Editing MechaCon

MechaCon is short for Mechanics Controller. This chip is the security ic of the PlayStation 2 that implements game disk security, Magic Gate and KELF file decryption.

There are two known main variants of it.

The earlier one is based on SPC 9700 and used till GH-022. Chip name starts with "CXP10". Older versions come in a QFP package, newer versions in a BGA package.

The newer one is ARM based, codenamed "Dragon", and used from GH-023 (SCPH-5000X) onwards. Chip name starts with "CXR7". All versions come in a BGA package. Besides this, "Dragon" also includes the functions that were fulfilled by the separate SysCon chip on earlier boards up to GH-022, as well as the RTC+EEPROM chip, that was separate on earlier boards.

The chip includes (Dragon) or is connected to (on earlier boards) an 512 word eeprom. The content is different between the two main revisions.

= SPC =

TODO

= Dragon =

== EEPROM layout ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="#999" class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Start (word) !! End (word) !! Size (byte) !! Offset in file !! Description
|-
| 0 || 48 || 96 || 0x0 ||
|-
| 48 || 90 || 84 || 0x60 ||
|-
| 96 || 128 || 64 || 0xC0 ||
|-
| 128 || 150 || 44 || 0x100 ||
|-
| 160 || 190 || 60 || 0x140 ||
|-
| 192 || 198 || 12 || 0x180 || Region params (only slim)
|-
| 204 || 208 || 8 || 0x198 || MAC address
|-
| 211 || 216 || 10 || 0x1A6 || wake up time
|-
| 216 || 225 || 18 || 0x1B0 || model number
|-
| 227 || 232 || 10 || 0x1C6 || Region code key seed
|-
| 232 || 237 || 10 || 0x1D0 || Region code ciphertext
|-
| 240 || 245 || 10 || 0x1E0 || iLink id
|-
| 245 || 248 || 6 || 0x1EA || (used by scmd 3, subcmd 48 and 49)
|-
| 248 || 253 || 10 || 0x1F0 || Console id
|-
| 253 || 256 || 6 || 0x1FA || (used by scmd 3, subcmd 48 and 49)
|-
| 256 || 312 || 112 || 0x200 || config 2
|-
| 312 || 344 || 64 || 0x270 ||config 0
|-
| 344 || 400 || 112 || 0x2B0 || config 1
|-
| 400 || 512 || 224 || 0x320 || Rom patches ciphertext
|-
|}

== Region code ==

=== Decryption ===

<pre>
int getRegionFlags()
{
	// read kek
	uint8_t key508[8];
	ksGetKey(key508, 508);
	
	// read saved seed from eeprom
	uint8_t keyseed[10];
	eepromRead(227, sizeof(keyseed), keyseed);
	
	// read encrypted region from eeprom
	uint8_t ciphertext[10];
	eepromRead(232, sizeof(ciphertext), ciphertext);
	
	// generate key
	uint8_t key[8];
	desEncrypt(key508, keyseed, key);
	
	// decrypt ciphertext
	uint8_t plaintext[8];
	desDecrypt(key, ciphertext, plaintext);
	
	uint16_t crc = *(uint16_t *) plaintext;
	crc += *(uint16_t *) &plaintext[2];
	crc += *(uint16_t *) &plaintext[4];
	
	// check checksum
	if (crc  == *(uint16_t *) &plaintext[6])
		return *(uint32_t *) plaintext;
	
	retrun 0;
}
</pre>

=== Bits ===

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="#999" class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse;" 
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Bit !! Description
|-
| 0 || Japan
|-
| 1 || USA
|-
| 2 || Europe
|-
| 3 || Oceania
|-
| 4 || Asia
|-
| 5 || Russia
|-
| 6 || China
|-
| 7 || Mexico
|-
| 16 || Development (changes MagicGate keys)
|-
| 17 || Retail MagicGate keys on Development, bypass BootCertify
|-
| 18 || Arcade (changes MagicGate keys)
|-
| 19 || Prototype? (changes MagicGate keys)
|-
| 20 || ? (dvd related)
|-
|}

== Rom patch ==

=== Decryption ===

<pre>
bool readAndDecryptRomPatch()
{
	// read the patch's first half
	uint8_t patches[0xDE];
	eepromRead(400, 0x70, patches);
	
	// check if the -1th byte is 0 (sum is not checked)
	if (patches[0x6E])
		return false;

	// read the patch's second half
	eepromRead(456, 0x70, &patches[0x6E]);
	
	// check if the -1th byte is 0 (sum is not checked)
	if (patches[0xDC])
		return false;

	// read encryption key
	uint8_t key504[8];
	ksGetKey(key504, 504);
	
	// decrypt the patch using DES-ECB
	for (int i = 0; i < 0xD8; i += 8)
		desDecrypt(key504, &patches[i], &patches[i]);

	// check sum
	uint32_t sum = *(uint32_t *)patches;
	sum += *(uint32_t *)&patches[4];
	sum += *(uint32_t *)&patches[8];
	sum += *(uint32_t *)&patches[12];

	if (*(uint32_t *) &patches[0xD8] == ~sum)
		return false;
		
	return true;
}
</pre>

=== Content ===

The patch can contain up to 4 patches.

addressX = The address where to apply the patch

valueX = The data that's written there

svc_addressX = The address where SVC X instruction jumps to.

payload = Arbitrary, could be code or data as well.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="#999" class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse;" 
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! Offset !! Size !! Name
|-
| 0x00 || 0x04 || address0
|-
| 0x04 || 0x04 || address1
|-
| 0x08 || 0x04 || address2
|-
| 0x0C || 0x04 || address3
|-
| 0x10 || 0x04 || value0
|-
| 0x14 || 0x04 || value1
|-
| 0x18 || 0x04 || value2
|-
| 0x1C || 0x04 || value3
|-
| 0x20 || 0x04 || svc_address0
|-
| 0x24 || 0x04 || svc_address1
|-
| 0x28 || 0x04 || svc_address2
|-
| 0x2C || 0x04 || svc_address3
|-
| 0x30 || 0xA8 || payload
|-
| 0xD8 || 0x04 || crc
|-
|}