if (codec->patch_ops.free)
                codec->patch_ops.free(codec);
        free_hda_cache(&codec->amp_cache);
+       free_hda_cache(&codec->cmd_cache);
        kfree(codec->wcaps);
        kfree(codec);
 }
        codec->addr = codec_addr;
        mutex_init(&codec->spdif_mutex);
        init_hda_cache(&codec->amp_cache, sizeof(struct hda_amp_info));
+       init_hda_cache(&codec->cmd_cache, sizeof(struct hda_cache_head));
 
        list_add_tail(&codec->list, &bus->codec_list);
        bus->caddr_tbl[codec_addr] = codec;
        return 1;
 }
 
+/* resume the all amp commands from the cache */
+void snd_hda_codec_resume_amp(struct hda_codec *codec)
+{
+       struct hda_amp_info *buffer = codec->amp_cache.buffer;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < codec->amp_cache.size; i++, buffer++) {
+               u32 key = buffer->head.key;
+               hda_nid_t nid;
+               unsigned int idx, dir, ch;
+               if (!key)
+                       continue;
+               nid = key & 0xff;
+               idx = (key >> 16) & 0xff;
+               dir = (key >> 24) & 0xff;
+               for (ch = 0; ch < 2; ch++) {
+                       if (!(buffer->head.val & INFO_AMP_VOL(ch)))
+                               continue;
+                       put_vol_mute(codec, buffer, nid, ch, dir, idx,
+                                    buffer->vol[ch]);
+               }
+       }
+}
 
 /*
  * AMP control callbacks
 }
 
 
+/* build a 32bit cache key with the widget id and the command parameter */
+#define build_cmd_cache_key(nid, verb) ((verb << 8) | nid)
+#define get_cmd_cache_nid(key)         ((key) & 0xff)
+#define get_cmd_cache_cmd(key)         (((key) >> 8) & 0xffff)
+
+/**
+ * snd_hda_codec_write_cache - send a single command with caching
+ * @codec: the HDA codec
+ * @nid: NID to send the command
+ * @direct: direct flag
+ * @verb: the verb to send
+ * @parm: the parameter for the verb
+ *
+ * Send a single command without waiting for response.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, or a negative error code.
+ */
+int snd_hda_codec_write_cache(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
+                             int direct, unsigned int verb, unsigned int parm)
+{
+       int err;
+       mutex_lock(&codec->bus->cmd_mutex);
+       err = codec->bus->ops.command(codec, nid, direct, verb, parm);
+       if (!err) {
+               struct hda_cache_head *c;
+               u32 key = build_cmd_cache_key(nid, verb);
+               c = get_alloc_hash(&codec->cmd_cache, key);
+               if (c)
+                       c->val = parm;
+       }
+       mutex_unlock(&codec->bus->cmd_mutex);
+       return err;
+}
+
+/* resume the all commands from the cache */
+void snd_hda_codec_resume_cache(struct hda_codec *codec)
+{
+       struct hda_cache_head *buffer = codec->cmd_cache.buffer;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < codec->cmd_cache.size; i++, buffer++) {
+               u32 key = buffer->key;
+               if (!key)
+                       continue;
+               snd_hda_codec_write(codec, get_cmd_cache_nid(key), 0,
+                                   get_cmd_cache_cmd(key), buffer->val);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_hda_sequence_write_cache - sequence writes with caching
+ * @codec: the HDA codec
+ * @seq: VERB array to send
+ *
+ * Send the commands sequentially from the given array.
+ * Thte commands are recorded on cache for power-save and resume.
+ * The array must be terminated with NID=0.
+ */
+void snd_hda_sequence_write_cache(struct hda_codec *codec,
+                                 const struct hda_verb *seq)
+{
+       for (; seq->nid; seq++)
+               snd_hda_codec_write_cache(codec, seq->nid, 0, seq->verb,
+                                         seq->param);
+}
+
 /*
  * set power state of the codec
  */