diff -purN u-boot/common/console.c u-boot.silent/common/console.c
--- u-boot/common/console.c	2003-10-16 01:53:50.000000000 +0200
+++ u-boot.silent/common/console.c	2003-12-15 10:37:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ void putc (const char c)
 {
 	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
+	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_SILENT)
+		return(0);
+#endif
+
 	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_DEVINIT) {
 		/* Send to the standard output */
 		fputc (stdout, c);
@@ -204,6 +209,11 @@ void puts (const char *s)
 {
 	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
+	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_SILENT)
+		return;
+#endif
+
 	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_DEVINIT) {
 		/* Send to the standard output */
 		fputs (stdout, s);
diff -purN u-boot/doc/README.silent u-boot.silent/doc/README.silent
--- u-boot/doc/README.silent	2003-10-10 12:05:42.000000000 +0200
+++ u-boot.silent/doc/README.silent	2003-12-15 10:54:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ The following actions are taken if "sile
 
  - Until the console devices have been initialized, output has to be
    suppressed by testing for the flag "GD_FLG_SILENT" in "gd->flags".
-   Currently only the messages for the TRAB board are handled in this
-   way.
 
  - When the console devices have been initialized, "stdout" and
    "stderr" are set to "nulldev", so subsequent messages are
diff -purN u-boot/lib_arm/board.c u-boot.silent/lib_arm/board.c
--- u-boot/lib_arm/board.c	2003-12-07 01:46:27.000000000 +0100
+++ u-boot.silent/lib_arm/board.c	2003-12-15 10:39:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -115,13 +115,6 @@ static int init_baudrate (void)
 
 static int display_banner (void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
-	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-
-	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_SILENT)
-		return (0);
-#endif
-
 	printf ("\n\n%s\n\n", version_string);
 	printf ("U-Boot code: %08lX -> %08lX  BSS: -> %08lX\n",
 		_armboot_start, _armboot_end_data, _armboot_end);
@@ -148,11 +141,6 @@ static int display_dram_config (void)
 	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 	int i;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
-	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_SILENT)
-		return (0);
-#endif
-
 	puts ("RAM Configuration:\n");
 
 	for(i=0; i<CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS; i++) {
@@ -165,12 +153,6 @@ static int display_dram_config (void)
 
 static void display_flash_config (ulong size)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
-	DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
-
-	if (gd->flags & GD_FLG_SILENT)
-		return;
-#endif
 	puts ("Flash: ");
 	print_size (size, "\n");
 }