bash scripts: Make script output more user-friendly

27 files changed, 141 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts
index f84cd583..80fe3a83 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/bucts
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ set -u -e
 # clean bucts
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of bucts\n"
+
 cd bucts/
 make clean
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # done. go back to main directory.
 cd ../
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot
index 4af73915..d657aa3a 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/coreboot
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # clean coreboot utilities (dependencies for 'build'):
 # -------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of the utilities in coreboot\n"
+
 cd coreboot/
 
 # ----------------------
@@ -59,4 +61,6 @@ make crossgcc-clean
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom
index 483ce4f6..41f5d284 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/flashrom
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # clean flashrom
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of flashrom\n"
+
 cd flashrom/
 
 make clean
@@ -37,4 +39,6 @@ rm -f flashrom_lenovobios_macronix
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub
index b6e4f136..d59410ac 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/grub
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ set -u -e
 
 cd grub/
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of GRUB\n"
 [[ -f Makefile ]] && make clean
 
 # done. go back to main directoy
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm
index fa9aecf6..ff383e89 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/i945pwm
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ set -u -e
 # clean i945-pwm utility
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of i945-pwm\n"
 cd resources/utilities/i945-pwm
 make clean
 cd ../../../
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob
index f3ee46a7..04d971a7 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/ich9deblob
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ set -u -e
 # clean ich9deblob utility
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of ich9deblob\n"
 cd resources/utilities/ich9deblob/
 make clean
 cd ../../../
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus
index 8d4ede6f..3ad8130a 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/memtest86plus
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # clean memtest86+
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Cleaning the previous build of MemTest86+\n"
+
 cd "memtest86+-5.01"/
 
 make clean
@@ -34,4 +36,6 @@ make clean
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images
index 592b111e..02833c33 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/clean/rom_images
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ set -u -e
 # delete the bin/ directory
 rm -rf bin/
 
+printf "Deleted the bin/ directory containing the ROM images.\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/external/source b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/external/source
index 74cfdb3c..520a0040 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/external/source
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/external/source
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 [ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
 set -u -e
 
+printf "Creating source archive for flashrom and bucts\n"
+
 # delete the old data
 rm -rf tobuild
 rm -f tobuild.tar.xz
@@ -67,3 +69,5 @@ tar -c tobuild | xz -9e >tobuild.tar.xz
 
 # and delete the directory
 rm -rf tobuild/
+
+printf "\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts
index 6c596dd7..34e1a37e 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/bucts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build BUC.TS utility (needed for flashing ROM's on X60/T60 while Lenovo BIOS is running)
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building bucts\n"
+
 cd bucts/
 
 buildtype="unknown"
@@ -50,4 +52,6 @@ fi
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot
index 3060e584..d9083a71 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/coreboot
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build utilities needed in coreboot directory
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building the utilities in coreboot\n"
+
 cd coreboot
 
 # -----------------------------------------
@@ -54,4 +56,6 @@ make crossgcc-i386
 # done. go back to main libreboot_src directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom
index 7fe0fa7d..a6cf6129 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/flashrom
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build "flashrom" (utility for flashing/dumping ROM's)
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building flashrom\n"
+
 cd flashrom/
 
 make clean
@@ -78,5 +80,7 @@ mv flashrom_normal flashrom
 
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub
index 5138b476..73f36e72 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/grub
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build utilies needed for building GRUB payloads
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building GRUB\n"
+
 cd grub/
 
 # clean it first
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ cd grub/
 ./configure --with-platform=coreboot
 make
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm
index c70c37e1..657a7b42 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/i945pwm
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build i945-pwm utility
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building i945-pwm\n"
+
 cd resources/utilities/i945-pwm/
 
 make clean
@@ -36,4 +38,6 @@ make
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../../../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob
index c0941ee3..25cf97b0 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/ich9deblob
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build ich9deblob utility
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building ich9deblob\n"
+
 cd resources/utilities/ich9deblob
 
 # clean it first
@@ -38,4 +40,6 @@ make
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../../../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus
index 0b7686ee..d6f52ef0 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/module/memtest86plus
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ set -u -e
 # Build MemTest86+ payload (for GRUB)
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Building MemTest86+\n"
+
 cd "memtest86+-5.01"/
 
 # clean it first
@@ -38,4 +40,6 @@ make
 # done. go back to main directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/archives b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/archives
index 8b4bfcea..ae49b9ea 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/archives
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/release/archives
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 [ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
 set -u -e
 
+printf "Generating the release archives\n"
+
 arch="unknown"
 if [ $(uname -i) = "i686" ] || [ $(uname -m) = "i686" ]
 	then
@@ -50,8 +52,7 @@ cat .git/refs/heads/master > commitid
 # ### Delete old archives before continuing
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo "Deleting old release archives"
-
+printf "Deleting the old release archives\n"
 rm -f libreboot_*.tar.xz
 rm -f tobuild.tar.xz
 rm -rf release/
@@ -63,9 +64,12 @@ rm -rf libreboot_doc
 # Get manifest which will be used to copy everything
 find -maxdepth 1 > releasefilelist
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Prepare libreboot_src archive ready for release
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Copying libreboot sources to libreboot_src/\n"
 mkdir libreboot_src
 
 for resource in $(cat releasefilelist)
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@ cd libreboot_src/
 # back to main checkout directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Create the release/ directory where the archives will go
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -93,6 +99,8 @@ mkdir release/rom/
 # ### Prepare libreboot_docs archive ready for release
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Creating libreboot_docs.tar.xz\n"
+
 cd release/
 
 mkdir libreboot_docs/
@@ -108,11 +116,15 @@ rm -rf libreboot_docs/
 
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Further work in libreboot_src: delete *.git and *.svn
 # ### To save space since they are not useful in the release archives
 # ### Changes to these projects should be submitted upstream
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+echo "Deleting .git* and .svn* in the modules of libreboot_src/\n"
+
 cd libreboot_src/
 
 # These instructions will also work even if .git or .svn are already deleted
@@ -144,14 +156,20 @@ rm -rf .git
 rm -f .gitignore
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 cd ../
 
 # ### Prepare ROM archives ready for release
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Generating ROM image archives for...\n"
+
 cd bin/
 for board in $(ls)
 do
+	printf "...$board"
+	
 	# show the libreboot commit ID in the archive
 	cat ../commitid > "$board"/commitid
 	
@@ -163,12 +181,18 @@ do
 	
 	# move the ROM images to the release/ directory
 	mv ../libreboot_"$board".tar.xz ../release/rom/
+	
+	printf " OK\n"
 done
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Prepare libreboot_util archive ready for release
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Generating libreboot_util.tar.xz\n"
+
 mkdir libreboot_util
 
 # --------------
@@ -351,6 +375,8 @@ cp resources/scripts/misc/ich9macchange libreboot_util/
 # for changing the GRUB background
 cp resources/scripts/misc/grub-background libreboot_util/
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Create the release tarballs
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -399,8 +425,10 @@ cat commitid > libreboot_src/commitid
 cat commitid > libreboot_util/commitid
 
 # create lzma compressed src archive
+printf "Compressing libreboot_src/ into libreboot_src.tar.xz\n"
 tar -c libreboot_src | xz -9e >libreboot_src.tar.xz
 
+printf "Compressing libreboot_util/ into libreboot_util.tar.xz\n"
 # create lzma compressed util archive
 tar -c libreboot_util | xz -9e >libreboot_util.tar.xz
 
@@ -411,6 +439,8 @@ mv libreboot_util.tar.xz release/
 # Create a symlink to the commitid file, in release/
 cat commitid > release/commitid
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ### Delete the uncompressed release directories
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -424,9 +454,11 @@ rm -rf libreboot_util
 # Move the archive to the release directory
 mv tobuild.tar.xz release/
 
-# DONE. See libreboot_src.tar.xz and libreboot_util.tar.xz
-# NOTE FOR FCHMMR: don't forget to add ARM binaries for flashrom
-# NOTE FOR FCHMMR: don't forget to add i386 binaries for flashrom/bucts
-# The tarball tobuild.tar.xz has been created with everything needed to build these utilities
+printf "Tar archives are stored in release/.\n"
+printf "NOTE: don't forget to add ARM binaries for flashrom.\n"
+printf "NOTE: don't forget to add i386 binaries for flashrom/bucts.\n"
+printf "The archive tobuild.tar.xz has been created with everything needed to build these utilities.\n"
+
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
index d63598d7..983be3df 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/helper
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ if (( $# != 1 )); then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-cd coreboot
+printf "Helper script: build ROM images for '$1'\n"
+
+cd coreboot/
 
 # Build ROM images with text-mode and corebootfb modes.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -113,3 +115,5 @@ mv "$1" ../bin
 # go back to main source directory
 cd ../
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub
index 18cf62e0..9e1ff425 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/build/roms/withgrub
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 [ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
 set -u -e
 
-# Build the ROM images
+printf "Building ROM images with the GRUB payload\n"
 
 if [ ! -d "bin" ]
 then
@@ -103,5 +103,7 @@ rm -f coreboot/grub_txtmode.elf
 # The GRUB configs are no longer needed
 rm -f coreboot/grub*cfg
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts
index 7e3f72d5..ac12d1c1 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/bucts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set -u -e
 # Remove the old version that may exist
 # -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo "DOWNLOADING BUCTS"
+printf "Downloading bucts\n"
 
 rm -rf bucts
 
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ cd bucts
 # Reset to the last commit that was tested
 # -----------------------------------------------------------
 
+printf "Patching bucts to not require git for building\n"
 git reset --hard dc27919d7a66a6e8685ce07c71aefa4f03ef7c07
 git am "../resources/bucts/patch/0001-Makefile-don-t-use-git.patch"
 
 # we're done
 cd ../
 
-echo "BUCTS DOWNLOAD COMPLETE"
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot
index 281d72c4..445c7937 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/coreboot
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 [ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
 set -u -e
 
+printf "Downloading coreboot, patching coreboot and deblobbing coreboot\n"
+
 # This grabs current base used, and applies patches
 # This is also used to run the deblob scripts.
 
@@ -47,39 +49,39 @@ git reset --hard 6532676f9328ca3bd197b714db4f1de23544cbde
 # Get patches from review.coreboot.org
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# Text mode patch for X60 native graphics (main patch already merged in coreboot. See 6723 on coreboot gerrit)
+printf "Text mode patch for X60 native graphics (main patch already merged in coreboot. See 6723 on coreboot gerrit)\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/25/6725/3 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# lenovo/x60: Enable legacy brightness controls (native graphics)
+printf "lenovo/x60: Enable legacy brightness controls (native graphics)\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/48/7048/4 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# Enable T60 native graphics
+printf "Enable T60 native graphics\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/45/5345/9 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
-# Enable text-mode graphics for T60
+printf "Enable text-mode graphics for T60\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/50/7050/2 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
-# lenovo/t60: Enable legacy brightness controls (native graphics)
+printf "lenovo/t60: Enable legacy brightness controls (native graphics)\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/51/7051/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# Enable cstates 1 and 2 on macbook21. This reduces heat / power usage when the system is idle
+printf "Enable cstates 1 and 2 on macbook21. This reduces heat / power usage when the system is idle\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/23/7923/2 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# ec/lenovo/h8: permanently enable wifi/trackpoint/touchpad/bluetooth/wwan
+printf "ec/lenovo/h8: permanently enable wifi/trackpoint/touchpad/bluetooth/wwan\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/58/7058/7 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# i945: permanently set tft_brightness to 0xff. this fixes the issue with X60 and "scrolling" backlight
+printf "i945: permanently set tft_brightness to 0xff. this fixes the issue with X60 and 'scrolling' backlight\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/61/7561/2 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# northbridge/gm45/raminit.c: enable GS45 high-perf (i.e. add X200S support to libreboot)
+printf "northbridge/gm45/raminit.c: enable GS45 high-perf (i.e. add X200S support to libreboot)\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/86/7786/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
-# fix uneven backlight on X200 (when setting brightness low)
+printf "fix uneven backlight on X200 (when setting brightness low)\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/79/7979/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 
-# ThinkPad R400 support. Based on http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/8393/
+printf "ThinkPad R400 support. Based on http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/8393/\n"
 # This diff will be deleted later, and instead the patch will be fetched from coreboot gerrit
 # (and later, it won't even do that, once the R400 support is merged in coreboot)
 git am ../resources/libreboot/patch/r400.diff
 
-# Fix build issue when building coreboot without .git
+printf "Fix build issue when building coreboot without .git\n"
 git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/23/8423/1 && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD
 # TODO: delete the above line, test these commits:
 # http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/8427/
@@ -88,9 +90,7 @@ git fetch http://review.coreboot.org/coreboot refs/changes/23/8423/1 && git cher
 # Run coreboot-libre deblob scripts
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# The git history (git diff command) shows what blobs were deleted 
-# along with the contents of those blobs. This needs to be deleted
-# for libreboot's purposes.
+printf "Deleting .git* in coreboot/ (history inside .git contains the blobs that were deleted)\n"
 rm -rf .git
 rm -f .gitreview
 rm -f .gitmodules
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ rm -f .gitignore
 
 cd ../
 
-# Deblob coreboot
+printf "Deblobbing coreboot\n"
 ./resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
 
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom
index 81e8caed..80a14360 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/flashrom
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set -u -e
 # Remove the old version that may still exist:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo "DOWNLOADING FLASHROM"
+printf "Downloading flashrom\n"
 
 rm -rf flashrom
 
@@ -44,15 +44,17 @@ svn co -r 1858 svn://flashrom.org/flashrom/trunk flashrom
 cd flashrom/
 
 # Add whitelist for X200:
+printf "Patching board_enable.c for X200 whitelist\n"
 patch board_enable.c < ../resources/flashrom/patch/x200whitelist.diff
 
 # Remove redundant definitions for the flash chips that
 # supported libreboot machines use. This removes the need
 # for the user to run with the "-c" argument on these machines
+printf "Patching flashchips.c to remove the redundant entries\n"
 patch flashchips.c < ../resources/flashrom/patch/purged_chips.diff
 
 cd ../
 
-echo "FINISHED DOWNLOADING FLASHROM"
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub
index 6145293c..231dd32b 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/grub
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set -u -e
 # Remove the old version that may still exist
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo "DOWNLOADING GRUB"
+printf "Downloading GRUB\n"
 
 rm -rf grub
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ git am "../resources/grub/patch/0001-grub-core-normal-main.c-Display-FREE-AS-IN-
 # git am "../resources/grub/patch/0003-syslinux_parse-keep-initrd-in-kernel-the-command-lin.patch"
 
 cd ../
-echo "FINISHED DOWNLOADING GRUB"
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus
index c04c3115..8b649b4f 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus
+++ b/resources/scripts/helpers/download/memtest86plus
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set -u -e
 # Remove the old version that may exist
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-echo "DOWNLOADING MEMTEST86+"
+printf "Downloading MemTest86+\n"
 
 rm -rf "memtest86+-5.01"
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ cp ../resources/memtest86/patch/Makefile .
 # we're done
 cd ../
 
-echo "FINISHED DOWNLOADING MEMTEST86+"
+printf "\n\n"
 
 # ------------------- DONE ----------------------
 
diff --git a/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob b/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
index 29b330e1..67a9cca7 100755
--- a/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
+++ b/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/deblob
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 [ "x${DEBUG+set}" = 'xset' ] && set -v
 set -u -e
 
+printf "Deleting blobs in coreboot\n"
+
 cd coreboot/
 
 # ---------------------
@@ -304,4 +306,6 @@ rm -f \
 "src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/raminit_tables.c" \
 "src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/raminit_patterns.h"
 
+printf "\n\n"
+
 cd ../
diff --git a/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/findblobs b/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/findblobs
index f424d8d5..95c3246e 100755
--- a/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/findblobs
+++ b/resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/findblobs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ set -e -u
 # will replace this script later on. For now, 
 # this will have to do.
 
-echo "finding blobs in coreboot..."
-
+printf "Searching for blobs in coreboot\n"
 cp deblob-check ../../../coreboot
 cd ../../../coreboot/
 
@@ -37,5 +36,5 @@ mv tocheck ../resources/utilities/coreboot-libre
 
 cd ../resources/utilities/coreboot-libre
 
-echo "open resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/tocheck in an editor"
-echo "this will contain the names of the files that you must decide whether they are blobs or not"
+printf "Done! open resources/utilities/coreboot-libre/tocheck in an editor\n"
+printf "This will contain the names of the files that you must decide whether they are blobs or not\n\n"
diff --git a/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/gen.sh b/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/gen.sh
index b908a6a2..affa58bb 100755
--- a/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/gen.sh
+++ b/resources/utilities/grub-assemble/gen.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ grubdir="../../../grub"
 
 source "modules.conf"
 
+printf "Creating GRUB ELF executable for configuration '$1'\n"
 if [ "$1" = "vesafb" ]
 then
 	# Generate the grub.elf (vesafb)
@@ -54,4 +55,5 @@ else
 	echo "grub-assemble gen.sh: invalid mode '$1'"
 	exit 1
 fi
+printf "\n\n"