diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
index f329136..6d33592 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.cpp
@@ -175,19 +175,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-float FramebufferSurface::getRefreshRate() const {
-    /* FIXME: REFRESH_RATE is a temporary HACK until we are able to report the
-     * refresh rate properly from the HAL. The WindowManagerService now relies
-     * on this value.
-     */
-#ifndef REFRESH_RATE
-    return fbDev->fps;
-#else
-    return REFRESH_RATE;
-#warning "refresh rate set via makefile to REFRESH_RATE"
-#endif
-}
-
 status_t FramebufferSurface::setUpdateRectangle(const Rect& r)
 {
     return INVALID_OPERATION;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h
index 95feaa0..bfa500b 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/FramebufferSurface.h
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 
     static sp<FramebufferSurface> create();
 
-    // TODO: this should be coming from HWC
-    float getRefreshRate() const;
-
     bool isUpdateOnDemand() const { return false; }
     status_t setUpdateRectangle(const Rect& updateRect);
     status_t compositionComplete();
@@ -52,6 +49,13 @@
     // BufferQueue.  The new buffer is returned in the 'buffer' argument.
     status_t nextBuffer(sp<GraphicBuffer>* buffer);
 
+    // FIXME: currently there are information we can only get from the
+    // FB HAL, and FB HAL can only be instantiated once on some devices.
+    // Eventually this functionality will have to move in HWC or somewhere else.
+    const framebuffer_device_t* getFbHal() const {
+        return fbDev;
+    }
+
 private:
     FramebufferSurface();
     virtual ~FramebufferSurface(); // this class cannot be overloaded
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
index 49aba52..c9df7a4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@
 
 HWComposer::HWComposer(
         const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger,
-        EventHandler& handler)
+        EventHandler& handler,
+        framebuffer_device_t const* fbDev)
     : mFlinger(flinger),
       mModule(0), mHwc(0), mCapacity(0),
       mNumOVLayers(0), mNumFBLayers(0),
@@ -238,19 +239,14 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (mRefreshPeriod == 0) {
-        // for compatibility, we attempt to get the refresh rate from
-        // the FB HAL if we couldn't get it from the HWC HAL.
-        hw_module_t const* module;
-        if (hw_get_module(GRALLOC_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID, &module) == 0) {
-            framebuffer_device_t* fbDev;
-            int err = framebuffer_open(module, &fbDev);
-            if (!err && fbDev) {
-                mRefreshPeriod = nsecs_t(1e9 / fbDev->fps);
-                framebuffer_close(fbDev);
-            }
+
+    if (fbDev) {
+        if (mRefreshPeriod == 0) {
+            mRefreshPeriod = nsecs_t(1e9 / fbDev->fps);
+            ALOGW("getting VSYNC period from fb HAL: %lld", mRefreshPeriod);
         }
-        ALOGW("getting VSYNC period from fb HAL: %lld", mRefreshPeriod);
+        mDpiX = fbDev->xdpi;
+        mDpiY = fbDev->ydpi;
     }
 
     if (mRefreshPeriod == 0) {
@@ -313,6 +309,14 @@
     return now - ((now - mLastHwVSync) %  mRefreshPeriod);
 }
 
+float HWComposer::getDpiX() const {
+    return mDpiX;
+}
+
+float HWComposer::getDpiY() const {
+    return mDpiY;
+}
+
 void HWComposer::eventControl(int event, int enabled) {
     status_t err = NO_ERROR;
     if (mHwc && mHwc->common.version >= HWC_DEVICE_API_VERSION_0_3) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
index 52171f3..ac2257e 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 struct hwc_composer_device_1;
 struct hwc_display_contents_1;
 struct hwc_procs;
+struct framebuffer_device_t;
 
 namespace android {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@
         MAX_DISPLAYS
     };
 
-    HWComposer(const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger, EventHandler& handler);
+    HWComposer(
+            const sp<SurfaceFlinger>& flinger,
+            EventHandler& handler,
+            framebuffer_device_t const* fbDev);
+
     ~HWComposer();
 
     status_t initCheck() const;
@@ -194,6 +199,8 @@
 
     nsecs_t getRefreshPeriod() const;
     nsecs_t getRefreshTimestamp() const;
+    float getDpiX() const;
+    float getDpiY() const;
 
     // this class is only used to fake the VSync event on systems that don't
     // have it.
@@ -245,6 +252,8 @@
     cb_context*                     mCBContext;
     EventHandler&                   mEventHandler;
     nsecs_t                         mRefreshPeriod;
+    float                           mDpiX;
+    float                           mDpiY;
     size_t                          mVSyncCount;
     sp<VSyncThread>                 mVSyncThread;
     bool                            mDebugForceFakeVSync;