#define UCODE_EQUIV_CPU_TABLE_TYPE 0x00000000
 #define UCODE_UCODE_TYPE           0x00000001
 
+const struct firmware *firmware;
+
 struct equiv_cpu_entry {
        u32     installed_cpu;
        u32     fixed_errata_mask;
 
 static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 {
-       const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
-       const struct firmware *firmware;
        enum ucode_state ret;
 
-       if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device)) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+       if (firmware == NULL)
                return UCODE_NFOUND;
-       }
 
        if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
 
        ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
-       release_firmware(firmware);
-
        return ret;
 }
 
        uci->mc = NULL;
 }
 
+void init_microcode_amd(struct device *device)
+{
+       const char *fw_name = "amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin";
+       if (request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device))
+               printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: failed to load file %s\n", fw_name);
+}
+
+void fini_microcode_amd(void)
+{
+       release_firmware(firmware);
+}
+
 static struct microcode_ops microcode_amd_ops = {
+       .init                             = init_microcode_amd,
+       .fini                             = fini_microcode_amd,
        .request_microcode_user           = request_microcode_user,
        .request_microcode_fw             = request_microcode_fw,
        .collect_cpu_info                 = collect_cpu_info_amd,
 
                return PTR_ERR(microcode_pdev);
        }
 
+       if (microcode_ops->init)
+               microcode_ops->init(µcode_pdev->dev);
+
        get_online_cpus();
        mutex_lock(µcode_mutex);
 
 
        platform_device_unregister(microcode_pdev);
 
+       if (microcode_ops->fini)
+               microcode_ops->fini();
+
        microcode_ops = NULL;
 
        pr_info("Microcode Update Driver: v" MICROCODE_VERSION " removed.\n");