Man page - b43-fwcutter(1)

Manual

B43-FWCUTTER

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS

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NAME

b43-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware

SYNOPSIS

b43-fwcutter [ OPTION ] [ DRIVER ]

DESCRIPTION

b43-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware from different closed source drivers. The b43 driver depends on these firmware files and can’t work without them.

Currently b43-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows and Linux drivers, but keep in mind that b43-fwcutter doesn’t support all driver versions.

Example:

b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys

to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys

OPTIONS

-l |--list

List supported driver versions

-i |--identify

Only identify the driver file (don’t extract)

-w |--target-dir DIR

Extract and write firmware to DIR

-a |--alt-iv

Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x)

-v |--version

Print b43-fwcutter version

-h |--help

Print help information

AUTHORS

b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

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