diff --git a/transport/base/1.0/IBase.hal b/transport/base/1.0/IBase.hal
index 3eae7ea..9301c65 100644
--- a/transport/base/1.0/IBase.hal
+++ b/transport/base/1.0/IBase.hal
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 interface IBase {
 
     /*
+     * Provides way to determine if interface is running without requesting
+     * any functionality.
+     */
+    ping();
+
+    /*
      * Provides run-time type information for this object.
      * For example, for the following interface definition:
      *     package android.hardware.foo@1.0;
diff --git a/transport/manager/1.0/IServiceManager.hal b/transport/manager/1.0/IServiceManager.hal
index 61f6047..3b292a4 100644
--- a/transport/manager/1.0/IServiceManager.hal
+++ b/transport/manager/1.0/IServiceManager.hal
@@ -121,5 +121,12 @@
      */
     debugDump() generates (vec<InstanceDebugInfo> info);
 
+    /*
+     * When the passthrough service manager returns a service via
+     * get(string, string), it must dispatch a registerPassthroughClient call
+     * to the binderized service manager to indicate which process has called
+     * get. Binderized service manager must record this PID, which can
+     * be retrieved via debugDump.
+     */
     oneway registerPassthroughClient(string fqName, string name, int32_t pid);
 };