diff --git a/audio/common/all-versions/copyHAL.sh b/audio/common/all-versions/copyHAL.sh
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+#/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if (echo "$@" |grep -qe -h); then
+    echo "This script will generate a new HAL version identical to an other one."
+    echo "This helps creating the boilerplate for a new version."
+    echo
+    echo "USAGE: $0 [BASE_VERSION] [NEW_VERSION]"
+    echo "       BASE_VERSION default value is the highest version currently existing"
+    echo "       NEW_VERSION default value is BASE_VERSION + 1"
+    echo
+    echo "Example: to generate a V6.0 by copying V5, do: $0 5.0 6.0"
+    exit
+fi
+readonly HAL_DIRECTORY=hardware/interfaces/audio
+readonly HAL_VTS_DIRECTORY=core/all-versions/vts/functional
+readonly HAL_VTS_FILE=AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp
+readonly HAL_SERVICE_DIRECTORY=common/all-versions/default/service/
+readonly HAL_SERVICE_CPP=service.cpp
+
+readonly FWK_DIRECTORY=frameworks/av/media/libaudiohal
+readonly IMPL_DIRECTORY=impl
+readonly IMPL_FACTORYHAL=$IMPL_DIRECTORY/include/libaudiohal/FactoryHalHidl.h
+
+readonly VTS_DIRECTORY=test/vts-testcase/hal/audio
+readonly VTS_LIST=test/vts/tools/build/tasks/list/vts_test_lib_hidl_package_list.mk
+readonly WATCHDOG=frameworks/base/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.cpp
+readonly GSI_CURRENT=build/make/target/product/gsi/current.txt
+
+readonly BASE_VERSION=${1:-$(ls $ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/$HAL_DIRECTORY | grep -E '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' |
+                                  sort -n |tail -n1)}
+readonly BASE_MAJOR_VERSION=${BASE_VERSION%.*}
+readonly BASE_MINOR_VERSION=${BASE_VERSION##*.}
+
+readonly NEW_VERSION="${2:-$((${BASE_MAJOR_VERSION} + 1)).0}"
+readonly NEW_MAJOR_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION%.*}
+readonly NEW_MINOR_VERSION=${NEW_VERSION##*.}
+
+
+readonly BASE_VERSION_REGEX="${BASE_MAJOR_VERSION}[._]${BASE_MINOR_VERSION}"
+readonly NEW_VERSION_REGEX="${NEW_MAJOR_VERSION}[._]${NEW_MINOR_VERSION}"
+
+readonly BASE_VERSION_ESCAPE="${BASE_MAJOR_VERSION}\.${BASE_MINOR_VERSION}"
+readonly BASE_VERSION_UNDERSCORE="${BASE_MAJOR_VERSION}_${BASE_MINOR_VERSION}"
+readonly NEW_VERSION_UNDERSCORE="${NEW_MAJOR_VERSION}_${NEW_MINOR_VERSION}"
+updateVersion() {
+    if [ $1 == "-e" ]; then
+        local -r REGEX="$2"; shift 2
+    else
+        local -r REGEX="$BASE_VERSION_REGEX"
+    fi
+    awk -i inplace -e "{if (!/$REGEX/) print; else {
+                            if (original_before) print
+                            if (original_after) original_line=\$0;
+
+                            gsub(/$BASE_VERSION_ESCAPE/,\"$NEW_VERSION\");
+                            gsub(/$BASE_VERSION_UNDERSCORE/,\"$NEW_VERSION_UNDERSCORE\");
+                            gsub(/MAJOR_VERSION=$BASE_MAJOR_VERSION/,
+                                 \"MAJOR_VERSION=$NEW_MAJOR_VERSION\");
+                            gsub(/MINOR_VERSION=$BASE_MINOR_VERSION/,
+                                 \"MINOR_VERSION=$NEW_MINOR_VERSION\");
+
+                            print
+                            if (original_after) print original_line
+                       }}" "$@"
+}
+
+updateAudioVersion() {
+    updateVersion -e "audio.*$BASE_VERSION_REGEX" "$@"
+}
+
+updateLicenceDates() {
+    # Update date on the 2 first lines
+    sed -i "1,2 s/20[0-9][0-9]/$(date +"%Y")/g" "$@"
+}
+
+echo "Creating new audio HAL V$NEW_VERSION based on V$BASE_VERSION"
+echo "Press Ctrl-C to cancel, Enter to continue"
+read
+
+MODIFIED=
+runIfNeeded() {
+    local -r TARGET=$1; shift
+    cd $ANDROID_BUILD_TOP/$TARGET
+    if grep -q -r "audio.*$NEW_VERSION_REGEX"; then
+        echo "  Skipping $TARGET as already up to date"
+    else
+        echo "  Updating $PWD"
+        MODIFIED+=$'\n - '$TARGET
+        "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+createHALVersion() {
+    local -r DIRS=". common effect"
+    local COPY=
+    echo "Copy $BASE_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION in $DIRS"
+    for DIR in $DIRS; do
+        cp -Tar $DIR/$BASE_VERSION $DIR/$NEW_VERSION
+        COPY+=" $DIR/$NEW_VERSION"
+    done
+
+    echo "Replacing $BASE_VERSION by $NEW_VERSION in the copied files"
+    updateVersion $(find $COPY -type f)
+    updateLicenceDates $(find $COPY -type f)
+
+    echo "Update implementation and VTS generic code"
+    local -r FILES="*/all-versions/default/Android.bp */all-versions/vts/functional/Android.bp"
+    updateVersion -v original_before=1 -v RS= -v ORS='\n\n' $FILES
+    sed -i '${/^$/d}' $FILES # Remove \n at the end of the files
+
+    updateVersion -v original_before=1 $HAL_SERVICE_DIRECTORY/Android.bp
+
+    updateVersion -e "audio::.*$BASE_VERSION_REGEX" -v original_after=1 \
+        $HAL_SERVICE_DIRECTORY/$HAL_SERVICE_CPP
+    updateVersion -e "audio\/.*$BASE_VERSION_REGEX" -v original_before=1 \
+        $HAL_SERVICE_DIRECTORY/$HAL_SERVICE_CPP
+
+    local -r HAL_VTS_PATH=$HAL_VTS_DIRECTORY/$NEW_VERSION/$HAL_VTS_FILE
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $HAL_VTS_PATH)
+    cat > $HAL_VTS_PATH <<EOF
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) $(date +"%Y") 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.
+ */
+
+// pull in all the <= $BASE_VERSION tests
+#include "$BASE_VERSION/$(basename AudioPrimaryHidlHalTest.cpp)"
+EOF
+
+    echo "New HAL version $NEW_VERSION successfully created"
+}
+
+echo "Creating new audio HAL definition, default impl and VTS"
+runIfNeeded $HAL_DIRECTORY createHALVersion
+
+
+createFrameworkAdapter() {
+    updateVersion -v original_before=1 Android.bp
+    updateVersion -v original_before=1 -v RS= -v ORS='\n\n' $IMPL_FACTORYHAL/Android.bp
+    updateVersion -v original_after=1 $IMPL_FACTORYHAL
+}
+echo "Now creating the framework adapter version"
+runIfNeeded $FWK_DIRECTORY createFrameworkAdapter
+
+createVTSXML() {
+    cp -Tar V$BASE_VERSION_UNDERSCORE V$NEW_VERSION_UNDERSCORE
+    cp -Tar effect/{V$BASE_VERSION_UNDERSCORE,V$NEW_VERSION_UNDERSCORE}
+    local -r FILES=$(find {.,effect}/V$NEW_VERSION_UNDERSCORE -type f)
+    updateVersion $FILES
+    updateLicenceDates $FILES
+}
+echo "Now update VTS XML"
+runIfNeeded $VTS_DIRECTORY createVTSXML
+
+echo "Now register new VTS"
+runIfNeeded $(dirname $VTS_LIST) updateAudioVersion -v original_before=1 $(basename $VTS_LIST)
+
+echo "Now update watchdog"
+runIfNeeded $(dirname $WATCHDOG) updateAudioVersion -v original_before=1 $(basename $WATCHDOG)
+
+echo "Now update GSI current.txt"
+runIfNeeded $(dirname $GSI_CURRENT) update-vndk-list.sh
+
+if ! [ "$MODIFIED" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "$NEW_VERSION already exist, nothing to do"
+    exit
+fi
+
+cat << EOF
+
+All File generated successfully. Please submit a patch in all those directories: $MODIFIED
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+WHAT WAS *NOT* DONE, and you need to do now:
+ 1) You need to choose if the new HAL is optional or not for new devices.
+    Either add or replace $BASE_VERSION by $NEW_VERSION in
+    compatibility_matrices/compatibility_matrix.current.xml
+    Do not forget to update both the "audio" and "audio.effects" HAL'
+
+ 2) Then you need to choose a device to update its audio HAL implementation:
+    a) Update the HAL manifest of your device: open your device manifest.xml
+       and replace $BASE_VERSION by $NEW_VERSION for both
+        - android.hardware.audio
+        - android.hardware.audio.effect
+    b) Go to your device device.mk (usually next to the manifest) and replace:
+        - android.hardware.audio@$BASE_VERSION-impl by
+          android.hardware.audio@$NEW_VERSION-impl
+        - android.hardware.audio.effect@$BASE_VERSION-impl by
+          android.hardware.audio.effect@$NEW_VERSION-impl
+EOF