diff -urpN microcode_ctl-1.17.orig/Makefile microcode_ctl-1.17/Makefile
--- microcode_ctl-1.17.orig/Makefile	2011-03-24 10:28:12.553269014 +0100
+++ microcode_ctl-1.17/Makefile	2011-03-24 10:28:26.644387088 +0100
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ DESTDIR		=
 PREFIX		= /usr/local
 
 INSDIR		= $(PREFIX)/sbin
-MANDIR		= $(PREFIX)/man/man8
-MICDIR		= /etc
+MANDIR		= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man8
+MICDIR		= /lib/firmware
 
 RCFILE		= microcode_ctl.start
 RCFILEFINAL	= microcode_ctl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ install:
 			$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(RCFILETO) \
 			$(DESTDIR)$(RCLINKTO)
 
-	$(INS) -s -m 755 $(PROGRAM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSDIR)
+	$(INS) -m 755 $(PROGRAM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSDIR)
 	$(INS) -m 644 $(MICROCODE) $(DESTDIR)$(MICDIR)/microcode.dat
 
 	$(INS) -m 644 $(MANPAGE) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)
diff -urpN microcode_ctl-1.17.orig/microcode_ctl.c microcode_ctl-1.17/microcode_ctl.c
--- microcode_ctl-1.17.orig/microcode_ctl.c	2011-03-24 10:28:12.553269014 +0100
+++ microcode_ctl-1.17/microcode_ctl.c	2011-03-24 10:28:29.244262053 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int print_error_messages=1;
 #define MAX_MICROCODE	2000000
 
 #define MICROCODE_DEVICE_DEFAULT	"/dev/cpu/microcode"
-#define MICROCODE_FILE_DEFAULT		"/etc/microcode.dat"
+#define MICROCODE_FILE_DEFAULT		"/lib/firmware/microcode.dat"
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
@@ -52,17 +52,19 @@ static int do_update(char *device, char 
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	char line_buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
-	int microcode[MAX_MICROCODE];
+	int *microcode;
 	int *pos;
 	int outfd;
 	int wrote, length;
 
+	microcode=malloc(sizeof(int)* MAX_MICROCODE);
+	if (!microcode) return ENOMEM;
 
 	if( (fp=fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL){
 		if(print_error_messages)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open source file '%s' errno=%d (%s)\n",
 				progname, filename, errno, strerror(errno));
-		return errno;
+		goto end;
 	}
 
 	pos = microcode;
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ static int do_update(char *device, char 
 				fprintf(stderr, "%s: file too large for utility microcode buffer\n"
 						"%s: change MAX_MICROCODE yourself :)\n", progname, progname);
 			fclose(fp);	
-			return errno;
+			goto end;
 		}
 		
 	}
@@ -98,16 +100,16 @@ static int do_update(char *device, char 
 		if(print_error_messages)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open %s for writing errno=%d (%s)\n",
 				progname, device, errno, strerror(errno));
-		return errno;
+		goto end;
 	}
 
-	if( (wrote = write(outfd, &microcode, length)) < 0){
+	if( (wrote = write(outfd, microcode, length)) < 0){
 		if(print_error_messages)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: error writing to '%s' errno=%d (%s)\n"
 					"%s: there may be messages from the driver in your system log.\n",
 				progname, device, errno, strerror(errno), progname);
 		close(outfd);
-		return errno;
+		goto end;
 	}
 
 	if((wrote == length) && print_normal_messages)
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ static int do_update(char *device, char 
 
 	close(outfd);
 
+end:
+    free(microcode);
 	return errno;
 }