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by Rene Engelhard
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.\" Initially generated by help2man 1.36. |
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.TH B43-FWCUTTER "1" "2007" "b43-fwcutter" "User Commands" |
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.SH NAME |
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by Daniel Echeverry, Fabrizio Regalli, Daniel Echeverry
[ Fabrizio Regalli ] |
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b43-fwcutter \- Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
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by Rene Engelhard
Import upstream version 008 |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B b43-fwcutter |
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[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIDRIVER\fR] |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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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. |
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.PP
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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. |
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.PP
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Example: |
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.IP
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b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys |
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.PP
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to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys |
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.SH OPTIONS |
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR|\-\-list |
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List supported driver versions |
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR|\-\-identify |
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Only identify the driver file (don't extract) |
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR|\-\-target\-dir DIR |
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Extract and write firmware to DIR |
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.TP
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\fB\-a\fR|\-\-alt\-iv |
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Extract alternative initvals (only 3.10.x.x) |
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.TP
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\fB\-v\fR|\-\-version |
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Print b43-fwcutter version |
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR|\-\-help |
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Print help information |
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.SH AUTHORS |
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b43 development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de |