diff --git a/app/src/control.rs b/app/src/control.rs
index 0967408..8bf2621 100644
--- a/app/src/control.rs
+++ b/app/src/control.rs
@@ -2,33 +2,66 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 use intel_crashlog::prelude::*;
+use intel_crashlog::source::Capability;
 
 pub fn rearm(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    control_command(sources, CrashLogSource::rearm)
+    control_command(sources, Capability::Rearm, CrashLogSource::rearm)
 }
 
 pub fn trigger(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    control_command(sources, CrashLogSource::trigger)
+    control_command(sources, Capability::Trigger, CrashLogSource::trigger)
 }
 
 pub fn clear(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    control_command(sources, CrashLogSource::clear)
+    control_command(sources, Capability::Clear, CrashLogSource::clear)
 }
 
 pub fn enable(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    control_command(sources, CrashLogSource::enable)
+    control_command(sources, Capability::EnableDisable, CrashLogSource::enable)
 }
 
 pub fn disable(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    control_command(sources, CrashLogSource::disable)
+    control_command(sources, Capability::EnableDisable, CrashLogSource::disable)
 }
 
-fn control_command<F>(sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>, control: F) -> Result<(), Error>
+fn control_command<F>(
+    sources: Vec<CrashLogSource>,
+    capability: Capability,
+    control: F,
+) -> Result<(), Error>
 where
     F: Fn(&CrashLogSource) -> Result<(), Error>,
 {
-    for source in sources {
-        control(&source)?;
+    let mut cmd_success = false;
+    let mut first_error = None;
+
+    let control_sources = if sources.is_empty() {
+        CrashLogSource::discover_distinct()
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|src| src.capabilities().contains(&capability))
+            .collect()
+    } else {
+        sources
+    };
+
+    if control_sources.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Error::NoCrashLogSourceFound);
+    }
+
+    for source in control_sources {
+        match control(&source) {
+            Ok(()) => cmd_success = true,
+            Err(err) => {
+                log::warn!("Error while running {capability} command on {source}: {err}");
+                if first_error.is_none() {
+                    first_error = Some(err);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if !cmd_success {
+        return Err(first_error.unwrap_or(Error::InternalError));
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/lib/src/source.rs b/lib/src/source.rs
index ab1c9f9..b68c9e8 100644
--- a/lib/src/source.rs
+++ b/lib/src/source.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ impl FromStr for CrashLogSource {
 impl CrashLogSource {
     /// Returns all the Crash Log sources that are available in the platform
     pub fn discover() -> Vec<Self> {
+        Self::discover_sources()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns all the Crash Log sources that are available in the platform without duplicates
+    pub fn discover_distinct() -> Vec<Self> {
+        Self::discover_sources()
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|src| src.is_distinct())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn discover_sources() -> Vec<Self> {
         let mut sources = Vec::new();
 
         if Acpi::default().is_available() {
@@ -155,6 +167,16 @@ impl CrashLogSource {
         sources
     }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the Crash log source is distinct, e. g. it is not mirrored by another
+    /// Crash Log source in the system
+    pub fn is_distinct(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Acpi => true,
+            Self::EventLog => true,
+            Self::PmtDevice(dev) => Pmt::default().is_distinct(dev),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the Crash Log extracted from the platform using the current Crash Log source
     #[cfg(feature = "extraction")]
     pub fn extract(&self) -> Result<Vec<CrashLog>, Error> {
diff --git a/lib/src/source/pmt.rs b/lib/src/source/pmt.rs
index 8b9ecff..742517e 100644
--- a/lib/src/source/pmt.rs
+++ b/lib/src/source/pmt.rs
@@ -170,4 +170,14 @@ impl Pmt {
             PmtDeviceId::Bdf(bdf) => format!("PMT endpoints for PCI device {bdf}"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn is_distinct(&self, dev: &PmtDeviceId) -> bool {
+        self.sysfs.is_distinct(dev)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    pub fn is_distinct(&self, _dev: &PmtDeviceId) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/source/pmt/sysfs.rs b/lib/src/source/pmt/sysfs.rs
index 3c77372..62d19aa 100644
--- a/lib/src/source/pmt/sysfs.rs
+++ b/lib/src/source/pmt/sysfs.rs
@@ -129,9 +129,17 @@ impl PmtSysFs {
         devices
     }
 
+    pub(super) fn is_distinct(&self, dev: &PmtDeviceId) -> bool {
+        match dev {
+            PmtDeviceId::Name(_name) => true,
+            PmtDeviceId::Bdf(_bdf) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn get_all_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<PmtSysFsEndpoint> {
         self.discover()
             .into_iter()
+            .filter(|dev| self.is_distinct(dev))
             .flat_map(|devid| self.get_endpoints(&devid))
             .collect()
     }