diff --git a/kexec-tools-exclude-gart.diff b/kexec-tools-exclude-gart.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca1223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec-tools-exclude-gart.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+Signed-off-by: Chandru S <chandru@in.ibm.com>
+---
+
+---
+ kexec/arch/x86_64/crashdump-x86_64.c |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
+ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/kexec/arch/x86_64/crashdump-x86_64.c
++++ b/kexec/arch/x86_64/crashdump-x86_64.c
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static struct crash_elf_info elf_info =
+ };
+ 
+ /* Forward Declaration. */
+-static int exclude_crash_reserve_region(int *nr_ranges);
++static int exclude_region(int *nr_ranges, uint64_t start, uint64_t end);
+ 
+ #define KERN_VADDR_ALIGN	0x100000	/* 1MB */
+ 
+@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ static struct memory_range crash_reserve
+ static int get_crash_memory_ranges(struct memory_range **range, int *ranges)
+ {
+ 	const char *iomem= proc_iomem();
+-	int memory_ranges = 0;
++	int memory_ranges = 0, gart = 0;
+ 	char line[MAX_LINE];
+ 	FILE *fp;
+ 	unsigned long long start, end;
++	uint64_t gart_start = 0, gart_end = 0;
+ 
+ 	fp = fopen(iomem, "r");
+ 	if (!fp) {
+@@ -219,6 +220,11 @@ static int get_crash_memory_ranges(struc
+ 			type = RANGE_ACPI;
+ 		} else if(memcmp(str,"ACPI Non-volatile Storage\n",26) == 0 ) {
+ 			type = RANGE_ACPI_NVS;
++		} else if (memcmp(str, "GART\n", 5) == 0) {
++			gart_start = start;
++			gart_end = end;
++			gart = 1;
++			continue;
+ 		} else {
+ 			continue;
+ 		}
+@@ -233,8 +239,14 @@ static int get_crash_memory_ranges(struc
+ 		memory_ranges++;
+ 	}
+ 	fclose(fp);
+-	if (exclude_crash_reserve_region(&memory_ranges) < 0)
++	if (exclude_region(&memory_ranges, crash_reserved_mem.start,
++				crash_reserved_mem.end) < 0)
+ 		return -1;
++	if (gart) {
++		/* exclude GART region if the system has one */
++		if (exclude_region(&memory_ranges, gart_start, gart_end) < 0)
++			return -1;
++	}
+ 	*range = crash_memory_range;
+ 	*ranges = memory_ranges;
+ #ifdef DEBUG
+@@ -252,32 +264,27 @@ static int get_crash_memory_ranges(struc
+ /* Removes crash reserve region from list of memory chunks for whom elf program
+  * headers have to be created. Assuming crash reserve region to be a single
+  * continuous area fully contained inside one of the memory chunks */
+-static int exclude_crash_reserve_region(int *nr_ranges)
++static int exclude_region(int *nr_ranges, uint64_t start, uint64_t end)
+ {
+ 	int i, j, tidx = -1;
+-	unsigned long long cstart, cend;
+ 	struct memory_range temp_region;
+ 
+-	/* Crash reserved region. */
+-	cstart = crash_reserved_mem.start;
+-	cend = crash_reserved_mem.end;
+-
+ 	for (i = 0; i < (*nr_ranges); i++) {
+ 		unsigned long long mstart, mend;
+ 		mstart = crash_memory_range[i].start;
+ 		mend = crash_memory_range[i].end;
+-		if (cstart < mend && cend > mstart) {
+-			if (cstart != mstart && cend != mend) {
++		if (start < mend && end > mstart) {
++			if (start != mstart && end != mend) {
+ 				/* Split memory region */
+-				crash_memory_range[i].end = cstart - 1;
+-				temp_region.start = cend + 1;
++				crash_memory_range[i].end = start - 1;
++				temp_region.start = end + 1;
+ 				temp_region.end = mend;
+ 				temp_region.type = RANGE_RAM;
+ 				tidx = i+1;
+-			} else if (cstart != mstart)
+-				crash_memory_range[i].end = cstart - 1;
++			} else if (start != mstart)
++				crash_memory_range[i].end = start - 1;
+ 			else
+-				crash_memory_range[i].start = cend + 1;
++				crash_memory_range[i].start = end + 1;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	/* Insert split memory region, if any. */
diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 7c5105e..2707e38 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 09 17:10:10 CET 2008 - bwalle@suse.de
+
+- Exclude GART memory from regions that must be written to the
+  dump file (bnc #457612).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 26 10:05:49 CET 2008 - bwalle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 0230cb4..6fb78ef 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PreReq:         %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        Tools for fast kernel loading
 Version:        2.0.0
-Release:        47
+Release:        48
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        kexec-bootloader
 Source2:        kexec-bootloader.8.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Patch12:        %{name}-spell.diff
 Patch13:        %{name}-xen-static.diff
 Patch14:        %{name}-proc-iomem-xen.diff
 Patch15:        %{name}-parse-iomem-single-warning.diff
+Patch16:        %{name}-exclude-gart.diff
 Url:            http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch13 -p1
 %patch14 -p1
 %patch15 -p1
+%patch16 -p1
 
 %build
 %{?suse_update_config -f}
@@ -163,6 +165,9 @@ install -m 0755 kexec.init ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/etc/init.d/kexec
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 09 2008 bwalle@suse.de
+- Exclude GART memory from regions that must be written to the
+  dump file (bnc #457612).
 * Wed Nov 26 2008 bwalle@suse.de
 - Fix compile warning.
 * Mon Nov 24 2008 bwalle@suse.de