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Subject: Re: Running libftdi/libusb under Mac OS X

From: Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: libftdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:58:48 +0800
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The following FAQ in libusb Wiki may help.
> https://github.com/libusb/libusb/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_run_libusb_applications_under_Mac_OS_X_if_there_is_already_a_kernel_extension_installed_for_the_device
>

Just an example. You can use kextstat command to check the kernel
extension being loaded in the system.

MyMacMini:examples xiaofanc$ ./simple
Initialized libftdi 1.2 (major: 1, minor: 2, micro: 0, snapshot ver: unknown)
unable to open ftdi device: -5 (unable to claim usb device. Make sure
the default FTDI driver is not in use)

MyMacMini:examples xiaofanc$ sudo kextunload -b com.apple.driver.AppleUSBFTDI

MyMacMini:examples xiaofanc$ ./simple
Initialized libftdi 1.2 (major: 1, minor: 2, micro: 0, snapshot ver: unknown)
ftdi_read_chipid: 0
FTDI chipid: 30B7EF1

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Xiaofan

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