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The PS4 has many kernel devices. Below is a list of the known ones.
The PS4 has many kernel modules. Below is a list of the known kernel modules.


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! Module name !! Accessible? !! Description !! Notes
! Module name !! Accessible? !! Description !! Notes
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| gc || Yes || ?GPU/Graphics? ?Controller/Core? || could be also graphics core (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Core_Next )
| gc || Yes || GPU/Graphics Controller module? || -
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| dce || ? || Display Controller Engine || -
| dce || ? || - || -
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| hmd || ? || Head-mounted Display || [[Morpheus]]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-mounted_display
| hmd || ? || - || -
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| mas || ? || ?Mass Storage? || -
| mas || ? || Mass Storage module?? || -
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| bt || ? || Bluetooth || -
| bt || ? || Bluetooth module? || -
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| sdma || ? || (GPU) System DMA Kernel || -
| sdma || ? || - || -
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| hdmi || ? || HDMI || -
| hdmi || ? || HDMI module || -
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| s3da || ?System? 3D Acceleration || || Probably related to 3D Acceleration. See Marcan's slides about PS4 GPU Linux driver.
| s3da || ? || -
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| dbggc || Yes || Debug ?GPU/Graphics? ?Controller/Core? || -
| dbggc || Yes || Debug version of gc || -
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| ctrlp || ? || Control ?Process? || Like on PS Vita DevKit.
| ctrlp || ? || - || -
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| camera || Yes || Camera || (PlayStation) Camera module
| camera || Yes || (Playstation) Camera module || -
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| wlan || ? || Wireless LAN || -
| wlan || ? || WLAN module || -
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| wlanbt || Wireless LAN Bluetooth|| - || -
| wlanbt || ? || - || -
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| regmgr || Yes || Registry Manager || -
| regmgr || Yes || Registry Manager module || -
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| vce || ? || Video Coding Engine || -
| vce || ? || Video Coding Engine module? || -
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| hmddfu || Yes || Head-mounted Display Device Firmware Update || [[Morpheus]] firmware updater
| hmddfu || Yes || - || -
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| mbus || ? || ?Media/Memory/Management? Bus || See libSceMbus.sprx.
| mbus || ? || Media bus module? || -
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| uvd || ? || Unified Video Decoder || GPKMD?
| uvd || ? || Unified Video Decoder module || GPKMD?
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| hid || Yes || Human Interface Device || -
| hid || Yes || HID module || -
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| sbl || Yes || [[SBL Kernel module]] || -
| sbl || Yes || - || Seems to handle hardware zlib
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| av_control || ? || Audio/Video Controller || -
| av_control || ? || - || -
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| ipmimgr || Yes || IPMI Manager || Used by ShellCore for tasks.
| ipmimgr || Yes || - || -
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| ajm || Yes || Audio Co-processor Job Manager || -
| ajm || Yes || Audio Co-processor Job Manager module || -
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| sdbgp || ? || System Debug ?Process? || Like on PS Vita DevKit.
| sdbgp || ? || - || -
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| audioout || ? || Audio Output || -
| audioout || ? || Audio Output module || -
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| screenshot || ? || Screenshot || -
| screenshot || ? || Screenshot module || -
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| bluetooth_hid || ? || Bluetooth Human Interface Device || -
| bluetooth_hid || ? || Bluetooth HID module || -
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