[alsa-devel] [PATCH 06/10] ALSA: Add firmware caching to CA0132 codec.

[Mark Brown]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 09:49:57AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > More generally, why is this driver different to other Linux drivers
> > which don't normally cache the firmware?

> They usually do, if it's needed in the normal resume path.

It's not universally agreed that this is a wonderful idea, though...