diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c b/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
index 091d5d1..48ff56b 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
+#define DEBUG 1
 #include <xen/config.h>
 #include <xen/cpu.h>
 #include <xen/lib.h>
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ void __init microcode_scan_module(
         cd = find_cpio_data(p, _blob_start, _blob_size, &offset /* ignore */);
         if ( cd.data )
         {
+                printk("microcode payload @%d found (%ld)\n", i, cd.size);
                 /*
                  * This is an arbitrary check - it would be sad if the blob
                  * consumed most of the memory and did not allow guests
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ void __init microcode_scan_module(
                     cd.data = NULL;
                 else
                     memcpy(ucode_blob.data, cd.data, cd.size);
-        }
+        } else
+            printk("payload %d - nope\n", i);
         bootmap(NULL);
         if ( cd.data )
             break;
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
index b54cd71..0445cca 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/microcode_intel.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/microcode.h>
 
-#define pr_debug(x...) ((void)0)
+#define pr_debug(x...) printk(x)
 
 struct microcode_header_intel {
     unsigned int hdrver;