b43-fwcutter
Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
- Provided by: b43-fwcutter (Version: 1:019-14build1)
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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