--- mkinitrd.orig	2005-08-24 18:21:04.000000000 +0530
+++ mkinitrd	2005-08-24 18:22:17.000000000 +0530
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ Options:
   -m command  Set the command to make an initrd image.
   -o outfile  Write to outfile.
   -r root     Override ROOT setting in mkinitrd.conf.
+  -c dump_device  Copy dump to this device
+  -f dump_dev_fs  Filesystem on the dump device
 
 See mkinitrd(8) for further details.
 EOF
@@ -1121,8 +1123,11 @@ gendir() {
 		echo 'unix 2> /dev/null'
 		echo '. swsusp 2> /dev/null' >&7
 	} >&3
-	[ -z "$ROOT" ] || probe
+	[ -z "$ROOT" -o $kdump_capture -eq 1 ] || probe
 
+	if [ $kdump_capture -eq 1 ]; then	
+		getroot $dump_dev
+	fi
 	exec 3>&- 4>&- 5>&- 6>&-
 
 	mkdir initrd
@@ -1207,6 +1212,7 @@ gendir() {
 			/bin/mount /bin/umount \
 			/sbin/pivot_root /bin/cat /bin/mknod \
 			/usr/sbin/chroot /bin/uname \
+			$([ $kdump_capture -eq 1 ] && find /bin /sbin -name dd  && find /bin /sbin -name reboot) \
 			`command -v stat` $readlink \
 			`cat "$@" exe`
 		do
@@ -1279,10 +1285,17 @@ gendir() {
 	esac
 
 	cd initrd
-	mkdir -p dev2 devfs etc keyscripts mnt proc scripts sys tmp var
+	mkdir -p dev2 devfs etc keyscripts mnt proc scripts sys tmp var `[ $kdump_capture -eq 1 ] && echo 'dump'`
 
 	> etc/mtab
 
+	if [ $kdump_capture -eq 1 -a ! -b "${dump_dev#/}" ]; then
+                dump_maj=$(ls -l $dump_dev | cut -d " " -f 6 | cut -d "," -f 1)
+                dump_min=$(ls -l $dump_dev | cut -d " "  -f 7)
+		dev_type=$(ls -l $dump_dev | cut -c 1)
+		mknod "${dump_dev#/}" $dev_type $dump_maj $dump_min 
+		DEVLINKS="$DEVLINKS ${dump_dev#/dev/}"
+	fi
 	devices=
 	for i in \
 		cciss ida ide scsi md mapper $DEVLINKS
@@ -1301,15 +1314,28 @@ gendir() {
 	fi
 	INITRDDIR=$dir/initrd MODULEDIR=$MODULEDIR VERSION=$VERSION \
 		run-parts "$CONFDIR"/scripts
+
+	if [ $kdump_capture -eq 1 ]; then
+		echo "mount -t $dump_fs $dump_dev /dump
+echo Copying the dump
+dd if=/proc/vmcore of=/dump/dumpfile
+umount /dump
+echo Rebooting the system
+reboot -f" >> script
+	fi
 }
 
 ORIGDIR=`pwd`
 PROG="$0"
 
+dump_dev=""
+dump_fs=""
+kdump_capture=0
+
 CONFDIR=/etc/mkinitrd
 unset keep croot cmkimage out || :
 
-while getopts "d:km:o:r:" flag; do
+while getopts "d:km:o:r:c:f:" flag; do
 	case $flag in
 	d)
 		CONFDIR="$OPTARG"
@@ -1332,6 +1358,12 @@ while getopts "d:km:o:r:" flag; do
 	r)
 		croot=$OPTARG
 		;;
+	c)
+		dump_dev=$OPTARG
+		;;
+	f)
+		dump_fs=$OPTARG
+		;;
 	*)
 		usage
 		;;
@@ -1343,6 +1375,20 @@ if ! [ $out ] || [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
 	usage
 fi
 
+if [  -z "$dump_dev" -a  -z "$dump_fs" ]; then
+	kdump_capture=0
+elif [ -z "$dump_dev" -a ! -z "$dump_fs" ]; then
+	echo 'Please specify a dump device'
+	usage
+	exit 1
+elif [ ! -z "$dump_dev" -a  -z "$dump_fs" ]; then
+	echo 'Please specify a filesystem for the dump device'
+	usage
+	exit 1
+else
+	kdump_capture=1
+fi
+
 VERSION=$1
 [ $# -gt 0 ] || unset VERSION
 case $VERSION in