docs: credit zackcage6, and sweep the docs/CI for retired-flavour drift

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue-report.yml

@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ body:
       description: Each release ships several ELF flavours built with different SDKs — it matters for triage
       options:
         - Main RIPTOPL zip (PS2DEVLATESTSDK)
-        - WOPLSDK variant
-        - PS2MAXSDK variant
+        - PS2DEVPINNEDSDK variant (fallback build)
         - Not sure
     validations:
       required: true

.github/scripts/build_rolling_extras.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # filename: "-PS2DEVPINNEDSDK" for the digest-pinned ps2dev snapshot
 # build, "-PS2DEVLATESTSDK" for the ps2dev:latest build -- so the VARIANTS and DEBUG zips carry
 # every SDK flavour of every build. $2 is the LOCALVERSION
-# toolchain brand ("PS2MAXSDK"/"PS2DEVLATESTSDK") embedded in each ELF's version string: filenames get renamed
+# toolchain brand ("PS2DEVPINNEDSDK"/"PS2DEVLATESTSDK") embedded in each ELF's version string: filenames get renamed
 # and moved to cards, and the debug/variant builds are exactly the ones that show up in bug
 # reports -- the on-screen version must self-identify the toolchain like the main builds do.
 #

.github/scripts/install_coherent_freepad.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# CURRENTLY UNREFERENCED -- no workflow calls this script as of 2026-07-28.
+#
+# It existed for the two older build containers (ps2max/dev, ghcr ps2homebrew pin), both of which
+# are now RETIRED: the WOPLSDK flavour was dropped (#270/#273) and ps2max was replaced by a DIGEST
+# PIN of ps2dev/ps2dev itself (#285). Both surviving flavours are now ps2dev images, and the
+# vendored bytes are byte-identical to what they ship:
+#
+#   ps2dev/ps2dev@sha256:c64ae69c...be995  freepad.irx sha256 463fcb30cc4192dc...
+#   ps2dev/ps2dev:latest                   freepad.irx sha256 463fcb30cc4192dc...
+#   modules/freepad/freepad.irx (vendored) freepad.irx sha256 463fcb30cc4192dc...
+#
+# So running it would copy a file over itself. The call sites were removed rather than left as a
+# confusing no-op. Kept (not deleted) because the vendored bytes + PROVENANCE.md are the record of
+# the #254 investigation, and because it is the ready-made remedy if a future container ever ships
+# an older freepad generation again. Re-verify the hashes above before trusting it.
+#
+# Original rationale follows.
+#
 # Install the vendored NEWER-GENERATION freepad.irx (modules/freepad/, see
-# PROVENANCE.md there) over the container's stock freepad, for the two older
-# build containers (ps2max/dev, ghcr ps2homebrew pin). The PS2DEVLATESTSDK
+# PROVENANCE.md there) over the container's stock freepad. The PS2DEVLATESTSDK
 # container already ships these exact bytes natively -- do NOT run there.
 #
 # WHY (#254, hardware-confirmed by PixeliGer): with Game ID on (the default),

.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Install a MENU-coherent mmceman into the container's $(PS2SDK)/iop/irx, replacing the
-# SDK-provided prebuilt. Used by ALL THREE build flavours (ps2dev/ps2dev:latest, ps2max/dev,
-# ghcr ps2homebrew pin) since the #254 fix. mmcedrv/mmceigr (the IN-GAME modules) are deliberately
+# SDK-provided prebuilt. Used by BOTH build flavours (ps2dev/ps2dev:latest and the ps2dev digest
+# pin) since the #254 fix. mmcedrv/mmceigr (the IN-GAME modules) are deliberately
 # LEFT AS THE CONTAINER'S STOCK PREBUILDS.
 #
 # WHY (menu / mmceman): the containers' mmce trio comes via ps2sdk-ports, pinned to ps2-mmce

.github/workflows/ci-ps2dev-migration-probe.yml

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - container_image: ps2max/dev:v20250725-2
-            label: ps2max-dev-v20250725-2
+          - container_image: ps2dev/ps2dev@sha256:c64ae69c9817865ed98ff054e4ae5360b9e280ed952c97946bca95d9d35be995
+            label: ps2dev-pinned
           - container_image: ps2dev/ps2dev:latest
             label: ps2dev-latest
     container: ${{ matrix.container_image }}

.github/workflows/compilation.yml

@@ -63,13 +63,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (#254)
         run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
 
-      - name: Install newer-generation freepad (#254 pad death)
-        # The GameID mmceman load kills pad input with these containers' stock freepad
-        # builds (PixeliGer: dead cursor, live menu). The digest-pinned job
-        # in compilation.yml runs in the SAME container -- swap there too. Vendored
-        # newer-generation bytes (modules/freepad/PROVENANCE.md), fail-loud checks.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_freepad.sh
-
       - name: Compile -> make clean release
         run: make --trace clean && make --trace release
 
@@ -223,13 +216,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (#254)
         run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
 
-      - name: Install newer-generation freepad (#254 pad death)
-        # The GameID mmceman load kills pad input with these containers' stock freepad
-        # builds (PixeliGer: dead cursor, live menu). The digest-pinned job
-        # in compilation.yml runs in the SAME container -- swap there too. Vendored
-        # newer-generation bytes (modules/freepad/PROVENANCE.md), fail-loud checks.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_freepad.sh
-
       - name: Get version
         run: |
           echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -525,13 +511,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install menu-coherent mmceman (#254)
         run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_mmce.sh
 
-      - name: Install newer-generation freepad (#254 pad death)
-        # The GameID mmceman load kills pad input with these containers' stock freepad
-        # builds (PixeliGer: dead cursor, live menu). The digest-pinned job
-        # in compilation.yml runs in the SAME container -- swap there too. Vendored
-        # newer-generation bytes (modules/freepad/PROVENANCE.md), fail-loud checks.
-        run: sh ./.github/scripts/install_coherent_freepad.sh
-
       - name: Get version
         run: |
           echo "OPL_VERSION=$(make oplversion)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

.github/workflows/rolling-release.yml

@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ jobs:
           #
           # Archive the INSTALLABLE + REPRODUCIBLE payload only. The two big diagnostic BUNDLES are
           # deliberately EXCLUDED from the permanent MEGA copy:
-          #   RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-*.zip  (~120 MB -- every EXTRA_FEATURES x PADEMU combo x 3 SDKs)
-          #   RIPTOPL-DEBUG-*.zip     (~91 MB  -- iopcore/ingame/eesio/ppctty/DTL debug builds x 3 SDKs)
+          #   RIPTOPL-VARIANTS-*.zip  (~120 MB -- every PADEMU x EXTRA_FEATURES x DUALSENSE combo, both SDKs)
+          #   RIPTOPL-DEBUG-*.zip     (~91 MB  -- iopcore/ingame/eesio/ppctty/DTL debug builds, both SDKs)
           # They dominate the size (~10x: ~233 MB -> ~22 MB), they still ship on the GitHub rolling
           # release for the CURRENT build, and a *permanent* per-build archive is for restoring or
           # rebuilding an installable build -- not for old diagnostic permutations (when you debug,

CREDITS

@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ BDMA-ATA (exFAT internal-HDD block-device support), plus fixes, feedback and ove
 by saildot4k
 
 Testing, bug reports and real-hardware feedback
-by eliminator1403, lucaslmgv, AndrewBento, AcidReach, bodvenomz, nuno6573 and Blade1984
+by eliminator1403, lucaslmgv, AndrewBento, AcidReach, bodvenomz, nuno6573, Blade1984
+and zackcage6
 
 Financial support
 by Akilluminati47

Makefile

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ PADEMU ?= 1
 #Enables/disables PS5 DualSense (USB) support in the pad emulator. HW-VALIDATED on a real DS5
 #(maintainer, 2026-07-06) but kept OFF in the default build by deliberate choice -- the rolling
 #release ships ready-made DUALSENSE=1 builds as named RIPTOPL-<version>-<SDK>-ds5.ELF assets,
-#one per SDK flavour (WOPLSDK / PS2MAXSDK / PS2DEVLATESTSDK).
+#one per SDK flavour (PS2DEVLATESTSDK / PS2DEVPINNEDSDK).
 DUALSENSE ?= 0
 
 #Enables/disables the experimental, hardware-UNVALIDATED GSM 1080p video mode (a GSM-synthetic
 #progressive raster; see ee_core DTV_1080P). Kept OFF in every default build; the rolling release
-#ships ONE ready-made GSM1080P=1 build as a named RIPTOPL-<version>-PS2DEVLATESTSDK-1080p.ELF asset
+#ships ONE ready-made GSM1080P=1 build as a named RIPTOPL-PS2DEVLATESTSDK-1080p.ELF asset
 #(latest-SDK flavour only), gated behind a triple-confirm in the GUI. When 0, none of the 1080p
 #table/GUI/engine code is compiled in.
 GSM1080P ?= 0
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ OPL_VERSION = v$(VERSION).$(SUBVERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(EXTRAVERSION),-$(EXT
 
 ifneq ($(GIT_TAG),)
 ifneq ($(GIT_TAG),latest)
-	# git revision is tagged. Keep the LOCALVERSION toolchain brand (-WOPLSDK/-PS2MAXSDK/-PS2DEVLATESTSDK) here too:
+	# git revision is tagged. Keep the LOCALVERSION toolchain brand (-PS2DEVLATESTSDK/-PS2DEVPINNEDSDK) here too:
 	# tagged releases ship BOTH toolchains' ELFs, and without the brand their version strings
 	# would be byte-identical -- a hardware report then can't say which binary it ran.
 	OPL_VERSION = $(GIT_TAG)$(if $(DIRTY),$(DIRTY))$(if $(LOCALVERSION),-$(LOCALVERSION))