b43-fwcutter(1) - Linux man page

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