Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:30:25 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@niksun.com> To: wpaul@freebsd.org (Bill Paul), freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update on nVidia/MCP ethernet Message-ID: <200307242030.25276.jkim@niksun.com> In-Reply-To: <20030724225702.E7F4637B401@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20030724225702.E7F4637B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thursday 24 July 2003 06:57 pm, Bill Paul wrote: > I have also made some progress on another front. It occured to me > that since nVidia is known for GPU expertise rather than networking > expertise that maybe their 'proprietary design' wasn't really > anything of the sort. Well, I was right: what nVidia calls "MCP > ethernet" is really a Conexant CX25870/1 "jedi" controller. I have > contacted Conexant and am in the process of trying to obtain a copy > of the programming manual for this device. There are some NDA > issues to deal with, however I've been told they will not prevent > me from releasing driver source. AFAIK, CX25870/1 is a video encoder. http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=278 Jung-uk Kim
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