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b43-fwcutter

Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers

About b43-fwcutter

Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers

This project links 2 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Project pictures and package coverage

openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.b43-fwcutter: recorded package coverageopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
b43-fwcutter
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
2
Operating systems
opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
BSD-2-Clause
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

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.

Description source

Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. b43-fwcutter

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Hardware/Wifi / source b43-fwcutter

    019-bp160.1.1

    Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. b43-fwcutter

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Hardware/Wifi / source b43-fwcutter

    019-7.5

    Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers

    x86_64tumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

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