grub2/SOURCES/0030-Don-t-write-messages-to-the-screen.patch

From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Jon McCann <william.jon.mccann@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 13:30:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Don't write messages to the screen

Writing messages to the screen before the menus or boot splash
happens so quickly it looks like something is wrong and isn't
very appealing.
---
 grub-core/gettext/gettext.c       | 25 +++++--------------------
 grub-core/kern/main.c             |  5 -----
 grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S     |  3 ---
 grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S |  5 -----
 util/grub.d/10_linux.in           |  7 -------
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
index 4880cefe3..b22e1bcc9 100644
--- a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+++ b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
@@ -434,16 +434,12 @@ static char *
 grub_gettext_env_write_lang (struct grub_env_var *var
 			     __attribute__ ((unused)), const char *val)
 {
-  grub_err_t err;
+  grub_err_t __attribute__((__unused__)) err;
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&main_context, val, grub_env_get ("locale_dir"),
 			       grub_env_get ("prefix"));
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
 
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&secondary_context, val,
 			       grub_env_get ("secondary_locale_dir"), 0);
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
 
   return grub_strdup (val);
 }
@@ -451,23 +447,19 @@ grub_gettext_env_write_lang (struct grub_env_var *var
 void
 grub_gettext_reread_prefix (const char *val)
 {
-  grub_err_t err;
+  grub_err_t __attribute__((__unused__)) err;
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&main_context, grub_env_get ("lang"), 
 			       grub_env_get ("locale_dir"),
 			       val);
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
 }
 
 static char *
 read_main (struct grub_env_var *var
 	   __attribute__ ((unused)), const char *val)
 {
-  grub_err_t err;
+  grub_err_t __attribute__((__unused__)) err;
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&main_context, grub_env_get ("lang"), val,
 			       grub_env_get ("prefix"));
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
   return grub_strdup (val);
 }
 
@@ -475,12 +467,9 @@ static char *
 read_secondary (struct grub_env_var *var
 		__attribute__ ((unused)), const char *val)
 {
-  grub_err_t err;
+  grub_err_t __attribute__((__unused__)) err;
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&secondary_context, grub_env_get ("lang"), val,
 			       0);
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
-
   return grub_strdup (val);
 }
 
@@ -500,18 +489,14 @@ grub_cmd_translate (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
 GRUB_MOD_INIT (gettext)
 {
   const char *lang;
-  grub_err_t err;
+  grub_err_t __attribute__((__unused__)) err;
 
   lang = grub_env_get ("lang");
 
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&main_context, lang, grub_env_get ("locale_dir"),
 			       grub_env_get ("prefix"));
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&secondary_context, lang,
 			       grub_env_get ("secondary_locale_dir"), 0);
-  if (err)
-    grub_print_error ();
 
   grub_register_variable_hook ("locale_dir", NULL, read_main);
   grub_register_variable_hook ("secondary_locale_dir", NULL, read_secondary);
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/main.c b/grub-core/kern/main.c
index 8ab7794c4..da47b18b5 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/main.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/main.c
@@ -268,11 +268,6 @@ grub_main (void)
 
   grub_boot_time ("After machine init.");
 
-  /* Hello.  */
-  grub_setcolorstate (GRUB_TERM_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT);
-  grub_printf ("Welcome to GRUB!\n\n");
-  grub_setcolorstate (GRUB_TERM_COLOR_STANDARD);
-
   grub_load_config ();
 
   grub_boot_time ("Before loading embedded modules.");
diff --git a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
index 2bd0b2d28..ea167fe12 100644
--- a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
+++ b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ real_start:
 	/* save drive reference first thing! */
 	pushw	%dx
 
-	/* print a notification message on the screen */
-	MSG(notification_string)
-
 	/* set %si to the disk address packet */
 	movw	$disk_address_packet, %si
 
diff --git a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
index c1addc0df..68d31de0c 100644
--- a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
+++ b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ _start:
 	/* save drive reference first thing! */
 	pushw	%dx
 
-	/* print a notification message on the screen */
-	pushw	%si
-	MSG(notification_string)
-	popw	%si
-
 	/* this sets up for the first run through "bootloop" */
 	movw	$LOCAL(firstlist), %di
 
diff --git a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
index 233754ff2..3a5aa0f8d 100644
--- a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+++ b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
@@ -138,27 +138,20 @@ linux_entry ()
     fi
     printf '%s\n' "${prepare_boot_cache}" | sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/"
   fi
-  message="$(gettext_printf "Loading Linux %s ..." ${version})"
   sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
-	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
 	linux	${rel_dirname}/${basename} root=${linux_root_device_thisversion} ro ${args}
 EOF
   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
-    # TRANSLATORS: ramdisk isn't identifier. Should be translated.
-    message="$(gettext_printf "Loading initial ramdisk ...")"
     initrd_path=
     for i in ${initrd}; do
       initrd_path="${initrd_path} ${rel_dirname}/${i}"
     done
     sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
-	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
 	initrd	$(echo $initrd_path)
 EOF
   fi
   if test -n "${fdt}" ; then
-    message="$(gettext_printf "Loading fdt ...")"
     sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
-	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
 	devicetree	${rel_dirname}/${fdt}
 EOF
   fi