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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "android.hardware.boot@1.2-service"
+
+#include <android/hardware/boot/1.2/IBootControl.h>
+#include <hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h>
+#include <hidl/Status.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+
+#include "BootControl.h"
+
+using ::android::status_t;
+
+using ::android::hardware::boot::V1_2::IBootControl;
+
+using ::android::hardware::boot::V1_2::implementation::BootControl;
+// using ::android::hardware::boot::implementation::BootControl;
+
+int main(int /* argc */, char * /* argv */[]) {
+    // This function must be called before you join to ensure the proper
+    // number of threads are created. The threadpool will never exceed
+    // size one because of this call.
+    ::android::hardware::configureRpcThreadpool(1 /*threads*/, true /*willJoin*/);
+
+    ::android::sp bootctrl = new BootControl();
+    const status_t status = bootctrl->registerAsService();
+    if (status != ::android::OK) {
+        return 1;  // or handle error
+    }
+
+    // Adds this thread to the threadpool, resulting in one total
+    // thread in the threadpool. We could also do other things, but
+    // would have to specify 'false' to willJoin in configureRpcThreadpool.
+    ::android::hardware::joinRpcThreadpool();
+    return 1;  // joinRpcThreadpool should never return
+}