kernel-analysis-vphone600

name	kernel-analysis-vphone600
description	Analyze vphone600 kernel artifacts using the local symbol database and XNU source tree. Use when working on kernel reverse engineering, address-to-symbol lookup, release-vs-research kernel comparison, or patch analysis for vphone600 variants in this repository.

Kernel Analysis Vphone600

Use the local research/kernel_info dataset as the first source of truth for symbol lookup. Use research/reference/xnu as the source-level reference for semantics and structure.

Required Paths

• research/kernel_info/kernel_symbols.db
• research/kernel_info/kernel_index.tsv
• research/kernel_info/json/kernelcache.release.vphone600.bin.symbols.json
• research/kernel_info/json/kernelcache.research.vphone600.bin.symbols.json
• research/reference/xnu

If research/reference/xnu is missing, create it with a shallow clone:

mkdir -p research/reference
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu.git research/reference/xnu

Workflow

1. Confirm scope is vphone600 only.
2. Query kernel_symbols.db to select release or research dataset by name.
3. Load the linked JSON symbol file and perform symbol/address lookups.
4. Cross-reference candidate code paths in research/reference/xnu.
5. Report findings with explicit kernel name, symbol path, and address.

Standard Queries

• List known kernels: