Flash Filesystem
NAND structure
Boot Partitions
Boot Partition 0 (0 of 1)
Offset | Size | Description |
---|---|---|
0x000000 | Title 0100000000000819 BCT | |
0x004000 | Title 010000000000081A BCT | |
0x008000 | Title 0100000000000819 BCT | |
0x00C000 | Title 010000000000081A BCT | |
0x100000 | Title 0100000000000819 "package1" | |
0x140000 | Title 0100000000000819 "package1" (Backup) | |
0x180000 | Keyblob area, the first 0xB0 is identical to the console-unique "customer data" section in BCTs | |
0x184000 | Unknown, 0x20-bytes hash (updated when bcpkg-2-1 updates) + one u64? (may be incremented on bcpkg update) All zero on 1.0. |
Boot Partition 1 (1 of 1)
Offset | Size | Description |
---|---|---|
0x000000 | Title 010000000000081A "package1" | |
0x040000 | Title 010000000000081A "package1" (Backup) |
User Partitions
Partition name | Offset | Size | Bis Partition ID | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
N/A | 0x0 | 20 | GPT header, Bis-storage also allows raw access to the entire NAND eMMC sectors starting at sector0. | |
PRODINFO | 0x00004400 | 0x003FBC00 | 27 | "CAL0" raw partition containing set:cal data. |
PRODINFOF | 0x00400000 | 0x00400000 | 28 | FAT12 filesystem, additional calibration. |
BCPKG2-1-Normal-Main | 0x00800000 | 0x00800000 | 21 | For all these packages, data starts at offset 0x4000 and is not console-unique. This is installed from "package2" in firmware package A (0100000000000819) by default. With the exFAT update installed, this is switched to firmware package C (010000000000081B). |
BCPKG2-2-Normal-Sub | 0x01000000 | 0x00800000 | 22 | Identical to BCPKG2-1-Normal-Main, probably used as a backup partition. |
BCPKG2-3-SafeMode-Main | 0x01800000 | 0x00800000 | 23 | This is installed from "package2" in firmware package B (010000000000081A). |
BCPKG2-4-SafeMode-Sub | 0x02000000 | 0x00800000 | 24 | Identical to BCPKG2-3-SafeMode-Main. |
BCPKG2-5-Repair-Main | 0x02800000 | 0x00800000 | 25 | Installed at the factory. |
BCPKG2-6-Repair-Sub | 0x03000000 | 0x00800000 | 26 | Identical to BCPKG2-5-Repair-Main. |
SAFE | 0x03800000 | 0x04000000 | 29 | FAT32 filesystem. |
SYSTEM | 0x07800000 | 0xA0000000 | 31 (and 32?) | FAT32 filesystem. |
USER | 0xA7800000 | 0x680000000 | 30 | FAT32 filesystem. |
0x747BFFE00 | 0x200 | This is the backup GPT header specified by the main GPT header. This is also the last sector readable with Bis-storage paritionID 20. |
If the client process lacks the relevant permission for any of the above partition IDs, error 0x2EE202 is returned.
NCAs stored in NAND are raw, identical to the data readable with Content_Manager_services#ReadEntryRaw.
The filenames for saveimages is just "<lower-case hex u64 saveID>". SYSTEM-partition saveIDs are specified by FS commands, while USER-partition saveIDs are determined by FS-module internally. The high u32 of the saveID is normally either 0x00000000 or 0x80000000.
PRODINFOF
PRODINFOF ├── Certifications │ └── WirelessCertification.png └── ptd ├── DeviceIdWithEmsBit.dat ├── Ecid.dat ├── prodCode.dat └── log ├── Process_asm1.log ├── Process_board1.log ├── TestFlagLine.log ├── TestFlagQc.log ├── AGING │ └── Sequence.log ├── BOARD_TEST │ └── Sequence.log ├── BOARD_WIRELESS │ └── Sequence.log ├── FINAL_CHECK │ └── Sequence.log ├── LCD_AND_KEY │ └── Sequence.log └── USB_AND_HP └── Sequence.log
DeviceIdWithEmsBit.dat
Contains a 0x10-byte uppercase hex string, identical to the DeviceId in the DeviceCert.
SYSTEM
SYSTEM ├── PRF2SAFE.RCV ├── Contents │ ├── registered │ │ └── ... NCA │ └── placehld │ └── ... NCA ├── save │ └── ... └── saveMeta └── ... (empty?)
The saves stored under this partition are only for system-titles / etc.
USER
USER ├── PRF2SAFE.RCV ├── Album (Same layout as SD) ├── Contents │ ├── registered │ │ └── ... NCA │ └── placehld │ └── ... NCA ├── save │ └── ... ├── saveMeta │ └── ... └── temp
The saves for all non-system applications, regardless of where the application is located(storageID), is stored here. Each user account which has savedata has a separate saveimage. Save-common for an application is presumably a separate saveimage too. Every saveimage here is only for applications.
SAFE
SAFE ├── PRF2SAFE.RCV ├── Contents │ ├── registered │ │ └── ... NCA (nothing installed?) │ └── placehld │ └── ... NCA └── save ├── 8000000000000000 └── 8000000000000120
On a v2.1 system with MountBis, the only thing under here is "PRF2SAFE.RCV".