupid = int(qemu_pid)
-            if os.path.exists("/proc/" + str(qemupid)):
-                self.qemupid = qemupid
-                return True
+            # when handling pidfile, qemu creates the file, stat it, lock it and then write to it
+            # so it's possible that the file has been created but the content is empty
+            pidfile_timeout = time.time() + 3
+            while time.time() < pidfile_timeout:
+                with open(self.qemu_pidfile, 'r') as f:
+                    qemu_pid = f.read().strip()
+                # file created but not yet written contents
+                if not qemu_pid:
+                    time.sleep(0.5)
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    if os.path.exists("/proc/" + qemu_pid):
+                        self.qemupid = int(qemu_pid)
+                        return True
         return False
 
     def run_serial(self, command, raw=False, timeout=60):