diff -urN oldtree/arch/i386/Kconfig newtree/arch/i386/Kconfig
--- oldtree/arch/i386/Kconfig	2006-07-05 10:06:57.000000000 -0400
+++ newtree/arch/i386/Kconfig	2006-07-12 18:27:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -399,9 +399,9 @@
 
 config MICROCODE
 	tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
+	select FW_LOADER
 	---help---
-	  If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
-	  'File systems' section, you will be able to update the microcode on
+	  If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on
 	  Intel processors in the IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
 	  Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc.  You will obviously need the
 	  actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the
diff -urN oldtree/arch/x86_64/Kconfig newtree/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
--- oldtree/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-07-05 10:06:57.000000000 -0400
+++ newtree/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-07-12 18:27:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
 
 config MICROCODE
 	tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel CPU microcode support"
+       select FW_LOADER
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here the 'File systems' section, you will be
 	  able to update the microcode on Intel processors. You will