b43-fwcutter(1)
NAME
b43-fwcutter - manual page for b43-fwcutter
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 this
firmware files and can't work without them.
Currently b43-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows
98/ME/2000/XP 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)
- -p|--postfix ".FOO"
- Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)
- -v|--version
- Print b43-fwcutter version
- -h|--help
- Print help information
AUTHORS
- b43 development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de