diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
index 2562cea..df0a459 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/elf.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
                         "aarch64" :   (183,    0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "aarch64_be" :(183,    0,    0,          False,         64),
                         "i586" :      (3,      0,    0,          True,          32),
+                        "i686" :      (3,      0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "x86_64":     (62,     0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "epiphany":   (4643,   0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "lm32":       (138,    0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "mips":       ( 8,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "mipsel":     ( 8,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "microblaze":  (189,   0,    0,          False,         32),
-                        "microblazeeb":(189,   0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "microblazeel":(189,   0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "powerpc":    (20,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "riscv32":    (243,    0,    0,          True,          32),
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
                         "armeb":      (40,    97,    0,          False,         32),
                         "powerpc":    (20,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "powerpc64":  (21,     0,    0,          False,         64),
+                        "powerpc64le":  (21,     0,    0,          True,         64),
                         "i386":       ( 3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "i486":       ( 3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "i586":       ( 3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@
                         "sh4":        (42,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "sparc":      ( 2,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "microblaze":  (189,   0,    0,          False,         32),
-                        "microblazeeb":(189,   0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "microblazeel":(189,   0,    0,          True,          32),
                       },
             "linux-musl" : { 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
                         "armeb":      (  40,    97,    0,          False,         32),
                         "powerpc":    (  20,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "powerpc64":  (  21,     0,    0,          False,         64),
+                        "powerpc64le":  (21,     0,    0,          True,         64),
                         "i386":       (   3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "i486":       (   3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "i586":       (   3,     0,    0,          True,          32),
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@
                         "mips64":     (   8,     0,    0,          False,         64),
                         "mips64el":   (   8,     0,    0,          True,          64),
                         "microblaze":  (189,     0,    0,          False,         32),
-                        "microblazeeb":(189,     0,    0,          False,         32),
                         "microblazeel":(189,     0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "riscv32":    (243,      0,    0,          True,          32),
                         "riscv64":    (243,      0,    0,          True,          64),
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index b8585d4..dd700cb 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -283,36 +283,3 @@
                         shlib_provider[s[0]] = {}
                     shlib_provider[s[0]][s[1]] = (dep_pkg, s[2])
     return shlib_provider
-
-
-def npm_split_package_dirs(pkgdir):
-    """
-    Work out the packages fetched and unpacked by BitBake's npm fetcher
-    Returns a dict of packagename -> (relpath, package.json) ordered
-    such that it is suitable for use in PACKAGES and FILES
-    """
-    from collections import OrderedDict
-    import json
-    packages = {}
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(pkgdir):
-        if os.path.basename(root) == 'node_modules':
-            for dn in dirs:
-                relpth = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, dn), pkgdir)
-                pkgitems = ['${PN}']
-                for pathitem in relpth.split('/'):
-                    if pathitem == 'node_modules':
-                        continue
-                    pkgitems.append(pathitem)
-                pkgname = '-'.join(pkgitems).replace('_', '-')
-                pkgname = pkgname.replace('@', '')
-                pkgfile = os.path.join(root, dn, 'package.json')
-                data = None
-                if os.path.exists(pkgfile):
-                    with open(pkgfile, 'r') as f:
-                        data = json.loads(f.read())
-                    packages[pkgname] = (relpth, data)
-    # We want the main package for a module sorted *after* its subpackages
-    # (so that it doesn't otherwise steal the files for the subpackage), so
-    # this is a cheap way to do that whilst still having an otherwise
-    # alphabetical sort
-    return OrderedDict((key, packages[key]) for key in sorted(packages, key=lambda pkg: pkg + '~'))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
index 4ff19cf..b066041 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/package_manager.py
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@
     ver = ""
     filename = ""
     dep = []
+    prov = []
     pkgarch = ""
-    for line in cmd_output.splitlines():
+    for line in cmd_output.splitlines()+['']:
         line = line.rstrip()
         if ':' in line:
             if line.startswith("Package: "):
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@
                     dep.append("%s [REC]" % recommend)
             elif line.startswith("PackageArch: "):
                 pkgarch = line.split(": ")[1]
+            elif line.startswith("Provides: "):
+                provides = verregex.sub('', line.split(": ")[1])
+                for provide in provides.split(", "):
+                    prov.append(provide)
 
         # When there is a blank line save the package information
         elif not line:
@@ -72,20 +77,15 @@
                 filename = "%s_%s_%s.ipk" % (pkg, ver, arch)
             if pkg:
                 output[pkg] = {"arch":arch, "ver":ver,
-                        "filename":filename, "deps": dep, "pkgarch":pkgarch }
+                        "filename":filename, "deps": dep, "pkgarch":pkgarch, "provs": prov}
             pkg = ""
             arch = ""
             ver = ""
             filename = ""
             dep = []
+            prov = []
             pkgarch = ""
 
-    if pkg:
-        if not filename:
-            filename = "%s_%s_%s.ipk" % (pkg, ver, arch)
-        output[pkg] = {"arch":arch, "ver":ver,
-                "filename":filename, "deps": dep }
-
     return output
 
 def failed_postinsts_abort(pkgs, log_path):
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
         "sh4": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
         "powerpc": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
         "powerpc64": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
+        "powerpc64le": ["--uint32-align=4", "--little-endian"],
         "mips": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
         "mipsisa32r6": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
         "mips64": ["--uint32-align=4", "--big-endian"],
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
     env = dict(os.environ)
     env["LOCALEARCHIVE"] = oe.path.join(localedir, "locale-archive")
 
-    for name in os.listdir(localedir):
+    for name in sorted(os.listdir(localedir)):
         path = os.path.join(localedir, name)
         if os.path.isdir(path):
             cmd = ["cross-localedef", "--verbose"]
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@
                "--admindir=%s/var/lib/dpkg" % self.rootfs_dir,
                "-W"]
 
-        cmd.append("-f=Package: ${Package}\nArchitecture: ${PackageArch}\nVersion: ${Version}\nFile: ${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}.deb\nDepends: ${Depends}\nRecommends: ${Recommends}\n\n")
+        cmd.append("-f=Package: ${Package}\nArchitecture: ${PackageArch}\nVersion: ${Version}\nFile: ${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}.deb\nDepends: ${Depends}\nRecommends: ${Recommends}\nProvides: ${Provides}\n\n")
 
         try:
             cmd_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).strip().decode("utf-8")
@@ -580,6 +581,11 @@
         # oe-pkgdata-util reads it from a file
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", prefix="installed-pkgs") as installed_pkgs:
             pkgs = self.list_installed()
+
+            provided_pkgs = set()
+            for pkg in pkgs.values():
+                provided_pkgs |= set(pkg.get('provs', []))
+
             output = oe.utils.format_pkg_list(pkgs, "arch")
             installed_pkgs.write(output)
             installed_pkgs.flush()
@@ -591,10 +597,15 @@
             if exclude:
                 cmd.extend(['--exclude=' + '|'.join(exclude.split())])
             try:
-                bb.note("Installing complementary packages ...")
                 bb.note('Running %s' % cmd)
                 complementary_pkgs = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
-                self.install(complementary_pkgs.split(), attempt_only=True)
+                complementary_pkgs = set(complementary_pkgs.split())
+                skip_pkgs = sorted(complementary_pkgs & provided_pkgs)
+                install_pkgs = sorted(complementary_pkgs - provided_pkgs)
+                bb.note("Installing complementary packages ... %s (skipped already provided packages %s)" % (
+                    ' '.join(install_pkgs),
+                    ' '.join(skip_pkgs)))
+                self.install(install_pkgs, attempt_only=True)
             except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
                 bb.fatal("Could not compute complementary packages list. Command "
                          "'%s' returned %d:\n%s" %
@@ -768,6 +779,8 @@
         # This prevents accidental matching against libsolv's built-in policies
         if len(archs) <= 1:
             archs = archs + ["bogusarch"]
+        # This architecture needs to be upfront so that packages using it are properly prioritized
+        archs = ["sdk_provides_dummy_target"] + archs
         confdir = "%s/%s" %(self.target_rootfs, "etc/dnf/vars/")
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(confdir)
         open(confdir + "arch", 'w').write(":".join(archs))
@@ -1621,7 +1634,7 @@
 
         os.environ['APT_CONFIG'] = self.apt_conf_file
 
-        cmd = "%s %s install --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated %s" % \
+        cmd = "%s %s install --force-yes --allow-unauthenticated --no-remove %s" % \
               (self.apt_get_cmd, self.apt_args, ' '.join(pkgs))
 
         try:
@@ -1783,8 +1796,7 @@
             open(os.path.join(target_dpkg_dir, "available"), "w+").close()
 
     def remove_packaging_data(self):
-        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(self.target_rootfs,
-                                     self.d.getVar('opkglibdir')), True)
+        bb.utils.remove(self.target_rootfs + self.d.getVar('opkglibdir'), True)
         bb.utils.remove(self.target_rootfs + "/var/lib/dpkg/", True)
 
     def fix_broken_dependencies(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
index 2419cbb..8fcaecd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/packagegroup.py
@@ -5,17 +5,11 @@
 import itertools
 
 def is_optional(feature, d):
-    packages = d.getVar("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature)
-    if packages:
-        return bool(d.getVarFlag("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, "optional"))
-    else:
-        return bool(d.getVarFlag("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature, "optional"))
+    return bool(d.getVarFlag("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature, "optional"))
 
 def packages(features, d):
     for feature in features:
         packages = d.getVar("FEATURE_PACKAGES_%s" % feature)
-        if not packages:
-            packages = d.getVar("PACKAGE_GROUP_%s" % feature)
         for pkg in (packages or "").split():
             yield pkg
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/path.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/path.py
index fa209b9..0829724 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/path.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/path.py
@@ -99,7 +99,22 @@
     if os.path.isdir(src) and not len(os.listdir(src)):
         return
 
-    if (os.stat(src).st_dev ==  os.stat(dst).st_dev):
+    canhard = False
+    testfile = None
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
+        if len(files):
+            testfile = os.path.join(root, files[0])
+            break
+
+    if testfile is not None:
+        try:
+            os.link(testfile, os.path.join(dst, 'testfile'))
+            os.unlink(os.path.join(dst, 'testfile'))
+            canhard = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            bb.debug(2, "Hardlink test failed with " + str(e))
+
+    if (canhard):
         # Need to copy directories only with tar first since cp will error if two 
         # writers try and create a directory at the same time
         cmd = "cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -cf - -S -C %s -p --no-recursion --files-from - | tar --xattrs --xattrs-include='*' -xhf - -C %s" % (src, src, dst)
@@ -121,12 +136,9 @@
 def copyhardlink(src, dst):
     """Make a hard link when possible, otherwise copy."""
 
-    # We need to stat the destination directory as the destination file probably
-    # doesn't exist yet.
-    dstdir = os.path.dirname(dst)
-    if os.stat(src).st_dev == os.stat(dstdir).st_dev:
+    try:
         os.link(src, dst)
-    else:
+    except OSError:
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
 
 def remove(path, recurse=True):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py
index b1132cc..2d3c9c7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/prservice.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #
 
 def prserv_make_conn(d, check = False):
+    # Otherwise this fails when called from recipes which e.g. inherit python3native (which sets _PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME) with:
+    # No module named '_sysconfigdata'
+    if '_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME' in os.environ:
+        del os.environ['_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA_NAME']
     import prserv.serv
     host_params = list([_f for _f in (d.getVar("PRSERV_HOST") or '').split(':') if _f])
     try:
@@ -79,41 +83,40 @@
     df = d.getVar('PRSERV_DUMPFILE')
     #write data
     lf = bb.utils.lockfile("%s.lock" % df)
-    f = open(df, "a")
-    if metainfo:
-        #dump column info 
-        f.write("#PR_core_ver = \"%s\"\n\n" % metainfo['core_ver']);
-        f.write("#Table: %s\n" % metainfo['tbl_name'])
-        f.write("#Columns:\n")
-        f.write("#name      \t type    \t notn    \t dflt    \t pk\n")
-        f.write("#----------\t --------\t --------\t --------\t ----\n")
-        for i in range(len(metainfo['col_info'])):
-            f.write("#%10s\t %8s\t %8s\t %8s\t %4s\n" % 
-                    (metainfo['col_info'][i]['name'], 
-                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['type'], 
-                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['notnull'], 
-                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['dflt_value'], 
-                     metainfo['col_info'][i]['pk']))
-        f.write("\n")
+    with open(df, "a") as f:
+        if metainfo:
+            #dump column info
+            f.write("#PR_core_ver = \"%s\"\n\n" % metainfo['core_ver']);
+            f.write("#Table: %s\n" % metainfo['tbl_name'])
+            f.write("#Columns:\n")
+            f.write("#name      \t type    \t notn    \t dflt    \t pk\n")
+            f.write("#----------\t --------\t --------\t --------\t ----\n")
+            for i in range(len(metainfo['col_info'])):
+                f.write("#%10s\t %8s\t %8s\t %8s\t %4s\n" %
+                        (metainfo['col_info'][i]['name'],
+                         metainfo['col_info'][i]['type'],
+                         metainfo['col_info'][i]['notnull'],
+                         metainfo['col_info'][i]['dflt_value'],
+                         metainfo['col_info'][i]['pk']))
+            f.write("\n")
 
-    if lockdown:
-        f.write("PRSERV_LOCKDOWN = \"1\"\n\n")
+        if lockdown:
+            f.write("PRSERV_LOCKDOWN = \"1\"\n\n")
 
-    if datainfo:
-        idx = {}
-        for i in range(len(datainfo)):
-            pkgarch = datainfo[i]['pkgarch']
-            value = datainfo[i]['value']
-            if pkgarch not in idx:
-                idx[pkgarch] = i
-            elif value > datainfo[idx[pkgarch]]['value']:
-                idx[pkgarch] = i
-            f.write("PRAUTO$%s$%s$%s = \"%s\"\n" % 
-                (str(datainfo[i]['version']), pkgarch, str(datainfo[i]['checksum']), str(value)))
-        if not nomax:
-            for i in idx:
-                f.write("PRAUTO_%s_%s = \"%s\"\n" % (str(datainfo[idx[i]]['version']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['pkgarch']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['value'])))
-    f.close()
+        if datainfo:
+            idx = {}
+            for i in range(len(datainfo)):
+                pkgarch = datainfo[i]['pkgarch']
+                value = datainfo[i]['value']
+                if pkgarch not in idx:
+                    idx[pkgarch] = i
+                elif value > datainfo[idx[pkgarch]]['value']:
+                    idx[pkgarch] = i
+                f.write("PRAUTO$%s$%s$%s = \"%s\"\n" %
+                    (str(datainfo[i]['version']), pkgarch, str(datainfo[i]['checksum']), str(value)))
+            if not nomax:
+                for i in idx:
+                    f.write("PRAUTO_%s_%s = \"%s\"\n" % (str(datainfo[idx[i]]['version']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['pkgarch']),str(datainfo[idx[i]]['value'])))
     bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
 
 def prserv_check_avail(d):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
index 21066c4..ea831b9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/qa.py
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.name = name
         self.objdump_output = {}
+        self.data = None
 
     # Context Manager functions to close the mmap explicitly
     def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
-        self.data.close()
+        if self.data:
+            self.data.close()
 
     def open(self):
         with open(self.name, "rb") as f:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
index 630ae96..732420e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@
             # Ensure we handle class-target if we're dealing with one of the variants
             variants.append('target')
             for variant in variants:
+                if variant.startswith("devupstream"):
+                    localdata.setVar('SRCPV', 'git')
                 localdata.setVar('CLASSOVERRIDE', 'class-%s' % variant)
                 fetch_urls(localdata)
 
@@ -1059,7 +1061,6 @@
     data_copy_list = []
     copy_vars = ('SRC_URI',
                  'PV',
-                 'GITDIR',
                  'DL_DIR',
                  'PN',
                  'CACHE',
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
index c62fa5f..cd65e62 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -126,17 +126,16 @@
             bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.image_rootfs + os.path.dirname(dir))
             shutil.copytree(self.image_rootfs + '-orig' + dir, self.image_rootfs + dir, symlinks=True)
 
-        cpath = oe.cachedpath.CachedPath()
         # Copy files located in /usr/lib/debug or /usr/src/debug
         for dir in ["/usr/lib/debug", "/usr/src/debug"]:
             src = self.image_rootfs + '-orig' + dir
-            if cpath.exists(src):
+            if os.path.exists(src):
                 dst = self.image_rootfs + dir
                 bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(dst))
                 shutil.copytree(src, dst)
 
         # Copy files with suffix '.debug' or located in '.debug' dir.
-        for root, dirs, files in cpath.walk(self.image_rootfs + '-orig'):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.image_rootfs + '-orig'):
             relative_dir = root[len(self.image_rootfs + '-orig'):]
             for f in files:
                 if f.endswith('.debug') or '/.debug' in relative_dir:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index c566ce5..d24e373 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
         self.unlockedrecipes = (data.getVar("SIGGEN_UNLOCKED_RECIPES") or
                                 "").split()
         self.unlockedrecipes = { k: "" for k in self.unlockedrecipes }
+        self.buildarch = data.getVar('BUILD_ARCH')
+        self._internal = False
         pass
 
     def tasks_resolved(self, virtmap, virtpnmap, dataCache):
@@ -140,8 +142,27 @@
         self.dump_lockedsigs(sigfile)
         return super(bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorBasicHash, self).dump_sigs(dataCache, options)
 
+    def prep_taskhash(self, tid, deps, dataCache):
+        super().prep_taskhash(tid, deps, dataCache)
+        if hasattr(self, "extramethod"):
+            (_, _, _, fn) = bb.runqueue.split_tid_mcfn(tid)
+            inherits = " ".join(dataCache.inherits[fn])    
+            if inherits.find("/native.bbclass") != -1 or inherits.find("/cross.bbclass") != -1:
+                self.extramethod[tid] = ":" + self.buildarch
+
     def get_taskhash(self, tid, deps, dataCache):
-        h = super(bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorBasicHash, self).get_taskhash(tid, deps, dataCache)
+        if tid in self.lockedhashes:
+            if self.lockedhashes[tid]:
+                return self.lockedhashes[tid]
+            else:
+                return super().get_taskhash(tid, deps, dataCache)
+
+        # get_taskhash will call get_unihash internally in the parent class, we 
+        # need to disable our filter of it whilst this runs else
+        # incorrect hashes can be calculated.
+        self._internal = True
+        h = super().get_taskhash(tid, deps, dataCache)
+        self._internal = False
 
         (mc, _, task, fn) = bb.runqueue.split_tid_mcfn(tid)
 
@@ -169,8 +190,9 @@
                 h_locked = self.lockedsigs[recipename][task][0]
                 var = self.lockedsigs[recipename][task][1]
                 self.lockedhashes[tid] = h_locked
-                unihash = super().get_unihash(tid)
-                self.taskhash[tid] = h_locked
+                self._internal = True
+                unihash = self.get_unihash(tid)
+                self._internal = False
                 #bb.warn("Using %s %s %s" % (recipename, task, h))
 
                 if h != h_locked and h_locked != unihash:
@@ -178,17 +200,24 @@
                                           % (recipename, task, h, h_locked, var))
 
                 return h_locked
+
+        self.lockedhashes[tid] = False
         #bb.warn("%s %s %s" % (recipename, task, h))
         return h
 
+    def get_stampfile_hash(self, tid):
+        if tid in self.lockedhashes and self.lockedhashes[tid]:
+            return self.lockedhashes[tid]
+        return super().get_stampfile_hash(tid)
+
     def get_unihash(self, tid):
-        if tid in self.lockedhashes:
+        if tid in self.lockedhashes and self.lockedhashes[tid] and not self._internal:
             return self.lockedhashes[tid]
         return super().get_unihash(tid)
 
     def dump_sigtask(self, fn, task, stampbase, runtime):
         tid = fn + ":" + task
-        if tid in self.lockedhashes:
+        if tid in self.lockedhashes and self.lockedhashes[tid]:
             return
         super(bb.siggen.SignatureGeneratorBasicHash, self).dump_sigtask(fn, task, stampbase, runtime)
 
@@ -448,11 +477,14 @@
     h = hashlib.sha256()
     prev_dir = os.getcwd()
     include_owners = os.environ.get('PSEUDO_DISABLED') == '0'
+    extra_content = d.getVar('HASHEQUIV_HASH_VERSION')
 
     try:
         os.chdir(path)
 
         update_hash("OEOuthashBasic\n")
+        if extra_content:
+            update_hash(extra_content + "\n")
 
         # It is only currently useful to get equivalent hashes for things that
         # can be restored from sstate. Since the sstate object is named using
@@ -512,8 +544,12 @@
                     add_perm(stat.S_IXOTH, 'x')
 
                 if include_owners:
-                    update_hash(" %10s" % pwd.getpwuid(s.st_uid).pw_name)
-                    update_hash(" %10s" % grp.getgrgid(s.st_gid).gr_name)
+                    try:
+                        update_hash(" %10s" % pwd.getpwuid(s.st_uid).pw_name)
+                        update_hash(" %10s" % grp.getgrgid(s.st_gid).gr_name)
+                    except KeyError:
+                        bb.warn("KeyError in %s" % path)
+                        raise
 
                 update_hash(" ")
                 if stat.S_ISBLK(s.st_mode) or stat.S_ISCHR(s.st_mode):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 652b2be..13f4271 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     """
     return bb.utils.contains_any("DISTRO_FEATURES", features, truevalue, falsevalue, d)
 
-def parallel_make(d):
+def parallel_make(d, makeinst=False):
     """
     Return the integer value for the number of parallel threads to use when
     building, scraped out of PARALLEL_MAKE. If no parallelization option is
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@
 
     e.g. if PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 10", this will return 10 as an integer.
     """
-    pm = (d.getVar('PARALLEL_MAKE') or '').split()
+    if makeinst:
+        pm = (d.getVar('PARALLEL_MAKEINST') or '').split()
+    else:
+        pm = (d.getVar('PARALLEL_MAKE') or '').split()
     # look for '-j' and throw other options (e.g. '-l') away
     while pm:
         opt = pm.pop(0)
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@
 
     return None
 
-def parallel_make_argument(d, fmt, limit=None):
+def parallel_make_argument(d, fmt, limit=None, makeinst=False):
     """
     Helper utility to construct a parallel make argument from the number of
     parallel threads specified in PARALLEL_MAKE.
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@
     e.g. if PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 10", parallel_make_argument(d, "-n %d") will return
     "-n 10"
     """
-    v = parallel_make(d)
+    v = parallel_make(d, makeinst)
     if v:
         if limit:
             v = min(limit, v)
@@ -245,9 +248,10 @@
     trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
     return trimmed
 
-def cpu_count():
+def cpu_count(at_least=1):
     import multiprocessing
-    return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    cpus = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+    return max(cpus, at_least)
 
 def execute_pre_post_process(d, cmds):
     if cmds is None:
@@ -369,6 +373,37 @@
 
     return output_str
 
+
+# Helper function to get the host compiler version
+# Do not assume the compiler is gcc
+def get_host_compiler_version(d, taskcontextonly=False):
+    import re, subprocess
+
+    if taskcontextonly and d.getVar('BB_WORKERCONTEXT') != '1':
+        return
+
+    compiler = d.getVar("BUILD_CC")
+    # Get rid of ccache since it is not present when parsing.
+    if compiler.startswith('ccache '):
+        compiler = compiler[7:]
+    try:
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        # datastore PATH does not contain session PATH as set by environment-setup-...
+        # this breaks the install-buildtools use-case
+        # env["PATH"] = d.getVar("PATH")
+        output = subprocess.check_output("%s --version" % compiler, \
+                    shell=True, env=env, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.fatal("Error running %s --version: %s" % (compiler, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+
+    match = re.match(r".* (\d+\.\d+)\.\d+.*", output.split('\n')[0])
+    if not match:
+        bb.fatal("Can't get compiler version from %s --version output" % compiler)
+
+    version = match.group(1)
+    return compiler, version
+
+
 def host_gcc_version(d, taskcontextonly=False):
     import re, subprocess
 
@@ -387,7 +422,7 @@
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         bb.fatal("Error running %s --version: %s" % (compiler, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
 
-    match = re.match(r".* (\d\.\d)\.\d.*", output.split('\n')[0])
+    match = re.match(r".* (\d+\.\d+)\.\d+.*", output.split('\n')[0])
     if not match:
         bb.fatal("Can't get compiler version from %s --version output" % compiler)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf/base.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf/base.py
index 3b2fed5..5f1805d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf/base.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/buildperf/base.py
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
     def rm_tmp(self):
         """Cleanup temporary/intermediate files and directories"""
         log.debug("Removing temporary and cache files")
-        for name in ['bitbake.lock', 'conf/sanity_info',
+        for name in ['bitbake.lock', 'cache/sanity_info',
                      self.bb_vars['TMPDIR']]:
             oe.path.remove(name, recurse=True)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
index 0435dfa..0bf5917 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/controllers/masterimage.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         if self.powercontrol_cmd:
             cmd = "%s %s" % (self.powercontrol_cmd, msg)
             try:
-                commands.runCmd(cmd, assert_error=False, preexec_fn=os.setsid, env=self.origenv)
+                commands.runCmd(cmd, assert_error=False, start_new_session=True, env=self.origenv)
             except CommandError as e:
                 bb.fatal(str(e))
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
index 14fc6a5..4705d60 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/context.py
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
                 modules_required, **kwargs)
         self.suites = self.loader.discover()
 
+    def prepareSuite(self, suites, processes):
+        return suites
+
     def runTests(self, processes=None, skips=[]):
         self.runner = self.runnerClass(self, descriptions=False, verbosity=2)
 
@@ -79,14 +82,9 @@
         self.skipTests(skips)
 
         self._run_start_time = time.time()
-        if processes:
-            from oeqa.core.utils.concurrencytest import ConcurrentTestSuite
-
-            concurrent_suite = ConcurrentTestSuite(self.suites, processes)
-            result = self.runner.run(concurrent_suite)
-        else:
+        if not processes:
             self.runner.buffer = True
-            result = self.runner.run(self.suites)
+        result = self.runner.run(self.prepareSuite(self.suites, processes))
         self._run_end_time = time.time()
 
         return result
@@ -102,22 +100,27 @@
     name = 'core'
     help = 'core test component example'
     description = 'executes core test suite example'
+    datetime = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
 
     default_cases = [os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
             'cases/example')]
     default_test_data = os.path.join(default_cases[0], 'data.json')
     default_tests = None
+    default_json_result_dir = None
 
     def register_commands(self, logger, subparsers):
         self.parser = subparsers.add_parser(self.name, help=self.help,
                 description=self.description, group='components')
 
-        self.default_output_log = '%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name,
-                time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S"))
+        self.default_output_log = '%s-results-%s.log' % (self.name, self.datetime)
         self.parser.add_argument('--output-log', action='store',
                 default=self.default_output_log,
                 help="results output log, default: %s" % self.default_output_log)
 
+        self.parser.add_argument('--json-result-dir', action='store',
+                default=self.default_json_result_dir,
+                help="json result output dir, default: %s" % self.default_json_result_dir)
+
         group = self.parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
         group.add_argument('--run-tests', action='store', nargs='+',
                 default=self.default_tests,
@@ -180,6 +183,22 @@
 
         self.module_paths = args.CASES_PATHS
 
+    def _get_json_result_dir(self, args):
+        return args.json_result_dir
+
+    def _get_configuration(self):
+        td = self.tc_kwargs['init']['td']
+        configuration = {'TEST_TYPE': self.name,
+                        'MACHINE': td.get("MACHINE"),
+                        'DISTRO': td.get("DISTRO"),
+                        'IMAGE_BASENAME': td.get("IMAGE_BASENAME"),
+                        'DATETIME': td.get("DATETIME")}
+        return configuration
+
+    def _get_result_id(self, configuration):
+        return '%s_%s_%s_%s' % (configuration['TEST_TYPE'], configuration['IMAGE_BASENAME'],
+                                configuration['MACHINE'], self.datetime)
+
     def _pre_run(self):
         pass
 
@@ -198,7 +217,16 @@
         else:
             self._pre_run()
             rc = self.tc.runTests(**self.tc_kwargs['run'])
-            rc.logDetails()
+
+            json_result_dir = self._get_json_result_dir(args)
+            if json_result_dir:
+                configuration = self._get_configuration()
+                rc.logDetails(json_result_dir,
+                              configuration,
+                              self._get_result_id(configuration))
+            else:
+                rc.logDetails()
+
             rc.logSummary(self.name)
 
         output_link = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(args.output_log),
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
index f656e1a..1284295 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/runner.py
@@ -319,10 +319,17 @@
             the_file.write(file_content)
 
     def dump_testresult_file(self, write_dir, configuration, result_id, test_result):
-        bb.utils.mkdirhier(write_dir)
-        lf = bb.utils.lockfile(os.path.join(write_dir, 'jsontestresult.lock'))
+        try:
+            import bb
+            has_bb = True
+            bb.utils.mkdirhier(write_dir)
+            lf = bb.utils.lockfile(os.path.join(write_dir, 'jsontestresult.lock'))
+        except ImportError:
+            has_bb = False
+            os.makedirs(write_dir, exist_ok=True)
         test_results = self._get_existing_testresults_if_available(write_dir)
         test_results[result_id] = {'configuration': configuration, 'result': test_result}
         json_testresults = json.dumps(test_results, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
         self._write_file(write_dir, self.testresult_filename, json_testresults)
-        bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
+        if has_bb:
+            bb.utils.unlockfile(lf)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
index 081c627..295e876 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/qemu.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 import signal
 import time
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 from .ssh import OESSHTarget
 from oeqa.utils.qemurunner import QemuRunner
@@ -18,23 +19,29 @@
     def __init__(self, logger, server_ip, timeout=300, user='root',
             port=None, machine='', rootfs='', kernel='', kvm=False, slirp=False,
             dump_dir='', dump_host_cmds='', display='', bootlog='',
-            tmpdir='', dir_image='', boottime=60, **kwargs):
+            tmpdir='', dir_image='', boottime=60, serial_ports=2,
+            boot_patterns = defaultdict(str), ovmf=False, **kwargs):
 
         super(OEQemuTarget, self).__init__(logger, None, server_ip, timeout,
                 user, port)
 
         self.server_ip = server_ip
+        self.server_port = 0
         self.machine = machine
         self.rootfs = rootfs
         self.kernel = kernel
         self.kvm = kvm
+        self.ovmf = ovmf
         self.use_slirp = slirp
+        self.boot_patterns = boot_patterns
 
         self.runner = QemuRunner(machine=machine, rootfs=rootfs, tmpdir=tmpdir,
                                  deploy_dir_image=dir_image, display=display,
                                  logfile=bootlog, boottime=boottime,
                                  use_kvm=kvm, use_slirp=slirp, dump_dir=dump_dir,
-                                 dump_host_cmds=dump_host_cmds, logger=logger)
+                                 dump_host_cmds=dump_host_cmds, logger=logger,
+                                 serial_ports=serial_ports, boot_patterns = boot_patterns, 
+                                 use_ovmf=ovmf)
 
     def start(self, params=None, extra_bootparams=None, runqemuparams=''):
         if self.use_slirp and not self.server_ip:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
index 51032ef..090b40a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 class OESSHTarget(OETarget):
     def __init__(self, logger, ip, server_ip, timeout=300, user='root',
-                 port=None, **kwargs):
+                 port=None, server_port=0, **kwargs):
         if not logger:
             logger = logging.getLogger('target')
             logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         super(OESSHTarget, self).__init__(logger)
         self.ip = ip
         self.server_ip = server_ip
+        self.server_port = server_port
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.user = user
         ssh_options = [
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@
         "stdin": None,
         "shell": False,
         "bufsize": -1,
-        "preexec_fn": os.setsid,
+        "start_new_session": True,
     }
     options.update(opts)
     output = ''
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/concurrencytest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/concurrencytest.py
index 0f7b3dc..fac59f7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/concurrencytest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/utils/concurrencytest.py
@@ -146,6 +146,20 @@
 
 subunit._OutSideTest.addError = outSideTestaddError
 
+# Like outSideTestaddError above, we need an equivalent for skips
+# happening at the setUpClass() level, otherwise we will see "UNKNOWN"
+# as a result for concurrent tests
+#
+def outSideTestaddSkip(self, offset, line):
+    """A 'skip:' directive has been read."""
+    test_name = line[offset:-1].decode('utf8')
+    self.parser._current_test = subunit.RemotedTestCase(test_name)
+    self.parser.current_test_description = test_name
+    self.parser._state = self.parser._reading_skip_details
+    self.parser._reading_skip_details.set_simple()
+    self.parser.subunitLineReceived(line)
+
+subunit._OutSideTest.addSkip = outSideTestaddSkip
 
 #
 # A dummy structure to add to io.StringIO so that the .buffer object
@@ -163,9 +177,10 @@
 #
 class ConcurrentTestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
 
-    def __init__(self, suite, processes):
+    def __init__(self, suite, processes, setupfunc):
         super(ConcurrentTestSuite, self).__init__([suite])
         self.processes = processes
+        self.setupfunc = setupfunc
 
     def run(self, result):
         tests, totaltests = fork_for_tests(self.processes, self)
@@ -221,6 +236,15 @@
     while delay and os.path.exists(d + "/bitbake.lock"):
         time.sleep(1)
         delay = delay - 1
+    # Deleting these directories takes a lot of time, use autobuilder
+    # clobberdir if its available
+    clobberdir = os.path.expanduser("~/yocto-autobuilder-helper/janitor/clobberdir")
+    if os.path.exists(clobberdir):
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_call([clobberdir, d])
+            return
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            pass
     bb.utils.prunedir(d, ionice=True)
 
 def fork_for_tests(concurrency_num, suite):
@@ -249,37 +273,7 @@
                 stream = os.fdopen(c2pwrite, 'wb', 1)
                 os.close(c2pread)
 
-                # Create a new separate BUILDDIR for each group of tests
-                if 'BUILDDIR' in os.environ:
-                    builddir = os.environ['BUILDDIR']
-                    newbuilddir = builddir + "-st-" + str(ourpid)
-                    newselftestdir = newbuilddir + "/meta-selftest"
-
-                    bb.utils.mkdirhier(newbuilddir)
-                    oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/conf", newbuilddir + "/conf")
-                    oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/cache", newbuilddir + "/cache")
-                    oe.path.copytree(selftestdir, newselftestdir)
-
-                    for e in os.environ:
-                        if builddir in os.environ[e]:
-                            os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
-
-                    subprocess.check_output("git init; git add *; git commit -a -m 'initial'", cwd=newselftestdir, shell=True)
-
-                    # Tried to used bitbake-layers add/remove but it requires recipe parsing and hence is too slow
-                    subprocess.check_output("sed %s/conf/bblayers.conf -i -e 's#%s#%s#g'" % (newbuilddir, selftestdir, newselftestdir), cwd=newbuilddir, shell=True)
-
-                    os.chdir(newbuilddir)
-
-                    for t in process_suite:
-                        if not hasattr(t, "tc"):
-                            continue
-                        cp = t.tc.config_paths
-                        for p in cp:
-                            if selftestdir in cp[p] and newselftestdir not in cp[p]:
-                                cp[p] = cp[p].replace(selftestdir, newselftestdir)
-                            if builddir in cp[p] and newbuilddir not in cp[p]:
-                                cp[p] = cp[p].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
+                (builddir, newbuilddir) = suite.setupfunc("-st-" + str(ourpid), selftestdir, process_suite)
 
                 # Leave stderr and stdout open so we can see test noise
                 # Close stdin so that the child goes away if it decides to
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json
index 5c5b9b5..a9bc7d4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json
@@ -917,28 +917,6 @@
     },
     {
         "test": {
-            "@alias": "bsps-hw.bsps-hw.Check_if_target_can_support_EEPROM",
-            "author": [
-                {
-                    "email": "yi.zhao@windriver.com",
-                    "name": "yi.zhao@windriver.com"
-                }
-            ],
-            "execution": {
-                "1": {
-                    "action": "Check eeprom device exist in /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ ",
-                    "expected_results": "Hexdump can read data from eeprom.\n"
-                },
-                "2": {
-                    "action": "Run \"hexdump eeprom\" commandroot@mpc8315e-rdb:/sys/bus/i2c/devices/1-0051> hexdump eeprom0000000 9210 0b02 0211 0009 0b52 0108 0c00 3c000000010 6978 6930 6911 208c 7003 3c3c 00f0 8381\u2026\n",
-                    "expected_results": ""
-                }
-            },
-            "summary": "Check_if_target_can_support_EEPROM"
-        }
-    },
-    {
-        "test": {
             "@alias": "bsps-hw.bsps-hw.System_can_boot_up_via_NFS",
             "author": [
                 {
@@ -966,35 +944,5 @@
             },
             "summary": "System_can_boot_up_via_NFS"
         }
-    },
-    {
-        "test": {
-            "@alias": "bsps-hw.bsps-hw.Boot_from_JFFS2_image",
-            "author": [
-                {
-                    "email": "yi.zhao@windriver.com",
-                    "name": "yi.zhao@windriver.com"
-                }
-            ],
-            "execution": {
-                "1": {
-                    "action": "First boot the board with NFS root. ",
-                    "expected_results": "The system can boot up without problem\n"
-                },
-                "2": {
-                    "action": "Install mtd-utils package. Erase the MTD partition which will be used as root: $ flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3 ",
-                    "expected_results": ""
-                },
-                "3": {
-                    "action": "Copy the JFFS2 image to the MTD partition: $ flashcp core-image-minimal-mpc8315e-rdb.jffs2 /dev/mtd3 ",
-                    "expected_results": ""
-                },
-                "4": {
-                    "action": "Then reboot the board and set up the environment in U-Boot: => setenv bootargs root=/dev/mtdblock3 rootfstype=jffs2 console=ttyS0,115200 ",
-                    "expected_results": ""
-                }
-            },
-            "summary": "Boot_from_JFFS2_image"
-        }
     }
 ]
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
index 9869150..d77d0e6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/manual/eclipse-plugin.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             ],
             "execution": {
                 "1": {
-                    "action": "Launch a QEMU of target enviroment.(Reference to case \"ADT - Launch qemu by eclipse\") ",
+                    "action": "Launch a QEMU of target environment.(Reference to case \"ADT - Launch qemu by eclipse\") ",
                     "expected_results": ""
                 },
                 "2": {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
             ],
             "execution": {
                 "1": {
-                    "action": "Launch a QEMU of target enviroment.(Reference to case \"ADT - Launch qemu by eclipse\") ",
+                    "action": "Launch a QEMU of target environment.(Reference to case \"ADT - Launch qemu by eclipse\") ",
                     "expected_results": ""
                 },
                 "2": {
@@ -319,4 +319,4 @@
             "summary": "Eclipse_Poky_installation_and_setup"
         }
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
index 74a940d..c5378d9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     @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, logger=cls.tc.logger)
+        cls.repo_server = HTTPService(service_repo,
+                                      '0.0.0.0', port=cls.tc.target.server_port,
+                                      logger=cls.tc.logger)
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
index f4e871e..d0f9166 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        uri = 'https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/cpio-2.12.tar.gz'
+        uri = 'https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/cpio-2.13.tar.gz'
         cls.project = TargetBuildProject(cls.tc.target,
                                          uri,
                                          dl_dir = cls.tc.td['DL_DIR'])
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     @OEHasPackage(['autoconf'])
     def test_cpio(self):
         self.project.download_archive()
-        self.project.run_configure()
+        self.project.run_configure('--disable-maintainer-mode','')
         self.project.run_make()
         self.project.run_install()
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
index 7750a72..fdd2a6a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/date.py
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
     def setUp(self):
         if self.tc.td.get('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager') == 'systemd':
             self.logger.debug('Stopping systemd-timesyncd daemon')
-            self.target.run('systemctl stop systemd-timesyncd')
+            self.target.run('systemctl disable --now systemd-timesyncd')
 
     def tearDown(self):
         if self.tc.td.get('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager') == 'systemd':
             self.logger.debug('Starting systemd-timesyncd daemon')
-            self.target.run('systemctl start systemd-timesyncd')
+            self.target.run('systemctl enable --now systemd-timesyncd')
 
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
     @OEHasPackage(['coreutils', 'busybox'])
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
index de37599..f40c630 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/dnf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.repo_server = HTTPService(os.path.join(cls.tc.td['WORKDIR'], 'oe-testimage-repo'),
-                                      cls.tc.target.server_ip, logger=cls.tc.logger)
+                                      '0.0.0.0', port=cls.tc.target.server_port,
+                                      logger=cls.tc.logger)
         cls.repo_server.start()
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
index bfa57c5..3938e91 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/logrotate.py
@@ -18,32 +18,58 @@
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.tc.target.run('mv -f $HOME/wtmp.oeqabak /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp && rm -rf $HOME/logrotate_dir')
+        cls.tc.target.run('rm -rf /var/log/logrotate_testfile && rm -rf /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_testfile')
 
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
     @OEHasPackage(['logrotate'])
-    def test_1_logrotate_setup(self):
+    def test_logrotate_wtmp(self):
+
+        # /var/log/wtmp may not always exist initially, so use touch to ensure it is present
+        status, output = self.target.run('touch /var/log/wtmp')
+        msg = ('Could not create/update /var/log/wtmp with touch')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+
         status, output = self.target.run('mkdir $HOME/logrotate_dir')
-        msg = 'Could not create logrotate_dir. Output: %s' % output
+        msg = ('Could not create logrotate_dir. Output: %s' % output)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
 
-        cmd = ('sed -i "s#wtmp {#wtmp {\\n    olddir $HOME/logrotate_dir#"'
-               ' /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp')
-        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
-        msg = ('Could not write to logrotate.d/wtmp file. Status and output: '
-               ' %s and %s' % (status, output))
+        status, output = self.target.run('echo "create \n olddir $HOME/logrotate_dir \n include /etc/logrotate.d/wtmp" > /tmp/logrotate-test.conf')
+        msg = ('Could not write to /tmp/logrotate-test.conf')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+        
+        status, output = self.target.run('echo "/var/log/logrotate_test {\\n missingok \\n monthly \\n rotate 1" > /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_test')
+        msg = ('Could not write to /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_test')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+        
+        # If logrotate fails to rotate the log, view the verbose output of logrotate to see what prevented it
+        _, logrotate_output = self.target.run('logrotate -vf /tmp/logrotate-test.conf')
+        status, _ = self.target.run('find $HOME/logrotate_dir -type f | grep wtmp.1')
+        msg = ("logrotate did not successfully rotate the wtmp log. Output from logrotate -vf: \n%s" % (logrotate_output))
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+       
+    @OETestDepends(['logrotate.LogrotateTest.test_logrotate_wtmp'])
+    def test_logrotate_newlog(self):
+        
+        status, output = self.target.run('echo "oeqa logrotate test file" > /var/log/logrotate_testfile')
+        msg = ('Could not create logrotate test file in /var/log')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+        
+        status, output = self.target.run('echo "/var/log/logrotate_testfile {\n missingok \n monthly \n rotate 1" > /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_testfile')
+        msg = ('Could not write to /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_testfile')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
 
-    @OETestDepends(['logrotate.LogrotateTest.test_1_logrotate_setup'])
-    def test_2_logrotate(self):
-        status, output = self.target.run('echo "create \n include /etc/logrotate.d" > /tmp/logrotate-test.conf')
-        status, output = self.target.run('logrotate -f /tmp/logrotate-test.conf')
-
-        msg = ('logrotate service could not be reloaded. Status and output: '
-                '%s and %s' % (status, output))
+        status, output = self.target.run('echo "create \n olddir $HOME/logrotate_dir \n include /etc/logrotate.d/logrotate_testfile" > /tmp/logrotate-test2.conf')
+        msg = ('Could not write to /tmp/logrotate_test2.conf')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
 
-        _, output = self.target.run('ls -la $HOME/logrotate_dir/ | wc -l')
-        msg = ('new logfile could not be created. List of files within log '
-               'directory: %s' % (
-                self.target.run('ls -la $HOME/logrotate_dir')[1]))
-        self.assertTrue(int(output)>=3, msg = msg)
+        status, output = self.target.run('find $HOME/logrotate_dir -type f | grep logrotate_testfile.1')
+        msg = ('A rotated log for logrotate_testfile is already present in logrotate_dir')
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1, msg = msg)
+
+        # If logrotate fails to rotate the log, view the verbose output of logrotate instead of just listing the files in olddir
+        _, logrotate_output = self.target.run('logrotate -vf /tmp/logrotate-test2.conf')
+        status, _ = self.target.run('find $HOME/logrotate_dir -type f | grep logrotate_testfile.1')
+        msg = ('logrotate did not successfully rotate the logrotate_test log. Output from logrotate -vf: \n%s' % (logrotate_output))
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg = msg)
+
+
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
index 3054864..6dc5ef2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 
 class LtpTest(LtpTestBase):
 
-    ltp_groups = ["math", "syscalls", "dio", "io", "mm", "ipc", "sched", "nptl", "pty", "containers", "controllers", "filecaps", "cap_bounds", "fcntl-locktests", "connectors","timers", "commands", "net.ipv6_lib", "input","fs_perms_simple"]
+    ltp_groups = ["math", "syscalls", "dio", "io", "mm", "ipc", "sched", "nptl", "pty", "containers", "controllers", "filecaps", "cap_bounds", "fcntl-locktests", "connectors", "commands", "net.ipv6_lib", "input","fs_perms_simple"]
 
-    ltp_fs = ["fs", "fsx", "fs_bind", "fs_ext4"]
+    ltp_fs = ["fs", "fsx", "fs_bind"]
     # skip kernel cpuhotplug
     ltp_kernel = ["power_management_tests", "hyperthreading ", "kernel_misc", "hugetlb"]
     ltp_groups += ltp_fs
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
index 7507061..9cfee1c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/opkg.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
         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 = HTTPService(service_repo,
+                                      '0.0.0.0', port=cls.tc.target.server_port,
+                                      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 15343d7..a1791b5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@
     "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 "
+    "Failed to rename network interface",
+    "Failed to process device, ignoring: Device or resource busy",
+    "Cannot find a map file",
+    "[rdrand]: Initialization Failed",
+    "[pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file",
+    "[pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key",
     ]
 
 video_related = [
-    "uvesafb",
 ]
 
 x86_common = [
@@ -81,11 +85,8 @@
     "fail to add MMCONFIG information, can't access extended PCI configuration space under this bridge.",
     "can't claim BAR ",
     'amd_nb: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges',
-    'uvesafb: 5000 ms task timeout, infinitely waiting',
     'tsc: HPET/PMTIMER calibration failed',
     "modeset(0): Failed to initialize the DRI2 extension",
-    "uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at",
-    "uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error",
     "glamor initialization failed",
 ] + common_errors
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@
         '(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.',
         'dmi: Firmware registration failed.',
         'irq: type mismatch, failed to map hwirq-27 for /intc',
+        'logind: failed to get session seat',
         ] + common_errors,
     'intel-core2-32' : [
         'ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness',
@@ -184,11 +186,6 @@
         'Failed to make EGL context current',
         'glamor initialization failed',
         ] + common_errors,
-    'mpc8315e-rdb' : [
-        'of_irq_parse_pci: failed with',
-        'Fatal server error:',
-        'Server terminated with error',
-        ] + common_errors,
 }
 
 log_locations = ["/var/log/","/var/log/dmesg", "/tmp/dmesg_output.log"]
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
index d8d1e1b..99a44f0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 
+import os
 import unittest
 import pprint
 import datetime
@@ -18,7 +19,20 @@
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
     @OEHasPackage(['ptest-runner'])
     @unittest.expectedFailure
-    def test_ptestrunner(self):
+    def test_ptestrunner_expectfail(self):
+        if not self.td.get('PTEST_EXPECT_FAILURE'):
+            self.skipTest('Cannot run ptests with @expectedFailure as ptests are required to pass')
+        self.do_ptestrunner()
+
+    @skipIfNotFeature('ptest', 'Test requires ptest to be in DISTRO_FEATURES')
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['ptest-runner'])
+    def test_ptestrunner_expectsuccess(self):
+        if self.td.get('PTEST_EXPECT_FAILURE'):
+            self.skipTest('Cannot run ptests without @expectedFailure as ptests are expected to fail')
+        self.do_ptestrunner()
+
+    def do_ptestrunner(self):
         status, output = self.target.run('which ptest-runner', 0)
         if status != 0:
             self.skipTest("No -ptest packages are installed in the image")
@@ -67,8 +81,13 @@
                 extras[testname] = {'status': result}
 
         failed_tests = {}
+
+        for section in sections:
+            if 'exitcode' in sections[section].keys():
+                failed_tests[section] = sections[section]["log"]
+
         for section in results:
-            failed_testcases = [ "_".join(test.translate(trans).split()) for test in results[section] if results[section][test] == 'fail' ]
+            failed_testcases = [ "_".join(test.translate(trans).split()) for test in results[section] if results[section][test] == 'FAILED' ]
             if failed_testcases:
                 failed_tests[section] = failed_testcases
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac29eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
+from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
+from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
+import threading
+import time
+
+class WestonTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
+    weston_log_file = '/tmp/weston.log'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.tc.target.run('rm %s' % cls.weston_log_file)
+
+    @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
+    @OEHasPackage(['weston'])
+    def test_weston_running(self):
+        cmd ='%s | grep [w]eston-desktop-shell' % self.tc.target_cmds['ps']
+        status, output = self.target.run(cmd)
+        msg = ('Weston does not appear to be running %s' %
+              self.target.run(self.tc.target_cmds['ps'])[1])
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
+
+    def get_processes_of(self, target, error_msg):
+        status, output = self.target.run('pidof %s' % target)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Retrieve %s (%s) processes error: %s' % (target, error_msg, output))
+        return output.split(" ")
+
+    def get_weston_command(self, cmd):
+        return 'export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0; export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0; %s' % cmd
+
+    def run_weston_init(self):
+        self.target.run(self.get_weston_command('weston --log=%s' % self.weston_log_file))
+
+    def get_new_wayland_processes(self, existing_wl_processes):
+        try_cnt = 0
+        while try_cnt < 5:
+            time.sleep(5 + 5*try_cnt)
+            try_cnt += 1
+            wl_processes = self.get_processes_of('weston-desktop-shell', 'existing and new')
+            new_wl_processes = [x for x in wl_processes if x not in existing_wl_processes]
+            if new_wl_processes:
+                return new_wl_processes, try_cnt
+
+        return new_wl_processes, try_cnt
+
+    @OEHasPackage(['weston'])
+    def test_weston_info(self):
+        status, output = self.target.run(self.get_weston_command('weston-info'))
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='weston-info error: %s' % output)
+
+    @OEHasPackage(['weston'])
+    def test_weston_can_initialize_new_wayland_compositor(self):
+        existing_wl_processes = self.get_processes_of('weston-desktop-shell', 'existing')
+        existing_weston_processes = self.get_processes_of('weston', 'existing')
+
+        weston_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.run_weston_init)
+        weston_thread.start()
+        new_wl_processes, try_cnt = self.get_new_wayland_processes(existing_wl_processes)
+        existing_and_new_weston_processes = self.get_processes_of('weston', 'existing and new')
+        new_weston_processes = [x for x in existing_and_new_weston_processes if x not in existing_weston_processes]
+        for w in new_weston_processes:
+            self.target.run('kill -9 %s' % w)
+        __, weston_log = self.target.run('cat %s' % self.weston_log_file)
+        self.assertTrue(new_wl_processes, msg='Could not get new weston-desktop-shell processes (%s, try_cnt:%s) weston log: %s' % (new_wl_processes, try_cnt, weston_log))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
index ef738a3..3826f27 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/context.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     default_data = None
     default_test_data = 'data/testdata.json'
     default_tests = ''
+    default_json_result_dir = '%s-results' % name
 
     default_target_type = 'simpleremote'
     default_manifest = 'data/manifest'
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 
         runtime_group.add_argument('--packages-manifest', action='store',
                 default=self.default_manifest,
-                help="Package manifest of the image under testi, default: %s" \
+                help="Package manifest of the image under test, default: %s" \
                 % self.default_manifest)
 
         runtime_group.add_argument('--extract-dir', action='store',
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@
                 target_ip = target_ip_port[0]
                 kwargs['port'] = target_ip_port[1]
 
+        if server_ip:
+            server_ip_port = server_ip.split(':')
+            if len(server_ip_port) == 2:
+                server_ip = server_ip_port[0]
+                kwargs['server_port'] = int(server_ip_port[1])
+
         if target_type == 'simpleremote':
             target = OESSHTarget(logger, target_ip, server_ip, **kwargs)
         elif target_type == 'qemu':
@@ -178,7 +185,7 @@
         except:
             obj = None
         return obj
-        
+
     @staticmethod
     def readPackagesManifest(manifest):
         if not manifest or not os.path.exists(manifest):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
index 0a5e68d..902e93f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/cases/buildcpio.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
     """
     def test_cpio(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="cpio-", dir=self.tc.sdk_dir) as testdir:
-            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.12.tar.gz")
+            tarball = self.fetch(testdir, self.td["DL_DIR"], "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.13.tar.gz")
 
             dirs = {}
-            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.12")
+            dirs["source"] = os.path.join(testdir, "cpio-2.13")
             dirs["build"] = os.path.join(testdir, "build")
             dirs["install"] = os.path.join(testdir, "install")
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(dirs["source"]))
             os.makedirs(dirs["build"])
 
-            self._run("cd {build} && {source}/configure $CONFIGURE_FLAGS".format(**dirs))
+            self._run("cd {build} && {source}/configure --disable-maintainer-mode $CONFIGURE_FLAGS".format(**dirs))
             self._run("cd {build} && make -j".format(**dirs))
             self._run("cd {build} && make install DESTDIR={install}".format(**dirs))
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
index 09e77c1..01c38c2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/context.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
         sdk_envs = OESDKTestContextExecutor._get_sdk_environs(args.sdk_dir)
         if not sdk_envs:
             raise argparse_oe.ArgumentUsageError("No available SDK "\
-                   "enviroments found at %s" % args.sdk_dir, self.name)
+                   "environments found at %s" % args.sdk_dir, self.name)
 
         if args.list_sdk_env:
             self._display_sdk_envs(logger.info, args, sdk_envs)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
index 785b5dd..c5c46df 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/sdkext/testsdk.py
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@
 
         subprocesstweak.errors_have_output()
 
-        # extensible sdk can be contaminated if native programs are
-        # in PATH, i.e. use perl-native instead of eSDK one.
-        paths_to_avoid = [d.getVar('STAGING_DIR'),
-                        d.getVar('BASE_WORKDIR')]
-        os.environ['PATH'] = avoid_paths_in_environ(paths_to_avoid)
+        # We need the original PATH for testing the eSDK, not with our manipulations
+        os.environ['PATH'] = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV", False).getVar("PATH")
 
         tcname = d.expand("${SDK_DEPLOY}/${TOOLCHAINEXT_OUTPUTNAME}.sh")
         if not os.path.exists(tcname):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
index ac3308d..dcad4f7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/case.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
-import shutil
 import glob
 import errno
 from unittest.util import safe_repr
@@ -30,9 +29,7 @@
         cls.builddir = cls.tc.config_paths['builddir']
 
         cls.localconf_path = cls.tc.config_paths['localconf']
-        cls.localconf_backup = cls.tc.config_paths['localconf_class_backup']
         cls.local_bblayers_path = cls.tc.config_paths['bblayers']
-        cls.local_bblayers_backup = cls.tc.config_paths['bblayers_class_backup']
 
         cls.testinc_path = os.path.join(cls.tc.config_paths['builddir'],
                 "conf/selftest.inc")
@@ -43,8 +40,7 @@
 
         cls._track_for_cleanup = [
             cls.testinc_path, cls.testinc_bblayers_path,
-            cls.machineinc_path, cls.localconf_backup,
-            cls.local_bblayers_backup]
+            cls.machineinc_path]
 
         cls.add_include()
 
@@ -102,30 +98,6 @@
     def setUp(self):
         super(OESelftestTestCase, self).setUp()
         os.chdir(self.builddir)
-        # Check if local.conf or bblayers.conf files backup exists
-        # from a previous failed test and restore them
-        if os.path.isfile(self.localconf_backup) or os.path.isfile(
-                self.local_bblayers_backup):
-            self.logger.debug("\
-Found a local.conf and/or bblayers.conf backup from a previously aborted test.\
-Restoring these files now, but tests should be re-executed from a clean environment\
-to ensure accurate results.")
-            try:
-                shutil.copyfile(self.localconf_backup, self.localconf_path)
-            except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-                    raise
-            try:
-                shutil.copyfile(self.local_bblayers_backup,
-                                self.local_bblayers_path)
-            except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-                    raise
-        else:
-            # backup local.conf and bblayers.conf
-            shutil.copyfile(self.localconf_path, self.localconf_backup)
-            shutil.copyfile(self.local_bblayers_path, self.local_bblayers_backup)
-            self.logger.debug("Creating local.conf and bblayers.conf backups.")
         # we don't know what the previous test left around in config or inc files
         # if it failed so we need a fresh start
         try:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/archiver.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/archiver.py
index f8672f8..606eaab 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/archiver.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/archiver.py
@@ -129,3 +129,128 @@
         self.write_config(features)
 
         bitbake('-n core-image-sato')
+
+    def _test_archiver_mode(self, mode, target_file_name, extra_config=None):
+        target = "selftest-ed"
+
+        features = 'INHERIT += "archiver"\n'
+        features +=  'ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "%s"\n' % (mode)
+        if extra_config:
+            features += extra_config
+        self.write_config(features)
+
+        bitbake('-c clean %s' % (target))
+        bitbake('-c deploy_archives %s' % (target))
+
+        bb_vars = get_bb_vars(['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC', 'TARGET_SYS'])
+        glob_str = os.path.join(bb_vars['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC'], bb_vars['TARGET_SYS'], '%s-*' % (target))
+        glob_result = glob.glob(glob_str)
+        self.assertTrue(glob_result, 'Missing archiver directory for %s' % (target))
+
+        archive_path = os.path.join(glob_result[0], target_file_name)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(archive_path), 'Missing archive file %s' % (target_file_name))
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_original(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "original"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('original', 'ed-1.14.1.tar.lz')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_patched(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "patched"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('patched', 'selftest-ed-1.14.1-r0-patched.tar.gz')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_configured(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "configured"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('configured', 'selftest-ed-1.14.1-r0-configured.tar.gz')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_recipe(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[recipe] = "1"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('patched', 'selftest-ed-1.14.1-r0-recipe.tar.gz',
+                                 'ARCHIVER_MODE[recipe] = "1"\n')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_diff(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[diff] = "1"`.
+        Exclusions controlled by `ARCHIVER_MODE[diff-exclude]` are not yet tested.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('patched', 'selftest-ed-1.14.1-r0-diff.gz',
+                                 'ARCHIVER_MODE[diff] = "1"\n')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_dumpdata(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[dumpdata] = "1"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('patched', 'selftest-ed-1.14.1-r0-showdata.dump',
+                                 'ARCHIVER_MODE[dumpdata] = "1"\n')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_mirror(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "mirror"`.
+        """
+
+        self._test_archiver_mode('mirror', 'ed-1.14.1.tar.lz',
+                                 'BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1"\n')
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_mirror_excludes(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "mirror"` and
+        correctly excludes an archive when its URL matches
+        `ARCHIVER_MIRROR_EXCLUDE`.
+        """
+
+        target='selftest-ed'
+        target_file_name = 'ed-1.14.1.tar.lz'
+
+        features = 'INHERIT += "archiver"\n'
+        features += 'ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "mirror"\n'
+        features += 'BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1"\n'
+        features += 'ARCHIVER_MIRROR_EXCLUDE = "${GNU_MIRROR}"\n'
+        self.write_config(features)
+
+        bitbake('-c clean %s' % (target))
+        bitbake('-c deploy_archives %s' % (target))
+
+        bb_vars = get_bb_vars(['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC', 'TARGET_SYS'])
+        glob_str = os.path.join(bb_vars['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC'], bb_vars['TARGET_SYS'], '%s-*' % (target))
+        glob_result = glob.glob(glob_str)
+        self.assertTrue(glob_result, 'Missing archiver directory for %s' % (target))
+
+        archive_path = os.path.join(glob_result[0], target_file_name)
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(archive_path), 'Failed to exclude archive file %s' % (target_file_name))
+
+    def test_archiver_mode_mirror_combined(self):
+        """
+        Test that the archiver works with `ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "mirror"`
+        and `ARCHIVER_MODE[mirror] = "combined"`. Archives for multiple recipes
+        should all end up in the 'mirror' directory.
+        """
+
+        features = 'INHERIT += "archiver"\n'
+        features += 'ARCHIVER_MODE[src] = "mirror"\n'
+        features += 'ARCHIVER_MODE[mirror] = "combined"\n'
+        features += 'BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1"\n'
+        features += 'COPYLEFT_LICENSE_INCLUDE = "*"\n'
+        self.write_config(features)
+
+        for target in ['selftest-ed', 'selftest-hardlink']:
+            bitbake('-c clean %s' % (target))
+            bitbake('-c deploy_archives %s' % (target))
+
+        bb_vars = get_bb_vars(['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC'])
+        for target_file_name in ['ed-1.14.1.tar.lz', 'hello.c']:
+            glob_str = os.path.join(bb_vars['DEPLOY_DIR_SRC'], 'mirror', target_file_name)
+            glob_result = glob.glob(glob_str)
+            self.assertTrue(glob_result, 'Missing archive file %s' % (target_file_name))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 57e6662..5886862 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -511,6 +511,26 @@
         checkvars['SRC_URI'] = url.replace(testver, '${PV}')
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, [])
 
+    def test_devtool_add_npm(self):
+        pn = 'savoirfairelinux-node-server-example'
+        pv = '1.0.0'
+        url = 'npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=@savoirfairelinux/node-server-example;version=' + pv
+        # Test devtool add
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake -c cleansstate %s' % pn)
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
+        result = runCmd('devtool add \'%s\'' % url)
+        self.assertExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'conf', 'layer.conf'), 'Workspace directory not created')
+        self.assertExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'recipes', pn, '%s_%s.bb' % (pn, pv)), 'Recipe not created')
+        self.assertExists(os.path.join(self.workspacedir, 'recipes', pn, pn, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json'), 'Shrinkwrap not created')
+        # Test devtool status
+        result = runCmd('devtool status')
+        self.assertIn(pn, result.output)
+        # Clean up anything in the workdir/sysroot/sstate cache (have to do this *after* devtool add since the recipe only exists then)
+        bitbake('%s -c cleansstate' % pn)
+        # Test devtool build
+        result = runCmd('devtool build %s' % pn)
+
 class DevtoolModifyTests(DevtoolBase):
 
     def test_devtool_modify(self):
@@ -1721,7 +1741,7 @@
                          when building the kernel.
          """
         kernel_provider = get_bb_var('PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel')
-        # Clean up the enviroment
+        # Clean up the environment
         bitbake('%s -c clean' % kernel_provider)
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='devtoolqa')
         tempdir_cfg = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='config_qa')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
index 68ba556..e1cfc3b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/distrodata.py
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@
 
     def test_maintainers(self):
         """
-        Summary:     Test that oe-core recipes have a maintainer
+        Summary:     Test that oe-core recipes have a maintainer and entries in maintainers list have a recipe
         Expected:    All oe-core recipes (except a few special static/testing ones) should have a maintainer listed in maintainers.inc file.
+        Expected:    All entries in maintainers list should have a recipe file that matches them
         Product:     oe-core
         Author:      Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
         """
@@ -54,7 +55,15 @@
                      return True
             return False
 
-        feature = 'require conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc\n'
+        def is_maintainer_exception(entry):
+            exceptions = ["musl", "newlib", "linux-yocto", "linux-dummy", "mesa-gl", "libgfortran",
+                          "cve-update-db-native"]
+            for i in exceptions:
+                 if i in entry:
+                     return True
+            return False
+
+        feature = 'require conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc\nLICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST += " commercial"\nPARSE_ALL_RECIPES = "1"\n'
         self.write_config(feature)
 
         with bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil() as tinfoil:
@@ -62,6 +71,11 @@
 
             with_maintainer_list = []
             no_maintainer_list = []
+
+            missing_recipes = []
+            recipes = []
+            prefix = "RECIPE_MAINTAINER_pn-"
+
             # We could have used all_recipes() here, but this method will find
             # every recipe if we ever move to setting RECIPE_MAINTAINER in recipe files
             # instead of maintainers.inc
@@ -71,6 +85,7 @@
                     continue
                 rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe_file(fn, appends=False)
                 pn = rd.getVar('PN')
+                recipes.append(pn)
                 if is_exception(pn):
                     continue
                 if rd.getVar('RECIPE_MAINTAINER'):
@@ -78,6 +93,15 @@
                 else:
                     no_maintainer_list.append((pn, fn))
 
+            maintainers = tinfoil.config_data.keys()
+            for key in maintainers:
+                 if key.startswith(prefix):
+                     recipe = tinfoil.config_data.expand(key[len(prefix):])
+                     if is_maintainer_exception(recipe):
+                         continue
+                     if recipe not in recipes:
+                         missing_recipes.append(recipe)
+
         if no_maintainer_list:
             self.fail("""
 The following recipes do not have a maintainer assigned to them. Please add an entry to meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc file.
@@ -87,3 +111,8 @@
             self.fail("""
 The list of oe-core recipes with maintainers is empty. This may indicate that the test has regressed and needs fixing.
 """)
+
+        if missing_recipes:
+                self.fail("""
+Unable to find recipes for the following entries in maintainers.inc:
+""" + "\n".join(['%s' % i for i in missing_recipes]))
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/gcc.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/gcc.py
index 5a917b9..3efe152 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/gcc.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/gcc.py
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
     def run_check(self, *suites, ssh = None):
         targets = set()
         for s in suites:
-            if s in ["gcc", "g++"]:
-                targets.add("check-gcc")
+            if s == "gcc":
+                targets.add("check-gcc-c")
+            elif s == "g++":
+                targets.add("check-gcc-c++")
             else:
                 targets.add("check-target-{}".format(s))
 
@@ -77,7 +79,12 @@
 @OETestTag("toolchain-user")
 class GccCrossSelfTest(GccSelfTestBase):
     def test_cross_gcc(self):
-        self.run_check("gcc", "g++")
+        self.run_check("gcc")
+
+@OETestTag("toolchain-user")
+class GxxCrossSelfTest(GccSelfTestBase):
+    def test_cross_gxx(self):
+        self.run_check("g++")
 
 @OETestTag("toolchain-user")
 class GccLibAtomicSelfTest(GccSelfTestBase):
@@ -109,7 +116,12 @@
 @OETestTag("toolchain-system")
 class GccCrossSelfTestSystemEmulated(GccSelfTestBase):
     def test_cross_gcc(self):
-        self.run_check_emulated("gcc", "g++")
+        self.run_check_emulated("gcc")
+
+@OETestTag("toolchain-system")
+class GxxCrossSelfTestSystemEmulated(GccSelfTestBase):
+    def test_cross_gxx(self):
+        self.run_check_emulated("g++")
 
 @OETestTag("toolchain-system")
 class GccLibAtomicSelfTestSystemEmulated(GccSelfTestBase):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
index ef2eefa..5c519ac 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/imagefeatures.py
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@
         """
         image_name = 'core-image-minimal'
 
-        img_types = [itype for itype in get_bb_var("IMAGE_TYPES", image_name).split() \
-                         if itype not in ('container', 'elf', 'f2fs', 'multiubi')]
+        all_image_types = set(get_bb_var("IMAGE_TYPES", image_name).split())
+        blacklist = set(('container', 'elf', 'f2fs', 'multiubi', 'tar.zst'))
+        img_types = all_image_types - blacklist
 
         config = 'IMAGE_FSTYPES += "%s"\n'\
                  'MKUBIFS_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -e 129024 -c 2047"\n'\
                  'UBINIZE_ARGS ?= "-m 2048 -p 128KiB -s 512"' % ' '.join(img_types)
-
         self.write_config(config)
 
         bitbake(image_name)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
index 904b5b4..3eabd79 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/incompatible_lic.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 class IncompatibleLicenseTests(OESelftestTestCase):
 
     def lic_test(self, pn, pn_lic, lic):
-        error_msg = 'ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES \'%s\'\n%s was skipped: it has an incompatible license: %s' % (pn, pn, pn_lic)
+        error_msg = 'ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES \'%s\'\n%s was skipped: it has incompatible license(s): %s' % (pn, pn, pn_lic)
 
         self.write_config("INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE += \"%s\"" % (lic))
 
@@ -12,30 +12,72 @@
         if error_msg not in result.output:
             raise AssertionError(result.output)
 
-    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES)
+    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from AVAILABLE_LICENSES)
     # cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains this SPDX license
     def test_incompatible_spdx_license(self):
         self.lic_test('incompatible-license', 'GPL-3.0', 'GPL-3.0')
 
-    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES)
+    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from AVAILABLE_LICENSES)
     # cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains an alias (in
     # SPDXLICENSEMAP) of this SPDX license
     def test_incompatible_alias_spdx_license(self):
         self.lic_test('incompatible-license', 'GPL-3.0', 'GPLv3')
 
+    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from AVAILABLE_LICENSES)
+    # cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a wildcarded license
+    # matching this SPDX license
+    def test_incompatible_spdx_license_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license', 'GPL-3.0', '*GPL-3.0')
+
+    # Verify that a package with an SPDX license (from AVAILABLE_LICENSES)
+    # cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a wildcarded alias
+    # license matching this SPDX license
+    def test_incompatible_alias_spdx_license_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license', 'GPL-3.0', '*GPLv3')
+
     # Verify that a package with an alias (from SPDXLICENSEMAP) to an SPDX
     # license cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains this SPDX
     # license
     def test_incompatible_spdx_license_alias(self):
-        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPLv3', 'GPL-3.0')
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPL-3.0', 'GPL-3.0')
 
     # Verify that a package with an alias (from SPDXLICENSEMAP) to an SPDX
     # license cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains this alias
     def test_incompatible_alias_spdx_license_alias(self):
-        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPLv3', 'GPLv3')
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPL-3.0', 'GPLv3')
+
+    # Verify that a package with an alias (from SPDXLICENSEMAP) to an SPDX
+    # license cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a wildcarded
+    # license matching this SPDX license
+    def test_incompatible_spdx_license_alias_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPL-3.0', '*GPL-3.0')
+
+    # Verify that a package with an alias (from SPDXLICENSEMAP) to an SPDX
+    # license cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a wildcarded
+    # alias license matching the SPDX license
+    def test_incompatible_alias_spdx_license_alias_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-license-alias', 'GPL-3.0', '*GPLv3')
+
+    # Verify that a package with multiple SPDX licenses (from
+    # AVAILABLE_LICENSES) cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains
+    # some of them
+    def test_incompatible_spdx_licenses(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-licenses', 'GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0', 'GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0')
+
+    # Verify that a package with multiple SPDX licenses (from
+    # AVAILABLE_LICENSES) cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a
+    # wildcard to some of them
+    def test_incompatible_spdx_licenses_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-licenses', 'GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0', '*GPL-3.0')
+
+    # Verify that a package with multiple SPDX licenses (from
+    # AVAILABLE_LICENSES) cannot be built when INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains a
+    # wildcard matching all licenses
+    def test_incompatible_all_licenses_wildcard(self):
+        self.lic_test('incompatible-licenses', 'GPL-2.0 GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0', '*')
 
     # Verify that a package with a non-SPDX license (neither in
-    # SRC_DISTRIBUTE_LICENSES nor in SPDXLICENSEMAP) cannot be built when
+    # AVAILABLE_LICENSES nor in SPDXLICENSEMAP) cannot be built when
     # INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE contains this license
     def test_incompatible_nonspdx_license(self):
         self.lic_test('incompatible-nonspdx-license', 'FooLicense', 'FooLicense')
@@ -49,7 +91,7 @@
 
     def test_bash_default(self):
         self.write_config(self.default_config())
-        error_msg = "ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_rootfs: Package bash has an incompatible license GPLv3+ and cannot be installed into the image."
+        error_msg = "ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_rootfs: Package bash cannot be installed into the image because it has incompatible license(s): GPL-3.0+"
 
         result = bitbake('core-image-minimal', ignore_status=True)
         if error_msg not in result.output:
@@ -57,7 +99,7 @@
 
     def test_bash_and_license(self):
         self.write_config(self.default_config() + '\nLICENSE_append_pn-bash = " & SomeLicense"')
-        error_msg = "ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_rootfs: Package bash has an incompatible license GPLv3+ & SomeLicense and cannot be installed into the image."
+        error_msg = "ERROR: core-image-minimal-1.0-r0 do_rootfs: Package bash cannot be installed into the image because it has incompatible license(s): GPL-3.0+"
 
         result = bitbake('core-image-minimal', ignore_status=True)
         if error_msg not in result.output:
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/meta_ide.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/meta_ide.py
index 03901a2..8091425 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/meta_ide.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/meta_ide.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     def test_meta_ide_can_build_cpio_project(self):
         dl_dir = self.td.get('DL_DIR', None)
         self.project = SDKBuildProject(self.tmpdir_metaideQA + "/cpio/", self.environment_script_path,
-                        "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.12.tar.gz",
+                        "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.13.tar.gz",
                         self.tmpdir_metaideQA, self.td['DATETIME'], dl_dir=dl_dir)
         self.project.download_archive()
         self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/buildhistory.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/buildhistory.py
index 6d80827..d4664bd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/buildhistory.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oelib/buildhistory.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     def test_blob_to_dict(self):
         """
-        Test convertion of git blobs to dictionary
+        Test conversion of git blobs to dictionary
         """
         from oe.buildhistory_analysis import blob_to_dict
         valuesmap = { "foo" : "1", "bar" : "2" }
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
index 41cbe04..2f18d8f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/oescripts.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import os
 import shutil
+import importlib
 import unittest
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.selftest.cases.buildhistory import BuildhistoryBase
@@ -33,15 +34,13 @@
         if expected_endlines:
             self.fail('Missing expected line endings:\n  %s' % '\n  '.join(expected_endlines))
 
+@unittest.skipUnless(importlib.util.find_spec("cairo"), "Python cairo module is not present")
 class OEScriptTests(OESelftestTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(OEScriptTests, cls).setUpClass()
-        try:
-            import cairo
-        except ImportError:
-            raise unittest.SkipTest('Python module cairo is not present')
+        import cairo
         bitbake("core-image-minimal -c rootfs -f")
         cls.tmpdir = get_bb_var('TMPDIR')
         cls.buildstats = cls.tmpdir + "/buildstats/" + sorted(os.listdir(cls.tmpdir + "/buildstats"))[-1]
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
index 2916278..3010b1a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/package.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
                     return False
 
                 # Check debugging symbols works correctly
-                elif re.match("Breakpoint 1.*hello\.c.*4", l):
+                elif re.match(r"Breakpoint 1.*hello\.c.*4", l):
                     return True
 
             self.logger.error("GDB result:\n%d: %s", status, output)
@@ -148,3 +148,26 @@
                            '/usr/libexec/hello4']:
                 if not gdbtest(qemu, binary):
                     self.fail('GDB %s failed' % binary)
+
+    def test_preserve_ownership(self):
+        import os, stat, oe.cachedpath
+        features = 'IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " selftest-chown"\n'
+        self.write_config(features)
+        bitbake("core-image-minimal")
+
+        sysconfdir = get_bb_var('sysconfdir', 'selftest-chown')
+        def check_ownership(qemu, gid, uid, path):
+            self.logger.info("Check ownership of %s", path)
+            status, output = qemu.run_serial(r'/bin/stat -c "%U %G" ' + path, timeout=60)
+            output = output.split(" ")
+            if output[0] != uid or output[1] != gid :
+                self.logger.error("Incrrect ownership %s [%s:%s]", path, output[0], output[1])
+                return False
+            return True
+
+        with runqemu('core-image-minimal') as qemu:
+            for path in [ sysconfdir + "/selftest-chown/file",
+                          sysconfdir + "/selftest-chown/dir",
+                          sysconfdir + "/selftest-chown/symlink"]:
+                if not check_ownership(qemu, "test", "test", path):
+                    self.fail('Test ownership %s failed' % path)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
index c1562c6..6bfe8f1 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/recipetool.py
@@ -421,6 +421,31 @@
         inherits = ['cmake']
         self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
 
+    def test_recipetool_create_npm(self):
+        temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
+        os.makedirs(temprecipe)
+        recipefile = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'savoirfairelinux-node-server-example_1.0.0.bb')
+        shrinkwrap = os.path.join(temprecipe, 'savoirfairelinux-node-server-example', 'npm-shrinkwrap.json')
+        srcuri = 'npm://registry.npmjs.org;package=@savoirfairelinux/node-server-example;version=1.0.0'
+        result = runCmd('recipetool create -o %s \'%s\'' % (temprecipe, srcuri))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(recipefile))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(shrinkwrap))
+        checkvars = {}
+        checkvars['SUMMARY'] = 'Node Server Example'
+        checkvars['HOMEPAGE'] = 'https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/node-server-example#readme'
+        checkvars['LICENSE'] = set(['MIT', 'ISC', 'Unknown'])
+        urls = []
+        urls.append('npm://registry.npmjs.org/;package=@savoirfairelinux/node-server-example;version=${PV}')
+        urls.append('npmsw://${THISDIR}/${BPN}/npm-shrinkwrap.json')
+        checkvars['SRC_URI'] = set(urls)
+        checkvars['S'] = '${WORKDIR}/npm'
+        checkvars['LICENSE_${PN}'] = 'MIT'
+        checkvars['LICENSE_${PN}-base64'] = 'Unknown'
+        checkvars['LICENSE_${PN}-accepts'] = 'MIT'
+        checkvars['LICENSE_${PN}-inherits'] = 'ISC'
+        inherits = ['npm']
+        self._test_recipe_contents(recipefile, checkvars, inherits)
+
     def test_recipetool_create_github(self):
         # Basic test to see if github URL mangling works
         temprecipe = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'recipe')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
index a911056..5d3959b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
-# Copyright 2019 by Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries
+# Copyright 2019-2020 by Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries
 
 from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, bitbake, get_bb_var, get_bb_vars
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import shutil
 import stat
 import os
+import datetime
 
 MISSING = 'MISSING'
 DIFFERENT = 'DIFFERENT'
@@ -78,8 +79,18 @@
 
 class ReproducibleTests(OESelftestTestCase):
     package_classes = ['deb', 'ipk']
-    images = ['core-image-minimal']
+    images = ['core-image-minimal', 'core-image-sato', 'core-image-full-cmdline']
     save_results = False
+    if 'OEQA_DEBUGGING_SAVED_OUTPUT' in os.environ:
+        save_results = os.environ['OEQA_DEBUGGING_SAVED_OUTPUT']
+
+    # This variable controls if one of the test builds is allowed to pull from
+    # an sstate cache/mirror. The other build is always done clean as a point of
+    # comparison.
+    # If you know that your sstate archives are reproducible, enabling this
+    # will test that and also make the test run faster. If your sstate is not
+    # reproducible, disable this in your derived test class
+    build_from_sstate = True
 
     def setUpLocal(self):
         super().setUpLocal()
@@ -88,12 +99,12 @@
         for v in needed_vars:
             setattr(self, v.lower(), bb_vars[v])
 
-        self.extrasresults = {}
-        self.extrasresults.setdefault('reproducible.rawlogs', {})['log'] = ''
-        self.extrasresults.setdefault('reproducible', {}).setdefault('files', {})
+        self.extraresults = {}
+        self.extraresults.setdefault('reproducible.rawlogs', {})['log'] = ''
+        self.extraresults.setdefault('reproducible', {}).setdefault('files', {})
 
     def append_to_log(self, msg):
-        self.extrasresults['reproducible.rawlogs']['log'] += msg
+        self.extraresults['reproducible.rawlogs']['log'] += msg
 
     def compare_packages(self, reference_dir, test_dir, diffutils_sysroot):
         result = PackageCompareResults()
@@ -120,60 +131,69 @@
         return result
 
     def write_package_list(self, package_class, name, packages):
-        self.extrasresults['reproducible']['files'].setdefault(package_class, {})[name] = [
+        self.extraresults['reproducible']['files'].setdefault(package_class, {})[name] = [
                 {'reference': p.reference, 'test': p.test} for p in packages]
 
     def copy_file(self, source, dest):
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(dest))
         shutil.copyfile(source, dest)
 
-    def test_reproducible_builds(self):
+    def do_test_build(self, name, use_sstate):
         capture_vars = ['DEPLOY_DIR_' + c.upper() for c in self.package_classes]
 
-        if self.save_results:
-            save_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='oe-reproducible-')
-            os.chmod(save_dir, stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH)
-            self.logger.info('Non-reproducible packages will be copied to %s', save_dir)
+        tmpdir = os.path.join(self.topdir, name, 'tmp')
+        if os.path.exists(tmpdir):
+            bb.utils.remove(tmpdir, recurse=True)
+
+        config = textwrap.dedent('''\
+            INHERIT += "reproducible_build"
+            PACKAGE_CLASSES = "{package_classes}"
+            INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP = "1"
+            TMPDIR = "{tmpdir}"
+            ''').format(package_classes=' '.join('package_%s' % c for c in self.package_classes),
+                        tmpdir=tmpdir)
+
+        if not use_sstate:
+            # This config fragment will disable using shared and the sstate
+            # mirror, forcing a complete build from scratch
+            config += textwrap.dedent('''\
+                SSTATE_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/sstate"
+                SSTATE_MIRROR = ""
+                ''')
+
+        self.write_config(config)
+        d = get_bb_vars(capture_vars)
+        bitbake(' '.join(self.images))
+        return d
+
+    def test_reproducible_builds(self):
+        def strip_topdir(s):
+            if s.startswith(self.topdir):
+                return s[len(self.topdir):]
+            return s
 
         # Build native utilities
         self.write_config('')
-        bitbake("diffutils-native -c addto_recipe_sysroot")
+        bitbake("diffoscope-native diffutils-native jquery-native -c addto_recipe_sysroot")
         diffutils_sysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "diffutils-native")
+        diffoscope_sysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "diffoscope-native")
+        jquery_sysroot = get_bb_var("RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE", "jquery-native")
 
-        # Reproducible builds should not pull from sstate or mirrors, but
-        # sharing DL_DIR is fine
-        common_config = textwrap.dedent('''\
-            INHERIT += "reproducible_build"
-            PACKAGE_CLASSES = "%s"
-            SSTATE_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/sstate"
-            ''') % (' '.join('package_%s' % c for c in self.package_classes))
+        if self.save_results:
+            os.makedirs(self.save_results, exist_ok=True)
+            datestr = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')
+            save_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='oe-reproducible-%s-' % datestr, dir=self.save_results)
+            os.chmod(save_dir, stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH)
+            self.logger.info('Non-reproducible packages will be copied to %s', save_dir)
 
-        # Perform a build.
-        reproducibleA_tmp = os.path.join(self.topdir, 'reproducibleA', 'tmp')
-        if os.path.exists(reproducibleA_tmp):
-            bb.utils.remove(reproducibleA_tmp, recurse=True)
-
-        self.write_config((textwrap.dedent('''\
-            TMPDIR = "%s"
-            ''') % reproducibleA_tmp) + common_config)
-        vars_A = get_bb_vars(capture_vars)
-        bitbake(' '.join(self.images))
-
-        # Perform another build.
-        reproducibleB_tmp = os.path.join(self.topdir, 'reproducibleB', 'tmp')
-        if os.path.exists(reproducibleB_tmp):
-            bb.utils.remove(reproducibleB_tmp, recurse=True)
-
-        self.write_config((textwrap.dedent('''\
-            SSTATE_MIRROR = ""
-            TMPDIR = "%s"
-            ''') % reproducibleB_tmp) + common_config)
-        vars_B = get_bb_vars(capture_vars)
-        bitbake(' '.join(self.images))
+        vars_A = self.do_test_build('reproducibleA', self.build_from_sstate)
+        vars_B = self.do_test_build('reproducibleB', False)
 
         # NOTE: The temp directories from the reproducible build are purposely
         # kept after the build so it can be diffed for debugging.
 
+        fails = []
+
         for c in self.package_classes:
             with self.subTest(package_class=c):
                 package_class = 'package_' + c
@@ -193,10 +213,28 @@
 
                 if self.save_results:
                     for d in result.different:
-                        self.copy_file(d.reference, '/'.join([save_dir, d.reference]))
-                        self.copy_file(d.test, '/'.join([save_dir, d.test]))
+                        self.copy_file(d.reference, '/'.join([save_dir, 'packages', strip_topdir(d.reference)]))
+                        self.copy_file(d.test, '/'.join([save_dir, 'packages', strip_topdir(d.test)]))
 
                 if result.missing or result.different:
-                    self.fail("The following %s packages are missing or different: %s" %
-                            (c, ' '.join(r.test for r in (result.missing + result.different))))
+                    fails.append("The following %s packages are missing or different: %s" %
+                            (c, '\n'.join(r.test for r in (result.missing + result.different))))
+
+        # Clean up empty directories
+        if self.save_results:
+            if not os.listdir(save_dir):
+                os.rmdir(save_dir)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info('Running diffoscope')
+                package_dir = os.path.join(save_dir, 'packages')
+                package_html_dir = os.path.join(package_dir, 'diff-html')
+
+                # Copy jquery to improve the diffoscope output usability
+                self.copy_file(os.path.join(jquery_sysroot, 'usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.min.js'), os.path.join(package_html_dir, 'jquery.js'))
+
+                runCmd(['diffoscope', '--no-default-limits', '--exclude-directory-metadata', '--html-dir', package_html_dir, 'reproducibleA', 'reproducibleB'],
+                        native_sysroot=diffoscope_sysroot, ignore_status=True, cwd=package_dir)
+
+        if fails:
+            self.fail('\n'.join(fails))
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 4b56e5b..60cb2e0 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import shutil
 import oe.lsb
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotQemu
 
 class TestExport(OESelftestTestCase):
 
@@ -166,9 +167,9 @@
         bitbake('core-image-full-cmdline socat')
         bitbake('-c testimage core-image-full-cmdline')
 
-    def test_testimage_virgl_gtk(self):
+    def test_testimage_virgl_gtk_sdl(self):
         """
-        Summary: Check host-assisted accelerate OpenGL functionality in qemu with gtk frontend
+        Summary: Check host-assisted accelerate OpenGL functionality in qemu with gtk and SDL frontends
         Expected: 1. Check that virgl kernel driver is loaded and 3d acceleration is enabled
                   2. Check that kmscube demo runs without crashing.
         Product: oe-core
@@ -181,20 +182,31 @@
             self.skipTest('virgl isn\'t working with Debian 8')
         if distro and distro == 'centos-7':
             self.skipTest('virgl isn\'t working with Centos 7')
+        if distro and distro == 'opensuseleap-15.0':
+            self.skipTest('virgl isn\'t working with Opensuse 15.0')
 
         qemu_packageconfig = get_bb_var('PACKAGECONFIG', 'qemu-system-native')
+        sdl_packageconfig = get_bb_var('PACKAGECONFIG', 'libsdl2-native')
         features = 'INHERIT += "testimage"\n'
         if 'gtk+' not in qemu_packageconfig:
             features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " gtk+"\n'
+        if 'sdl' not in qemu_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " sdl"\n'
         if 'virglrenderer' not in qemu_packageconfig:
             features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " virglrenderer"\n'
         if 'glx' not in qemu_packageconfig:
             features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-qemu-system-native = " glx"\n'
+        if 'opengl' not in sdl_packageconfig:
+            features += 'PACKAGECONFIG_append_pn-libsdl2-native = " opengl"\n'
         features += 'TEST_SUITES = "ping ssh virgl"\n'
         features += 'IMAGE_FEATURES_append = " ssh-server-dropbear"\n'
         features += 'IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " kmscube"\n'
-        features += 'TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "gtk gl"\n'
-        self.write_config(features)
+        features_gtk = features + 'TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "gtk gl"\n'
+        self.write_config(features_gtk)
+        bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+        bitbake('-c testimage core-image-minimal')
+        features_sdl = features + 'TEST_RUNQEMUPARAMS = "sdl gl"\n'
+        self.write_config(features_sdl)
         bitbake('core-image-minimal')
         bitbake('-c testimage core-image-minimal')
 
@@ -232,7 +244,47 @@
         bitbake('-c testimage core-image-minimal')
 
 class Postinst(OESelftestTestCase):
-    def test_postinst_rootfs_and_boot(self):
+
+    def init_manager_loop(self, init_manager):
+        import oe.path
+
+        vars = get_bb_vars(("IMAGE_ROOTFS", "sysconfdir"), "core-image-minimal")
+        rootfs = vars["IMAGE_ROOTFS"]
+        self.assertIsNotNone(rootfs)
+        sysconfdir = vars["sysconfdir"]
+        self.assertIsNotNone(sysconfdir)
+        # Need to use oe.path here as sysconfdir starts with /
+        hosttestdir = oe.path.join(rootfs, sysconfdir, "postinst-test")
+        targettestdir = os.path.join(sysconfdir, "postinst-test")
+
+        for classes in ("package_rpm", "package_deb", "package_ipk"):
+            with self.subTest(init_manager=init_manager, package_class=classes):
+                features = 'CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL = "postinst-delayed-b"\n'
+                features += 'IMAGE_FEATURES += "package-management empty-root-password"\n'
+                features += 'PACKAGE_CLASSES = "%s"\n' % classes
+                if init_manager == "systemd":
+                    features += 'DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"\n'
+                    features += 'VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"\n'
+                    features += 'DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"\n'
+                    features += 'VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = ""\n'
+                self.write_config(features)
+
+                bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(hosttestdir, "rootfs")),
+                                "rootfs state file was not created")
+
+                with runqemu('core-image-minimal') as qemu:
+                    # Make the test echo a string and search for that as
+                    # run_serial()'s status code is useless.'
+                    for filename in ("rootfs", "delayed-a", "delayed-b"):
+                        status, output = qemu.run_serial("test -f %s && echo found" % os.path.join(targettestdir, filename))
+                        self.assertEqual(output, "found", "%s was not present on boot" % filename)
+
+
+
+    @skipIfNotQemu('qemuall', 'Test only runs in qemu')
+    def test_postinst_rootfs_and_boot_sysvinit(self):
         """
         Summary:        The purpose of this test case is to verify Post-installation
                         scripts are called when rootfs is created and also test
@@ -246,46 +298,32 @@
                            created by postinst_boot recipe is present on image.
         Expected:       The files are successfully created during rootfs and boot
                         time for 3 different package managers: rpm,ipk,deb and
-                        for initialization managers: sysvinit and systemd.
+                        for initialization managers: sysvinit.
+
+        """
+        self.init_manager_loop("sysvinit")
+
+
+    @skipIfNotQemu('qemuall', 'Test only runs in qemu')
+    def test_postinst_rootfs_and_boot_systemd(self):
+        """
+        Summary:        The purpose of this test case is to verify Post-installation
+                        scripts are called when rootfs is created and also test
+                        that script can be delayed to run at first boot.
+        Dependencies:   NA
+        Steps:          1. Add proper configuration to local.conf file
+                        2. Build a "core-image-minimal" image
+                        3. Verify that file created by postinst_rootfs recipe is
+                           present on rootfs dir.
+                        4. Boot the image created on qemu and verify that the file
+                           created by postinst_boot recipe is present on image.
+        Expected:       The files are successfully created during rootfs and boot
+                        time for 3 different package managers: rpm,ipk,deb and
+                        for initialization managers: systemd.
 
         """
 
-        import oe.path
-
-        vars = get_bb_vars(("IMAGE_ROOTFS", "sysconfdir"), "core-image-minimal")
-        rootfs = vars["IMAGE_ROOTFS"]
-        self.assertIsNotNone(rootfs)
-        sysconfdir = vars["sysconfdir"]
-        self.assertIsNotNone(sysconfdir)
-        # Need to use oe.path here as sysconfdir starts with /
-        hosttestdir = oe.path.join(rootfs, sysconfdir, "postinst-test")
-        targettestdir = os.path.join(sysconfdir, "postinst-test")
-
-        for init_manager in ("sysvinit", "systemd"):
-            for classes in ("package_rpm", "package_deb", "package_ipk"):
-                with self.subTest(init_manager=init_manager, package_class=classes):
-                    features = 'CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL = "postinst-delayed-b"\n'
-                    features += 'IMAGE_FEATURES += "package-management empty-root-password"\n'
-                    features += 'PACKAGE_CLASSES = "%s"\n' % classes
-                    if init_manager == "systemd":
-                        features += 'DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd"\n'
-                        features += 'VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"\n'
-                        features += 'DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"\n'
-                        features += 'VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = ""\n'
-                    self.write_config(features)
-
-                    bitbake('core-image-minimal')
-
-                    self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(hosttestdir, "rootfs")),
-                                    "rootfs state file was not created")
-
-                    with runqemu('core-image-minimal') as qemu:
-                        # Make the test echo a string and search for that as
-                        # run_serial()'s status code is useless.'
-                        for filename in ("rootfs", "delayed-a", "delayed-b"):
-                            status, output = qemu.run_serial("test -f %s && echo found" % os.path.join(targettestdir, filename))
-                            self.assertEqual(output, "found", "%s was not present on boot" % filename)
-
+        self.init_manager_loop("systemd")
 
 
     def test_failing_postinst(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
index 93b15ae..202d549 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/signing.py
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
             bitbake('-c clean %s' % test_recipe)
             bitbake('-c populate_lic %s' % test_recipe)
 
-            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz.sig')
-            recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz')
+            recipe_sig = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz.sig')
+            recipe_tgz = glob.glob(sstatedir + '/*/*/*:ed:*_populate_lic.tgz')
 
             self.assertEqual(len(recipe_sig), 1, 'Failed to find .sig file.')
             self.assertEqual(len(recipe_tgz), 1, 'Failed to find .tgz file.')
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstate.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstate.py
index 410dec6..80ce9e3 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstate.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstate.py
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
     def search_sstate(self, filename_regex, distro_specific=True, distro_nonspecific=True):
         result = []
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.sstate_path):
-            if distro_specific and re.search("%s/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % self.hostdistro, root):
+            if distro_specific and re.search(r"%s/%s/[a-z0-9]{2}/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % (self.sstate_path, self.hostdistro), root):
                 for f in files:
                     if re.search(filename_regex, f):
                         result.append(f)
-            if distro_nonspecific and re.search("%s/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % self.sstate_path, root):
+            if distro_nonspecific and re.search(r"%s/[a-z0-9]{2}/[a-z0-9]{2}$" % self.sstate_path, root):
                 for f in files:
                     if re.search(filename_regex, f):
                         result.append(f)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
index 6757a0e..9adb511 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
@@ -446,6 +446,46 @@
         self.assertCountEqual(files1, files2)
 
 
+    def test_sstate_multilib_or_not_native_samesigs(self):
+        """The sstate checksums of two native recipes (and their dependencies)
+        where the target is using multilib in one but not the other
+        should be the same. We use the qemux86copy machine to test
+        this.
+        """
+
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash\"
+TCLIBCAPPEND = \"\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86\"
+require conf/multilib.conf
+MULTILIBS = "multilib:lib32"
+DEFAULTTUNE_virtclass-multilib-lib32 = "x86"
+BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER = "OEBasicHash"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash")
+        bitbake("binutils-native  -S none")
+        self.write_config("""
+TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
+TCLIBCAPPEND = \"\"
+MACHINE = \"qemux86copy\"
+BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER = "OEBasicHash"
+""")
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2")
+        bitbake("binutils-native -S none")
+
+        def get_files(d):
+            f = []
+            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(d):
+                for name in files:
+                    f.append(os.path.join(root, name))
+            return f
+        files1 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash/stamps")
+        files2 = get_files(self.topdir + "/tmp-sstatesamehash2/stamps")
+        files2 = [x.replace("tmp-sstatesamehash2", "tmp-sstatesamehash") for x in files2]
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertCountEqual(files1, files2)
+
+
     def test_sstate_noop_samesigs(self):
         """
         The sstate checksums of two builds with these variables changed or
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sysroot.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sysroot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e34927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sysroot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+import uuid
+
+from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
+from oeqa.utils.commands import  bitbake
+
+class SysrootTests(OESelftestTestCase):
+    def test_sysroot_cleanup(self):
+        """
+        Build sysroot test which depends on virtual/sysroot-test for one machine,
+        switch machine, switch provider of virtual/sysroot-test and check that the
+        sysroot is correctly cleaned up. The files in the two providers overlap
+        so can cause errors if the sysroot code doesn't function correctly.
+        Yes, sysroot-test should be machine specific really to avoid this, however
+        the sysroot cleanup should also work [YOCTO #13702]. 
+        """
+
+        uuid1 = uuid.uuid4()
+        uuid2 = uuid.uuid4()
+
+        self.write_config("""
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/sysroot-test = "sysroot-test-arch1"
+MACHINE = "qemux86"
+TESTSTRING_pn-sysroot-test-arch1 = "%s"
+TESTSTRING_pn-sysroot-test-arch2 = "%s"
+""" % (uuid1, uuid2))
+        bitbake("sysroot-test")
+        self.write_config("""
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/sysroot-test = "sysroot-test-arch2"
+MACHINE = "qemux86copy"
+TESTSTRING_pn-sysroot-test-arch1 = "%s"
+TESTSTRING_pn-sysroot-test-arch2 = "%s"
+""" % (uuid1, uuid2))
+        bitbake("sysroot-test")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
index 42a1b6b..d1aa7b9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/tinfoil.py
@@ -65,19 +65,6 @@
             localdata.setVar('PN', 'hello')
             self.assertEqual('hello', localdata.getVar('BPN'))
 
-    def test_parse_recipe_initial_datastore(self):
-        with bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil() as tinfoil:
-            tinfoil.prepare(config_only=False, quiet=2)
-            testrecipe = 'mdadm'
-            best = tinfoil.find_best_provider(testrecipe)
-            if not best:
-                self.fail('Unable to find recipe providing %s' % testrecipe)
-            dcopy = bb.data.createCopy(tinfoil.config_data)
-            dcopy.setVar('MYVARIABLE', 'somevalue')
-            rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe_file(best[3], config_data=dcopy)
-            # Check we can get variable values
-            self.assertEqual('somevalue', rd.getVar('MYVARIABLE'))
-
     def test_list_recipes(self):
         with bb.tinfoil.Tinfoil() as tinfoil:
             tinfoil.prepare(config_only=False, quiet=2)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index 0c03b4b..c8765e5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@
         return wrapped_f
     return wrapper
 
+def extract_files(debugfs_output):
+    """
+    extract file names from the output of debugfs -R 'ls -p',
+    which looks like this:
+
+     /2/040755/0/0/.//\n
+     /2/040755/0/0/..//\n
+     /11/040700/0/0/lost+found^M//\n
+     /12/040755/1002/1002/run//\n
+     /13/040755/1002/1002/sys//\n
+     /14/040755/1002/1002/bin//\n
+     /80/040755/1002/1002/var//\n
+     /92/040755/1002/1002/tmp//\n
+    """
+    # NOTE the occasional ^M in file names
+    return [line.split('/')[5].strip() for line in \
+            debugfs_output.strip().split('/\n')]
+
+def files_own_by_root(debugfs_output):
+    for line in debugfs_output.strip().split('/\n'):
+        if line.split('/')[3:5] != ['0', '0']:
+            print(debugfs_output)
+            return False
+    return True
 
 class WicTestCase(OESelftestTestCase):
     """Wic test class."""
@@ -66,6 +90,7 @@
                 self.skipTest('wic-tools cannot be built due its (intltool|gettext)-native dependency and NLS disable')
 
             bitbake('core-image-minimal')
+            bitbake('core-image-minimal-mtdutils')
             WicTestCase.image_is_ready = True
 
         rmtree(self.resultdir, ignore_errors=True)
@@ -393,24 +418,6 @@
                 runCmd("dd if=%s of=%s skip=%d count=%d" %
                                            (wicimg, part_file, start, length))
 
-            def extract_files(debugfs_output):
-                """
-                extract file names from the output of debugfs -R 'ls -p',
-                which looks like this:
-
-                 /2/040755/0/0/.//\n
-                 /2/040755/0/0/..//\n
-                 /11/040700/0/0/lost+found^M//\n
-                 /12/040755/1002/1002/run//\n
-                 /13/040755/1002/1002/sys//\n
-                 /14/040755/1002/1002/bin//\n
-                 /80/040755/1002/1002/var//\n
-                 /92/040755/1002/1002/tmp//\n
-                """
-                # NOTE the occasional ^M in file names
-                return [line.split('/')[5].strip() for line in \
-                        debugfs_output.strip().split('/\n')]
-
             # Test partition 1, should contain the normal root directories, except
             # /usr.
             res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % \
@@ -451,6 +458,104 @@
         finally:
             os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
 
+    def test_include_path(self):
+        """Test --include-path wks option."""
+
+        oldpath = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = get_bb_var("PATH", "wic-tools")
+
+        try:
+            include_path = os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'test-include')
+            os.makedirs(include_path)
+            with open(os.path.join(include_path, 'test-file'), 'w') as t:
+                t.write("test\n")
+            wks_file = os.path.join(include_path, 'temp.wks')
+            with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+                rootfs_dir = get_bb_var('IMAGE_ROOTFS', 'core-image-minimal')
+                wks.write("""
+part /part1 --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4
+part /part2 --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk0 --fstype=ext4 --include-path %s"""
+                          % (include_path))
+            runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir))
+
+            part1 = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'temp-*.direct.p1'))[0]
+            part2 = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'temp-*.direct.p2'))[0]
+
+            # Test partition 1, should not contain 'test-file'
+            res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part1))
+            files = extract_files(res.output)
+            self.assertNotIn('test-file', files)
+            self.assertEqual(True, files_own_by_root(res.output))
+
+            # Test partition 2, should contain 'test-file'
+            res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part2))
+            files = extract_files(res.output)
+            self.assertIn('test-file', files)
+            self.assertEqual(True, files_own_by_root(res.output))
+
+        finally:
+            os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
+
+    def test_include_path_embeded(self):
+        """Test --include-path wks option."""
+
+        oldpath = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = get_bb_var("PATH", "wic-tools")
+
+        try:
+            include_path = os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'test-include')
+            os.makedirs(include_path)
+            with open(os.path.join(include_path, 'test-file'), 'w') as t:
+                t.write("test\n")
+            wks_file = os.path.join(include_path, 'temp.wks')
+            with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+                wks.write("""
+part / --source rootfs  --fstype=ext4 --include-path %s --include-path core-image-minimal-mtdutils export/"""
+                          % (include_path))
+            runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir))
+
+            part1 = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'temp-*.direct.p1'))[0]
+
+            res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part1))
+            files = extract_files(res.output)
+            self.assertIn('test-file', files)
+            self.assertEqual(True, files_own_by_root(res.output))
+
+            res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p /export/etc/' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part1))
+            files = extract_files(res.output)
+            self.assertIn('passwd', files)
+            self.assertEqual(True, files_own_by_root(res.output))
+
+        finally:
+            os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
+
+    def test_include_path_errors(self):
+        """Test --include-path wks option error handling."""
+        wks_file = 'temp.wks'
+
+        # Absolute argument.
+        with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+            wks.write("part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --include-path core-image-minimal-mtdutils /export")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                      % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
+        os.remove(wks_file)
+
+        # Argument pointing to parent directory.
+        with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+            wks.write("part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --include-path core-image-minimal-mtdutils ././..")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                      % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
+        os.remove(wks_file)
+
+        # 3 Argument pointing to parent directory.
+        with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+            wks.write("part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --include-path core-image-minimal-mtdutils export/ dummy")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                      % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
+        os.remove(wks_file)
+
     def test_exclude_path_errors(self):
         """Test --exclude-path wks option error handling."""
         wks_file = 'temp.wks'
@@ -469,6 +574,89 @@
                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
         os.remove(wks_file)
 
+    def test_permissions(self):
+        """Test permissions are respected"""
+
+        oldpath = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = get_bb_var("PATH", "wic-tools")
+
+        t_normal = """
+part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4
+"""
+        t_exclude = """
+part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --exclude-path=home
+"""
+        t_multi = """
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4
+part /export --source rootfs --rootfs=core-image-minimal-mtdutils --fstype=ext4
+"""
+        t_change = """
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --exclude-path=etc/   
+part /etc --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --change-directory=etc
+"""
+        tests = [t_normal, t_exclude, t_multi, t_change]
+
+        try:
+            for test in tests:
+                include_path = os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'test-include')
+                os.makedirs(include_path)
+                wks_file = os.path.join(include_path, 'temp.wks')
+                with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+                    wks.write(test)
+                runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir))
+
+                for part in glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'temp-*.direct.p*')):
+                    res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part))
+                    self.assertEqual(True, files_own_by_root(res.output))
+
+                rmtree(self.resultdir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+        finally:
+            os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
+
+    def test_change_directory(self):
+        """Test --change-directory wks option."""
+
+        oldpath = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = get_bb_var("PATH", "wic-tools")
+
+        try:
+            include_path = os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'test-include')
+            os.makedirs(include_path)
+            wks_file = os.path.join(include_path, 'temp.wks')
+            with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+                wks.write("part /etc --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --change-directory=etc")
+            runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                       % (wks_file, self.resultdir))
+
+            part1 = glob(os.path.join(self.resultdir, 'temp-*.direct.p1'))[0]
+
+            res = runCmd("debugfs -R 'ls -p' %s 2>/dev/null" % (part1))
+            files = extract_files(res.output)
+            self.assertIn('passwd', files)
+
+        finally:
+            os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
+
+    def test_change_directory_errors(self):
+        """Test --change-directory wks option error handling."""
+        wks_file = 'temp.wks'
+
+        # Absolute argument.
+        with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+            wks.write("part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --change-directory /usr")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                      % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
+        os.remove(wks_file)
+
+        # Argument pointing to parent directory.
+        with open(wks_file, 'w') as wks:
+            wks.write("part / --source rootfs --fstype=ext4 --change-directory ././..")
+        self.assertNotEqual(0, runCmd("wic create %s -e core-image-minimal -o %s" \
+                                      % (wks_file, self.resultdir), ignore_status=True).status)
+        os.remove(wks_file)
+
 class Wic2(WicTestCase):
 
     def test_bmap_short(self):
@@ -500,7 +688,8 @@
         # filter out optional variables
         wicvars = wicvars.difference(('DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE', 'IMAGE_BOOT_FILES',
                                       'INITRD', 'INITRD_LIVE', 'ISODIR','INITRAMFS_IMAGE',
-                                      'INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE', 'INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME'))
+                                      'INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE', 'INITRAMFS_LINK_NAME',
+                                      'APPEND'))
         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
@@ -866,6 +1055,13 @@
             self.assertEqual(8, len(result.output.split('\n')))
             self.assertTrue(os.path.basename(testdir) in result.output)
 
+            # copy the file from the partition and check if it success
+            dest = '%s-cp' % testfile.name
+            runCmd("wic cp %s:1/%s %s -n %s" % (images[0],
+                    os.path.basename(testfile.name), dest, sysroot))
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(dest))
+
+
     def test_wic_rm(self):
         """Test removing files and directories from the the wic image."""
         runCmd("wic create mkefidisk "
@@ -1005,6 +1201,16 @@
             newdirs = set(line.split()[-1] for line in result.output.split('\n') if line)
             self.assertEqual(newdirs.difference(dirs), set([os.path.basename(testfile.name)]))
 
+            # check if the file to copy is in the partition
+            result = runCmd("wic ls %s:2/etc/ -n %s" % (images[0], sysroot))
+            self.assertTrue('fstab' in [line.split()[-1] for line in result.output.split('\n') if line])
+
+            # copy file from the partition, replace the temporary file content with it and
+            # check for the file size to validate the copy
+            runCmd("wic cp %s:2/etc/fstab %s -n %s" % (images[0], testfile.name, sysroot))
+            self.assertTrue(os.stat(testfile.name).st_size > 0)
+
+
     def test_wic_rm_ext(self):
         """Test removing files from the ext partition."""
         runCmd("wic create mkefidisk "
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index c4eb5d6..48ec5d4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 import glob
 import sys
 import importlib
-import signal
-from shutil import copyfile
+import subprocess
 from random import choice
 
 import oeqa
 import oe
+import bb.utils
 
 from oeqa.core.context import OETestContext, OETestContextExecutor
 from oeqa.core.exception import OEQAPreRun, OEQATestNotFound
@@ -29,6 +29,54 @@
         self.custommachine = None
         self.config_paths = config_paths
 
+    def setup_builddir(self, suffix, selftestdir, suite):
+        builddir = os.environ['BUILDDIR']
+        if not selftestdir:
+            selftestdir = get_test_layer()
+        newbuilddir = builddir + suffix
+        newselftestdir = newbuilddir + "/meta-selftest"
+
+        if os.path.exists(newbuilddir):
+            self.logger.error("Build directory %s already exists, aborting" % newbuilddir)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        bb.utils.mkdirhier(newbuilddir)
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/conf", newbuilddir + "/conf")
+        oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/cache", newbuilddir + "/cache")
+        oe.path.copytree(selftestdir, newselftestdir)
+
+        for e in os.environ:
+            if builddir + "/" in os.environ[e] or os.environ[e].endswith(builddir):
+                os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
+
+        subprocess.check_output("git init; git add *; git commit -a -m 'initial'", cwd=newselftestdir, shell=True)
+
+        # Tried to used bitbake-layers add/remove but it requires recipe parsing and hence is too slow
+        subprocess.check_output("sed %s/conf/bblayers.conf -i -e 's#%s#%s#g'" % (newbuilddir, selftestdir, newselftestdir), cwd=newbuilddir, shell=True)
+
+        os.chdir(newbuilddir)
+
+        for t in suite:
+            if not hasattr(t, "tc"):
+                continue
+            cp = t.tc.config_paths
+            for p in cp:
+                if selftestdir in cp[p] and newselftestdir not in cp[p]:
+                    cp[p] = cp[p].replace(selftestdir, newselftestdir)
+                if builddir in cp[p] and newbuilddir not in cp[p]:
+                    cp[p] = cp[p].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
+
+        return (builddir, newbuilddir)
+
+    def prepareSuite(self, suites, processes):
+        if processes:
+            from oeqa.core.utils.concurrencytest import ConcurrentTestSuite
+
+            return ConcurrentTestSuite(suites, processes, self.setup_builddir)
+        else:
+            self.setup_builddir("-st", None, suites)
+            return suites
+
     def runTests(self, processes=None, machine=None, skips=[]):
         if machine:
             self.custommachine = machine
@@ -135,26 +183,10 @@
 
         builddir = os.environ.get("BUILDDIR")
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths'] = {}
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['testlayer_path'] = \
-                get_test_layer()
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['testlayer_path'] = get_test_layer()
         self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['builddir'] = builddir
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf")
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf_backup'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf.orig")
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf_class_backup'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf.bk")
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers_backup'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf.orig")
-        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers_class_backup'] = \
-                os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf.bk")
-
-        copyfile(self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf'],
-                self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf_backup'])
-        copyfile(self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers'], 
-                self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers_backup'])
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['localconf'] = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/local.conf")
+        self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']['bblayers'] = os.path.join(builddir, "conf/bblayers.conf")
 
         def tag_filter(tags):
             if args.exclude_tags:
@@ -279,14 +311,9 @@
 
         return rc
 
-    def _signal_clean_handler(self, signum, frame):
-        sys.exit(1)
-    
     def run(self, logger, args):
         self._process_args(logger, args)
 
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._signal_clean_handler)
-
         rc = None
         try:
             if args.machine:
@@ -315,20 +342,6 @@
                 rc = self._internal_run(logger, args)
         finally:
             config_paths = self.tc_kwargs['init']['config_paths']
-            if os.path.exists(config_paths['localconf_backup']):
-                copyfile(config_paths['localconf_backup'],
-                        config_paths['localconf'])
-                os.remove(config_paths['localconf_backup'])
-
-            if os.path.exists(config_paths['bblayers_backup']):
-                copyfile(config_paths['bblayers_backup'], 
-                        config_paths['bblayers'])
-                os.remove(config_paths['bblayers_backup'])
-
-            if os.path.exists(config_paths['localconf_class_backup']):
-                os.remove(config_paths['localconf_class_backup'])
-            if os.path.exists(config_paths['bblayers_class_backup']):
-                os.remove(config_paths['bblayers_class_backup'])
 
             output_link = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(args.output_log),
                     "%s-results.log" % self.name)
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
index 1445e3e..2aa548e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
         import oe.path
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(self.testdir)
         self.qemurunnerlog = os.path.join(self.testdir, 'qemurunner_log.%s' % self.datetime)
-        loggerhandler = logging.FileHandler(self.qemurunnerlog)
-        loggerhandler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s: %(message)s"))
-        self.logger.addHandler(loggerhandler)
+        self.loggerhandler = logging.FileHandler(self.qemurunnerlog)
+        self.loggerhandler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s: %(message)s"))
+        self.logger.addHandler(self.loggerhandler)
         oe.path.symlink(os.path.basename(self.qemurunnerlog), os.path.join(self.testdir, 'qemurunner_log'), force=True)
 
         if d.getVar("DISTRO") == "poky-tiny":
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@
                             use_kvm = use_kvm,
                             dump_dir = dump_dir,
                             dump_host_cmds = d.getVar("testimage_dump_host"),
-                            logger = logger)
+                            logger = logger,
+                            serial_ports = len(d.getVar("SERIAL_CONSOLES").split()))
 
         self.target_dumper = TargetDumper(dump_target_cmds, dump_dir, self.runner)
 
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@
 
     def stop(self):
         self.runner.stop()
+        self.logger.removeHandler(self.loggerhandler)
         self.connection = None
         self.ip = None
         self.server_ip = None
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
index dc1e286..f167987 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py
@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@
     try:
         tinfoil.logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         import oeqa.targetcontrol
-        tinfoil.config_data.setVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", "${WORKDIR}/testimage")
-        tinfoil.config_data.setVar("TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT", "1000")
+        recipedata = tinfoil.parse_recipe(pn)
+        recipedata.setVar("TEST_LOG_DIR", "${WORKDIR}/testimage")
+        recipedata.setVar("TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT", "1000")
         # Tell QemuTarget() whether need find rootfs/kernel or not
         if launch_cmd:
-            tinfoil.config_data.setVar("FIND_ROOTFS", '0')
+            recipedata.setVar("FIND_ROOTFS", '0')
         else:
-            tinfoil.config_data.setVar("FIND_ROOTFS", '1')
+            recipedata.setVar("FIND_ROOTFS", '1')
 
-        recipedata = tinfoil.parse_recipe(pn)
         for key, value in overrides.items():
             recipedata.setVar(key, value)
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
index d34e05e..09a4432 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/dump.py
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@
     def dump_host(self, dump_dir=""):
         if dump_dir:
             self.dump_dir = dump_dir
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['PATH'] = '/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin'
+        env['COLUMNS'] = '9999'
         for cmd in self.cmds:
-            result = runCmd(cmd, ignore_status=True)
+            result = runCmd(cmd, ignore_status=True, env=env)
             self._write_dump(cmd.split()[0], result.output)
 
 class TargetDumper(BaseDumper):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
index aa43559..58d3c3b 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 class HTTPService(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, root_dir, host='', logger=None):
+    def __init__(self, root_dir, host='', port=0, logger=None):
         self.root_dir = root_dir
         self.host = host
-        self.port = 0
+        self.port = port
         self.logger = logger
 
     def start(self):
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
index 7313df8..60e16d5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/logparser.py
@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@
         section_regex['exitcode'] = re.compile(r"^ERROR: Exit status is (.+)")
         section_regex['timeout'] = re.compile(r"^TIMEOUT: .*/(.+)/ptest")
 
+        # Cache markers so we don't take the re.search() hit all the time.
+        markers = ("PASS:", "FAIL:", "SKIP:", "BEGIN:", "END:", "DURATION:", "ERROR: Exit", "TIMEOUT:")
+
         def newsection():
-            return { 'name': "No-section", 'log': "" }
+            return { 'name': "No-section", 'log': [] }
 
         current_section = newsection()
 
         with open(logfile, errors='replace') as f:
             for line in f:
+                if not line.startswith(markers):
+                    current_section['log'].append(line)
+                    continue
+
                 result = section_regex['begin'].search(line)
                 if result:
                     current_section['name'] = result.group(1)
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@
                         current_section[t] = result.group(1)
                         continue
 
-                current_section['log'] = current_section['log'] + line 
+                current_section['log'].append(line)
 
                 for t in test_regex:
                     result = test_regex[t].search(line)
@@ -70,6 +77,11 @@
                             self.results[current_section['name']] = {}
                         self.results[current_section['name']][result.group(1).strip()] = t
 
+        # Python performance for repeatedly joining long strings is poor, do it all at once at the end.
+        # For 2.1 million lines in a log this reduces 18 hours to 12s.
+        for section in self.sections:
+            self.sections[section]['log'] = "".join(self.sections[section]['log'])
+
         return self.results, self.sections
 
     # Log the results as files. The file name is the section name and the contents are the tests in that section.
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index fe8b77d..4b74337 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import codecs
 import logging
 from oeqa.utils.dump import HostDumper
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 # Get Unicode non printable control chars
 control_range = list(range(0,32))+list(range(127,160))
@@ -31,10 +32,11 @@
 class QemuRunner:
 
     def __init__(self, machine, rootfs, display, tmpdir, deploy_dir_image, logfile, boottime, dump_dir, dump_host_cmds,
-                 use_kvm, logger, use_slirp=False):
+                 use_kvm, logger, use_slirp=False, serial_ports=2, boot_patterns = defaultdict(str), use_ovmf=False):
 
         # Popen object for runqemu
         self.runqemu = None
+        self.runqemu_exited = False
         # pid of the qemu process that runqemu will start
         self.qemupid = None
         # target ip - from the command line or runqemu output
@@ -54,8 +56,11 @@
         self.logged = False
         self.thread = None
         self.use_kvm = use_kvm
+        self.use_ovmf = use_ovmf
         self.use_slirp = use_slirp
+        self.serial_ports = serial_ports
         self.msg = ''
+        self.boot_patterns = boot_patterns
 
         self.runqemutime = 120
         self.qemu_pidfile = 'pidfile_'+str(os.getpid())
@@ -64,6 +69,25 @@
 
         self.logger = logger
 
+        # Enable testing other OS's
+        # Set commands for target communication, and default to Linux ALWAYS
+        # Other OS's or baremetal applications need to provide their
+        # own implementation passing it through QemuRunner's constructor
+        # or by passing them through TESTIMAGE_BOOT_PATTERNS[flag]
+        # provided variables, where <flag> is one of the mentioned below.
+        accepted_patterns = ['search_reached_prompt', 'send_login_user', 'search_login_succeeded', 'search_cmd_finished']
+        default_boot_patterns = defaultdict(str)
+        # Default to the usual paterns used to communicate with the target
+        default_boot_patterns['search_reached_prompt'] = b' login:'
+        default_boot_patterns['send_login_user'] = 'root\n'
+        default_boot_patterns['search_login_succeeded'] = r"root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#"
+        default_boot_patterns['search_cmd_finished'] = r"[a-zA-Z0-9]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#"
+
+        # Only override patterns that were set e.g. login user TESTIMAGE_BOOT_PATTERNS[send_login_user] = "webserver\n"
+        for pattern in accepted_patterns:
+            if not self.boot_patterns[pattern]:
+                self.boot_patterns[pattern] = default_boot_patterns[pattern]
+
     def create_socket(self):
         try:
             sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
@@ -98,11 +122,10 @@
     def handleSIGCHLD(self, signum, frame):
         if self.runqemu and self.runqemu.poll():
             if 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.logger.error('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
+                self.logger.error('Output from runqemu:\n%s' % self.getOutput(self.runqemu.stdout))
                 self.stop()
                 self._dump_host()
-                raise SystemExit
 
     def start(self, qemuparams = None, get_ip = True, extra_bootparams = None, runqemuparams='', launch_cmd=None, discard_writes=True):
         env = os.environ.copy()
@@ -136,13 +159,16 @@
                 launch_cmd += ' nographic'
             if self.use_slirp:
                 launch_cmd += ' slirp'
+            if self.use_ovmf:
+                launch_cmd += ' ovmf'
             launch_cmd += ' %s %s %s' % (runqemuparams, self.machine, self.rootfs)
 
         return self.launch(launch_cmd, qemuparams=qemuparams, get_ip=get_ip, extra_bootparams=extra_bootparams, env=env)
 
     def launch(self, launch_cmd, get_ip = True, qemuparams = None, extra_bootparams = None, env = None):
         try:
-            self.threadsock, threadport = self.create_socket()
+            if self.serial_ports >= 2:
+                self.threadsock, threadport = self.create_socket()
             self.server_socket, self.serverport = self.create_socket()
         except socket.error as msg:
             self.logger.error("Failed to create listening socket: %s" % msg[1])
@@ -160,7 +186,10 @@
         if qemuparams:
             self.qemuparams = self.qemuparams[:-1] + " " + qemuparams + " " + '\"'
 
-        launch_cmd += ' tcpserial=%s:%s %s' % (threadport, self.serverport, self.qemuparams)
+        if self.serial_ports >= 2:
+            launch_cmd += ' tcpserial=%s:%s %s' % (threadport, self.serverport, self.qemuparams)
+        else:
+            launch_cmd += ' tcpserial=%s %s' % (self.serverport, self.qemuparams)
 
         self.origchldhandler = signal.getsignal(signal.SIGCHLD)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, self.handleSIGCHLD)
@@ -206,6 +235,8 @@
         endtime = time.time() + self.runqemutime
         while not self.is_alive() and time.time() < endtime:
             if self.runqemu.poll():
+                if self.runqemu_exited:
+                    return False
                 if self.runqemu.returncode:
                     # No point waiting any longer
                     self.logger.warning('runqemu exited with code %d' % self.runqemu.returncode)
@@ -215,6 +246,9 @@
                     return False
             time.sleep(0.5)
 
+        if self.runqemu_exited:
+            return False
+
         if not self.is_alive():
             self.logger.error("Qemu pid didn't appear in %s seconds (%s)" %
                               (self.runqemutime, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
@@ -237,8 +271,8 @@
         self.logger.debug("qemu started in %s seconds - qemu procces pid is %s (%s)" %
                           (time.time() - (endtime - self.runqemutime),
                            self.qemupid, time.strftime("%D %H:%M:%S")))
+        cmdline = ''
         if get_ip:
-            cmdline = ''
             with open('/proc/%s/cmdline' % self.qemupid) as p:
                 cmdline = p.read()
                 # It is needed to sanitize the data received
@@ -275,14 +309,15 @@
         self.logger.debug("Target IP: %s" % self.ip)
         self.logger.debug("Server IP: %s" % self.server_ip)
 
-        self.thread = LoggingThread(self.log, self.threadsock, self.logger)
-        self.thread.start()
-        if not self.thread.connection_established.wait(self.boottime):
-            self.logger.error("Didn't receive a console connection from qemu. "
-                         "Here is the qemu command line used:\n%s\nand "
-                         "output from runqemu:\n%s" % (cmdline, out))
-            self.stop_thread()
-            return False
+        if self.serial_ports >= 2:
+            self.thread = LoggingThread(self.log, self.threadsock, self.logger)
+            self.thread.start()
+            if not self.thread.connection_established.wait(self.boottime):
+                self.logger.error("Didn't receive a console connection from qemu. "
+                             "Here is the qemu command line used:\n%s\nand "
+                             "output from runqemu:\n%s" % (cmdline, out))
+                self.stop_thread()
+                return False
 
         self.logger.debug("Output from runqemu:\n%s", out)
         self.logger.debug("Waiting at most %d seconds for login banner (%s)" %
@@ -310,8 +345,12 @@
                     data = data + sock.recv(1024)
                     if data:
                         bootlog += data
+                        if self.serial_ports < 2:
+                            # this socket has mixed console/kernel data, log it to logfile
+                            self.log(data)
+
                         data = b''
-                        if b' login:' in bootlog:
+                        if self.boot_patterns['search_reached_prompt'] in bootlog:
                             self.server_socket = qemusock
                             stopread = True
                             reachedlogin = True
@@ -343,8 +382,8 @@
 
         # If we are not able to login the tests can continue
         try:
-            (status, output) = self.run_serial("root\n", raw=True)
-            if re.search(r"root@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", output):
+            (status, output) = self.run_serial(self.boot_patterns['send_login_user'], raw=True)
+            if re.search(self.boot_patterns['search_login_succeeded'], output):
                 self.logged = True
                 self.logger.debug("Logged as root in serial console")
                 if netconf:
@@ -385,7 +424,7 @@
                 os.killpg(os.getpgid(self.runqemu.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
             self.runqemu.stdin.close()
             self.runqemu.stdout.close()
-            self.runqemu = None
+            self.runqemu_exited = True
 
         if hasattr(self, 'server_socket') and self.server_socket:
             self.server_socket.close()
@@ -396,7 +435,11 @@
         self.qemupid = None
         self.ip = None
         if os.path.exists(self.qemu_pidfile):
-            os.remove(self.qemu_pidfile)
+            try:
+                os.remove(self.qemu_pidfile)
+            except FileNotFoundError as e:
+                # We raced, ignore
+                pass
         if self.monitorpipe:
             self.monitorpipe.close()
 
@@ -422,7 +465,7 @@
         return False
 
     def is_alive(self):
-        if not self.runqemu or self.runqemu.poll() is not None:
+        if not self.runqemu or self.runqemu.poll() is not None or self.runqemu_exited:
             return False
         if os.path.isfile(self.qemu_pidfile):
             # when handling pidfile, qemu creates the file, stat it, lock it and then write to it
@@ -465,7 +508,7 @@
                 if answer:
                     data += answer.decode('utf-8')
                     # Search the prompt to stop
-                    if re.search(r"[a-zA-Z0-9]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+:~#", data):
+                    if re.search(self.boot_patterns['search_cmd_finished'], data):
                         break
                 else:
                     raise Exception("No data on serial console socket")
diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py
index 49a0726..36c2ecb 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/sshcontrol.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             "stdin": None,
             "shell": False,
             "bufsize": -1,
-            "preexec_fn": os.setsid,
+            "start_new_session": True,
         }
         self.options = dict(self.defaultopts)
         self.options.update(options)