diff -urN microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.8 microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.8
--- microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.8	2001-04-14 23:18:13.000000000 +0100
+++ microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.8	2003-09-01 17:53:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 microcode_ctl \- microcode utility for Intel IA32 processors
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B microcode_ctl
-[\fI\-h\fR] [\fI\-i\fR] [\fI\-u\fR [\fI\-q\fR]] [\fI\-Q\fR] [\fI\-f microcode\fR]
+[\fI\-h\fR] [\fI\-u\fR [\fI\-q\fR]] [\fI\-Q\fR] [\fI\-f microcode\fR]
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 ." Add any additional description here
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 \fB\-h\fR
 display usage and exit
 .TP
-\fB\-i\fR
-release any buffers held in microcode driver
-.TP
 \fB\-u\fR
 upload microcode (from default filename)
 .TP
@@ -48,8 +45,8 @@
 .PD
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .TP
-microcode_ctl -iu
-Upload and free kernel buffers
+microcode_ctl -u
+Upload microcode
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 /etc/microcode.dat
diff -urN microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.c microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.c
--- microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.c	2001-04-14 23:18:13.000000000 +0100
+++ microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.c	2003-09-01 17:53:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 #define MICROCODE_DEVICE_DEFAULT	"/dev/cpu/microcode"
 #define MICROCODE_FILE_DEFAULT		"/etc/microcode.dat"
 
-/* yuck */
-#ifndef MICROCODE_IOCFREE
-#define MICROCODE_IOCFREE _IO('6',0)
-#endif
-
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
@@ -54,37 +49,10 @@
 			"  -h 		this usage message\n"
 			"  -q 		run silently when successful\n"
 			"  -Q 		run silently even on failure\n"
-			"  -i 		release any buffers held in microcode driver\n"
 			"  -u		upload microcode (default filename:\"%s\"\n"
 			"  -f		upload microcode from named Intel formatted file\n\n", progname, MICROCODE_FILE_DEFAULT);
 }
 
-static int do_ioctl(char *device, int cmd)
-{
-	int fd;
-	int error = 0;
-
-	fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		if(print_error_messages)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: open(%s), errno=%d (%s)\n",
-				progname, device, errno, strerror(errno));
-		
-		return errno;
-	}
-	if (ioctl(fd, cmd, 0) == -1) {
-		if(print_error_messages)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s: ioctl(cmd=%d), errno=%d (%s)\n",
-				progname, cmd, errno, strerror(errno));
-		error = 2;
-	}
-	(void)close(fd);
-	if(!error && print_normal_messages)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: microcode buffers released\n", progname);
-
-	return error;
-}
-
 /* 
  * The update has two stages; 
  * a) read in the Intel microcode file and convert it into a format suitable
@@ -167,7 +135,7 @@
 	int c;
 	static char device[2048];
 	static char filename[2048];
-	int upload=0, freeflag=0;
+	int upload=0;
 	int return_code;
 
 	progname = argv[0];
@@ -199,10 +167,6 @@
 				strcpy(device, optarg);
 				break;
 
-			case 'i': /* send the ioctl to free the buffers */
-				freeflag++;
-				break;
-
 			case 'u': /* do a microcode upload */
 				upload++;
 				break;
@@ -222,10 +186,7 @@
 		if((return_code = do_update(device, filename)))
 			exit(return_code);
 		
-	if (freeflag)
-		exit(do_ioctl(device, MICROCODE_IOCFREE));
-			
-	if(!upload && !freeflag)
+	if(!upload)
 		usage();
 
 	return 0;
diff -urN microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.start microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.start
--- microcode_ctl-1.06-orig/microcode_ctl.start	2001-06-11 15:34:08.000000000 +0100
+++ microcode_ctl-1.06/microcode_ctl.start	2003-09-01 17:53:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # VERBOSE		put yes/no (case sensitive) to verbose or to be quiet
 
 DEVICE=/dev/cpu/microcode
-ARGUMENTS=-Qui
+ARGUMENTS=-Qu
 RETVAL=0
 
 # Sort out the executable to run.