Installing HAXM on osx Yosemite

Question

I'm following the instructions to install Intel HAXM on OS X.

https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/installation-instructions-for-intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-mac-os-x

These instructions say to install the driver, and once it's done run kextstat | grep intel to see if it's installed. If not, then run sudo kextload –b com.intel.kext.intelhaxm.

However, at least on OS X Yosemite, I get the following error when I run kextload:

$ kextstat | grep intel

$ sudo kextload –b com.intel.kext.intelhaxm
/Users/mike/–b failed to load - (libkern/kext) not found; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
/Users/mike/com.intel.kext.intelhaxm failed to load - (libkern/kext) not found; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).

What is the proper way to install the HAXM kernel extension on 10.10 Yosemite?

Answer 1

Getting IntelHAXM_1.1.1_for_10_9_and_above.dmg from Intels website (https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager) actually solved my issue without the need of setting the boot-args to "kext-dev-mode=1".

Answer 2

NEW: V1.1.1 that can be found here fix the problem

OLD METHOD:

Two fixes were necessary to get this to work.

First, the -b option no longer appears to be correct. Instead use -bundle-id.

Second, if you check in Console.app you will notice

ERROR: invalid signature for com.intel.kext.intelhaxm, will not load

To fix this, you must run sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1" and then restart your computer.

In summary:

1. Run sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"
2. Restart.
3. Run sudo kextload -bundle-id com.intel.kext.intelhaxm

Thank you to reddit for the answer.

NOTE: By running sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1" you will allow ALL UNSIGNED KEXT to be loaded. Know your system.