Newbie question about Catalina being last ver to support kernal extensions

[mindquest]

Thinking of making my first Hackintosh and just joined the forum after starting my research a couple weeks go. Looking forward to the adventure!!

One thing that came up was this article talking about Catalina being the last version to support kernal extensions. My limited knowledge makes me think that newer versions beyond Catalina may limit in some way the ability to build and maintain Hackintoshes. Aren't kext files a big part of building Hackintoshes?

Like I said I am a total new so what to make sure I am not getting into this just as the door to making and upgrading Hackintoshes is about to close.

Apple Begins Warning Users That 'Legacy System Extensions' Won't Work With a Future Version of macOS

Apple has shared a new support document that indicates kernel extensions — which it calls "legacy system extensions" — will not be compatible...

www.macrumors.com

macOS Catalina will be the last version of macOS to fully support kernel extensions.

 

[jaymonkey]

I Think that article is a bit misleading ...

I don't think Apple will be dropping kexts completely .. they are critical to MacOS operation.

I think what Apple are really doing (and what that Article should have explained better) is that they are dropping certain legacy based security API methods that use kexts and moving those API methods into the kernel.

I'm pretty sure that kexts as we know them will be around for quite a while yet ...

Cheers
Jay

 

[mindquest]

I Think that article is a bit misleading ...

I don't think Apple will be dropping kexts completely .. they are critical to MacOS operation.

I think what Apple are really doing (and what that Article should have explained better) is that they are dropping certain legacy based security API methods that use kexts and moving those API methods into the kernel.

I'm pretty sure that kexts as we know them will be around for quite a while yet ...

Cheers
Jay

Thanks for the reply!