b43-fwcutter1

Utility for extracting broadcom 43xx firmware

Usage

b43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]

Overview

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

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

4.0–6.0
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8–Arch