Add a patch to make the boot a bit quieter

grub-2.00-quiet-boot.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+From 2736f156ba9977bb59f42d6c206a22429dad3daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fedora Ninjas <grub2-owner@fedoraproject.org>
+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/boot/i386/pc/boot.S     |  3 ---
+ grub-core/boot/i386/pc/diskboot.S |  5 -----
+ grub-core/gettext/gettext.c       | 14 --------------
+ grub-core/kern/main.c             |  5 -----
+ util/grub.d/10_linux.in           |  6 ------
+ 5 files changed, 33 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
+index c0880c6..f45b982 100644
+--- a/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
++++ b/grub-core/boot/i386/pc/boot.S
+@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ 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 d030a14..a494d02 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/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+index 569f985..fa32ced 100644
+--- a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
++++ b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+@@ -422,13 +422,9 @@ grub_gettext_env_write_lang (struct grub_env_var *var
+   grub_err_t 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);
+ }
+@@ -440,8 +436,6 @@ grub_gettext_reread_prefix (const char *val)
+   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&main_context, grub_env_get ("lang"), 
+ 			       grub_env_get ("locale_dir"),
+ 			       val);
+-  if (err)
+-    grub_print_error ();
+ }
+ 
+ static char *
+@@ -451,8 +445,6 @@ read_main (struct grub_env_var *var
+   grub_err_t 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);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -463,8 +455,6 @@ read_secondary (struct grub_env_var *var
+   grub_err_t err;
+   err = grub_gettext_init_ext (&secondary_context, grub_env_get ("lang"), val,
+ 			       0);
+-  if (err)
+-    grub_print_error ();
+ 
+   return grub_strdup (val);
+ }
+@@ -491,12 +481,8 @@ GRUB_MOD_INIT (gettext)
+ 
+   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 8ab7794..da47b18 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/util/grub.d/10_linux.in b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+index d7ea670..83b0c70 100644
+--- a/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
++++ b/util/grub.d/10_linux.in
+@@ -132,10 +132,8 @@ linux_entry ()
+     fi
+     printf '%s\n' "${prepare_boot_cache}" | sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/"
+   fi
+-  message="$(gettext_printf "Loading Linux %s ..." ${version})"
+   if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
+     sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
+-	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
+ 	linuxefi ${rel_dirname}/${basename} root=${linux_root_device_thisversion} ro ${args}
+ EOF
+   else
+@@ -145,16 +143,12 @@ EOF
+ EOF
+   fi
+   if test -n "${initrd}" ; then
+-    # TRANSLATORS: ramdisk isn't identifier. Should be translated.
+-    message="$(gettext_printf "Loading initial ramdisk ...")"
+     if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
+       sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
+-	echo	'$(echo "$message" | grub_quote)'
+ 	initrdefi ${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
+ EOF
+     else
+       sed "s/^/$submenu_indentation/" << EOF
+-	echo	'$message'
+ 	initrd	${rel_dirname}/${initrd}
+ EOF
+     fi
+-- 
+1.8.2.1
+
+

grub2.spec

@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ Patch0363: 0363-Move-bash-completion-script-922997.patch
 Patch0364: 0002-configure.ac-Don-t-use-extended-registers-on-x86_64.patch
 Patch0365: 0003-configure.ac-Don-t-disable-extended-registers-on-emu.patch
 Patch0366: 0004-conf-Makefile.common-Poison-float-and-double-on-non-.patch
+Patch0367: grub-2.00-quiet-boot.patch
 
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