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- BCM43XX Linux Driver Project
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- About this software
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- b43-fwcutter is a tool which can extract firmware from various source files.
- It's written for BCM43xx driver files.
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- The project page is http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
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- Usage
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- b43-fwcutter FILE extracts the firmware from a source FILE to
- the current directory, creating a directory
- "b43" or "b43legacy" with files in it.
- b43-fwcutter -i FILE identify the driver file; print information
- but don't extract.
- b43-fwcutter -w /tmp FILE extract and write firmware to /tmp.
- b43-fwcutter -l prints a list of supported driver source files.
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- After extraction, copy the "b43" or "b43legacy" directory to your firmware
- directory (usually /lib/firmware or similar, see below). Alternatively you
- can use the -w option to b43-fwcutter.
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- Different distributions use different directories to load firmware from.
- If the driver complains about missing firmware files look for the correct
- directory. For some distributions you have to use /lib/hotplug/firmware
- or /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware but other directories are also possible.
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- Because firmware file are stored in big endian, extraction doesn't depend
- on the system you're using. You can use extracted firmware from any driver
- on any system and also copy the extracted files to any other system (e.g.
- if extraction on the target system isn't feasible.)
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- Where can I find some driver source files?
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- Please check the references at
- http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/bcm43xx#devicefirmware
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- It is recommended that you extract firmware for both b43 and b43legacy in
- order to support both types of cards on your system.
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