First Loader

First Loader is the Boot Code, also called Boot ROM, of the PS Vita. It is a short MeP executable run by the Cmep processor at boot. After initializing the most secure Cmep keyrings, it launches Second Loader.

See also the detailed boot process.

= Structure =

For all First Loader dumped at physical address 0x5C000, anything relevant is before the bss segment.

For a DEM-3000H First Loader, bss segment starts at 0x2A80.