Index: makedumpfile-1.5.9/debian/kdump-config
===================================================================
--- makedumpfile-1.5.9.orig/debian/kdump-config
+++ makedumpfile-1.5.9/debian/kdump-config
@@ -48,7 +48,14 @@ KDUMP_COREDIR=${KDUMP_COREDIR:=/var/cras
 KDUMP_DUMP_DMESG=${KDUMP_DUMP_DMESG:=1}
 KDUMP_DIR="/var/lib/kdump"
 MAKEDUMP_ARGS=${MAKEDUMP_ARGS:="-c -d 31"}
-KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND=${KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND:="irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service"}
+case "$ARCH" in 
+	ppc64*)
+		KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND=${KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND:="irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service noirqdistrib"}
+	;;
+	*)
+		KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND=${KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND:="irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service"}
+	;;
+esac
 KDUMP_KERNEL_HOOK="/etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools"
 [ -d $KDUMP_COREDIR ] || mkdir -p $KDUMP_COREDIR ;
 
Index: makedumpfile-1.5.9/debian/kdump-tools.default
===================================================================
--- makedumpfile-1.5.9.orig/debian/kdump-tools.default
+++ makedumpfile-1.5.9/debian/kdump-tools.default
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ KDUMP_COREDIR="/var/crash"
 #     Set this variable to override /proc/cmdline.
 # KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND - Additional arguments to append to the command line 
 #     for the kdump kernel.  If unset, it defaults to "irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb"
+# for all architectures except ppc64le, in which "noirqdistrib" is appended to
+# the string above.
 #KDUMP_KEXEC_ARGS=""
 #KDUMP_CMDLINE=""
 #KDUMP_CMDLINE_APPEND="irqpoll maxcpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service"