Sound cards with firmware (alsa-firmware)

In case anyone hadn't seen it (since it's most likely to affect people 
on this list with esoteric cards), I have submitted a review request for 
alsa-firmware:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217259

Any input is most welcome, particularly since I only have one particular 
card so I have no way of testing whether the firmware loading works for 
other cards.
Tim