davinci_hw_param(dev, substream->stream);
 
        switch (params_format(params)) {
+       case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U8:
        case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S8:
                dma_params->data_type = 1;
                word_length = DAVINCI_AUDIO_WORD_8;
                break;
 
+       case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U16_LE:
        case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE:
                dma_params->data_type = 2;
                word_length = DAVINCI_AUDIO_WORD_16;
                break;
 
+       case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U32_LE:
        case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S32_LE:
                dma_params->data_type = 4;
                word_length = DAVINCI_AUDIO_WORD_32;
 
 };
 
+#define DAVINCI_MCASP_PCM_FMTS (SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8 | \
+                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U8 | \
+                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE | \
+                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_LE | \
+                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE | \
+                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_LE)
+
 static struct snd_soc_dai_driver davinci_mcasp_dai[] = {
        {
                .name           = "davinci-mcasp.0",
                        .channels_min   = 2,
                        .channels_max   = 2,
                        .rates          = DAVINCI_MCASP_RATES,
-                       .formats        = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8 |
-                                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE |
-                                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE,
+                       .formats        = DAVINCI_MCASP_PCM_FMTS,
                },
                .capture        = {
                        .channels_min   = 2,
                        .channels_max   = 2,
                        .rates          = DAVINCI_MCASP_RATES,
-                       .formats        = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S8 |
-                                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE |
-                                               SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE,
+                       .formats        = DAVINCI_MCASP_PCM_FMTS,
                },
                .ops            = &davinci_mcasp_dai_ops,
 
                        .channels_min   = 1,
                        .channels_max   = 384,
                        .rates          = DAVINCI_MCASP_RATES,
-                       .formats        = SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE,
+                       .formats        = DAVINCI_MCASP_PCM_FMTS,
                },
                .ops            = &davinci_mcasp_dai_ops,
        },