Is there a way to see what kernel task is doing?

Solution 1:

There are few places that information is available, but since kernel is a multitasking beast one has to look in multiple places:

1. The simple one is the Console log "type kernel in the filter box", but not all activity is reported there since Kernel issues millions of instructions in a Milli-second.

2. Also the Activity Monitor is a good source of information.

3. You could use the ps -A > process.txt to see all running processes.

4. You could use the sudo iosnoop to see all disk activity.

5. You could use kextstat > ~/Desktop/kexts.txt to see all loaded drivers.

In other words, it is too busy for you to follow and a continuous output file would not make senses.