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B43-FWCUTTER(1) 		  User Commands 		 B43-FWCUTTER(1)

NAME
     b43-fwcutter - Utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware

SYNOPSIS
     b43-fwcutter [OPTION] [DRIVER]

DESCRIPTION
     b43-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 ver-
     sions.

     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)

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