IPC

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Every RPC command sent to services starts with a u32 header code:

Bits Description
0-5 Number of translate parameters (=x)
6-15 Number of normal parameters (=y)
16-23 Command ID
24-31 Unknown

The entire command has the following structure:

Word Size Description
0 1 Header code
1 x Normal parameters
x y Translate parameters

Translate parameters are modified/translated transparently by the kernel. They are used to transfer handles/buffers between the different processes.

Translate parameters comes in pairs of two words, one descriptor and one value.

Descriptor Description
0x00000000 The corresponding value is a KHandle
0x00000010 The corresponding value is a KHandle, that should not be closed locally?
0x00000020 Let kernel set value to local ProcessID
0x0000???2 | (size<<14) The corresponding value contains a ptr to a buffer of said size.
0x0000000A | (size<<4) The corresponding value contains a ptr to a buffer of said size.
0x0000000C | (size<<4) The corresponding value contains a ptr to a buffer of said size.