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| author | The Android Open Source Project <initial-contribution@android.com> | 2008-12-17 18:05:50 -0800 |
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| committer | The Android Open Source Project <initial-contribution@android.com> | 2008-12-17 18:05:50 -0800 |
| commit | 51704bed795b5b0e5e3c7b792dcdc2bf2d96a9e9 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/modules/README.android b/modules/README.android new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a79a1d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/README.android @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Default (and possibly architecture dependents) HAL modules go here. + + +libhardware.so eventually should contain *just* the HAL hub +(hardware.c), everything in it should be rewritten as modules. + +Modules are .so in /system/libs/hw/ and have a well defined naming +convention: + + /system/libs/hw/<*_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID>.<ro.arch>.so + /system/libs/hw/<*_HARDWARE_MODULE_ID>.default.so + +They also have a well defined interface which lives in include/hardware/. + +A module can have several variants: "default", "arch" and "board", and they're +loaded in the "board", "arch" and "default" order. +The source code for the "board" variant, usually lives under partners/... + +The source code for "default" and "arch" would usually +live under hardware/modules/. + |