Hi,
Not sure if this will help, but have you tried sending an HUP
signal to the kextd process:
% ps -aux | grep kextd
root 87 0.0 0.3 .....
% kill -HUP 87
(87 was the process in the above example)
-Dan
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Steve White wrote:
> Greetings everybody,
>
> I'm having difficulties using a codeless kext to prevent the Apple
> drivers from hijacking a HID device. I've read the mailing lists, have
> tried the sample that is provided in Xcode (in
> /Developer/Examples/Kernel/IOKit/usb/VendorSpecific Driver) as well as
> a few others I've found posted on various websites. The peculiar
> problem is, the kext works on one machine - a PowerBook G4 running
> 10.3.6, but do not work on another identical PowerBook nor on a
> Sawtooth G4 running 10.3.7.
>
> I've verified the permissions of the kext, and all are correct. On all
> three machines, kextload gives the same response:
>
> # kextload -v MCC_HID_Grabber.kext
> kextload: extension MCC_HID_Grabber.kext appears to be valid
> kextload: loading extension MCC_HID_Grabber.kext
>
> But those two machines are being stubborn and not budging (They fail on
> the call to USBInterfaceOpen).
>
> I've been advised that sending along the output of 'pl' is valuable.
> Unfortunately, I've gone through many variations and do not have the
> working Powerbook next to me at the moment. I believe this output is
> from the kext that worked on the one Powerbook, although I can't say
> for certain. I do know that it's essentially unmodified from the
> original source (a website), so if there's anything horribly wrong with
> it -- blame them, not me :)
>
> The device in question is the 1208LS - Product ID 122, Vendor ID 2523.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> {
> CFBundleDevelopmentRegion = English;
> CFBundleExecutable = "MCC_HID_Grabber";
> CFBundleGetInfoString = "shields listed interfaces from system
> acquisition";
> CFBundleIdentifier = "edu.vanderbilt.fel.mendenhall.mccdriver";
> CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion = "6.0";
> CFBundleName = "USB Interface grabber";
> CFBundlePackageType = KEXT;
> CFBundleSignature = "????";
> CFBundleVersion = "6.0";
> IOKitPersonalities = {
> "MCC-PMD-1024LS" = {
> CFBundleIdentifier =
> "edu.vanderbilt.fel.mendenhall.USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOClass = "USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOKitDebug = 0;
> IOProviderClass = IOUSBInterface;
> bConfigurationValue = 1;
> bInterfaceNumber = 0;
> idProduct = 118;
> idVendor = 2523;
> };
> "MCC-PMD-1208LS" = {
> CFBundleIdentifier =
> "edu.vanderbilt.fel.mendenhall.USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOClass = "USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOKitDebug = 0;
> IOProviderClass = IOUSBInterface;
> bConfigurationValue = 1;
> bInterfaceNumber = 0;
> idProduct = 122;
> idVendor = 2523;
> };
> "MCC-miniLAB-1008LS" = {
> CFBundleIdentifier =
> "edu.vanderbilt.fel.mendenhall.USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOClass = "USB_Interface_Grabber";
> IOKitDebug = 0;
> IOProviderClass = IOUSBInterface;
> bConfigurationValue = 1;
> bInterfaceNumber = 0;
> idProduct = 117;
> idVendor = 2523;
> };
> };
> OSBundleLibraries = {"com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily" = "1.8"; };
> }
>
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