soniciso1 / ps5-linux-loader

# 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
## 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)