Is there a schedule for disabling 3rd party kext loading completely?

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weichao119 OP

Created Feb ’20

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Hi,

As we known, kernel extension will be replaced with system extension.User will receive a notifictaion after osx 10.15.4.

But there seems be no detail schedule for disabling 3rd party kext loading completely?

Is there any related information?

Which osx version will disable 3rd party kext loading?

Then we can plan our customer support.

Thank you very much!

Answered by DTS Engineer in 407853022

I don’t have any more info about schedule, but I do want to be clear about the current state of affairs. Right now, with 10.15.x, only a limited set of KEXTs are deprecated. There’s a wide range of tasks, mostly in the I/O Kit space, for which a KEXT is your only option.

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john daniel OP

Feb ’20

Apple never publishes this kind of information. If you are using deprecated code, now is the time to switch.

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Cindori OP

Feb ’20

Considering the warning that will be added in 10.15.4, I think it's safe to assume that 3rd party kexts will be completely disabled in 10.16, possibly enabled by disabling SIP or similar.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Feb ’20

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I don’t have any more info about schedule, but I do want to be clear about the current state of affairs. Right now, with 10.15.x, only a limited set of KEXTs are deprecated. There’s a wide range of tasks, mostly in the I/O Kit space, for which a KEXT is your only option.

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weichao119 OP

Feb ’20

Thank you for you answer, we are trying to swich it.

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Answer 5

jiangsen OP

Jan ’21

We cann't load kext any more in macOS11 when SIP is on.

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Answer 6

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jan ’21

We cann't load kext any more in macOS11 when SIP is on.

macOS 11 still supports a limited set of KEXT types. The KEXTs that it refuses to load are the ones that we deprecated in the 10.15 timeframe.

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