[LAD] FOSS Ethernet Soundcard

[Pieter Palmers]

Karl Hammar wrote:
> Adrian Knoth:
>> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 09:20:07AM +1100, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>>> How many chipsets come with support for adat or firewire ootb? I have  
>> I'm not sure if I understand the question correctly, but that's the
>> only chip I know, and luckily, it supports ADAT and Firewire. ;)
>>
>>    http://www.tctechnologies.tc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=10
> 
> Hello Adrian and thank you for the link, it seems to be an
> interesting chip.
> 
> To bad it does not have an ethernet interface. Maybe one can use  
> one of the micrel chips below (there is drivers in the kernel for
> them at least) ?
> 
> But if the network interface can be solved it could be a good
> solution for your adat - ethernet idéa [2].

If you really want to go the ethernet route you could look at the DM870:

http://www.bridgeco.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=37

This has onboard ethernet and USB (at 480Mbit), and runs linux.

Greets,

Pieter

PS: personally I think that going for the TCAT DICE would be a smarter 
move as this chip has been designed for pro-audio and lot's of channels. 
It should not be too difficult to interface it to something that has 
gigabit-ethernet if you really want to. But there are plenty of 
technical reasons to choose firewire over ethernet (or USB).