Move the function to a library, it could be useful in other places.
(From OE-Core rev: 66bf08f2df478a909a12756c650dcc2ae09a0a47)
Signed-off-by: Marta Rybczynska <marta.rybczynska@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit debd37abcdde8788761ebdb4a05bc61f7394cbb8)
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>