man b43 fwcutter Command

Man page for apt-get b43 fwcutter Command

Man Page for b43 fwcutter in Linux

This tutorial shows the man page for man b43 fwcutter in linux.

Open terminal with 'su' access and type the command as shown below:
man b43 fwcutter

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

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



NAME
       b43 fwcutter   manual page for b43 fwcutter

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 this firmware files and
       can't work without them.

       Currently b43 fwcutter supports Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP 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)

        p|  postfix ".FOO"
              Postfix for firmware filenames (.FOO.fw)

        v|  version
              Print b43 fwcutter version

        h|  help
              Print help information

AUTHORS
       b43 development team, http://bcm43xx.berlios.de



b43 fwcutter                                                                    2007                                                                 B43 FWCUTTER(1)

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