01./update/ps3/image/ / YYYY_MMDD_md5/PS3UPDAT.PUP Retail basic structure of the update URL: South Asia, sa (Asia except China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) (06 > 0x8A)įor completeness see Product Code: Reference Tool/DECR : 0x81, Debug/DEX : 0x82, and Arcade : 0xA0.The PS3 however gets the ps3-updatelist.txt from different servers, depending on the region of that model (last 2 numbers in the CECHxxXX SKU name). PUP files, they are the same for all different regions (if you were looking for regioninfo, see here). Additionally updates for PDEL units contains updates for the CP and probably other development unit specific components. Maybe stands for Model Differences.ĭebug updates for PTEL-XXXX and PDEL-XXXX do not separate into different PUPs. It is likely separated from the main update because of the size. This is the Welcome Park application and the initial setup movie. Preinst PUPs only update the pd0 partition. It is likely separated from the main update due to it not regularly needing updates and size concerns. Systemdata PUPs only update the sa0 partition. The main components are os0, vs0, and the bootloader partition. Sony usually releases three kinds of update files, each to update different components: full, systemdata and preinst. Sometimes a TAR archive patch is also used along with the disk images but not as often. Most packages, once decrypted, decompressed and pieced together are a raw disk image for the partition to update.

That's why there is no update list on that server.ĭownload PUP Download Repositories Įach PUP contain updates for different partitions of the system.

The PSVita and PSVita TV OS can install the update as /PSP2/UPDATE/PSP2UPDAT.PUP or as /PSVITA/UPDATE/PSVUPDAT.PUP.

Sony decides the firmware that gets on the disk and for which firmware the 'Gold' code is signed and mastered). The other PUP file version is the same, except it is zero-filled after the normal PUP content to a fixed filelength of 256MB, which gets released on Gamedisks (if gamecreators build their project to a premaster and give it to Sony for signing, they just use a placeholder of a 256MB PS3UPDAT.PUP which contains no firmwaredata at all - it is completely zerofilled. Within the Retail/CEX there are 2 file versions: 1 is a PUP with a normal file length which also gets released online. Based on the model, there are 4 different release types: Retail/CEX, Shop/SEX, Debug/DEX and Tool/DECR. There are 2 different types: patches (PS3PATCH.PUP) and full updates (PS3UPDAT.PUP). PUP ( Playstation Update Package) files are packages which contain the files used to update a PSP or PS3 system. 6.3 Running your own local update server.

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