bcm43xx-fwcutter - Man Page
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