Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers

Edit Package b43-fwcutter

b43-fwcutter can be used to extract firmware from Windows WLAN drivers
for Broadcom bcm43xx devices. The firmware is necessary to run such a
card under Linux using the b43 or b43legacy driver.

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Source Files
Filename Size Changed
b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2 0000014138 13.8 KB
b43-fwcutter.changes 0000002016 1.97 KB
b43-fwcutter.diff 0000062231 60.8 KB
b43-fwcutter.spec 0000006590 6.44 KB
install_bcm43xx_firmware 0000001795 1.75 KB
Revision 14 (latest revision is 32)
Sascha Peilicke's avatar Sascha Peilicke (saschpe) accepted request 79465 from Ismail Dönmez's avatar Ismail Dönmez (namtrac) (revision 14)
- Remove 2 files that require 300+ MB downloads
- Add 5 new files with newest firmware (508.X, 644.1001, and 666.2)
  * 802.11 cores through rev 22 are supported
- the install_bcm43xx_firmware script now unloads and
  reloads the driver so that it will work immediately
- Removed firmware-IDs from fwcutter - they are not maintained in kernel
- Updated to Revision 15
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