On Jan 9, 2014, at 5:41 PM, Jim Oltman <jim.olt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's recommended to stick with Intel hardware as it's most supported.  I 
> would go with Dan's recommendation.  He knows his stuff.

The reason people buy Broadcom is because it's cheaper... MUCH cheaper 
sometimes.

Luckily, the Broadcom part mentioned by the original poster was a NetXreme I 
part, which is open-source-happy bge, AND already supported.  It's not like he 
looked at a 5720 (two ports per chip, and mostly working, but not yet 
integrated) or 5719 (four ports per chip, and has Real Problems from what I've 
seen and tested).

The original poster could go with the specific Broadcom board he found and 
would be fine.  I mentioned the I350 for completeness and paranoia.

Dan

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