diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DdmConnection.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DdmConnection.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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 <android_runtime/AndroidRuntime.h>
+
+#include "jni.h"
+#include "DdmConnection.h"
+
+extern "C" jint Java_com_android_internal_util_WithFramework_registerNatives(
+        JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz);
+
+namespace android {
+
+void DdmConnection::start(const char* name) {
+    JavaVM* vm;
+    JNIEnv* env;
+
+    // start a VM
+    JavaVMInitArgs args;
+    JavaVMOption opt;
+
+    opt.optionString =
+        "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_android_adb,suspend=n,server=y";
+
+    args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_4;
+    args.options = &opt;
+    args.nOptions = 1;
+    args.ignoreUnrecognized = JNI_FALSE;
+
+    if (JNI_CreateJavaVM(&vm, &env, &args) == 0) {
+        jclass startClass;
+        jmethodID startMeth;
+
+        // register native code
+        if (Java_com_android_internal_util_WithFramework_registerNatives(env, 0) == 0) {
+            // set our name by calling DdmHandleAppName.setAppName()
+            startClass = env->FindClass("android/ddm/DdmHandleAppName");
+            if (startClass) {
+                startMeth = env->GetStaticMethodID(startClass,
+                        "setAppName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
+                if (startMeth) {
+                    jstring str = env->NewStringUTF(name);
+                    env->CallStaticVoidMethod(startClass, startMeth, str);
+                    env->DeleteLocalRef(str);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // initialize DDMS communication by calling
+            // DdmRegister.registerHandlers()
+            startClass = env->FindClass("android/ddm/DdmRegister");
+            if (startClass) {
+                startMeth = env->GetStaticMethodID(startClass,
+                        "registerHandlers", "()V");
+                if (startMeth) {
+                    env->CallStaticVoidMethod(startClass, startMeth);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}; // namespace android