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2 .TH B43-FWCUTTER "1" "2014" "b43-fwcutter" "User Commands"
4 b43-fwcutter \- Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
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 these firmware files and can't work without them.
11 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.
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)
33 Print b43-fwcutter version
36 Print help information
38 b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43