diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.0/default/android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0-service.rc b/automotive/evs/1.0/default/android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0-service.rc
index 117c249..8dcd969 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.0/default/android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.0/default/android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0-service.rc
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
     class hal
     user automotive_evs
     group automotive_evs
+    disabled # do not start automatically
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp b/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp
index 2ef33fd..8988bfd 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/Android.bp
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
     srcs: [
         "VtsHalEvsV1_0TargetTest.cpp",
         "FrameHandler.cpp",
-        "FormatConvert.cpp"
     ],
     defaults: ["VtsHalTargetTestDefaults"],
     shared_libs: [
         "libui",
     ],
-    static_libs: ["android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0"],
+    static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.automotive.evs@1.0",
+        "android.hardware.automotive.evs@common-default-lib",
+    ],
     test_suites: ["general-tests"],
     cflags: [
         "-O0",
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.h b/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a94f99..0000000
--- a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H
-#define EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H
-
-#include <queue>
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-
-// Given an image buffer in NV21 format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCRCB_420_SP), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx
-// values.  The NV21 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 interleaved
-// U/V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image, and a horizontal
-// stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for both the Y and UV arrays.
-void copyNV21toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                     bool bgrxFormat = false);
-
-void copyNV21toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels);
-
-
-// Given an image buffer in YV12 format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YV12), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx values.
-// The YV12 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 U array, followed
-// by another 1/2 x 1/2 V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image,
-// and a horizontal stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for each of the Y, U,
-// and V arrays.
-void copyYV12toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                     bool bgrxFormat = false);
-
-void copyYV12toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels);
-
-// Given an image buffer in YUYV format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCBCR_422_I), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx
-// values.  The NV21 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 interleaved
-// U/V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image, and a horizontal
-// stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for both the Y and UV arrays.
-void copyYUYVtoRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStrideBytes,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStrideBytes,
-                     bool bgrxFormat = false);
-
-void copyYUYVtoBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStrideBytes,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStrideBytes);
-
-
-// Given an simple rectangular image buffer with an integer number of bytes per pixel,
-// copy the pixel values into a new rectangular buffer (potentially with a different stride).
-// This is typically used to copy RGBx data into an RGBx output buffer.
-void copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                                   void* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
-                                   void* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                                   unsigned pixelSize);
-
-#endif // EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FrameHandler.cpp b/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FrameHandler.cpp
index bc3790f..6a01a44 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FrameHandler.cpp
+++ b/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FrameHandler.cpp
@@ -240,46 +240,47 @@
     tgt->lock(GRALLOC_USAGE_SW_WRITE_OFTEN, (void**)&tgtPixels);
 
     if (srcPixels && tgtPixels) {
+        using namespace ::android::hardware::automotive::evs::common;
         if (tgtBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888) {
             if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCRCB_420_SP) {   // 420SP == NV21
-                copyNV21toRGB32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyNV21toRGB32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YV12) { // YUV_420P == YV12
-                copyYV12toRGB32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyYV12toRGB32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCBCR_422_I) { // YUYV
-                copyYUYVtoRGB32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyYUYVtoRGB32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == tgtBuffer.format) {  // 32bit RGBA
-                copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(width, height,
-                                              srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
-                                              tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride,
-                                              tgtBuffer.pixelSize);
+                Utils::copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(width, height,
+                                                     srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
+                                                     tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride,
+                                                     tgtBuffer.pixelSize);
             } else {
                 ALOGE("Camera buffer format is not supported");
                 success = false;
             }
         } else if (tgtBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA_8888) {
             if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCRCB_420_SP) {   // 420SP == NV21
-                copyNV21toBGR32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyNV21toBGR32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YV12) { // YUV_420P == YV12
-                copyYV12toBGR32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyYV12toBGR32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCBCR_422_I) { // YUYV
-                copyYUYVtoBGR32(width, height,
-                                srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
-                                tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
+                Utils::copyYUYVtoBGR32(width, height,
+                                       srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
+                                       tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride);
             } else if (srcBuffer.format == tgtBuffer.format) {  // 32bit RGBA
-                copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(width, height,
-                                              srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
-                                              tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride,
-                                              tgtBuffer.pixelSize);
+                Utils::copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(width, height,
+                                                     srcPixels, srcBuffer.stride,
+                                                     tgtPixels, tgtBuffer.stride,
+                                                     tgtBuffer.pixelSize);
             } else {
                 ALOGE("Camera buffer format is not supported");
                 success = false;
diff --git a/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/Android.bp b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7734f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+cc_library_static {
+    name: "android.hardware.automotive.evs@common-default-lib",
+    vendor_available: true,
+    relative_install_path: "hw",
+    cflags: [
+        "-O0",
+        "-g",
+    ],
+    srcs: [
+        "FormatConvert.cpp"
+    ],
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+    shared_libs: [
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.cpp b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/FormatConvert.cpp
similarity index 74%
rename from automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.cpp
rename to automotive/evs/common/utils/default/FormatConvert.cpp
index 3d82d32..d4c7da0 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/1.0/vts/functional/FormatConvert.cpp
+++ b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/FormatConvert.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@
 
 #include "FormatConvert.h"
 
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace automotive {
+namespace evs {
+namespace common {
 
 // Round up to the nearest multiple of the given alignment value
 template<unsigned alignment>
-int align(int value) {
+int Utils::align(int value) {
     static_assert((alignment && !(alignment & (alignment - 1))),
                   "alignment must be a power of 2");
 
@@ -31,15 +36,17 @@
 
 
 // Limit the given value to the provided range.  :)
-static inline float clamp(float v, float min, float max) {
+inline float Utils::clamp(float v, float min, float max) {
     if (v < min) return min;
     if (v > max) return max;
     return v;
 }
 
 
-static uint32_t yuvToRgbx(const unsigned char Y, const unsigned char Uin, const unsigned char Vin,
-                          bool bgrxFormat = false) {
+uint32_t Utils::yuvToRgbx(const unsigned char Y,
+                          const unsigned char Uin,
+                          const unsigned char Vin,
+                          bool bgrxFormat) {
     // Don't use this if you want to see the best performance.  :)
     // Better to do this in a pixel shader if we really have to, but on actual
     // embedded hardware we expect to be able to texture directly from the YUV data
@@ -67,10 +74,10 @@
 }
 
 
-void copyNV21toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                     bool bgrxFormat)
+void Utils::copyNV21toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                            bool bgrxFormat)
 {
     // The NV21 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 interleaved
     // U/V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image, and a horizontal
@@ -99,10 +106,10 @@
 }
 
 
-void copyYV12toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                     bool bgrxFormat)
+void Utils::copyYV12toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                            bool bgrxFormat)
 {
     // The YV12 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 U array, followed
     // by another 1/2 x 1/2 V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image,
@@ -134,10 +141,10 @@
 }
 
 
-void copyYUYVtoRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                     bool bgrxFormat)
+void Utils::copyYUYVtoRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                            bool bgrxFormat)
 {
     uint32_t* srcWords = (uint32_t*)src;
 
@@ -167,34 +174,34 @@
 }
 
 
-void copyNV21toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
+void Utils::copyNV21toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
 {
     return copyNV21toRGB32(width, height, src, dst, dstStridePixels, true);
 }
 
 
-void copyYV12toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
+void Utils::copyYV12toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
 {
     return copyYV12toRGB32(width, height, src, dst, dstStridePixels, true);
 }
 
 
-void copyYUYVtoBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                     uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
-                     uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
+void Utils::copyYUYVtoBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                            uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
+                            uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels)
 {
     return copyYUYVtoRGB32(width, height, src, srcStridePixels, dst, dstStridePixels, true);
 }
 
 
-void copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(unsigned width, unsigned height,
-                                   void* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
-                                   void* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
-                                   unsigned pixelSize) {
+void Utils::copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                          void* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
+                                          void* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                                          unsigned pixelSize) {
     for (unsigned row = 0; row < height; row++) {
         // Copy the entire row of pixel data
         memcpy(dst, src, width * pixelSize);
@@ -204,3 +211,10 @@
         dst = (uint8_t*)dst + dstStridePixels * pixelSize;
     }
 }
+
+} // namespace common
+} // namespace evs
+} // namespace automotive
+} // namespace hardware
+} // namespace android
+
diff --git a/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/include/FormatConvert.h b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/include/FormatConvert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb8955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automotive/evs/common/utils/default/include/FormatConvert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H
+#define EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H
+
+#include <queue>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+
+namespace android {
+namespace hardware {
+namespace automotive {
+namespace evs {
+namespace common {
+
+class Utils {
+public:
+    // Given an image buffer in NV21 format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCRCB_420_SP), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx
+    // values.  The NV21 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 interleaved
+    // U/V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image, and a horizontal
+    // stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for both the Y and UV arrays.
+    static void copyNV21toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                                bool bgrxFormat = false);
+
+    static void copyNV21toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels);
+
+
+    // Given an image buffer in YV12 format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YV12), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx values.
+    // The YV12 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 U array, followed
+    // by another 1/2 x 1/2 V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image,
+    // and a horizontal stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for each of the Y, U,
+    // and V arrays.
+    static void copyYV12toRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                                bool bgrxFormat = false);
+
+    static void copyYV12toBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels);
+
+    // Given an image buffer in YUYV format (HAL_PIXEL_FORMAT_YCBCR_422_I), output 32bit RGBx/BGRx
+    // values.  The NV21 format provides a Y array of 8bit values, followed by a 1/2 x 1/2 interleaved
+    // U/V array.  It assumes an even width and height for the overall image, and a horizontal
+    // stride that is an even multiple of 16 bytes for both the Y and UV arrays.
+    static void copyYUYVtoRGB32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStrideBytes,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStrideBytes,
+                                bool bgrxFormat = false);
+
+    static void copyYUYVtoBGR32(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                uint8_t* src, unsigned srcStrideBytes,
+                                uint32_t* dst, unsigned dstStrideBytes);
+
+
+    // Given an simple rectangular image buffer with an integer number of bytes per pixel,
+    // copy the pixel values into a new rectangular buffer (potentially with a different stride).
+    // This is typically used to copy RGBx data into an RGBx output buffer.
+    static void copyMatchedInterleavedFormats(unsigned width, unsigned height,
+                                              void* src, unsigned srcStridePixels,
+                                              void* dst, unsigned dstStridePixels,
+                                              unsigned pixelSize);
+
+private:
+    template<unsigned alignment>
+    static int align(int value);
+
+    static inline float clamp(float v, float min, float max);
+    static uint32_t yuvToRgbx(const unsigned char Y,
+                              const unsigned char Uin,
+                              const unsigned char Vin,
+                              bool bgrxFormat = false);
+};
+
+} // namespace common
+} // namespace evs
+} // namespace automotive
+} // namespace hardware
+} // namespace android
+
+#endif // EVS_VTS_FORMATCONVERT_H