Repository dedicated to Kernel Debug Kit archival, with a primary focus on macOS Ventura KDKs in relation to Root Volume Patching with OpenCore Legacy Patcher.
With macOS 13, Ventura, Apple dropped on-disk kernel binaries in /System/Library/Extensions
. Due to this, end users cannot build Boot and System Kernel Collections without manually installing a Kernel Debug Kit from Apple's Developer Site. However, due to Apple's account requirement for downloads, automated retrieval is not possible. Thus this repo will create a release for each KDK seeded, with the tag representing the build associated.
Source for Kernel Debug Kits:
Example of pulling releases:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
KDK_API_LINK: str = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dortania/KdkSupportPkg/gh-pages/manifest.json"
KDK_REQUESTED_BUILD: str = "22F5059b"
catalog = requests.get(KDK_API_LINK)
if catalog.status_code != 200:
# Can't reach Github
return None
catalog = catalog.json()
for kdk in catalog:
if (kdk["build"] != KDK_REQUESTED_BUILD):
continue
return {
"url": kdk["url"], # str (DMG URL), ex: https://.../Kernel_Debug_Kit_13.4_build_22F5059b.dmg
"build": kdk["build"], # str (22xxxxxx), ex: 22F5059b
"version": kdk["version"], # str (x.y.z), ex: 13.4
"fileSize": kdk["fileSize"] # int (bytes), ex: 654356659
}
return None
For a more in-depth implementation, see OpenCore Legacy Patcher's kdk_handler.py's KernelDebugKitObject
class.