diff --git a/modules/overlay/Android.mk b/modules/overlay/Android.mk
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+# Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+
+
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+# HAL module implemenation, not prelinked and stored in
+# hw/<OVERLAY_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID>.<ro.product.board>.so
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+LOCAL_PRELINK_MODULE := false
+LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT_SHARED_LIBRARIES)/hw
+LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := liblog
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := overlay.cpp
+LOCAL_MODULE := overlay.trout
+include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/modules/overlay/README.android b/modules/overlay/README.android
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+
+Skeleton for the "overlay" HAL module.
+
diff --git a/modules/overlay/overlay.cpp b/modules/overlay/overlay.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "Overlay"
+
+#include <hardware/hardware.h>
+#include <hardware/overlay.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <cutils/log.h>
+#include <cutils/atomic.h>
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+struct overlay_context_t {
+    struct overlay_device_t device;
+    /* our private state goes below here */
+};
+
+
+static int overlay_device_open(const struct hw_module_t* module, const char* name,
+        struct hw_device_t** device);
+
+static struct hw_module_methods_t overlay_module_methods = {
+    open: overlay_device_open
+};
+
+const struct overlay_module_t HAL_MODULE_INFO_SYM = {
+    common: {
+        tag: HARDWARE_MODULE_TAG,
+        version_major: 1,
+        version_minor: 0,
+        id: OVERLAY_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID,
+        name: "Sample Overlay module",
+        author: "The Android Open Source Project",
+        methods: &overlay_module_methods,
+    }
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * This is the overlay_t object, it is returned to the user and represents
+ * an overlay. here we use a subclass, where we can store our own state. 
+ * Notice the use of "overlay_handle_t", which is an "opaque" marshallable 
+ * handle, it can contains any number of ints and up to 4 filedescriptors.
+ * In this example we store no fd and 2 ints.
+ * This handles will be passed across processes and possibly given to other
+ * HAL modules (for instance video decode modules).
+ */
+
+class overlay_object : public overlay_t {
+    
+    struct handle_t : public overlay_handle_t {
+        /* add the data fields we need here, for instance: */
+        int width;
+        int height;
+    };
+    
+    handle_t mHandle;
+    
+    static overlay_handle_t const* getHandleRef(struct overlay_t* overlay) {
+        /* returns a reference to the handle, caller doesn't take ownership */
+        return &(static_cast<overlay_object *>(overlay)->mHandle);
+    }
+    
+public:
+    overlay_object() {
+        this->overlay_t::getHandleRef = getHandleRef;
+        mHandle.numFds = 0;
+        mHandle.numInts = 2; // extra ints we have in  our handle
+    }
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static int overlay_get(struct overlay_device_t *dev, int name) {
+    int result = -1;
+    switch (name) {
+        case OVERLAY_MINIFICATION_LIMIT:
+            result = 0; // 0 = no limit
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_MAGNIFICATION_LIMIT:
+            result = 0; // 0 = no limit
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_SCALING_FRAC_BITS:
+            result = 0; // 0 = infinite
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_ROTATION_STEP_DEG:
+            result = 90; // 90 rotation steps (for instance)
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT:
+            result = 1; // 1-pixel alignment
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT:
+            result = 1; // 1-pixel alignment
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_WIDTH_ALIGNMENT:
+            result = 1; // 1-pixel alignment
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_HEIGHT_ALIGNMENT:
+            result = 1; // 1-pixel alignment
+            break;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static overlay_t* overlay_createOverlay(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         uint32_t w, uint32_t h, int32_t format) 
+{
+    /* check the input params, reject if not supported or invalid */
+    switch (format) {
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_RGBA_8888:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_RGB_565:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_BGRA_8888:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YCbCr_422_SP:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YCbCr_420_SP:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YCbCr_422_P:
+        case OVERLAY_FORMAT_YCbCr_420_P:
+            break;
+        default:
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    
+    /* Create overlay object. Talk to the h/w here and adjust to what it can
+     * do. the overlay_t returned can  be a C++ object, subclassing overlay_t
+     * if needed.
+     * 
+     * we probably want to keep a list of the overlay_t created so they can
+     * all be cleaned up in overlay_close(). 
+     */
+    return new overlay_object( /* pass needed params here*/ );
+}
+
+static void overlay_destroyOverlay(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay) 
+{
+    /* free resources associated with this overlay_t */
+    delete overlay;
+}
+
+static int overlay_setPosition(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay, 
+         int x, int y, uint32_t w, uint32_t h) {
+    /* set this overlay's position (talk to the h/w) */
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int overlay_getPosition(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay, 
+         int* x, int* y, uint32_t* w, uint32_t* h) {
+    /* get this overlay's position */
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int overlay_setParameter(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay, int param, int value) {
+    
+    int result = 0;
+    /* set this overlay's parameter (talk to the h/w) */
+    switch (param) {
+        case OVERLAY_ROTATION_DEG: 
+            break;
+        case OVERLAY_DITHER: 
+            break;
+        default:
+            result = -EINVAL;
+            break;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+ 
+static int overlay_swapBuffers(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay) {
+    /* swap this overlay's buffers (talk to the h/w), this call probably
+     * wants to block until a new buffer is available */
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+ 
+static int overlay_getOffset(struct overlay_device_t *dev,
+         overlay_t* overlay) {
+    /* return the current's buffer offset */
+    return 0;
+}
+ 
+static int overlay_getMemory(struct overlay_device_t *dev) {
+    /* maps this overlay if possible. don't forget to unmap in destroyOverlay */
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+
+static int overlay_device_close(struct hw_device_t *dev) 
+{
+    struct overlay_context_t* ctx = (struct overlay_context_t*)dev;
+    if (ctx) {
+        /* free all resources associated with this device here */
+        free(ctx);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int overlay_device_open(const struct hw_module_t* module, const char* name,
+        struct hw_device_t** device)
+{
+    int status = -EINVAL;
+    if (!strcmp(name, OVERLAY_HARDWARE_OVERLAY0)) {
+        struct overlay_context_t *dev;
+        dev = (overlay_context_t*)malloc(sizeof(*dev));
+
+        /* initialize our state here */
+        memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+
+        /* initialize the procs */
+        dev->device.common.tag = HARDWARE_DEVICE_TAG;
+        dev->device.common.version = 0;
+        dev->device.common.module = const_cast<hw_module_t*>(module);
+        dev->device.common.close = overlay_device_close;
+        
+        dev->device.get = overlay_get;
+        dev->device.createOverlay = overlay_createOverlay;
+        dev->device.destroyOverlay = overlay_destroyOverlay;
+        dev->device.setPosition = overlay_setPosition;
+        dev->device.getPosition = overlay_getPosition;
+        dev->device.setParameter = overlay_setParameter;
+        dev->device.swapBuffers = overlay_swapBuffers;
+        dev->device.getOffset = overlay_getOffset;
+        dev->device.getMemory = overlay_getMemory;
+
+        *device = &dev->device.common;
+        status = 0;
+    }
+    return status;
+}