File location of kernel extensions?
Is there an easy way to make the mapping from kernel extension to the file it came from?
I can get the list of currently loaded kernel extension via kextstat
. This gives me the bundle names, like com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport
or jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse
. But how can I then find the actual file locations of these bundles? For example, the Ambrosia bundle is AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext
, and I can only find the bundle name in the Info.plist
inside that bundle. I could grep the /System/Library/Extensions/
directory, but this does not necessarily contain extensions loaded after booting, and I assume there is a better way to do it?
See kextfind
You can use kextfind -b <bundlename>
to find the file defining a kext you only know the bundle name of.
EDIT: newer versions of kextfind need a -print
predicate to show output. Example updated below.
For example:
kextfind -b com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport -print