diff --git a/0016-automatically-add-console-to-bootline-when-not-exist.patch b/0016-automatically-add-console-to-bootline-when-not-exist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a77976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0016-automatically-add-console-to-bootline-when-not-exist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+From 838ea5b6076ba27c6d20c6370ff0a996acaa5eec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:54:57 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 16/17] automatically add console= to bootline when not
+ existing
+
+if there is a console variable in the u-boot environment and not one on
+the append line from syslinux config add what is in the environment to
+the bootargs, allows us to not need  to modify the config in a disk image
+---
+ common/cmd_pxe.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/common/cmd_pxe.c b/common/cmd_pxe.c
+index 9c43e63..eb5f9c3 100644
+--- a/common/cmd_pxe.c
++++ b/common/cmd_pxe.c
+@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ static int label_boot(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, struct pxe_label *label)
+ 	char initrd_str[22];
+ 	char mac_str[29] = "";
+ 	char ip_str[68] = "";
++	char console[30] = "";
+ 	char *bootargs;
+ 	int bootm_argc = 3;
+ 	int len = 0;
+@@ -665,8 +666,21 @@ static int label_boot(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, struct pxe_label *label)
+ 	}
+ #endif
+ 
+-	if (label->append)
++	if (label->append) {
+ 		len += strlen(label->append);
++		/* check for a console line in the boot args passed in from the
++		 * config file. If there is no console line and the enviornment
++		 * has a console variable add it to the bootargs
++		 */
++		if ( !strstr(label->append, "console=") ) {
++		      printf("no console= \n");
++			if (getenv("console")) {
++				sprintf(console, " console=%s",
++					getenv("console"));
++				len += strlen(console);
++			}
++		}
++	}
+ 
+ 	if (len) {
+ 		bootargs = malloc(len + 1);
+@@ -675,6 +689,8 @@ static int label_boot(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, struct pxe_label *label)
+ 		bootargs[0] = '\0';
+ 		if (label->append)
+ 			strcpy(bootargs, label->append);
++		if (strlen(console) > 0)
++			strcat(bootargs, console);
+ 		strcat(bootargs, ip_str);
+ 		strcat(bootargs, mac_str);
+ 
+-- 
+1.9.0
+
diff --git a/0017-make-bootdelay-match-the-generic-distro-default.patch b/0017-make-bootdelay-match-the-generic-distro-default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40842d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0017-make-bootdelay-match-the-generic-distro-default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 84f7df44e38f8d721e17a585b95dce4027062ada Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:58:49 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 17/17] make bootdelay match the generic distro default
+
+---
+ include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+index 656d939..679b278 100644
+--- a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
++++ b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
+ /*
+  * Default to a quick boot delay.
+  */
+-#define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY		1
++#define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY		2
+ 
+ /*
+  * DDR information.  If the CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS is not defined,
+-- 
+1.9.0
+
diff --git a/uboot-tools.spec b/uboot-tools.spec
index ada5ceb..e630ab0 100644
--- a/uboot-tools.spec
+++ b/uboot-tools.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           uboot-tools
 Version:        2014.04
-Release:        1%{?candidate:.%{candidate}}%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?candidate:.%{candidate}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        U-Boot utilities
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Patch21:        0012-cleanup-duplicate-options-in-paz00-config.patch
 Patch22:        0013-add-hackish-utilite-build-based-on-wandboard.patch
 Patch23:        0014-add-to-ti_armv7_common.h-generic-distro-environment-.patch
 Patch24:        0015-omap4-buildfixes.patch
+Patch25:        0016-automatically-add-console-to-bootline-when-not-exist.patch
+Patch26         0017-make-bootdelay-match-the-generic-distro-default.patch
 
 %ifnarch %{arm}
 BuildRequires:  gcc-arm-linux-gnu
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ u-boot bootloader binaries for armv7 boards
 %patch22 -p1
 %patch23 -p1
 %patch24 -p1
+%patch25 -p1
+%patch26 -p1
 
 mkdir builds
 # convert fedora logo to bmp for use in u-boot
@@ -355,6 +359,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 23 2014 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 2014.04-2
+- automatically add console line from u-boot environment to bootargs
+- when there is no console argument in the extlinux.conf file
+
 * Mon Apr 21 2014 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 2014.04-1
 - update to final 2014.04
 - put all images into a single rpm