diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/oeqemuconsole.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/oeqemuconsole.py
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+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/oeqemuconsole.py
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+import socket
+import time
+import re
+from telnetlib import Telnet
+
+class oeQemuConsole(Telnet):
+
+    """
+    Override Telnet class to use unix domain sockets,
+    Telnet uses AF_INET for socket, we don't want that.
+    Also, provide a read_all variant with timeout, that
+    returns whatever output there is.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, stream, logfile):
+
+        Telnet.__init__(self, host=None)
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.logfile = logfile
+        self.eof = 0
+        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.sock.connect(stream)
+
+    def log(self, msg):
+        if self.logfile:
+            with open(self.logfile, "a") as f:
+                f.write("%s\n" % msg)
+
+
+    def read_all_timeout(self, match, timeout=200):
+        """Read until EOF or until timeout or until match.
+        """
+        ret = False
+        self.process_rawq()
+        endtime = time.time() + timeout
+        while not self.eof and time.time() < endtime:
+            self.fill_rawq()
+            self.process_rawq()
+            if re.search(match, self.cookedq):
+                ret = True
+                break
+        buf = self.cookedq
+        self.cookedq = ''
+        self.log(buf)
+        return (ret, buf)