Comment # 2 on bug 1202351 from Jiri Bohac

(In reply to Antonio Feijoo from comment #1)
> I also found references to mkinitrd in mkdumprd and the USE_MKINITRD config
> option, although it is not required by the kdump package. Does kdump need
> some tweaking too?

yes, the mkdumprd script needs tweaking

kdumptool, on the other hand does not - the string "mkinitrd" and USE_MKINITRD
just define which kdump options are applicable for which part kdumptool's job;
"initrd" refers to the phase where the kdump initramfs is being build,
regardless of which program is used to do so.