1B43-FWCUTTER(1)                  User Commands                 B43-FWCUTTER(1)
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NAME

6       b43-fwcutter - manual page for b43-fwcutter
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SYNOPSIS

9       b43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]
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DESCRIPTION

12       b43-fwcutter  can  extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware
13       from different closed source drivers. The b43 driver  depends  on  this
14       firmware files and can't work without them.
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16       Currently  b43-fwcutter  supports  Apple  MacOS  X,  Microsoft  Windows
17       98/ME/2000/XP and Linux drivers, but keep  in  mind  that  b43-fwcutter
18       doesn't support all driver versions.
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22              b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys
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24       to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys
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OPTIONS

27       -l|--list
28              List supported driver versions
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30       -i|--identify
31              Only identify the driver file (don't extract)
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33       -w|--target-dir DIR
34              Extract and write firmware to DIR
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36       -a|--alt-iv
37              Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x)
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39       -p|--postfix ".FOO"
40              Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)
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42       -v|--version
43              Print b43-fwcutter version
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45       -h|--help
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AUTHORS

49       b43 development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de
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53b43-fwcutter                         2007                      B43-FWCUTTER(1)