B43-FWCUTTER

b43-fwcutter − manual page for b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]

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.

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.

Example:

b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys

to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys

−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)

−p|−−postfix ".FOO"

Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)

−v|−−version

Print b43-fwcutter version

−h|−−help

Print help information

b43 development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de