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by wpadmin

Linux loader for PS5 with all 11.xx and 13.xx firmware support in one ELF.

Supported:

11.00, 11.20, 11.40, 11.60

13.00, 13.20, 13.40, 13.42, 13.60

The loader reads the exact firmware build, then selects the matching table and path at runtime. It works on devkits and retail fat/slim consoles, with the 16 GB retail and 32 GB devkit memory maps selected automatically.

Build: ps5-linux-loader.elf

size: 313152 bytes

md5: 4046eb044c73e25fd98f1b9ebef78643

sha256: 57f56ee6880003a4563325a6eebddf255dc8ebb601330b075c16f2fcc0d0d75a

Source: branch all-11-13 in this repository. It stacks the all-11.xx work on the 11.60 base, adds 13.40/13.42, and keeps the existing 13.00/13.20/13.60 path.

Testing: the 11.00, 11.20 and 11.40 paths each booted Linux 7.2.3 with display on a devkit; the 11.60 and 13.xx paths were hardware-tested previously. This exact combined binary is offline-verified against the decrypted retail/devkit kernels and needs a hardware pass before being treated as proven.

Send it to elfldr on port 9021 after jailbreaking, same as upstream. Rest mode settings and the usual update advice in the README still apply.

ps5-linux

⚠️ 13.60 support is EXPERIMENTAL — your mileage may vary. It boots on base and PS5 Pro, but stability (USB, display, peripherals) is not guaranteed and is still being worked on. Use at your own risk.

ps5-linux leverages patched HV vulnerabilities to transform your PS5 Phat, Slim and Pro console running 3.00-7.61 or 13.60 firmwares into a highly capable Linux PC, unlocking its full hardware potential for desktop use. Powered by 8 CPU cores (16 threads) at 3.5 GHz and a GPU at 2.23 GHz, it provides enough performance to run Steam games and various emulators with impressive fluidity.

Features:

  • HDMI 4K60 video and audio output
  • M.2 SSD as dedicated Linux partition
  • All USB ports usable for peripherals
  • BD drive usable via custom ahci driver
  • Internal Bluetooth usable via custom xhci driver
  • Ethernet port usable via custom gbe driver

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13.60 and PS5 Pro support (high-firmware fork)

This fork adds firmware 13.60 support, including the PS5 Pro, on top of the upstream project. Linux boots to a desktop through the same rest-mode / S3-resume mechanism; PS5 Pro is detected automatically at runtime (no separate build).

Porting to other firmwares: bringing this route to a new firmware requires a UART/serial cable (3.3 V TTL on the Titania test pins, 230400 8N1) for debugging. The resume-time stages emit their progress markers over serial, and a failed resume typically dies with no network and no screen output — without UART a bring-up attempt is effectively blind.

Firmware update advice — read before updating: – If you are on 11.60 or lower, do NOT update. You will lose fPKG support. – If you are on 12.00–13.60, updating does not matter — you may update to 13.60 freely, since the upcoming fPKG support covers 12.00–13.60 anyway.

PS5 firmware

ps5-linux is supported on PS5 Phat and Slim on the following firmwares, and on PS5 Phat, Slim and Pro on 13.60:

  • 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21 without M.2 support
  • 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50, 4.51 with M.2 support
  • 5.00, 5.02, 5.10, 5.50 with M.2 support
  • 6.00, 6.02, 6.50 with M.2 support
  • 7.00, 7.01, 7.20, 7.40, 7.60, 7.61 with M.2 support
  • 13.60 with M.2 support — PS5 Phat, Slim and Pro (this fork)

Support for 1.xx and 2.xx firmwares may be added in the future, but we will not prioritize this effort.

If you are on firmwares in-between or you want to update to a specific firmware, download the correct PUP and follow the official guide to upgrade your PS5. Obviously you cannot downgrade.

Hardwares

To run ps5-linux, you need some required and optional hardwares:

  • Required: USB drive with minimum 64GB (ideally external SSD) to install and run Linux.
  • Required: USB keyboard/mouse (dongles supported too).
  • Optional: USB WLAN adapter for WLAN internet access.
  • Optional: M.2 SSD compatible on PS5 (see official guide) to run Linux from SSD.
  • Optional: Bluetooth dongle to connect with PS5 DualSense controller.

Configure PS5 settings

  • VERY IMPORTANT: Enable Rest Mode features:
    • Go to Settings → System → Power Saving → Features Available in Rest Mode and set Supply Power to USB Ports to Always.
  • VERY IMPORTANT: Disable HDMI Device Link:
    • Go to Settings → HDMI → Enable HDMI Device Link
  • Recommended: Disable automatic updates:
    • Go to Settings → System Software → System Software Update and Settings
  • Recommended: Disable automatic error reporting:
    • Go to Settings → System Software → Report System Software Errors Automatically

If you reset your PS5 settings or reinstall the FW, you need to reapply these settings again.

Installation

1. Get a Linux image

Pre-built images

You can download them from ps5-linux-image. Recommended is ps5-ubuntu2604.img.xz. Unpack the .xz file.

Build your own image

If you use Windows, run this in PowerShell or CMD as administrator to install WSL

bash wsl --install

Install docker:

bash sudo apt update sudo apt install docker.io -y sudo service docker start sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Then clone and build:

bash cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-image cd ps5-linux-image chmod +x ./build_image.sh ./build_image.sh --distro ubuntu2604

The finished image is written to output/ps5-ubuntu2604.img.

2. Flash the image to USB

Minimum drive size: 64 GB. An external SSD is strongly recommended.

Linux/macOS:

“`bash

check drive name with lsblk / diskutil list

sudo dd if=output/ps5-ubuntu2604.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync “`

Windows (Balena Etcher):

Download Balena Etcher, select the .img file, select your USB drive, click Flash.

3. Plug the USB drive into your PS5

The following USB ports are supported for booting:

  • Front bottom Type-C port
  • Rear Type-A ports

The front top Type-A port is USB 2.0 which is slower and thus not recommended.

4. Run the jailbreak

Firmware 3.00-5.50

  1. Clone via: git clone https://github.com/idlesauce/umtx2
  2. Configure fakedns via dns.conf to point manuals.playstation.net to your PCs IP address
  3. Run fake dns: sudo python fakedns.py -c dns.conf
  4. In a different terminal, run HTTPS server: sudo python host.py
  5. Go into PS5 advanced network settings and set primary DNS to your PCs IP address and leave secondary at 0.0.0.0
  6. Go to user manual in settings and accept untrusted certificate prompt, run.

Firmware 6.00-7.61

  1. Install Y2JB by following https://github.com/Gezine/Y2JB.
  2. Run kernel exploit: python3 payload_sender.py $PS5IP 50000 payloads/lapse.js

5. Send the payload

If you're on ARM64 Linux, first install the x86-64 cross-compilation tools before:

bash sudo apt install gcc-x86-64-linux-gnu binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu

Either download ps5-linux-loader.elf, or install ps5-payload-sdk and compile it yourself:

bash git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-loader cd ps5-linux-loader make

Send the payload with your $PS5IP (shown on the page):

bash socat -t 99999999 - TCP:$PS5IP:9021 < ps5-linux-loader.elf

If all is successful, the payload will automatically go into rest mode. Wait until the orange LED stops blinking and becomes static. Only then, press the power button again to boot your PS5 into Linux. If the boot is successful, the LED should turn white. If it boots back into PS5 OS, then it's because you pressed the power button too early. Or, you did not enable rest mode features as described above. If it freezes instead of going into rest mode, then it is likely because you have etahen/kstuff enabled, which is incompatible. Disable them.

If the LED is white, but you still have a blackscreen then:

  • Try removing video=DP-1:1920x1080@60 line in cmdline.txt.
  • Try setting HDCP on or off (try both).
  • Try different monitors or capture cards, ideally with different resolutions. Currently, some monitors have issues.
  • Try setting amdgpu.force_1080p=1 in cmdline.txt in the FAT32 partition of the USB drive.

If none of this helps, please report the issue in our Discord server and provide your EDID information.

First Boot

Configure your system and memorize your login password.

Then, there are certain settings and commands we recommend doing:

  1. Disable screen saver, as it is currently buggy.

  2. Possibly, you have to disable and reenable your Wired/WLAN connection to get internet connection.

  3. Hold packages to prevent updating the kernel when doing apt upgrade: bash sudo apt-mark hold linux-generic linux-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-generic-hwe-26.04 linux-image-generic linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04 linux-headers-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-26.04

  4. Install Firefox:

    bash sudo snap install firefox

  5. Update mesa:

    bash sudo snap refresh mesa-2404 --channel=latest/edge sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade

  6. Clone our ps5-linux-tools:

    bash sudo apt install zlib1g-dev git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-tools cd ps5-linux-tools make

  7. If you have a Marvell WLAN chip (lspci -nn shows 40:00.7 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [1b4b:2b56] (rev 02)), then you can install the WLAN driver:

    bash git clone https://github.com/ps5-linux/ps5-linux-mwifiex cd ps5-linux-mwifiex sudo ./install.sh

M.2 installation

You can use a M.2 SSD exclusively for Linux (which means you cannot use it for PS5 game storage).

  1. Attach the M.2 SSD by following the official guide.
  2. VERY IMPORTANT: If you used the M2. SSD for games before, reformat it on the PS5 under Settings → Storage → M.2 SSD Storage.
  3. Boot Linux on your PS5 and run these commands to initialize your M.2:

bash cd ps5-linux-tools sudo ./m2_init

  1. Reboot via sudo reboot. If your PS5 asks you to format your M.2 again, please report this issue to us in our Discord server and provide your M.2 model and storage size.
  2. Relaunch Linux on your PS5.
  3. Copy the ps5-ubuntu2604.img image that you built during installation or rebuild it on your PS5. Then, install it onto your M.2:

bash cd ps5-linux-tools chmod +x ./m2_install.sh sudo ./m2_install.sh --install $PATH_TO_YOUR_IMG

Now, you can boot into Linux on your M.2 via:

bash cd ps5-linux-tools chmod +x ./m2_exec.sh sudo ./m2_exec.sh

Then follow the same instructions again as the previous section.

In order to always boot Linux from your M.2, you can edit the label at /boot/efi/cmdline.txt from root=LABEL=ubuntu2604 to root=LABEL=ubuntu2604-m2. You will still require a USB drive with the FAT32, but you can reformat the ext4 partition.

Fan & boost control

We provide a simple tool that allows you to boost your CPU to 3500Mhz and GPU to 2230MHz as well as changing the fan curve:

bash cd ps5-linux-tools sudo ./ps5_control --fan on sudo ./ps5_control --boost on

Always turn on fan when your turn on boost, as this is what the official PS5 OS does.

Updating ps5-linux

For any future ps5-linux updates, you can download the .deb or .pkg.tar.zst on your PS5 from ps5-linux-patches and install them like normal packages.

FAQ

  • Q: Will higher >=8.00 firmwares be supported?
    • A: 13.60 is supported (base and PS5 Pro) in this fork. 8.00-13.50 are not supported; if you are on 12.00-13.60 you can update to 13.60.
  • Q: Why can I not use M.2 on 3.xx?
    • A: Because the PS5 fails to boot with it attached.
  • Q: Can I dual-boot Linux and PS5 OS?
    • A: No, this is a soft-mod. You need to re-run the exploit in order to boot into Linux.
  • Q: Can I put Linux into standby and resume?
    • A: No, this is not supported. We may however add a shutdown feature that puts your PS5 into rest-mode allowing you to relaunch Linux when powering up again.
  • Q: Can I continue using my PS5 if I install Linux?
    • A: Yes, the internal SSD is not modified
  • Q: Can I use the PS5's NIC/WLAN module in Linux?
    • A: WLAN is only supported for Marvell chipsets at the moment. Ethernet is supported on all models.
  • Q: Does the DualSense controller work?
    • A: Yes, via internal Bluetooth as well as Bluetooth dongle.
  • Q: What resolutions and refresh rates are supported?
    • A: 1080p, 1440p and 2160p at 60Hz are broadly supported. 1440p@120Hz has been the only confirmed working on the DELL S3225QC yet. 120Hz or 30Hz may be added in the future.
  • Q: After reboot, I get a "Repairing" screen and "Your PS5 wasn't turned off properly." screen. Is that normal?
    • A: Yes, and it's harmless.

Tips and tricks

  • If you see graphical issues in your games, add the environment variable RADV_DEBUG=nohiz as recommended for BC250 as well.
  • You can adjust the kernel cmdline in cmdline.txt in the FAT32 partition.
  • You can adjust the VRAM size in vram.txt in the FAT32 partition. By default, it uses 512MB (0x20000000) which enables Dynamic VRAM allocation.
  • Monitor hotswap may work, but it will not change resolution automatically.
  • Some monitors have a black screen if a video=DP-1: parameter is set in cmdline.txt. Confirmed working without video=DP-1:1920x1080@60 on:
    • MSI MAG274Q QD E2, DELL S2721DGF, DELL U2515H (1440p@60Hz)
    • Possibly also: LG 27GL850, Lenovo Legion Y27q, ViewSonic Elite XG270QG

Many configurations, tips and tricks from the AMD BC250 Documentation also apply to PS5.

Bugs

  • screen save does not work properly
  • hdmi audio output does not work on some monitors
  • hdmi 1440p and 2160p video output does not work on some monitors

Upstreamed changes

During this project, we have upstreamed some changes:

Discord

Join our Discord server to celebrate Linux on PS5, receive help, learn tips & tricks, join development, or report issues.

Credits

https://github.com/soniciso1/ps5-linux-loader/releases

Source: r/PS5_Jailbreak · by /u/a1mhtar

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