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Subject: Re: Update on nVidia/MCP ethernet
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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