Merge tag 'v2025.04-rc3' into next

Prepare v2025.04-rc3

diff --cc .gitlab-ci.yml
Simple merge

diff --cc Makefile
Simple merge

diff --cc cmd/Kconfig
Simple merge

diff --cc configs/am62ax_evm_r5_defconfig
Simple merge

diff --cc configs/am62px_evm_r5_defconfig
Simple merge

diff --cc configs/arbel_evb_defconfig
Simple merge

diff --cc tools/image-host.c
Simple merge