B43-FWCUTTER(1) User Commands B43-FWCUTTER(1)NAMEb43-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware
SYNOPSISb43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]
DESCRIPTIONb43-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.
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.
Example:
b43-fwcutter bcmwl5.sys
to cut the firmware out of bcmwl5.sys
OPTIONS
-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)
-v|--version
Print b43-fwcutter version
-h|--help
Print help information
AUTHORS
b43 development team, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
b43-fwcutter 2014 B43-FWCUTTER(1)