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b43-fwcutter-010-2mdv2008.1 RPM for i586

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Name: b43-fwcutter Distribution: Mandriva Linux
Version: 010 Vendor: Mandriva
Release: 2mdv2008.1 Build date: Fri Jan 25 15:27:03 2008
Group: System/Configuration/Networking Build host: n5.mandriva.com
Size: 18474 Source RPM: b43-fwcutter-010-2mdv2008.1.src.rpm
Packager: Guillaume Bedot <littletux@mandriva.org>
Url: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Summary: Tool to extract firmware for Broadcom 43xx network chip
 
Fwcutter allows you to extract the firmware required for Broadcom 43xx chips
out of the .o files available with the card or on the internet.

Not all versions of the firmwares are supported by this tool.
You can list supported firmwares with :
b43-fwcutter -l

Depending on your chip, you will need a version 3 or 4 firmware.

Useful reading and links to firmwares that can be extracted are available at
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Extract (as root) with :
b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

It will create files directly at the required place (in either b43legacy or
b43 subfolder).

Provides

Requires

Copyright

GPL

Signatures

internal MD5: 759ed34b2f845db28e50edeae75b8713

GPG

Changelog

* Fri Jan 25 2008 Guillaume Bedot <littletux@mandriva.org> 010-2mdv2008.1
  + Revision: 157948
  - allow to extract firmware for our current kernel without specifying a misleading option.
* Fri Jan 25 2008 Guillaume Bedot <littletux@mandriva.org> 010-1mdv2008.1
  + Revision: 157869
  - new version
  - updated URL, description
  - dropped README.urpmi
* Fri Jan 11 2008 Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@mandriva.com> 008-2mdv2008.1
  + Revision: 148911
  - rebuild
  - kill re-definition of %buildroot on Pixel's request
  
    + Olivier Blin <oblin@mandriva.com>
      - restore BuildRoot
* Fri Aug 31 2007 Guillaume Bedot <littletux@mandriva.org> 008-1mdv2008.0
  + Revision: 75833
  - New name for bcm43xx-fwcutter package
  - Create b43-fwcutter

Files

/usr/bin/b43-fwcutter
/usr/share/doc/b43-fwcutter
/usr/share/doc/b43-fwcutter/README
/usr/share/man/man1/b43-fwcutter.1.lzma

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Fabrice Bellet, Sun Sep 7 13:40:25 2008