[Xastir] Removing Keyspan Driver

[Jeremy McDermond]

On Oct 3, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Tom <tom at deserres.net> wrote:
>>  Can anyone tell me how to remove the old KeySpan driver from the /dev
>> directory on Mac OS X 10.5.8? Every time I try it I get permission denied
>> even though I'm the root user.

Any drivers are going to hang out in /System/Library/Extensions.  The driver will be a directory with a .kext extension.  For example, my Prolific driver is osx-pl2303.kext.  You will of course have to reboot to have the driver unload from the kernel.

BE VERY CAREFUL MUCKING AROUND WITH KEXTS, YOU CAN RENDER YOUR SYSTEM UNBOOTABLE.  This advice is given as-is, with no guarantees.  If you try it out and brick your Mac, it isn't my fault.

> Drivers don't live in /dev (unless the vendor is particularly stupid,
> and Keyspan isn't).

MacOS X uses devfs for its /dev filesystem.  You couldn't copy files into it if you wanted to.

> -Jason
> kg4wsv

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Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
Xenotropic Systems
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