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33 .Nd firmware download utility for Broadcom BCM2033 chip based Bluetooth USB devices
37 .Fl f Ar firmware_file_name
38 .Fl m Ar mini-driver_file_name
43 utility downloads the specified mini-driver and firmware files to the specified
48 work with Broadcom BCM2033 chip based Bluetooth USB devices.
49 The identification is currently based on USB vendor ID/product ID pair.
50 The vendor ID should be 0x0a5c
51 .Pq Dv USB_VENDOR_BROADCOM
52 and the product ID should be 0x2033.
54 Due to copyright issues I will no longer provide mini-driver and firmware
56 These files can be obtained from the Linux BlueZ bluez-firmware package.
59 .Pa http://www.bluez.org/download.html
62 I am using the following files from the bluez-firmware-1.0 package:
64 .Dl "MD5 (BCM2033-MD.hex) = 5580317158d07fc4ace90af04f8e1c73"
65 .Dl "MD5 (BCM2033-FW.bin) = b4e142b3272cfe5a84b32fda6b4b032f"
67 The options are as follows:
68 .Bl -tag -width indent
69 .It Fl f Ar firmware_file_name
70 Specify firmware file name for download.
72 Display usage message and exit.
73 .It Fl m Ar mini-driver_file_name
74 Specify mini-driver file name for download.
75 .It Fl n Ar device_name
79 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/ubtbcmfw Ns Ar N Ns Pa \&. Ns Ar EE" -compact
84 .It Pa /dev/ubtbcmfw Ns Ar N Ns Pa \&. Ns Ar EE
93 To download the firmware into the
97 .Dl "bcmfw -n ubtbcmfw0 -m BCM2033-MD.hex -f BCM2033-FW.bin"
102 .An Maksim Yevmenkin Aq Mt m_evmenkin@yahoo.com
105 Please report if found.