PS Vita eMMC can be accessed using SceSdif module.
eMMC Controller
Running on ARM Cortex.
memory mapping for Samsung's eMMC
| Address start |
Address end |
Description
|
| 0x00000000 |
0x0000FFFF |
fw
|
| 0x00010000 |
0x0001FFFF |
all zero
|
| 0x00020000 |
0x0003FFFF |
fw
|
| 0x00040000 |
0x0004FFFF |
unk. looks random data. maybe fw data segment.
|
| 0x00050000 |
0x0005FFFF |
stack/something
|
| 0x40000000 |
0x40000FFF |
some hw
|
| 0x40001000 |
0x40001FFF |
some hw
|
| 0x40004000 |
0x40004FFF |
some hw
|
eMMC Size
- DEM-3000G, DEM-3000H: 0x3A3C00000 bytes (16GB: 4GB as internal storage and 12GB as emulated memory card)
- DEM-3000K, DEM-3000JEC chassis K, DEM-3000L, DEM-3000JEC chassis L, CEM-3000NE2: 0xE1400000 bytes (3604 MiB)
- DEM-3000P, DEM-3000JEC chassis P, PDEL-100x: 0xE3400000 bytes (3636 MiB)
- PCH-1xxx, PTEL-1xxx: 0xE1400000 bytes (3604 MiB) or 0xE3400000 bytes (3636 MiB)
- PSTV VTE-xxxx: 0xE3400000 bytes (3636 MiB)
- PCH-2xxx, PTEL-2xxx: 0xDE000000 bytes (3552 MiB)
Maximum storage capacity supported by PS Vita is 2,199,023,255,040 bytes i.e. 2TiB (0x200 B * 0xFFFFFFFF sectors = 0x1FFFFFFFE00 B).
eMMC Partitions
PS Vita eMMC embeds the following partitions:
Playstation Vita 1xxx models
| Id |
Type |
Start LBA (byte) |
Size (byte) |
Name |
Description
|
| 0x1 |
raw |
0x40000 |
0x80000 |
idstor |
IdStorage
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0x800000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0xC00000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x1000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x2000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0xC |
fat16 |
0x3000000 |
0x6000000 |
sa0: |
Dictionary and font data
|
| 0x6 |
fat16 |
0x9000000 |
0x2000000 |
tm0: |
Activation data i.e PSM, NPDRM, MARLIN, QA
|
| 0x4 |
fat16 |
0xB000000 |
0x10000000 |
vs0: |
Shell vsh, System app/libraries.
|
| 0x5 |
fat16 |
0x1B000000 |
0x2000000 |
vd0: |
Registry and error history
|
| 0xB |
fat16 |
0x1D000000 |
0x10000000 |
ud0: |
Updater and update packages are copied here.
|
| 0xE |
exfat |
0x2D000000 |
0x13000000 |
pd0: |
Welcome Park and welcome video
|
| 0x7 |
exfat |
0x40000000 |
0xA1400000 or 0xA3400000 |
ur0 |
User resources, LiveArea cache, database, & other stuff
|
Playstation Vita 2xxx models
| Id |
Type |
Start LBA (byte) |
Size (byte) |
Name |
Description
|
| 0x1 |
raw |
0x40000 |
0x80000 |
idstor |
IdStorage
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0x800000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0xC00000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x1000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x2000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0xC |
fat16 |
0x3000000 |
0x6000000 |
sa0: |
Dictionary and font data
|
| 0x6 |
fat16 |
0x9000000 |
0x2000000 |
tm0: |
Activation data i.e PSM, NPDRM, MARLIN, QA
|
| 0x4 |
fat16 |
0xB000000 |
0x10000000 |
vs0: |
Shell vsh, System app/libraries.
|
| 0x5 |
fat16 |
0x1B000000 |
0x2000000 |
vd0: |
Registry and error history
|
| 0xB |
fat16 |
0x1D000000 |
0x10000000 |
ud0: |
Updater and update packages are copied here.
|
| 0xE |
exfat |
0x2D000000 |
0x13000000 |
pd0: |
Welcome Park and welcome video
|
| 0x7 |
exfat |
0x40000000 |
0x60000000 |
ur0: |
User resources, LiveArea cache, database, & other stuff
|
| 0x8 |
exfat |
0xA0000000 |
0x3E000000 |
ux0: |
Internal "memory card"
|
Playstation TV models
| Id |
Type |
Start LBA (byte) |
Size (byte) |
Name |
Description
|
| 0x1 |
raw |
0x40000 |
0x80000 |
idstor |
IdStorage
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0x800000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x2 |
raw |
0xC00000 |
0x400000 |
active/inactive slb2 (not used by kernel) |
SLB2 Boot loaders
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x1000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0x3 |
fat16 |
0x2000000 |
0x1000000 |
active/inactive os0: |
Main OS partition: kernel modules, core usermode modules, SceSafemode, Secure Module SELFs, and on development units SceCuiSetUpper.
|
| 0xC |
fat16 |
0x3000000 |
0x6000000 |
sa0: |
Dictionary and font data
|
| 0x6 |
fat16 |
0x9000000 |
0x2000000 |
tm0: |
Activation data i.e PSM, NPDRM, MARLIN, QA
|
| 0x4 |
fat16 |
0xB000000 |
0x10000000 |
vs0: |
Shell vsh, System app/libraries.
|
| 0x5 |
fat16 |
0x1B000000 |
0x2000000 |
vd0: |
Registry and error history
|
| 0xB |
fat16 |
0x1D000000 |
0x10000000 |
ud0: |
Updater and update packages are copied here.
|
| 0xE |
exfat |
0x2D000000 |
0x13000000 |
pd0: |
Welcome Park and welcome video
|
| 0x7 |
exfat |
0x40000000 |
0x60000000 |
ur0: |
User resources, LiveArea cache, database, & other stuff
|
| 0x8 |
exfat |
0xA0000000 |
0x43400000 |
ux0: |
Internal "memory card"
|