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Here is an overview of what is contained in a PS2 ROM (including TOOL, DESR/PSX, ps2emu/ps2gxemu/ps2softemu (PS3), System 246 and System 256). This list isn't finished yet, so add your comments below!

File	Description	Remarks
ACDEV	Arcade ROM device service.
ADDDRV	Adds support for the DVD ROM (rom1:), via ROMDRV.
ADDROM2	Adds support for rom2 (which contains a Chinese font file), only for Chinese consoles (SCPH-50009).
APPLOAD
ATAD	The DEV9+ATAD(+Flash device) combo driver. First appearing in ROM v1.10. Has no support for the CXD9566R. Despite its similar name, it is very different from the full ATAD module.
BNNETCNF	not entirely sure what this is for, but it appears in the PS3's PS2 ROMs. Seems to be for network configuration, but why?
BOARDINF	reads in the DSW602 board's ID and sets up the values for Boot Modes 6 and 7. Only does something useful on TOOL units.
BTNB01
BUILD
CDVDFSV	The RPC server for CDVDMAN.
CDVDMAN	The CD/DVD manager.
CLEARSPU	Seems to clear/reset the SPU, but is known to cause crashes under some conditions. Not sure if it's buggy or not. Only used by the OSDSYS of the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000, probably retained for backward-compatibility.
CMN01
CMN02
D2ELOADP	DECI2 ELOADP extension (ERX module support).
DAEMON
DBCMAN
DECI1	DECI1 manager. Purpose of its existence is not known.
DECI1DR1	DECI1 H1500 driver. Purpose unknown.
DECI1DRP	DECI1 PIF/mini-RA driver. Purpose unknown.
DECI2	DECI2 manager.
DECI2DRP	DECI2 PIF driver
DECI2DRS	DECI2 SIF2 driver.
DECI2FILE	DECI2 host (and TTY) driver.
DECI2HSYN	DECI2 Host SYNchronization driver. Notifies the DECI2 manager when the host interface (i.e. PIF) is up.
DECI2KPRT	DECI2 KTTY driver.
DECI2LOAD	DECI2 IOP module loader.
DECKARD	The SCPH-7500x has a newer PowerPC processor in place of the IOP, and requires code to emulate the IOP.
DMACMAN	DMA Controller Manager.
DVDCNF	Contains IOP boot configuration file for the DVD player.
DVDELF	DVD player executable for expansion-bay consoles.
DVDID	DVD player ID. SCPH-70000 (ROM v2.00) and later had universal DVD ROMs, hence the existence of DVDID* files for each region.
DVDIDA
DVDIDC
DVDIDE
DVDIDJ
DVDIDM
DVDIDO
DVDIDR
DVDIDU
DVDPLA	DVD player executable for slimlines. SCPH-70000 (ROM v2.00) and later had universal DVD ROMs, hence the existence of DVDPL* files for each region.
DVDPLC
DVDPLE
DVDPLJ
DVDPLM
DVDPLO
DVDPLR
DVDPLU
DVDVER	DVD player version number. SCPH-70000 (ROM v2.00) and later had universal DVD ROMs, hence the existence of DVDVER* files for each region.
DVDVERA
DVDVERJ
DVDVERR
EECONF	Loads part of the system configuration from the MECHACON EEPROM. Also configures and resets some peripherals, depending on the model version. In slimlines, EECONF will also load the MAC address.
EELOAD	The EE ELF loader, which is loaded by LoadExecPS2() to 0x00082000 for loading ELFs.
EELOADCNF	Contains the IOP boot configuration file for EELOAD.
EENULL	The idle thread (id #0) module, loaded to 0x00081FC0.
EESYNC	For synchronizing with the EE, at the end of IOP resets. EESYNC from DNAS images are evil; they also perform a memory wipe of the region from 0x00084000 to .0x00100000.
EROMDRV	Encrypted ROM DRIver for the expansion-bay PlayStation 2 sets.
EROMDRVA	Encrypted ROM DRIver for the SCPH-70000 (ROM v2.00) and later PlayStation 2 sets.
EROMDRVC
EROMDRVE
EROMDRVJ
EROMDRVM
EROMDRVO
EROMDRVR
EROMDRVU
ESDATA
EXCEPMAN	Exception manager.
EXTINFO	Contains the "EXTINFO" for all files in the ROM image.
FILEIO	RPC server for IOMAN. Sony has greatly changed the semantics and design of FILEIO after some point. Connecting an old FILEIO EE RPC client to a newer server will result in a severe IOP crash.
FNTASCII
FNTEX000
FNTEX001
FNTEXOSD
FNTIMAGE	Contains fonts for the OSDSYS of the SCPH-18000 and newer.
FONTM	The FONT Module, used by the OSDSYS.
FONTS
GB18030	Chinese FONT module, replace FONTM. Loaded from rom2: on SCPH-50009	On PS2 that use it, this file is required to boot at all.
HDDLOAD	Update loader for the HDD unit (and later includes the flash device).
HDDOSD	Not sure what this does, but it is present in the expansion-bay ROMs.
HEAPLIB	Memory HEAP LIBrary (i.e. thvpool, thfpool).
HLPB01
HLPB02
HLPB03
HLPB04
HLPB05
HLPB06
HLPB07
HLPB08
HLPB09
HLPB10
HLPB11
HLPB12
HLPB13
HLPB14
ICOBCDDA
ICOBDISC
ICOBDVDD
ICOBFBRK
ICOBFNOR
ICOBFSCE
ICOBPKST
ICOBPS1D
ICOBPS1M
ICOBPS2D
ICOBPS2M
ICOBQUES
ICOBYSYS
ICOIMAGE	Contains icons for the OSDSYS of the SCPH-18000 and newer.
IGREETING	Displays boot information (i.e. IOP boot type, EBOOTP, IBOOTP, switch positions for DSW602 and the type of DSW602 board installed).
ILINK	i.Link driver	present in only the arcade ROMs.
ILSOCK	i.Link socket driver	present in only the arcade ROMs.
INTRMANI	Interrupt Manager. According to wisi, it is for IOP mode.
INTRMANP	Interrupt Manager. According to wisi, it is for PS mode. Never used.
IOMAN	I/O Manager.
IOPBOOT	IOP bootup program.
IOPBTCON2	Boot configuration file for the IOP, for the first phase of the IOP reset (before UDNL is loaded).
IOPBTCONF	Boot configuration file for the IOP, during the final phase of the IOP reset. If no UDNL module is specified, the IOP will only have a single IOP reset in the reboot process, with the modules listed in IOPBTCONF.
KERNEL	The EE kernel.
KROM	Kanji ROM? Not sure where this is used.
KROMG
LED
LGBB01
LGBB02
LGBB03
LGBB04
LGBB05
LIBFI	This is not present in the boot ROM of the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000.
LIBSD	Sound driver library.
LOADCORE	The core of IOP module loading. Provides the lowest level of IOP module loading functions. Also handles the startup of the IOP.
LOADFILE	The RPC server for MODLOAD.
LOGO	PS1 logo?
MBROWS	Only used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00 and v1.01.
MCLOCK	Only used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00 and v1.01.
MCMAN	Memory Card Manager.
MCMANO	MCMAN (Open?). Present in the System 246 ROM. Has support for the regular PlayStation 2 Memory Cards, while the System 246's MCMAN module only supports the arcade dongle.
MCSERV	RPC server for MCMAN.
MODLOAD	IOP module loader.
MOPEN	Only used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00 and v1.01.
MSGB01
MSGB02
MSGB03
MSGB04
MSGB05
MSGB06
MSGB07
MSGB08
MSGB09
MSGB10
MSGB11
MSGB12
MSGB13
MTAP
NCDVDMAN	It is a strange abomination that was introduced and used with only the SCPH-70000 series, so it was probably provided for backward-compatibility. It seems to be a heavily stripped-down CDVDMAN module, with no support for some S-command functions like sceCdRI. I don't know why this was done, but it might be a deliberate move by Sony to prevent hackers from using these system functions. Didn't really do anything, however.
NUMB01
NUMB02
NUMB03
NUMB04
NUMB05
OLDROM	Contains a subset of ROM modules that are required for the late TOOL ROM to provide DEX-like functionality (i.e. old ROM modules).
OSBROWS	Used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00/v1.01.
OSCLOCK	Used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00/v1.01.
OSDCNF
OSDSND	OSD sound library. This is actually the tentative sound driver, which is called "librspu2" in the Sony SDK. The funny thing about OSDSND from the SCPH-18000 and newer is that it's newer than the one in the Sony SDK, even at release v3.02.
OSDSYS	The browser.
OSDVER	Seems to be a build number for the OSD.
OSFONTM	Used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00/v1.01.
OSFONTS	Used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00/v1.01.
OSOPEN	Used by the old OSDSYS program from ROM v1.00/v1.01.
PADMAN	Pad manager.
PADMAN2
PATAD
PCDVDFSV
PCDVDMAN
PDEV9
PEESYNC
PFILEIO
PFLASH
PFLSLOAD
PHDD
PHDDLOAD
PIOMAN
PIOPRP
PLIBSD
PLOADCORE
PLOADFILE
PMCMAN
PMCSERV
PMODHSYN
PMODLOAD
PMODMIDI
PMODSESQ
PMTAPMAN
POWEROFF
PPADMAN
PRMMAN2
PROMDRV
PS1DRV	The PlayStation driver. Sets up the EE for GPU emulation and resets the IOP into PS1 mode.
PS1ID	Only found in newer boot ROMs
PS1VER
PS1VERA
PS2LOGO	Displays the PlayStation 2 logo from the inserted disc. For newer consoles, if the logo cannot be decrypted properly, it will fall back to the browser. Not actually required to boot games, but the Sony OSDSYS boots PS2 games through this program.
PSDRDRV
PSIFCMD
PSIFMAN
PSIO2MAN
PSTDIO
PSXVER
PSYSCLIB
PSYSMEM
PTHREADMAN
PTIMEMANI
PXATAPI	ATAPI driver for the (the DVD writer of the) PSX. TXATAPI is used by TESTMODE of the PSX.
PXFROMMAN
RDRAM	Provides a RDRAM test for the EE at power-on. This is run from RESET.
RDRAM1
RDRAM2
REBOOT	The reboot service. Receives IOP reset packets from the EE, from across the SIF.
RESET	Bootstrap code for the EE and IOP.
RMMAN	ReMote-con MANager for the external IR receiver.
RMMAN2	ReMote-con MANager for the internal IR receiver (SCPH-50000 and later).
RMRESET	ReMote controller reset. ROMDIR The ROMDIR part of the ROM image.
ROMDRV	ROM driver. Provides access to the boot ROM (rom0).
ROMGSCRT	The SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000 do not have this.
ROMVER	ROM version.
SBIN	Seems to be the pad controller library for the PS1 monitor.
SDRDRV
SECRMAN	Security Manager. Signing is NOT done with the one in ROM, but with a special version that comes with the utility discs. Debug stations , TOOL, and PS3 units have a different SECRMAN module from retail sets.
SIFCMD	SIF command module. Contains the SIF command and SIF RPC functions.
SIFINIT	Initializes the SIF.
SIFMAN	SIF manager.
SIO2D
SIO2MAN	SIO2 manager. Provides access to the SIO2 interface.
SNDBOOTB
SNDBOOTH
SNDBOOTS
SNDCLOKS
SNDIMAGE	Sound image. Contains sounds for the OSDSYS of the SCPH-18000 and newer.
SNDLOGOS
SNDOSDDB
SNDOSDDH
SNDRCLKS
SNDTM60S
SNDTNNLS
SNDWARNS
SSBUSC	SSBUS Controller library. The SSBUS seems to be the bus that all peripherals get connected to. It seems to have the power to control the mapping of the device registers, as well as access timing.
SSDATA
SSND
STDIO	Standard I/O library.
SYSCLIB	System C Library.
SYSMEM	System Memory Manager.
TBIN	The PS1 monitor program. Seems to be the PS1 BIOS. This is started by RESET, when the IOP is in PS1 mode.
TDEV9
TDVRDRV	DVR Driver for the PSX.
TDVRMISC	Miscellaneous DVR functionality driver for the PSX.
TESTMODE	Test mode program. The EE will boot this module from EELOAD, if the console is put into service mode by the SONY service jig. For expansion bay sets, it is a device that goes into the expansion bay, but connects to the chassis from within it (it does not connect to the expansion connector).
TESTSPU	Used by the TESTMODE program for testing the SPU.
TEXBARRW
TEXBBTTN
TEXBCDPB
TEXBCPAR
TEXBICHI
TEXBNAV1
TEXBNAV2
TEXBOVAL
TEXCBINV
TEXCBLUR
TEXCBUMP
TEXCFLOW
TEXCKABE
TEXCKLFN
TEXCKLFP
TEXCKLGN
TEXCKLGP
TEXCMARU
TEXCNAVI
TEXCREFA
TEXCSMOK
TEXCSTSL
TEXIMAGE	Texture image. Contains textures for the OSDSYS of the SCPH-18000 and newer.
TEXOBLP
TEXOBLPR
TEXOCRBL
TEXOCRLE
TEXOFLAR
TEXOFOG0
TEXOFOG1
TEXOFOG2
TEXOFOG3
TEXOFOG4
TEXOPNGD
TEXOPNGE
TEXOPNGF
TEXOPNGG
TEXOPNGI
TEXOPNGP
TEXOPNGS
TEXOREF
TEXOSCE
TEXOWAL0
THMON	Simple THread MONitor. Exists only in the late TOOL's ROM.
THPERF
THREADMAN	IOP thread manager.
TIMEMANI	Timer Manager (IOP mode)
TIMEMANP	Timer Manager (PS mode)
TIOPIMG
TPADMAN
TSIO2MAN
TXATAPI	ATAPI driver for the (the DVD writer of the) PSX. TXATAPI is used by TESTMODE of the PSX.
TZLIST	Timezone list, used by the OSD. Not present in the SCPH-10000 and SCPH-15000, which only saw a Japan-only release.
UDFIO	UDF driver used by the DVD Player.
UDNL	SilverBull calls this an UpDate DownLoader. Basically, it is responsible for selecting the modules and starting the IOP, during the final phase of the IOP reset where the desired modules are to be loaded into the IOP.
USBD
VBLANK	V-Blank management.
VERSTR	Version string. I think that the PS1 ROM will use this because I learned that this string is also present in PlayStation consoles.
XCDVDFSV	Updated module.
XCDVDMAN	Updated module.
XDEV9	Updated module.
XDEV9SERV	A RPC service for accessing the DEV9 driver directly. Presumably to obtain things like the MAC address.
XFILEIO	Updated module.
XFLASH	Updated module.
XFROMMAN	Updated module.
XLOADFILE	Updated module.
XMCMAN	Updated module.
XMCSERV	Updated module.
XMTAPMAN	Multi-Tap Manager. XMTAPMAN is ised by the expansion bay OSDSYS program.
XPADMAN	Updated module.
XPARAM	Updated module. File store per title ID settings. OSDSYS call XPARAM to check ID list for currently executed game/app. If ID is found on list, settings/flags are applied.
XPARAM2	Updated module that seems to be used only in PS3. File store per title ID settings. OSDSYS call XPARAM2 to check ID list for currently executed game/app. If ID is found on list, settings/flags are applied.
XRMMAN2	Updated module.
XSHA1	this only present in PS3. It is used as additional antipiracy check. It seems that it calculate disc main elf checksum and compares it with some database.
XSIFCMD	Updated module.
XSIO2MAN	Updated module.

Description source: https://gist.github.com/uyjulian/25291080f083987d3f3c134f593483c5