http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/479578-acer-laptop-bcm43227-wireless-problem.html
Not initially, that is. I have a Travelmate 7750G laptop with Broadcom 43227 (BCM 43227, PCI ID 0x4358) wireless adaptor. I tried many things and I think that this is finally the setup that worked.
What doesn't work:
#hwinfo --wlan --short (shows nothing until driver is working)
In a terminal, and as root user, do the following (you need to be connected to the internet):
~#install_bcm43xx_firmware
This will install b43 and b43l3gacy drivers.
Reboot the machine.
Go to the following link:
http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.2/Essentials/x86_64/broadcom-wl-kmp-default-5.100.82.112_k3.4.47_2.38-11.6.x86_64.rpm
Open with YaST installer and it will automatically retrieve dependencies.
After installing run the command in terminal and as root:
#/usr/sbin/rfkill list
Bluetooth will probably show blocked. So,...
#/usr/sbin/rfkill unblock 1
Restart your machine and hopefully it will work as mine did. If you do have success please leave a comment so I know I got all the steps. If it did not help, let me know and I will try to see what I missed.
Other helpful commands:
#/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
#uname -a
#hwinfo --netcard
For XEN
Once you have the above working with the standard kernel, install for the XEN kernel as well:
http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.2/Essentials/x86_64/broadcom-wl-kmp-xen-5.100.82.112_k3.4.47_2.38-11.6.x86_64.rpm
Note that you can install it whilst in normal/default kernel. Reboot and test with the XEN kernel running.
