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Device Nodes are here, as with any other *nix system. The directory is read-only as its files don't actually exist and are transparently handled by the kernel.
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Node | Description | Apple TV (2nd generation) | iPad | iPhone | iPhone 3G | iPhone 3GS | iPhone 4 | iPod touch | iPod touch (2nd generation) | iPod touch (3rd generation) | iPod touch (4th generation) |
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aes_0 | (used with a crypto bundle provided in XPwn to utilize the AES Keys in userland) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf0 | (Berkeley Packet Filter) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf1 | (Berkeley Packet Filter) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf2 | (Berkeley Packet Filter) | Yes | |||||||||
bpf3 | (Berkeley Packet Filter) | Yes | |||||||||
btreset | (used if the bluetooth chip becomes unresponsive) | Yes | |||||||||
btwake | (sent to switch the bluetooth chip on from standby) | Yes | |||||||||
compass_0 | (Magnetometer) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||
compass1_0 | (This may exist as Accelerometer) | ? | |||||||||
compass2_0 | (Gyroscope) | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
console | (System console, displayed during a verbose boot) | Yes | |||||||||
cu.bluetooth | (primary Dev Node to comunicate with the bluetooth chip) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
cu.debug | (Exclusive access to Baseband used, for example, by BBUpdater) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
cu.gas-gauge | (Exclusive access to the battery meter) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
cu.gps | (Something with GPS) | No | 3G Variant | No | Yes | No | |||||
cu.highland-park | (Camera) | ? | |||||||||
cu.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
cu.umts | ? | ? | |||||||||
disk0 | (NAND) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0s1 | (NAND, system partition) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0s2 | (NAND, user partition) | Yes | |||||||||
disk0s2s1 | (Encrypted user partition on 3GS?) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
disk1 | (Virtual drive for SDK tools image) | Yes | |||||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.call | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.chatty | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-bseband.cl1 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.extra_13 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.iq | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.low | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_0 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_1 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_2 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_3 | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.pdp_ctl | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.reg | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
dlci.spi-baseband.sms | ( compatibility node made by Cydia ) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
io8log | ( replied AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0 when opened [1] ) | Yes | |||||||||
io8logmt | ? | Yes | |||||||||
kmem | (Kernel memory) | On patched kernels | |||||||||
klog | part of the kernel used to receive kernel panic count | Yes | |||||||||
mem | (Memory) | On patched kernels | |||||||||
null | (Doesn't output, discards input) | Yes | |||||||||
pf | ( firewall ) | Yes | |||||||||
ptmx | ( Posix terminal ) | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
ptyp0 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp1 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp2 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp3 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp4 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp5 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp6 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp7 | Yes | ||||||||||
ptyp8 | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptyp9 | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptypa | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptypb | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptypc | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptypd | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptype | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ptypf | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
random | (Outputs random data) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0 | (Character device equivalent of disk0) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0s1 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s1) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0s2 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s2) | Yes | |||||||||
rdisk0s2s1 | (Character device equivalent of disk0s2s1) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
sha1_0 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
tty | ? | Yes | |||||||||
tty.bluetooth | (Bluetooth Node) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
tty.debug | (Baseband) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
tty.gas-gauge | (Battery meter) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
tty.highland-park | ? | ? | |||||||||
tty.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
tty.umts | Used for UMTS (3G) connection tecnology | No | 3G Variant | No | Yes | No | |||||
ttyp0 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp1 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp2 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp3 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp4 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp5 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp6 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp7 | ? | Yes | |||||||||
ttyp8 | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttyp9 | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttypa | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttypb | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttypc | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttypd | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttype | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
ttypf | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
uart.bluetooth | (Bluetooth Dev Node disabled by the kernel for power saving) | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
uart.debug | (Baseband) | No | 3G Variant | Yes | No | ||||||
uart.gas-gauge | (Battery meter) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
uart.gps | (Something with GPS) | No | 3G Variant | No | Yes | No | |||||
uart.highland-park | ? | ? | |||||||||
uart.iap | (Dock connector serial interface) | Yes | |||||||||
uart.utms | (new data line added on the iPhone 4) | ? | Yes | ? | |||||||
urandom | (Outputs pseudo-random data) | Yes | |||||||||
vn0 | ? | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
vn1 | ? | made by jailbreak | |||||||||
zero | (Outputs 0x0, discards input) | Yes |