diff --git a/b43-fwcutter.changes b/b43-fwcutter.changes
index 3ac7dc2..df4adce 100644
--- a/b43-fwcutter.changes
+++ b/b43-fwcutter.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 11 14:04:45 CEST 2008 - cstender@suse.de
+
+- added curl to requires
+- improved install_bcm43xx_firmware script
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 10 14:34:00 CEST 2008 - cstender@suse.de
 
diff --git a/b43-fwcutter.spec b/b43-fwcutter.spec
index cc0c989..b1a9837 100644
--- a/b43-fwcutter.spec
+++ b/b43-fwcutter.spec
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ Group:          Hardware/Wifi
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        Tool for extracting firmware from newer Broadcom WLAN drivers
 Version:        011
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         %{name}.diff
 Source1:        install_bcm43xx_firmware
 Url:            http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bcm43xx/
 License:        BSD 3-Clause; BSD 4-Clause
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Requires:       curl
 Obsoletes:      bcm43xx-fwcutter
 Provides:       bcm43xx-fwcutter
 Supplements:    modalias(pci:v000014E4d000043*sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ install -m 755 %SOURCE1 %{buildroot}/usr/sbin/
 %doc README
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 11 2008 cstender@suse.de
+- added curl to requires
+- improved install_bcm43xx_firmware script
 * Thu Apr 10 2008 cstender@suse.de
 - updated to version 011
 - added supplement tag so package gets installed when a bcm43xx
diff --git a/install_bcm43xx_firmware b/install_bcm43xx_firmware
index 7973742..dc90a0b 100644
--- a/install_bcm43xx_firmware
+++ b/install_bcm43xx_firmware
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ FIRMWARE1=broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
 URL2=http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources
 FILE2=wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
 
-test -z "$( type -p curl)" && { echo "'curl' is not installed, aborting"; exit 1; }
-test -z "$( type -p b43-fwcutter)" && { echo "'b43-fwcutter' is not installed, aborting"; exit 1; }
+test -z "$( type -p curl)" && { echo "'curl' is not installed, aborting. Please install 'curl' and try again."; exit 1; }
+test -z "$( type -p b43-fwcutter)" && { echo "'b43-fwcutter' is not installed, aborting. Please install 'b43-fwcutter' and try again."; exit 1; }
 test -d /lib/firmware || mkdir -p /lib/firmware
 
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /var/tmp/bcm.XXXXXX) || exit 1
 
-pushd `pwd` >/dev/null
-cd $TMPDIR
+pushd $TMPDIR >/dev/null
 
 echo "Downloading b43 firmware"
 curl -# -f -o $FILE1 $URL1/$FILE1
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
 	tar xjf $FILE1
 	b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware $FIRMWARE1
 else
-	echo "Could not download b43 firmware."
+	echo "Could not download b43 firmware. Please look at /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README."
 fi
 
 echo
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
 	echo "Extracting b43legacy firmware"
 	b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware $FILE2
 else
-	echo "Could not download b43legacy firmware."
+	echo "Could not download b43legacy firmware. Please look at /usr/share/doc/packages/b43-fwcutter/README."
 fi
 
 echo