Handles for services are retrieved from the service manager port, "srv:". Services are an abstraction of ports, they operate the same way except regular ports can have their handles retrieved directly from a SVC(svcConnectToPort).
Service Manager Port "srv:"
| Command Header
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Description
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| 0x00010002
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Initialize
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| 0x00020000
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GetProcSemaphore (the handle from this gets signaled when notifications for this process gets triggered)
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| 0x00030100
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RegisterService (8-byte servicename, u32 strlen, u32 flags?)
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| 0x000400C0
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UnregisterService (8-byte servicename, u32 strlen)
|
| 0x00050100
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GetServiceHandle (same input as RegisterService)
|
| 0x00090040
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IsRegistered This enables the specified notificationID for the current process.
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| 0x000B0000
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This returns the notificationID which was triggered, if any(see GetProcSemaphore).
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Notifications
| ID
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Description
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| 0x100
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This indicates that all processes must terminate: power-off, reboot, or FIRM-launch.
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| 0x204
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This indicates that the HOME button was pressed.
|