util: Factor out the code to shorten a format name.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_format_parse.py b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_format_parse.py
index 37336029d8..248a26ea8c 100755
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_format_parse.py
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_format_parse.py
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ class Format:
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name
 
+    def short_name(self):
+        '''Make up a short norm for a format, suitable to be used as suffix in
+        function names.'''
+
+        name = self.name
+        if name.startswith('PIPE_FORMAT_'):
+            name = name[len('PIPE_FORMAT_'):]
+        name = name.lower()
+        return name
+
     def block_size(self):
         size = 0
         for type in self.in_types: