[Miscellaneous Android Development] blakegriplingph:
So I kanged hwcomposer from [MENTION=3064479]pix106[/MENTION]'s dump of the A7-10F KitKat ROM, and it looks like I got something else other than the usual sw_sync_timeline failure:

I/SurfaceFlinger( 512): SurfaceFlinger is starting
I/SurfaceFlinger( 512): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W...
D/libEGL ( 512): loaded /system/lib/egl/libEGL_mali.so
D/libEGL ( 512): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_mali.so
D/libEGL ( 512): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv2_mali.so
W/libEGL ( 512): eglInitialize(0x1) failed (EGL_BAD_ALLOC)
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): gralloc UREE_CreateSession recount = 0
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): gralloc call UREE_CreateSession
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): UREE_CreateSession fail, ret = -65536
I/gralloc ( 512): [Gralloc] refreshRate = 0, info.pixclock = ffffffff
I/gralloc ( 512): [Gralloc] info.upper_margin = ffffffff, info.lower_margin = ffffffff
I/gralloc ( 512): [Gralloc] info.yres = 258, info.hsync_len = ffffffff
I/gralloc ( 512): [Gralloc] info.left_margin = ffffffff, info.right_margin = ffffffff
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): ro_dpi: 160.000000
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): using (fd=13)
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): id = mtkfb
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): xres = 1024 px
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): yres = 600 px
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): xres_virtual = 1024 px
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): yres_virtual = 1800 px
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): bpp = 32
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): r = 16:8
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): g = 8:8
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): b = 0:8
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): width = 163 mm (159.568100 dpi)
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): height = 95 mm (160.421051 dpi)
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): refresh rate = 60.00 Hz
I/[MALI][Gralloc]( 512): init_framebuffer va: 0xb50f8000 mva: 0xb3700000
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] Display Information:
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] # fo devices : 1
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] -----------------------------
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] Device id : 0
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] Width : 1024
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] Height : 600
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] xdpi : 160.000000
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] ydpi : 160.000000
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] vsync : 1
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] refresh : 17179179
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] connected : 1
I/hwcomposer( 512): [DPY] subtype : 0
W/hwcomposer( 512): [EVENT] Failed to open vsync device (Permission denied)
W/hwcomposer( 512): [EVENT] HW VSync State(0)
W/hwcomposer( 512): [EVENT] Start to listen uevent, addr.nl_pid(512)
I/6620_launcher( 124): Can't open device node(/dev/stpwmt)
W/hwcomposer( 512): [WKR] Failed to set priority to RR: Operation not permitted
W/hwcomposer( 512): [WKR] Failed to set priority to RR: Operation not permitted
I/SurfaceFlinger( 512): Using composer version 1.2
I/hwcomposer( 512): [HWC] getConfigs Display(0)
W/hwcomposer( 512): [WKR] Failed to set priority to RR: Operation not permitted
I/hwcomposer( 512): [HWC] getAttributes Display(0)
I/hwcomposer( 512): [HWC] getConfigs Display(1)
I/hwcomposer( 512): [HWC] getAttributes Display(1)
E/hwcomposer( 512): [HWC] Failed to get display attributes (dpy=1 is not connected)
W/SurfaceFlinger( 512): no suitable EGLConfig found, trying a simpler query
F/SurfaceFlinger( 512): no suitable EGLConfig found, giving up
F/libc ( 512): Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 in tid 512 (surfaceflinger)
I/DEBUG ( 129): property debug.db.uid not set; NOT waiting for gdb.
W/hwcomposer( 512): [WKR] Failed to set priority to RR: Operation not permitted
I/DEBUG ( 129): HINT: adb shell setprop debug.db.uid 100000
I/DEBUG ( 129): HINT: adb forward tcp:5039 tcp:5039
W/hwcomposer( 512): [WKR] Failed to set priority to RR: Operation not permitted
I/DEBUG ( 129): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
I/DEBUG ( 129): Build fingerprint: 'LeapFrog/cm_narnia/narnia:5.1.1/LMY49J/e2909bc29b:eng/test-keys'
I/DEBUG ( 129): Revision: '0'
I/DEBUG ( 129): ABI: 'arm'
I/DEBUG ( 129): pid: 512, tid: 512, name: surfaceflinger >>> /system/bin/surfaceflinger <<<
I/DEBUG ( 129): signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 (SI_TKILL), fault addr --------
I/DEBUG ( 129): Abort message: 'no suitable EGLConfig found, giving up'
I/DEBUG ( 129): r0 00000000 r1 00000200 r2 00000006 r3 00000000
I/DEBUG ( 129): r4 b6fc1e38 r5 00000006 r6 00000000 r7 0000010c
I/DEBUG ( 129): r8 b6482000 r9 00000000 sl 00000000 fp 00000001
I/DEBUG ( 129): ip 00000200 sp be8d34a0 lr b6f1a8f5 pc b6f3d8d0 cpsr 60070010
I/DEBUG ( 129):
I/DEBUG ( 129): backtrace:
I/DEBUG ( 129): #00 pc 000378d0 /system/lib/libc.so (tgkill+12)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #01 pc 000148f1 /system/lib/libc.so (pthread_kill+52)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #02 pc 0001564b /system/lib/libc.so (raise+10)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #03 pc 00011cc5 /system/lib/libc.so (__libc_android_abort+36)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #04 pc 0001005c /system/lib/libc.so (abort+4)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #05 pc 00007a41 /system/lib/libcutils.so (__android_log_assert+88)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #06 pc 0002930d /system/lib/libsurfaceflinger.so
I/DEBUG ( 129): #07 pc 00028f09 /system/lib/libsurfaceflinger.so
I/DEBUG ( 129): #08 pc 000195e7 /system/lib/libsurfaceflinger.so (_ZN7android14SurfaceFlinger4initEv+174)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #09 pc 00000af1 /system/bin/surfaceflinger
I/DEBUG ( 129): #10 pc 0000ff19 /system/lib/libc.so (__libc_init+44)
I/DEBUG ( 129): #11 pc 00000c08 /system/bin/surfaceflinger