Re: [OE-core] [PATCH V2] qemurunner: Improve qmp module detection PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR for qmp module path

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Wed Jan 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM CET, Tom Geelen via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Instead of using logfile to detect where qmp is located we can use PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR, passed via ENV to the launch function as this will point to the image recipe for which launch is called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Geelen <t.f.g.geelen@gmail.com>
> ---

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your patch.

This is failing on the autobuilder, with the following error:

2026-01-08 10:20:15,532 - oe-selftest - INFO - testtools.testresult.real._StringException: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-tc/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/commands.py", line 390, in runqemu
    qemu.start(params=qemuparams, ssh=ssh, runqemuparams=runqemuparams, launch_cmd=launch_cmd, discard_writes=discard_writes)
  File "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemux86-tc/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/targetcontrol.py", line 179, in start
    raise RuntimeError("%s - FAILED to start qemu - check the task log and the boot log" % self.pn)
RuntimeError: core-image-minimal - FAILED to start qemu - check the task log and the boot log
...
DEBUG: Using kvm for runqemu
ERROR: qemurunner: qmp module missing, please ensure it's installed in /../recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib/qemu-python (No module named 'qmp')

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/28/builds/2925
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/5/builds/2931
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/28/builds/2925
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/66/builds/2975

Can you have a look at these issues?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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