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.TH B43-FWCUTTER "1" "2014" "b43-fwcutter" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
b43-fwcutter \- Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B b43-fwcutter
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIDRIVER\fR]
.SH 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.
.PP
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.
.PP
Example:
.IP
b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys
.PP
to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-l\fR|\-\-list
List supported driver versions
.TP
\fB\-i\fR|\-\-identify
Only identify the driver file (don't extract)
.TP
\fB\-w\fR|\-\-target\-dir DIR
Extract and write firmware to DIR
.TP
\fB\-a\fR|\-\-alt\-iv
Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR|\-\-version
Print b43-fwcutter version
.TP
\fB\-h\fR|\-\-help
Print help information
.SH AUTHORS
b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43