bcm43xx-fwcutter (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
bcm43xx-fwcutter – manual page for bcm43xx-fwcutter
SYNOPSIS
bcm43xx-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]
DESCRIPTION
Bcm43xx-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hardware from different closed source drivers. The bcm43xx driver depends on this firmware files and can’t work without them.
Currently bcm43xx-fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Linux drivers, but keep in mind that bcm43xx-fwcutter doesn’t support all driver versions.
Example:
- bcm43xx-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)
-p|–postfix ".FOO"- Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)
-v|–version- Print bcm43xx-fwcutter version
-h|–help- Print help information
DRIVERS
AppleAirPort2- Apple MacOS 10.x driver file (ppc, x86)
AppleAirPort3- Apple MacOS 10.x driver file (ppc)
AppleAirPortBrcm4311- Apple MacOS 10.4 driver file (x86)
bcmwl5.sys- Microsoft Windows driver file, 32bit (x86)
bcmwl564.sys- Microsoft Windows driver file, 64bit (x86-64)
bcmwl5a.sys- Microsoft Windows driver file, 32bit (x86)
mn720-50.sys- This is a renamed bcmwl5.sys driver for Microsoft Wireless MN-720 Notebook Adapter and MN-730 PCI Adapter
n54gnds.sys- This is a renamed bcmwl5.sys driver for Planex GW-NS54G 54Mbps Wireless LAN Cards
wmp11v27.sys- This is a renamed bcmwl5.sys driver for Linksys WMP-11 802.11b PCI Cards
wn511b.sys- This is a renamed bcmwl5.sys driver for Netgear WN511B Cards
ap_d11ucode.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
apsta_d11ucode.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
sta_d11ucode.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
wl.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
wl_ap.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
wl_apsta.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
wl_sta.o- Linux 2.4.x driver file (mips)
wl96345GW.o_save- Linux 2.6.x driver file (mips, bcm6345)
wl96348GW.o_save- Linux 2.6.x driver file (mips, bcm6348)
wl96348GWV_DT.o_save- Linux 2.6.x driver file (mips, bcm6348)
AUTHORS
BCM43xx development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de