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- .TH B43-FWCUTTER "1" "2014" "b43-fwcutter" "User Commands"
- .SH NAME
- b43-fwcutter \- Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B b43-fwcutter
- [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIDRIVER\fR]
- .SH 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.
- .PP
- 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.
- .PP
- Example:
- .IP
- b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys
- .PP
- to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys
- .SH OPTIONS
- .TP
- \fB\-l\fR|\-\-list
- List supported driver versions
- .TP
- \fB\-i\fR|\-\-identify
- Only identify the driver file (don't extract)
- .TP
- \fB\-w\fR|\-\-target\-dir DIR
- Extract and write firmware to DIR
- .TP
- \fB\-a\fR|\-\-alt\-iv
- Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x)
- .TP
- \fB\-v\fR|\-\-version
- Print b43-fwcutter version
- .TP
- \fB\-h\fR|\-\-help
- Print help information
- .SH AUTHORS
- b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
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