diff --git a/tools/rgb2565/to565.c b/tools/rgb2565/to565.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+	
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define to565(r,g,b)                                            \
+    ((((r) >> 3) << 11) | (((g) >> 2) << 5) | ((b) >> 3))
+
+#define from565_r(x) ((((x) >> 11) & 0x1f) * 255 / 31)
+#define from565_g(x) ((((x) >> 5) & 0x3f) * 255 / 63)
+#define from565_b(x) (((x) & 0x1f) * 255 / 31)
+
+void to_565_raw(void)
+{
+    unsigned char in[3];
+    unsigned short out;
+
+    while(read(0, in, 3) == 3) {
+        out = to565(in[0],in[1],in[2]);
+        write(1, &out, 2);
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
+void to_565_raw_dither(int width)
+{
+    unsigned char in[3];
+    unsigned short out;
+    int i = 0;
+    int e;
+
+    int* error = malloc((width+2) * 3 * sizeof(int));
+    int* next_error = malloc((width+2) * 3 * sizeof(int));
+    memset(error, 0, (width+2) * 3 * sizeof(int));
+    memset(next_error, 0, (width+2) * 3 * sizeof(int));
+    error += 3;        // array goes from [-3..((width+1)*3+2)]
+    next_error += 3;
+
+    while(read(0, in, 3) == 3) {
+        int r = in[0] + error[i*3+0];
+        int rb = (r < 0) ? 0 : ((r > 255) ? 255 : r);
+
+        int g = in[1] + error[i*3+1];
+        int gb = (g < 0) ? 0 : ((g > 255) ? 255 : g);
+
+        int b = in[2] + error[i*3+2];
+        int bb = (b < 0) ? 0 : ((b > 255) ? 255 : b);
+
+        out = to565(rb, gb, bb);
+        write(1, &out, 2);
+
+#define apply_error(ch) {                                               \
+            next_error[(i-1)*3+ch] += e * 3 / 16;                       \
+            next_error[(i)*3+ch] += e * 5 / 16;                         \
+            next_error[(i+1)*3+ch] += e * 1 / 16;                       \
+            error[(i+1)*3+ch] += e - ((e*1/16) + (e*3/16) + (e*5/16));  \
+        }
+
+        e = r - from565_r(out);
+        apply_error(0);
+
+        e = g - from565_g(out);
+        apply_error(1);
+
+        e = b - from565_b(out);
+        apply_error(2);
+
+#undef apply_error
+
+        ++i;
+        if (i == width) {
+            // error <- next_error; next_error <- 0
+            int* temp = error; error = next_error; next_error = temp;
+            memset(next_error, 0, (width+1) * 3 * sizeof(int));
+            i = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(error-3);
+    free(next_error-3);
+
+    return;
+}
+
+void to_565_rle(void)
+{
+    unsigned char in[3];
+    unsigned short last, color, count;
+    unsigned total = 0;
+    count = 0;
+
+    while(read(0, in, 3) == 3) {
+        color = to565(in[0],in[1],in[2]);
+        if (count) {
+            if ((color == last) && (count != 65535)) {
+                count++;
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                write(1, &count, 2);
+                write(1, &last, 2);
+                total += count;
+            }
+        }
+        last = color;
+        count = 1;
+    }
+    if (count) {
+        write(1, &count, 2);
+        write(1, &last, 2);
+        total += count;
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr,"%d pixels\n",total);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if ((argc == 2) && (!strcmp(argv[1],"-rle"))) {
+        to_565_rle();
+    } else {
+        if (argc > 2 && (!strcmp(argv[1], "-w"))) {
+            to_565_raw_dither(atoi(argv[2]));
+        } else {
+            to_565_raw();
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}