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

[Trent Piepho]

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?