[alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ca0106 playback 44100Hz support to SPDIF and playback format & rate constraints

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>> Ben Stanley wrote:
>>> +		/* We only support 44100 to spdif, not to DAC.
>>> +		   (FIXME WHY?)*/
>> WHY?  Because the DAC cannot be clocked at 44100, only 48000 and 96000
>> from the CA0106 chip.
>> The SPDIF can be clocked at 44100.
>> It is a hardware limitation.
> 
> The DAC supports 44100.  Is the problem that the ca0106 can't provide a
> 44100 clock to the DAC?
It does not really matter why, it does not work at 44100 and that is fact.