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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+package android.hardware.boot@1.2;
+
+import @1.0::IBootControl;
+import @1.0::Slot;
+import @1.1::IBootControl;
+
+interface IBootControl extends @1.1::IBootControl {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the active slot to boot into on the next boot. If
+   * setActiveBootSlot() has been called, the getter function should return the
+   * same slot as the one provided in the last setActiveBootSlot() call.
+   * The returned value is always guaranteed to be strictly less than the
+   * value returned by getNumberSlots. Slots start at 0 and finish at
+   * getNumberSlots() - 1. For instance, a system with A/B must return 0 or 1.
+   */
+   getActiveBootSlot() generates (Slot slot);
+};
+