NCM services

NCM contains services for internal file path and content management.

Location Resolver services

lr

This is "nn::lr::ILocationResolverManager".

Cmd	Name	Arguments	Notes
0	GetLocationResolver	StorageID
1	GetRegisteredLocationResolver	None
2	CheckStorage	StorageID
3	GetAddOnContentLocationResolver	None

The only sysmodules which use this service are FS, Loader, and NS. boot2 has access but doesn't use it.

ILocationResolver

This is "nn::lr::ILocationResolver".

Cmd	Name	Arguments	Notes
0	GetProgramNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type1.
1	SetProgramNcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath	Used for NCA-type1.
2	GetUserControlNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type3 (gamecard only?).
3	GetDocHtmlNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type4.
4	GetControlNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type3. Stubbed, only returns error 0x608.
5	SetControlNcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath	Used for NCA-type3.
6	SetDocHtmlNcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath	Used for NCA-type4.
7	GetInfoHtmlNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type5.
8	SetInfoHtmlNcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath	Used for NCA-type5.
9	ClearLocationResolver	None	Clears all NCA paths set.

These get-commands load the ContentPath from linked-lists in memory using the input titleID. The set-commands add a new entry to the list, if a matching entry is found it's removed first. ClearLocationResolver frees all entries in all of these linked-lists. The ContentPath is only used with memcpy() here with size=0x300, nothing more.

The set commands always return 0. When the get-commands fail to find an entry for the specified titleID, 0x408 is returned for GetProgramNcaPath, while the rest of the commands return 0xA08.

IRegisteredLocationResolver

This is "nn::lr::IRegisteredLocationResolver".

Cmd	Name	Arguments	Notes
0	GetPatchType0NcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor	Used for NCA-type1.
1	SetPatchType0NcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath
2	RegisterPatchTitle0	u64 TID
3	SetPatchTitle0NcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath
4	GetPatchType1NcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor
5	SetPatchType1NcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath
6	RegisterPatchTitle1	u64 TID
7	SetPatchTitle1NcaPath	u64 TID + X descriptor ContentPath

IAddOnContentLocationResolver

This is "nn::lr::IAddOnContentLocationResolver".

Cmd	Name	Arguments	Notes
0	GetAddOnContentNcaPath	u64 TID + C descriptor
1	RegisterAddOnContent	StorageID + u64 TID
2	ClearAddOnContentLocationResolver	None	Clears all registered titles here.

Content Manager services

ncm

This is "nn::ncm::IContentManager".

Cmd	Name	Notes
0	CreatePlaceholderAndRegisteredDirectoriesForMediaId	Takes a StorageID.
1	CreateSaveDataDirectoryForMediaId	Takes a StorageID.
2	GetExistsPlaceholderAndRegisteredDirectoriesForMediaId	Takes a StorageID.
3	GetExistsSaveDataDirectoryForMediaId	Takes a StorageID.
4	GetIContentStorage	Takes a StorageID.
5	GetIContentMetaDatabase	Takes a StorageID.
(1.0.0) 6	CloseAndLockIContentStorage	Takes a StorageID. Calls IContentStorage->CloseStorage().
(1.0.0) 7	CloseAndLockIContentMetaDatabase	Takes a StorageID. Calls IContentMetaDatabase->CloseMetaDatabase().
8	DeleteSaveDataForMediaId	Takes a StorageID, and deletes the associated savedata.
(2.0.0+?) 9	MountStorageForMediaId
(2.0.0+?) 10	UnmountStorageForMediaId
(2.0.0+?) 11	MountDatabaseForMediaId
(2.0.0+?) 12	UnmountDatabaseForMediaId

All of the above cmds takes a u8 as input.

IContentStorage

This is "nn::ncm::IContentStorage".

Cmd	Name	Notes
0	#GetRootEntry
1		Takes two 0x10-sized entries, and a u64.
2	DeletePlaceholderEntry	Takes a 0x10-sized entry.
3	GetEntryType	Takes a 0x10-sized entry, returns a bool/u8.
4	WritePlaceholderEntry	Takes a #NcaID, a u64-offset, and type-5 array.
5	MovePlaceholderToRegistered	Takes two 0x10-sized entries.
6	DeleteContent?	Takes a 0x10-sized entry.
7	IsNcaEntryValid	Takes a #NcaID, returns a bool.
8	GetPath	Takes a #NcaID. Returns a Content Path.
9	GetPlaceholderPath	Takes a #NcaID. Returns a Content Path.
10	CleanPlaceholderDirectory	Deletes the Placeholder directory.
11	GetPlaceholderEntries	This is like #GetEntries, but for the Placeholder directory.
12	#GetNumberOfEntries
13	#GetEntries
14	#GetEntrySize
15	CloseStorage	Closes/Flushes all resources for the storage, and causes all future IPC commands to the current session to return error 0xC805.
16		Takes three 0x10-sized entries.
17	SetPlaceholderSize	Takes a #NcaID, and a u64 size
18	#ReadEntryRaw
19	GetPlaceholderRightsID	Gets the Rights ID for the #NcaID's placeholder path.
20	GetRegisteredRightsID	Gets the Rights ID for the #NcaID's registered path
21	WriteRegisteredPathForDebug	Takes a #NcaID, a u64 size, and a type 5 buffer. On debug units, writes the buffer to the NCA's registered path. On retail units, this just aborts.
22	GetFreeSpace
23	GetTotalSpace

GetRootEntry

Returns an entry of 16 completely random-looking bytes. It is not possible to read this entry.

Changes on reboot?

GetNumberOfEntries

Writes the total number of entries which can be read by GetEntries, to cmdreply <SFCO_offset>+0x10.

GetEntries

Takes an output buffer, u32 offset and gets all entries starting at that offset. Returns number of entries read.

Each entry is a #NcaID.

The total read entries is exactly the same as the number of "<hex>.nca" directories in the storage FS(or at least under the "registered" directory?).

GetEntrySize

Takes a #NcaID as input.

Returns the total size readable by ReadEntryRaw. This is the same as the size-field in the NAX0 "<NcaID>.nca/00" file.

ReadEntryRaw

Takes an output buffer, a #NcaID as input, and a u64 file offset.

Returns encrypted looking data from the content in the NAX0. Doesn't match the encrypted raw data in the NAX0 "<NcaID>.nca/00" file. Seems to be at least one crypto layer below the initial NAX0 layer, since the data doesn't change after NAX0 recreation.

Manually modifying the content in the NAX0(starting at offset 0x4000) results in different output data being returned by this cmd. Changing any data within the first 0x10-bytes results in the entire 0x10-byte block changing. Likewise for offset 0x4010 size 0x1, entire 0x10-byte block at 0x4010 changes. Changing the first 0x20-bytes at 0x4000 to zeros has the same combined changed output, as when offset 0x4000 size 0x10 and offset 0x4010 size 0x10 were changed to zeros separately. Output BlockA and BlockB are completely different, where the raw NAX0 data for those blocks are all-zero.

Overwriting the entire raw NAX0 content with zeros results in output data which doesn't seem to have any duplicate blocks/data. When changing the previously mentioned raw content for the first 8 blocks to last-block-byte = 1<<i, where i is 0-7, none of the changed output blocks match any output blocks from the previously mentioned output(all-zero raw content).

This implies that that an AES mode is being used which isn't CTR, where changing data in one block doesn't affect other blocks.

See GetEntrySize for the total size readable with this.

IContentMetaDatabase

This is "nn::ncm::IContentMetaDatabase".

Cmd	Name	Notes
0	InsertContentEntry?	Takes a 0x10-sized entry, a type-5 buffer and a u64.
1		Takes a 0x10-sized entry, a type-6 buffer and a u64. Returns a u64.
2		Takes a 0x10-sized entry.
3	UpdateContentEntry	Takes a meta record entry and a u8. Returns a #NcaID.
4		Takes a type-6 buffer, each entry being 24 bytes, 0x10-sized entry and a u32. Returns a u32.
5	Iterate	Takes a type-6 buffer, each entry being 16 bytes, a 0x10-sized entry, and a u32. Returns a u32.
6	#GetTitleIdInfo
7	#GetTitleList	Takes a type-6 buffer, each entry being 24 bytes, and a u8/bool. Returns two u32's.
8		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a bool/u8.
9		Takes a type-5 buffer, each entry being 16 bytes. Returns a bool/u8.
10		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a u64.
11		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a u32.
12		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a u64.
13	CloseMetaDatabase	Closes/Flushes all resources for the meta database, and causes all future IPC commands to the current session to return error 0xDC05.
14		Takes a type-6 byte buffer, and a type-5 buffer with each entry being 16 bytes.
15	EndIteration	Void.
16		Takes two 0x10-sized entries. Returns a bool/u8.
17	#GetUpdateTitleList
18		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a bool/u8.
19		Takes a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a u32.

GetTitleIdInfo

Takes a u64 title-id as input, returns same title-id together with info struct.

struct title_info {
  u32  version;
  u8   type;
  u8   pad[3];
};

GetTitleList

Each 24-byte entries is as follows:

 u64    title_id_update;
 struct title_info info;
 u64    title_id;

GetUpdateTitleList

Takes a type-6 output buffer, each entry being 0x10-byte bytes, a u32 entryoffset and a 0x10-sized entry. Returns a u32 for total_read_entries.

The input entry is the output entry from #GetTitleIdInfo starting at the TID. The output 0x10-bytes entries are the same as the output from #GetTitleIdInfo starting at the TID. However, "pad[0]" is used for something else it seems?(0 for everything except for TID 010000000000081B, where it's 1)

See NCA#Meta_records.

This reads the titlelist stored in the specified title, normally a title with title-type 3, which is sysupdate-title 0100000000000816. Returns 0 with total_read_entries=0 when used with other title(s).

NcaID

This is a 0x10-byte entry. This is originally from the hex portion of "<hex>.nca" directory-names from this storage FS(like SD).

The NcaID is the same as the first 0x10-bytes from the calculated SHA256 hash, from hashing the entire output from ReadEntryRaw.

Enums

Title Types

Value	Description
0x01	System Programs (System Modules or System Applets)
0x02	System Data Archives
0x03	System Update
0x04	Firmware package A
0x05	Firmware package B
0x80	Regular application
0x81	Update title
0x82	Add-on content
0x83	Delta title