The (New) PSP Tech Docs – Article01

This is just the first draft just to give you an idea of what these “tech docs” are going to be like. It’s on the PSP Boot Sequence.

And to quote before:

“It will be fairly technical but it is aimed at the general psp user and explained in a way that everyone can understand while at the same time trying to be as detailed as possible. Though I will assume that the reader has a general knowledge of terms like ‘Nand’, ‘IPL’, ‘Idstorage’, etc.

Hopefully, this will be useful for not only general users wanting to gain a better understanding of the PSP, but also devs looking for some detailed reference material.”

http://silverspring.lan.st/NPSPTD_01.txt

EDIT: First drafts of Articles 02 & 03 will be posted soon. Topic will be “2.60+ IPL Encryption” & “3.00+ Nand Encryption” respectively. Future articles I’m planning to write will include Idstorage Keys, the KIRK crypto engine, and that “other secret” crypto engine.

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The (New) PSP Technical Docs

Because there is a general lack of detailed PSP System documentation available (YAPSPD is excellent and is the definitve PSP HW docs http://hitmen.c02.at/files/yapspd/psp_doc/frames.html, but unfortunately is no longer updated), I’ll be writing up some technical articles for the general public. Topics will vary but will generally be detailed low level information that isnt publically available anywhere else.

It will be fairly technical but it is aimed at the general psp user and explained in a way that everyone can understand while at the same time trying to be as detailed as possible. Though I will assume that the reader has a general knowledge of terms like ‘Nand’, ‘IPL’, ‘Idstorage’, etc.

Hopefully, this will be useful for not only general users wanting to gain a better understanding of the PSP, but also devs looking for some detailed reference material.

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