--- kexec-tools-2.0.1/debian/kdump.init.d	2011-05-04 14:39:06.000000000 -0600
+++ /etc/init.d/kdump	2011-05-04 15:59:47.508741393 -0600
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
 
+# source the config file if it exists
+test -r /etc/kdump.conf && . /etc/kdump.conf
 KVER="`uname -r`"
+[ -z $KDUMP_KERNEL ] || KVER=$KDUMP_KERNEL
+
 KERNEL_IMAGE="/boot/vmlinuz-$KVER"
 INITRD="/boot/initrd.img-$KVER"
 VMCORE="/boot/vmcoreinfo-$KVER"
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@
 
 	# Append kdump_needed for initramfs to know what to do, and add
 	# maxcpus=1 to keep things sane.
-	APPEND="$APPEND kdump_needed maxcpus=1 irqpoll reset_devices"
+	APPEND="$APPEND kdump_needed=`uname -r` maxcpus=1 irqpoll reset_devices"
 
 	# --elf32-core-headers is needed for 32-bit systems (ok
 	# for 64-bit ones too).
--- kexec-tools-2.0.1/debian/kdump.initramfs	2011-05-04 14:39:06.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom/0_kdump	2011-05-04 15:33:19.796620476 -0600
@@ -13,16 +13,27 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
+# Check that this is a kexec kernel.
+grep -q kdump_needed /proc/cmdline || exit 0
+
+# since KDUMP_NEEDED is not exported via init script
+for x in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
+	case $x in
+	kdump_needed=*)
+		KDUMP_NEEDED="${x#kdump_needed=}"
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
 KVER="`uname -r`"
+[ -z $KDUMP_NEEDED ] || KVER=$KDUMP_NEEDED
+
 INFO="$rootmnt/boot/vmcoreinfo-$KVER"
 CRASHFILE="$rootmnt/var/crash/vmcore"
 MAKEDUMPFILE="$rootmnt/usr/bin/makedumpfile"
 LOG="$rootmnt/var/crash/vmcore.log"
 VMCORE="/proc/vmcore"
 
-# Check that this is a kexec kernel.
-grep -q kdump_needed /proc/cmdline || exit 0
-
 # Make sure makedumpfile assumptions are satisfied.
 test -e $INFO || exit 0
 test -x $MAKEDUMPFILE || exit 0
@@ -38,8 +49,8 @@
 #
 $MAKEDUMPFILE -E -d 31 -i $INFO $VMCORE $CRASHFILE > $LOG 2>&1 || \
 	rm -f $CRASHFILE
-
 chmod 400 $CRASHFILE
+echo dump kernel $KVER >> $LOG
 
 mount $rootmnt -o remount,ro
 reboot