EXHIBIT 25.1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ____ STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) United States 06-1143380 (Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employee or organization if not a U.S. Identification No.) national bank) 725 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90017 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A. 725 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3100 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel: (213) 362-7338 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) ___________________ LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) CALIFORNIA 33-0128224 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 9750 Goethe Road Sacramento, CA 95827 (408) 945-8600 (Address of principal executive offices) ___________________ 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004 (Title of Indenture Securities) GENERAL Item 1. General Information. (a) Comptroller of Currency, Western District Office, 50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, California, 94105-2292. (b) Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. The trustee is not affiliated with the obligor. Item 3. through Item 15. No responses are included for Items 3-15 of this form T-1 because the obligor is not in default on securities issued under indentures under which State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A. is trustee. Item 16. List of Exhibits. 1. Articles of Association of State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, National Association.* 2. Certificate of Corporate Existence (with fiduciary powers) from the Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks.* 3. Authorization of the Trustee to exercise fiduciary powers (included in Exhibits 1 and 2; no separate instrument). 4. By-laws of State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, National Association.* 5. Consent of State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, National Association required by Section 321(b) of the Act.* 6. Consolidated Report of Income for the period January 1, 1996 - September 30, 1996, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for A Bank With Domestic Offices Only and Total Assets of Less Than $100 Million -FFIEC 034.* * The indicated documents have been filed as exhibits with corresponding exhibit numbers to the Form T-1 of Oasis Residential, Inc., filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Act, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 1996 (Registration No. 033-90488), and are incorporated herein by reference. 2 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, National Association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the ___ day of October, 1997. STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: /s/ Jeanie Mar --------------------------------- Jeanie Mar Assistant Vice President 3