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Kexts will be completely removed, as long term plan.

It goes into two steps.

1 - A new user space API for what was previously kernel API gets introduced

2 - There is one OS release where the kernel API gets deprecated

3 - The release thereafter removes the kernel API

Long term roadmap is to make macOS into a proper micro-kernel OS.

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Do you have any official references for this roadmap? There are several comments on this page alone that try to debunk the 'road to microkernel' plan. If you don't have any reference, please edit your comment and insert 'I think' into proper places.

The official references are a mix of actually watching the WWDC 2019 session videos, reading Apple documentation and forum discussions, and thinking what having a kernel where all drivers are only allowed in user space means in OS architecture.

I am not going to edit anything.

If you are relying on the ability to develop and load specific types of kext in macOS in future, I recommend getting in touch with Apple DTS. (Note that communications with DTS are unfortunately typically under NDA.)

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