Overview of revisions and southbridges
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Take notes and remember all you see in this page, as it will interest you during your installation.
Revisions
The PS4 family of consoles has had 3 revsions in total:
Fat/Fat
- CUH-1000, CUH-1100 and CUH-1200 series
Slim
- CUH-2000, CUH-2100 and CUH-2200 series
Pro
- CUH-7000, CUH-7100 and CUH-7200 series
Southbridges
The PS4 family is also divided into 3 major Southbridges:
Aeolia
The oldest and very supported for Linux, but is known to have some Wi-Fi or Bluetooth chips that may not work with some kernels.
It's only present on early Fat models.
Belize
The second gen Southbridge, and the one with the most support. Gets kernel updates faster and doesn't have any particular problems.
It can be found on late Fat models, but also on Slims and Pros.
Baikal
The third and final Southbridge, released very late into the console's lifespan, and the one with the most broken support. It does not have supprot for internal HDD installation, and is known to have issues with wifi and bluetooth especially on PS4 Pros, but you can get a working system now days as most of the drivers for Baikal have been added to the kernel source..
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In a nutshell, the list from most to least supported is:
- Belize
- Aeolia
- Baikal