Comment 6 for bug 1035768

What if one doesn't use pulseaudio and/or the device is playing something when you try to rmmod snd_ice1712?
It won't work because the module is in use, and if you force with -f, you'll probably get a segmentation fault or a hung task timer kernel message.
After that the only way to resume the device will be a reboot.

The issue has to be solved at driver level; userspace tricks (which i used) are not reliable solutions.

It seems that some resume problems was fixed lately for another similar chip:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1604161/

I can't right now because my audiophile 2496 is not installed anymore (no free pci slots), but maybe a bug filed directly to alsa devs:
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/ will have more effect.