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Throughout the PUPs that SIE sends to the end user or to the developers in devnet, there are several codenames used inside the pup. They usually consist of 8 numbers that determine to sony what it means. Here there'll be a list of some codenames used by sony and their meanings.
Codenames
Locations
- Orbis: a latin word that means World, Earth, Universe -> PlayStation 4
- Liverpool: a city in United Kingdom (Europe) -> Main SoC or APU
- Colwick: a town part of Nottingham in United Kingdom (Europe) -> System Controller
- Newcastle: a city in United Kingdom (Europe) -> Southbridge or EMC or EAP or Serial Flash or DDR3 RAM
- Aeolia: a few islands that belongs to Italia (Europe) -> Southbridge (first revision)
- Belize: a city in Belize (Central America) -> Southbridge (second and third revision)
- Baikal: a lake in Russia (Asia) -> Southbridge (fourth revision)
- CAVERN: a word that is famous in the myth of Platon's cavern -> a motherboard
Related:
- Torus: a geometrical structure with similar properties as sphere (Orbis) -> Wifi / BT board second revision
- Trooper -> Wifi / BT board second revision maybe
Star Wars
- Luke: a character in Star Wars -> PS4 Camera
Matrix
- Morpheus: a character in Matrix -> PSVR (PlayStation Virtual Reality)
- Neo: a character in Matrix -> PS4 Pro
Nonsense - various
- SYRUP -> a motherboard
- StarSha: maybe AMD codename -> ASIC (Main SoC) or GDDR5 RAM or APU
- Kratos: the main character of the God Of War video game -> a special PS4 testkit, maybe related to PS4 PRO
Update Package Codenames Table
| Codename | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 40000001 | BLNK Syscon Firmware | SYSCON Firmware. Syscon EEPROM. |
| 40000002 | BASE Syscon Firmware | SYSCON Firmware. Syscon EEPROM. |
| 40000003 | SYST Syscon Firmware | SYSCON Firmware. Syscon EEPROM. |
| 40010001 | Syscon PTCH #1 | SYSCON Patch. Syscon EEPROM. |
| 40018001 | Syscon PTCH #1 Information | SYSCON Patch Information |
| 40010002 | Syscon PTCH #2 | SYSCON Patch. Syscon EEPROM. |
| 40018002 | Syscon PTCH #2 Information | SYSCON Patch Information |
| 40020001 | USB-SATA Bridge Firmware update | SATA Bridge Firmware |
| 40028001 | USB-SATA Bridge Firmware update Information | SATA Bridge Firmware Information |
| 40030001 | Communication Processor Firmware | Communication Processor Firmware |
| 40038001 | Communication Processor Firmware Information | Unsure if it exists. Need to look in a TOOL PUP. |
| 80000001 | Secure Loader (SAMU IPL) | APU. Serial Flash. |
| 80010001 | Secure Kernel | APU. Serial Flash. |
| 80010002 | Kernel | APU. x86 FreeBSD kernel. Serial Flash. |
| 80010006 | PUPMgr | APU. pup_mgr. Serial Flash. |
| 80010008 | AuthMgr | APU. auth_mgr. Serial Flash. |
| 80010009 | Individual Data Mgr | APU. individual_data_mgr. Serial Flash. |
| 8001000A | FSM Mgr | APU. manu_mode_mgr. Serial Flash. |
| 8001000B | KeyMgr | APU. key_mgr. Serial Flash. |
| 8001000C | AuthMgr + KeyMgr | APU. sm_service. Serial Flash. |
| C0000001 | emc_ipl | EMC Initial Program Loader. Serial Flash. |
| C0008001 | emc_ipl_info | EMC Initial Program Loader Information |
| C0010001 | eap_kbl | EAP Kernel Boot Loader. Serial Flash. |
| C0018001 | eap_kbl_info | EAP Kernel Boot Loader Information |
| C0020001 | torus_fw | Southbridge Wifi/BT Firmware (Torus, Trooper). Serial Flash. |
| C0028001 | torus_fw_info | Southbridge Wifi/BT Firmware Information |
| 401R | BD Drive 401R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 402R | BD Drive 402R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 403R | BD Drive 403R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 404R | BD Drive 404R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 405R | BD Drive 405R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 406R | BD Drive 406R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 408R | BD Drive 408R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 410R | BD Drive 410R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 412R | BD Drive 412R Firmware update | BD Drive |
| 420R | BD Drive 420R Firmware update | BD Drive |
Devices Codenames Table
| Codename | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cd0 | contains 4XXR | |
| da0 | contains 4002XXXX | |
| da0x0.crypt | contains preinst img | |
| da0x1.crypt | contains preinst2 img | |
| da0x2 | contains eap_kernel | 16 MB usually called like /dev/sdX5 |
| da0x3.crypt | contains eap_vsh img | |
| da0x4b.crypt | contains system img | |
| da0x5b.crypt | contains system_ex img | |
| da0x6.crypt | contains old swap | |
| da0x6x0.crypt | contains new swap | |
| da0x6x1.crypt | contains kernel log | |
| da0x6x2.crypt | contains user log | |
| da0x8.crypt | contains app_tmp | |
| da0x9.crypt | contains system_data img | |
| da0x12.crypt | contains update img | |
| da0x13.crypt | contains user img | |
| da0x14.crypt | contains eap_user img | |
| da0x15.crypt | contains app_reserved | |
| da1 | usb device | |
| sc_fw_update0 | contains 4000XXXX/4001XXXX | |
| sflash0s0x0 | contains blank/0xff data | |
| sflash0s0x32b | contains C000XXXX | |
| sflash0s0x33 | contains C001XXXX | |
| sflash0s0x34 | contains sflash NVS | |
| sflash0s0x38 | contains C002XXXX | |
| sflash0s1.cryptx1 | contains individual data encrypted | |
| sflash0s1.cryptx2b | contains 8000XXXX | |
| sflash0s1.cryptx3b | contains 8001XXXX | |
| sflash0s1.cryptx39 | contains HRL | BD HRL |
| sflash0s1.cryptx40 | contains blank/0xFF data | |
| sflash0s1.cryptx6 | contains VTRM |