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This is ift-extract.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.11 from
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INFO-DIR-SECTION General Commands
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* ift-extract: (ift-extract). Built-in iSight firmware extractor.
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Copyright (C) 2007 Étienne Bersac <bersace@gmail.com>
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Built-in iSight firmware extractor and patcher
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ift-extract extract the Built-in iSight firmware from Apple driver
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and patch it to avoid some bugs in it. The firmware is then ready to get
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loaded into the chip using ift-load.
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* Driver:: Finding the Apple driver
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* Options:: Command line options
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1 Finding the Apple driver
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ift-extract extract Built-in iSight firmware from Apple iSight driver.
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This driver is located at
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/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBVideoSupport
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on your Mac OS X root partition.
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There is several version of this driver depending on driver version
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or host architecture (PowerPC or x86). Thus, ift-extract must determine
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know the variant of the driver in order to properly extract the
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Any AppleUSBVideoSupport file starting with those shipped with iMac
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G5 iSight must work. If not, please report unknown AppleUSBVideoSupport
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at bugreport mail address with machine type and OS X version.
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2 Command line options
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Apple driver filename where to extract the firmware.
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The directory where to output the firmware. Defaults to
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The output firmware name. Defaults to isight.fw
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Shows option help and quit.
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Since ift-extract defaults to output the firmware to
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/lib/firmware/isight.fw, ensure you have the right to do so.
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isight-firmware-tools is a project developped by Étienne Bersac based
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on the work of Ronald S. Bultje, Johannes Berg and Ivan N. Zlatev.
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This manual has been written by Étienne Bersac.
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Copyright (C) 2007 Étienne Bersac <bersace@gmail.com>