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2 .TH B43-FWCUTTER "1" "2013" "b43-fwcutter" "User Commands"
4 b43-fwcutter \- manual page for b43-fwcutter
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIDRIVER\fR]
9 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.
11 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.
15 b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys
17 to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys
21 List supported driver versions
23 \fB\-i\fR|\-\-identify
24 Only identify the driver file (don't extract)
26 \fB\-w\fR|\-\-target\-dir DIR
27 Extract and write firmware to DIR
30 Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x)
32 \fB\-p\fR|\-\-postfix ".FOO"
33 Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)
36 Print b43-fwcutter version
39 Print help information
41 b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43