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Um, on any Mac OS block device diskXsY has a character device counterpart called rdiskXsY, so rdisk0* is just a character device for accessing the flash. |
Um, on any Mac OS block device diskXsY has a character device counterpart called rdiskXsY, so rdisk0* is just a character device for accessing the flash. |
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+ | ! Ahh! Thanks for that correction [[User:MiW|MiW]] |
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on the same topic as above...rdisko is not ramdisk...do you know what ramdisk means? :) |
on the same topic as above...rdisko is not ramdisk...do you know what ramdisk means? :) |
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+ | I do know what a ramdisk means yes! Why is it so strange that there would exist a ramdisk device node? The device must read the ramdisk contents |
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+ | from flash before it copies to ram right? |
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+ | Ive had my device for a little under 4 days now, and from a linux background so I am not totally sure how |
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+ | OSX/BSD handles it all. Im just trying report all the info I find. |
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+ | [[User:MiW|MiW]] |
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Also, maybe add /dev/kmem and /dev/mem as blocked nodes |
Also, maybe add /dev/kmem and /dev/mem as blocked nodes |
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+ | "blocked nodes"? Does the kernel prevent the user from reading from these nodes? |
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− | Was the GPS device wrong? --geohot |
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+ | Oh and i am totally right about the GPS. |
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+ | MiWs-IPhone:/usr/libexec root# strings locationd82 | grep dev |
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+ | /dev/dlci.spi-baseband.9 |
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+ | [[User:MiW|MiW]] |
Revision as of 02:40, 29 August 2008
Um, on any Mac OS block device diskXsY has a character device counterpart called rdiskXsY, so rdisk0* is just a character device for accessing the flash.
! Ahh! Thanks for that correction MiW
lol
on the same topic as above...rdisko is not ramdisk...do you know what ramdisk means? :)
I do know what a ramdisk means yes! Why is it so strange that there would exist a ramdisk device node? The device must read the ramdisk contents from flash before it copies to ram right?
Ive had my device for a little under 4 days now, and from a linux background so I am not totally sure how OSX/BSD handles it all. Im just trying report all the info I find. MiW
Also, maybe add /dev/kmem and /dev/mem as blocked nodes
"blocked nodes"? Does the kernel prevent the user from reading from these nodes?
Oh and i am totally right about the GPS.
MiWs-IPhone:/usr/libexec root# strings locationd82 | grep dev /dev/dlci.spi-baseband.9