diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/Android.mk b/libs/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
index ebd588b..b8077c7 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/Android.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     BootAnimation.cpp \
     BlurFilter.cpp.arm \
     BufferAllocator.cpp \
-    CPUGauge.cpp \
     Layer.cpp \
     LayerBase.cpp \
     LayerBuffer.cpp \
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.cpp
index 4aa8c2c..519b112 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.cpp
@@ -128,12 +128,14 @@
         return -1;
 
     // create the native surface
-    sp<Surface> s = session()->createSurface(getpid(), 0, dinfo.w, dinfo.h,
-            PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565);
+    sp<SurfaceControl> control = session()->createSurface(
+            getpid(), 0, dinfo.w, dinfo.h, PIXEL_FORMAT_RGB_565);
     session()->openTransaction();
-    s->setLayer(0x40000000);
+    control->setLayer(0x40000000);
     session()->closeTransaction();
 
+    sp<Surface> s = control->getSurface();
+
     // initialize opengl and egl
     const EGLint attribs[] = { EGL_RED_SIZE, 5, EGL_GREEN_SIZE, 6,
             EGL_BLUE_SIZE, 5, EGL_DEPTH_SIZE, 0, EGL_NONE };
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@
     mSurface = surface;
     mWidth = w;
     mHeight = h;
+    mFlingerSurfaceControl = control;
     mFlingerSurface = s;
 
     // initialize GL
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@
     eglMakeCurrent(mDisplay, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_CONTEXT);
     eglDestroyContext(mDisplay, mContext);
     eglDestroySurface(mDisplay, mSurface);
-    mFlingerSurface.clear();
+    mFlingerSurfaceControl.clear();
     return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.h b/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.h
index 8484623..0e35434 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.h
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/BootAnimation.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     EGLDisplay  mDisplay;
     EGLDisplay  mContext;
     EGLDisplay  mSurface;
+    sp<SurfaceControl> mFlingerSurfaceControl;
     sp<Surface> mFlingerSurface;
     Barrier mBarrier;
 };
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 91dd236..0000000
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,169 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2007 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 <stdint.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <math.h>
-
-#include <utils/threads.h>
-#include <utils/Errors.h>
-#include <utils/Log.h>
-
-#include <ui/PixelFormat.h>
-#include <ui/Rect.h>
-#include <ui/Region.h>
-#include <ui/DisplayInfo.h>
-#include <ui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
-#include <ui/ISurfaceFlingerClient.h>
-
-#include <pixelflinger/pixelflinger.h>
-
-#include "CPUGauge.h"
-
-namespace android {
-
-CPUGauge::CPUGauge( const sp<ISurfaceComposer>& composer,
-                    nsecs_t interval,
-                    int clock,
-                    int refclock)
-    :   Thread(false), 
-        mInterval(interval), mClock(clock), mRefClock(refclock),
-        mReferenceTime(0),
-        mReferenceWorkingTime(0), mCpuUsage(0),
-        mRefIdleTime(0), mIdleTime(0)
-{
-    mFd = fopen("/proc/stat", "r");
-    setvbuf(mFd, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
-
-    mSession = SurfaceComposerClient::clientForConnection(
-        composer->createConnection()->asBinder());
-}
-
-CPUGauge::~CPUGauge()
-{
-    fclose(mFd);
-}
-
-const sp<SurfaceComposerClient>& CPUGauge::session() const 
-{
-    return mSession;
-}
-
-void CPUGauge::onFirstRef()
-{
-    run("CPU Gauge");
-}
-
-status_t CPUGauge::readyToRun()
-{
-    LOGI("Starting CPU gauge...");
-    return NO_ERROR;
-}
-
-bool CPUGauge::threadLoop()
-{
-    DisplayInfo dinfo;
-    session()->getDisplayInfo(0, &dinfo);
-    sp<Surface> s(session()->createSurface(getpid(), 0, dinfo.w, 4, PIXEL_FORMAT_OPAQUE));
-    session()->openTransaction();
-    s->setLayer(INT_MAX);
-    session()->closeTransaction();
-    
-    static const GGLfixed colors[4][4] = {
-            { 0x00000, 0x10000, 0x00000, 0x10000 },
-            { 0x10000, 0x10000, 0x00000, 0x10000 },
-            { 0x10000, 0x00000, 0x00000, 0x10000 },
-            { 0x00000, 0x00000, 0x00000, 0x10000 },
-        };
-
-    GGLContext* gl;
-    gglInit(&gl);
-    gl->activeTexture(gl, 0);
-    gl->disable(gl, GGL_TEXTURE_2D);
-    gl->disable(gl, GGL_BLEND);
-
-    const int w = dinfo.w;
-
-    while(!exitPending())
-    {
-        mLock.lock();
-            const float cpuUsage = this->cpuUsage();
-            const float totalCpuUsage = 1.0f - idle();
-        mLock.unlock();
-
-        Surface::SurfaceInfo info;
-        s->lock(&info);
-            GGLSurface fb;
-                fb.version = sizeof(GGLSurface);
-                fb.width   = info.w;
-                fb.height  = info.h;
-                fb.stride  = info.s;
-                fb.format  = info.format;
-                fb.data = (GGLubyte*)info.bits;
-
-            gl->colorBuffer(gl, &fb);
-            gl->color4xv(gl, colors[3]);
-            gl->recti(gl, 0, 0, w, 4);
-            gl->color4xv(gl, colors[2]); // red
-            gl->recti(gl, 0, 0, int(totalCpuUsage*w), 2);
-            gl->color4xv(gl, colors[0]); // green
-            gl->recti(gl, 0, 2, int(cpuUsage*w), 4);
-        
-        s->unlockAndPost(); 
-
-        usleep(ns2us(mInterval));
-    }
-
-    gglUninit(gl);
-    return false;
-}
-
-void CPUGauge::sample()
-{
-    if (mLock.tryLock() == NO_ERROR) {
-        const nsecs_t now = systemTime(mRefClock);
-        const nsecs_t referenceTime = now-mReferenceTime;
-        if (referenceTime >= mInterval) {
-            const float reftime = 1.0f / referenceTime;
-            const nsecs_t nowWorkingTime = systemTime(mClock);
-            
-            char buf[256];
-            fgets(buf, 256, mFd);
-            rewind(mFd);
-            char *str = buf+5;
-            char const * const usermode = strsep(&str, " ");  (void)usermode;
-            char const * const usernice = strsep(&str, " ");  (void)usernice;
-            char const * const systemmode = strsep(&str, " ");(void)systemmode;
-            char const * const idle = strsep(&str, " ");
-            const nsecs_t nowIdleTime = atoi(idle) * 10000000LL;
-            mIdleTime = float(nowIdleTime - mRefIdleTime) * reftime;
-            mRefIdleTime = nowIdleTime;
-            
-            const nsecs_t workingTime = nowWorkingTime - mReferenceWorkingTime;
-            const float newCpuUsage = float(workingTime) * reftime;
-            if (mCpuUsage != newCpuUsage) {        
-                mCpuUsage = newCpuUsage;
-                mReferenceWorkingTime = nowWorkingTime;
-                mReferenceTime = now;
-            }
-        }
-        mLock.unlock();
-    }
-}
-
-
-}; // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.h b/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bb53c0..0000000
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/CPUGauge.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2007 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 ANDROID_CPUGAUGE_H
-#define ANDROID_CPUGAUGE_H
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#include <utils/Timers.h>
-
-#include <ui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
-
-namespace android {
-
-class CPUGauge : public Thread
-{
-public:
-    CPUGauge(   const sp<ISurfaceComposer>& composer,
-                nsecs_t interval=s2ns(1),
-                int clock=SYSTEM_TIME_THREAD,
-                int refclock=SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC);
-                
-    ~CPUGauge();
-
-    const sp<SurfaceComposerClient>& session() const;
-
-    void sample();
- 
-    inline float cpuUsage() const { return mCpuUsage; }
-    inline float idle() const { return mIdleTime; }
-
-private:
-    virtual void        onFirstRef();
-    virtual status_t    readyToRun();
-    virtual bool        threadLoop();
-
-    Mutex mLock;
-
-    sp<SurfaceComposerClient> mSession;
-
-    const nsecs_t mInterval;
-    const int mClock;
-    const int mRefClock;
-
-    nsecs_t mReferenceTime;
-    nsecs_t mReferenceWorkingTime;
-    float mCpuUsage;
-    nsecs_t mRefIdleTime;
-    float mIdleTime;
-    FILE*   mFd;
-};
-
-
-}; // namespace android
-
-#endif // ANDROID_CPUGAUGE_H
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index a5c1e8f..a63a282 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 
 #include "clz.h"
 #include "BufferAllocator.h"
-#include "CPUGauge.h"
 #include "Layer.h"
 #include "LayerBlur.h"
 #include "LayerBuffer.h"
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@
         mFreezeCount(0),
         mFreezeDisplayTime(0),
         mDebugRegion(0),
-        mDebugCpu(0),
         mDebugFps(0),
         mDebugBackground(0),
         mDebugNoBootAnimation(0),
@@ -199,8 +197,6 @@
     char value[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     property_get("debug.sf.showupdates", value, "0");
     mDebugRegion = atoi(value);
-    property_get("debug.sf.showcpu", value, "0");
-    mDebugCpu = atoi(value);
     property_get("debug.sf.showbackground", value, "0");
     mDebugBackground = atoi(value);
     property_get("debug.sf.showfps", value, "0");
@@ -209,7 +205,6 @@
     mDebugNoBootAnimation = atoi(value);
 
     LOGI_IF(mDebugRegion,           "showupdates enabled");
-    LOGI_IF(mDebugCpu,              "showcpu enabled");
     LOGI_IF(mDebugBackground,       "showbackground enabled");
     LOGI_IF(mDebugFps,              "showfps enabled");
     LOGI_IF(mDebugNoBootAnimation,  "boot animation disabled");
@@ -413,10 +408,6 @@
 
     mOrientationAnimation = new OrientationAnimation(this);
     
-    // start CPU gauge display
-    if (mDebugCpu)
-        mCpuGauge = new CPUGauge(this, ms2ns(500));
-
     // the boot animation!
     if (mDebugNoBootAnimation == false)
         mBootAnimation = new BootAnimation(this);
@@ -509,11 +500,6 @@
         unlockClients();
         executeScheduledBroadcasts();
 
-        // sample the cpu gauge
-        if (UNLIKELY(mDebugCpu)) {
-            handleDebugCpu();
-        }
-
         postFramebuffer();
     } else {
         // pretend we did the post
@@ -905,13 +891,6 @@
     mLastScheduledBroadcast = 0;
 }
 
-void SurfaceFlinger::handleDebugCpu()
-{
-    Mutex::Autolock _l(mDebugLock);
-    if (mCpuGauge != 0)
-        mCpuGauge->sample();
-}
-
 void SurfaceFlinger::debugFlashRegions()
 {
     if (UNLIKELY(!mDirtyRegion.isRect())) {
@@ -1502,20 +1481,7 @@
         }
         int n;
         switch (code) {
-            case 1000: // SHOW_CPU
-                n = data.readInt32();
-                mDebugCpu = n ? 1 : 0;
-                if (mDebugCpu) {
-                    if (mCpuGauge == 0) {
-                        mCpuGauge = new CPUGauge(this, ms2ns(500));
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if (mCpuGauge != 0) {
-                        mCpuGauge->requestExitAndWait();
-                        Mutex::Autolock _l(mDebugLock);
-                        mCpuGauge.clear();
-                    }
-                }
+            case 1000: // SHOW_CPU, NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE
                 return NO_ERROR;
             case 1001:  // SHOW_FPS
                 n = data.readInt32();
@@ -1540,7 +1506,7 @@
                 mFreezeCount = data.readInt32();
                 return NO_ERROR;
             case 1010:  // interrogate.
-                reply->writeInt32(mDebugCpu);
+                reply->writeInt32(0);
                 reply->writeInt32(0);
                 reply->writeInt32(mDebugRegion);
                 reply->writeInt32(mDebugBackground);
diff --git a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 57c6ca8..cb84542 100644
--- a/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/libs/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 #include "Barrier.h"
 #include "BootAnimation.h"
-#include "CPUGauge.h"
 #include "Layer.h"
 #include "Tokenizer.h"
 
@@ -277,7 +276,6 @@
             bool        lockPageFlip(const LayerVector& currentLayers);
             void        unlockPageFlip(const LayerVector& currentLayers);
             void        handleRepaint();
-            void        handleDebugCpu();
             void        scheduleBroadcast(Client* client);
             void        executeScheduledBroadcasts();
             void        postFramebuffer();
@@ -349,13 +347,8 @@
                 friend class OrientationAnimation;
                 OrientationAnimation*       mOrientationAnimation;
 
-                // access protected by mDebugLock
-    mutable     Mutex                       mDebugLock;
-                sp<CPUGauge>                mCpuGauge;
-
                 // don't use a lock for these, we don't care
                 int                         mDebugRegion;
-                int                         mDebugCpu;
                 int                         mDebugFps;
                 int                         mDebugBackground;
                 int                         mDebugNoBootAnimation;