diff --git a/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.init b/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 923fa1f35..000000000
--- a/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../microcode_ctl/microcode.init
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-#
-# Desc: Upload microcode-updates on Intel (no AMD) CPUs
-# Runlevel: 02 rcX rc1 rc2 rc3 rc4 rc5
-#
-
-grep -q GenuineIntel /proc/cpuinfo || exit 0
-[ "$1" = stop ] && exit 0
-
-main_begin
-
-    block_begin(start, `Uploading CPU microcode update.')
-	modprobe -q microcode 2> /dev/null
-	check(`microcode_ctl -q -u')
-    block_end
-
-main_end
-
diff --git a/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.sid b/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.sid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac2221a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x86/microcode_ctl/microcode.sid
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+; --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+; This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+; 
+; Filename: package/.../microcode_ctl/microcode.sid
+; Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+; 
+; More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+; 
+; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+; the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+; GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+; --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+[general]
+type=config
+prio=02
+runlevel=1 2 3 4 5
+desc=Intel CPU microcode update
+run=D_sbindir/microcode_ctl
+runmode=block
+runopt=-q -u
+
+[common]
+grep -q GenuineIntel /proc/cpuinfo || exit 0
+
+[pre-start]
+modprobe -q microcode 2> /dev/null