diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 629d993..3720e16 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "Layer.h"
 #include "SurfaceFlinger.h"
 #include "DisplayHardware/DisplayHardware.h"
+#include "DisplayHardware/HWComposer.h"
 
 
 #define DEBUG_RESIZE    0
@@ -177,6 +178,62 @@
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
+void Layer::setGeometry(hwc_layer_t* hwcl)
+{
+    hwcl->compositionType = HWC_FRAMEBUFFER;
+    hwcl->hints = 0;
+    hwcl->flags = 0;
+    hwcl->transform = 0;
+    hwcl->blending = HWC_BLENDING_NONE;
+
+    // we can't do alpha-fade with the hwc HAL
+    const State& s(drawingState());
+    if (s.alpha < 0xFF) {
+        hwcl->flags = HWC_SKIP_LAYER;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // we can only handle simple transformation
+    if (mOrientation & Transform::ROT_INVALID) {
+        hwcl->flags = HWC_SKIP_LAYER;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    hwcl->transform = mOrientation;
+
+    if (needsBlending()) {
+        hwcl->blending = mPremultipliedAlpha ?
+                HWC_BLENDING_PREMULT : HWC_BLENDING_COVERAGE;
+    }
+
+    hwcl->displayFrame.left   = mTransformedBounds.left;
+    hwcl->displayFrame.top    = mTransformedBounds.top;
+    hwcl->displayFrame.right  = mTransformedBounds.right;
+    hwcl->displayFrame.bottom = mTransformedBounds.bottom;
+
+    hwcl->visibleRegionScreen.rects =
+            reinterpret_cast<hwc_rect_t const *>(
+                    visibleRegionScreen.getArray(
+                            &hwcl->visibleRegionScreen.numRects));
+}
+
+void Layer::setPerFrameData(hwc_layer_t* hwcl) {
+    sp<GraphicBuffer> buffer(mBufferManager.getActiveBuffer());
+    if (buffer == NULL) {
+        // this situation can happen if we ran out of memory for instance.
+        // not much we can do. continue to use whatever texture was bound
+        // to this context.
+        hwcl->handle = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+    hwcl->handle = const_cast<native_handle_t*>(buffer->handle);
+    // TODO: set the crop value properly
+    hwcl->sourceCrop.left   = 0;
+    hwcl->sourceCrop.top    = 0;
+    hwcl->sourceCrop.right  = buffer->width;
+    hwcl->sourceCrop.bottom = buffer->height;
+}
+
 void Layer::reloadTexture(const Region& dirty)
 {
     sp<GraphicBuffer> buffer(mBufferManager.getActiveBuffer());