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BCM43XX-FWCUTTER(1) User Commands BCM43XX-FWCUTTER(1) NAME bcm43xx-fwcutter - manual page for bcm43xx-fwcutter SYNOPSIS bcm43xx-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER] DESCRIPTION Bcm43xx-fwcutter can extract the firmware for your Broadcom 43xx hard- ware 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, <a href="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de" title="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de">http://bcm43xx.berlios.de</a> bcm43xx-fwcutter September 2006 BCM43XX-FWCUTTER(1)