Hello,
I'm developing a kext and would like to have it turn off parts of its feature set if macOS is doing a software update. I had thought the kext would be unloaded but apparently they're not, so I was wondering if there's an event, or some other signal that I could watch for to know when a software update is about to start. Thanks.
I was wondering if there's an event, or some other signal that I could watch for to know when a software update is about to start.
There’s no supported API for this.
I'm developing a kext and would like to have it turn off parts of its feature set if macOS is doing a software update.
Hmmm, that seems like an odd approach. What does your KEXT do that needs to be turned off in this context?
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let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"it hooks MAC policy to prevent unauthorized modifications to certain files... so far it works fine with a software update, but am trying to avoid [user doing something dumb] ever causing a problem.
it hooks MAC policy to prevent unauthorized modifications to certain files …
You’re aware that the MAC KPI is not public, right?
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let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"Yet many kernel devs are using it