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03 November 2021
- Last edited 03 November 2021
Hi Richard,
This is what you should see...
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ % kextstat | grep -i promise
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil showloaded
No variant specified, falling back to release
231 0 0xfffffe0006f20000 0x4000 0x4000 com.promise.driver.stex (6.2.17) 69FB7EB9-DAAD-33B7-B348-8149A47F4B64 <230 62 5 4 3>
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ %
If you get no output then your driver is not loaded.
Just to verify, did you install the driver?
The driver won't load unless you follow the install pdf that comes with the driver and enable reduced security in macOS, which just means to allow 3rd party drivers to run. You'll also need to give the driver premissions in Settings > Security. If either of these things are not done then the driver won't be able to load.
You can try to load it manually from the terminal...
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ % sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/PromiseSTEX.kext
Password:
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil load -p /Library/Extensions/PromiseSTEX.kext
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ %
Then verify with kextstat...
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ % kextstat | grep -i promise
Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil showloaded
No variant specified, falling back to release
231 1 0xfffffe0006f20000 0x4000 0x4000 com.promise.driver.stex (6.2.17) 69FB7EB9-DAAD-33B7-B348-8149A47F4B64 <230 62 5 4 3>
promise@promises-Mac-mini ~ %