Please add AirportItlwm support for macOS 15 Sequoia +1

[xxlarc33]

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[wirl]

It's dead Jim. This repo hasn't seen any changes in 7 months. If you guys are lucky someone knowledgeable forks this and continues development.

[xxlarc33]

when die?

[xxlarc33]

how old was he?

[mishealgo]

I have tried this link and I rebuild the file but still only works on MacOS Sonoma . I tried on MacOS Sequoia after I changed the ownership file to root to try to get it loaded but it failed and got this error :

Code=31 "Error occurred while building a collection:
1: One or more binaries have an error that prevents linking. See other errors.
2: Could not use 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' because: Failed to bind '_ZN17IO80211Controller11postMessageEjPvmjS0' in 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' (at offset 0x2568 in __DATA, __const) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol
com.zxystd.AirportItlwm specific:
1: Failed to bind '_ZN17IO80211Controller11postMessageEjPvmjS0' in 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' (at offset 0x2568 in __DATA, __const) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol
" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Error occurred while building a collection:
1: One or more binaries has an error which prevented linking. See other errors.
2: Could not use 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' because: Failed to bind '_ZN17IO80211Controller11postMessageEjPvmjS0' in 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' (at offset 0x2568 in __DATA, __const) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol
com.zxystd.AirportItlwm specific:
1: Failed to bind '_ZN17IO80211Controller11postMessageEjPvmjS0' in 'com.zxystd.AirportItlwm' (at offset 0x2568 in __DATA, __const) as could not find a kext which exports this symbol.

after using ChatGPT it tells me about that error:

Missing IO80211Controller::postMessage in macOS Sequoia
The error means that AirportItlwm.kext is trying to use a function (postMessage) that no longer exists in IO80211Controller (part of IO80211Family.kext). This suggests that Apple changed or removed the function in macOS Sequoia.

Possible Locations Where postMessage Moved:

AppleBCMWLANCore.kext (For Broadcom-based Wi-Fi)
This kext contains Apple’s internal Wi-Fi handling for Broadcom chipsets.
Check if it exists:
sudo find /System/Library/Extensions -name "AppleBCMWLANCore.kext"

DriverKit-based Wi-Fi Drivers
Apple may have migrated Wi-Fi handling from IO80211Family.kext to DriverKit extensions.
Check the installed DriverKit extensions:
systemextensionsctl list
Look for any com.apple.driverkit entries related to Wi-Fi.

AppleIntelWiFi.kext (If Intel Support Exists)
Apple might have started using a dedicated Intel Wi-Fi driver.
Check for it:
sudo find /System/Library/Extensions -name "AppleIntelWiFi.kext"

Next Steps to Fix AirportItlwm.kext

1. Reverse Engineer Function Changes
   If IO80211Controller::postMessage is missing, find the new function that replaced it.
   Dump symbols from IO80211Family.kext in Sequoia:
   nm -gU /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/MacOS/IO80211Family | grep postMessage
   If no results, the function was removed or renamed.

2. Patch AirportItlwm.kext
   If postMessage was moved or renamed, modify AirportItlwm.kext to use the new function.
   If it was removed, a workaround is needed (e.g., patching AirportItlwm to avoid calling it).

[ezariago]

Well if it were that easy to update it, it won't take anyone more than a month to atleast make it "work".

Apple had changed lots of things on IO80211Family by the release of sequoia. You are free to contribute, but I'm sure that you need atleast a somewhat good knowledge on reverse engineering to do even a "helpful" progress at this