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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions kexts.md
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Expand Up @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ A cache of installed KEXTs is kept in order to speed up boot time.
Extensions.mkext can be unpacked with the [mkextunpack](http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/mkextunpack.8.html) command:

<span><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:small">mkextunpack -v -d /tmp/Extensions Extensions.mkext</span></span></span>
### Force cache update {style="margin:10px 10px 10px 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"}
### Force cache update
<span style="font-size:small">Normally, <span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">Extensions.mkext</span> is updated whenever we add or remove extensions using the Finder on a Mac OS X system. However, if you install an extension as a plug-in of another (a subfolder into<span style="font-style:italic"> $VOLUME/System/Library/Extensions</span>), the automatic cache updater is not triggered.</span>

To force cache update, simply change the modification date of <span style="font-style:italic">$VOLUME/System/Library/Extensions</span>:
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(To be written)
#### Family KEXTs
Family KEXTs are not drivers. Family KEXTs generally contain classes that you are to subclass
#### Filesystem KEXTs {style="margin:10px 10px 10px 0px;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:14px"}
#### Filesystem KEXTs
Filesystem KEXTs are not drivers.