2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
index 4b11195160..fe8e55a376 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/kickstart/custom_commands/partition.py
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ from mic.utils.oe.misc import *
 
 from mic.kickstart.custom_commands import *
 
-BOOTDD_EXTRA_SPACE = 16384
-
 class Wic_PartData(Mic_PartData):
     removedKeywords = Mic_PartData.removedKeywords
     removedAttrs = Mic_PartData.removedAttrs
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/oe/misc.py b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/oe/misc.py
index 9edaa230e4..097d44c057 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/oe/misc.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/oe/misc.py
@@ -106,3 +106,15 @@ def get_wks_var(key):
 
 def add_wks_var(key, val):
     wks_vars[key] = val
+
+BOOTDD_EXTRA_SPACE = 16384
+
+def get_line_val(line, key):
+    """
+    Extract the value from the VAR="val" string
+    """
+    if line.startswith(key + "="):
+        stripped_line = line.split('=')[1]
+        stripped_line = stripped_line.replace('\"', '')
+        return stripped_line
+    return None