rules.mak: quiet-command: Split command name and args to print

The quiet-command make rule currently takes two arguments:
the command and arguments to run, and a string to print if
the V flag is not set (ie we are not being verbose).
By convention, the string printed is of the form
"  NAME   some args". Unfortunately to get nicely lined up
output all the strings have to agree about what column the
arguments should start in, which means that if we add a
new quiet-command usage which wants a slightly longer CMD
name then we either put up with misalignment or change
every quiet-command string.

Split the quiet-mode string into two, the "NAME" and
the "same args" part, and use printf(1) to format the
string automatically. This means we only need to change
one place if we want to support a longer maximum name.

In particular, we can now print 7-character names lined
up properly (they are needed for the OSX "SETTOOL" invocation).

Change all the uses of quiet-command to the new syntax.
(Any which are missed or inadvertently reintroduced
via later merges will result in slightly misformatted
quiet output rather than disaster.)

A few places in the pc-bios/ makefiles are updated to use
"BUILD", "SIGN" and "STRIP" rather than "Building",
"Signing" and "Stripping" for consistency and to keep them
below 7 characters. Module .mo links now print "LD" rather
than the nonstandard "LD -r".

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1475598441-27908-1-git-send-email-peter.maydell@linaro.org

12 files changed, 106 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f10361675d..b103a98c95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK_DEP=$(patsubst %, %-config-devices.mak.d, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 
 ifeq ($(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK),)
 config-all-devices.mak:
-	$(call quiet-command,echo '# no devices' > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,echo '# no devices' > $@,"GEN","$@")
 else
 config-all-devices.mak: $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
 	$(call quiet-command, sed -n \
              's|^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$$|\1:=$$(findstring y,$$(\1)\2)|p' \
              $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK) | sort -u > $@, \
-             "  GEN   $@")
+             "GEN","$@")
 endif
 
 -include $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK_DEP)
 
 %/config-devices.mak: default-configs/%.mak $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh
 	$(call quiet-command, \
-            $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh $< $*-config-devices.mak.d $@ > $@.tmp, "  GEN   $@.tmp")
+            $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh $< $*-config-devices.mak.d $@ > $@.tmp,"GEN","$@.tmp")
 	$(call quiet-command, if test -f $@; then \
 	  if cmp -s $@.old $@; then \
 	    mv $@.tmp $@; \
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endif
 	 else \
 	  mv $@.tmp $@; \
 	  cp -p $@ $@.old; \
-	 fi, "  GEN   $@");
+	 fi,"GEN","$@");
 
 defconfig:
 	rm -f config-all-devices.mak $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ qemu-version.h: FORCE
 config-host.h: config-host.h-timestamp
 config-host.h-timestamp: config-host.mak
 qemu-options.def: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 SUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,subdir-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 SOFTMMU_SUBDIR_RULES=$(filter %-softmmu,$(SUBDIR_RULES))
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ ALL_SUBDIRS=$(TARGET_DIRS) $(patsubst %,pc-bios/%, $(ROMS))
 recurse-all: $(SUBDIR_RULES) $(ROMSUBDIR_RULES)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/version.o: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h | $(BUILD_DIR)/version.lo
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"  RC    version.o")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"RC","version.o")
 $(BUILD_DIR)/version.lo: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"  RC    version.lo")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"RC","version.lo")
 
 Makefile: $(version-obj-y) $(version-lobj-y)
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.o fsdev/9p-marshal
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): LIBS += -lcap
 
 qemu-img-cmds.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): LIBS = $(LIBS_QGA)
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): QEMU_CFLAGS += -I qga/qapi-generated
@@ -274,17 +274,17 @@ qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 qapi-modules = $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/common.json \
                $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/block.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/block-core.json \
@@ -296,27 +296,27 @@ qapi-types.c qapi-types.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-event.c qapi-event.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-commands.h qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-introspect.h qmp-introspect.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qmp-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI): config-host.mak
 
 $(QEMU_GA_MSI):  $(SRC_PATH)/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
 	$(call quiet-command,QEMU_GA_VERSION="$(QEMU_GA_VERSION)" QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER="$(QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER)" QEMU_GA_DISTRO="$(QEMU_GA_DISTRO)" BUILD_DIR="$(BUILD_DIR)" \
-	wixl -o $@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI_ARCH) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_WITH_VSS) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_MINGW_DLL_PATH) $<, "  WIXL  $@")
+	wixl -o $@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI_ARCH) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_WITH_VSS) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_MINGW_DLL_PATH) $<,"WIXL","$@")
 else
 msi:
 	@echo "MSI build not configured or dependency resolution failed (reconfigure with --enable-guest-agent-msi option)"
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ ivshmem-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-server-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 module_block.h: $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/modules/module_block.py config-host.mak
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $< $@ \
 	$(addprefix $(SRC_PATH)/,$(patsubst %.mo,%.c,$(block-obj-m))), \
-	"  GEN   $@")
+	"GEN","$@")
 
 clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
@@ -521,13 +521,13 @@ ui/shader/%-vert.h: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/shader/%.vert $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclu
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call quiet-command,\
 		perl $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl $< > $@,\
-		"  VERT  $@")
+		"VERT","$@")
 
 ui/shader/%-frag.h: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/shader/%.frag $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call quiet-command,\
 		perl $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl $< > $@,\
-		"  FRAG  $@")
+		"FRAG","$@")
 
 ui/console-gl.o: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/console-gl.c \
 	ui/shader/texture-blit-vert.h ui/shader/texture-blit-frag.h
@@ -537,60 +537,60 @@ MAKEINFO=makeinfo
 MAKEINFOFLAGS=--no-headers --no-split --number-sections
 TEXIFLAG=$(if $(V),,--quiet)
 %.dvi: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,texi2dvi $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,texi2dvi $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 %.html: %.texi
 	$(call quiet-command,LC_ALL=C $(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) --html $< -o $@, \
-	"  GEN   $@")
+	"GEN","$@")
 
 %.info: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $< -o $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $< -o $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 %.pdf: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,texi2pdf $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,texi2pdf $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-options.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-monitor.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-monitor-info.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-img-cmds.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu.1: qemu-doc.texi qemu-options.texi qemu-monitor.texi qemu-monitor-info.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " qemu.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 qemu.1: qemu-option-trace.texi
 
 qemu-img.1: qemu-img.texi qemu-option-trace.texi qemu-img-cmds.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-img.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-img.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1: fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-nbd.8: qemu-nbd.texi qemu-option-trace.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-nbd.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=8 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-nbd.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-ga.8: qemu-ga.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-ga.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=8 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-ga.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 dvi: qemu-doc.dvi qemu-tech.dvi
 html: qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 19cc49c0d7..9968871d6e 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring -mwindows,$(libs_softmmu)))
 # Terminate program name with a 'w' because the linker builds a windows executable.
 QEMU_PROGW=qemu-system-$(TARGET_NAME)w$(EXESUF)
 $(QEMU_PROG): $(QEMU_PROGW)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) --subsystem console $(QEMU_PROGW) $(QEMU_PROG),"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) --subsystem console $(QEMU_PROGW) $(QEMU_PROG),"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)")
 QEMU_PROG_BUILD = $(QEMU_PROGW)
 else
 QEMU_PROG_BUILD = $(QEMU_PROG)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 		--binary=$(bindir)/$(QEMU_PROG) \
 		--target-name=$(TARGET_NAME) \
 		--target-type=$(TARGET_TYPE) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed")
 
 $(QEMU_PROG).stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ $(QEMU_PROG).stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 		--binary=$(realpath .)/$(QEMU_PROG) \
 		--target-name=$(TARGET_NAME) \
 		--target-type=$(TARGET_TYPE) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp")
 
 $(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=simpletrace-stap \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
 		--probe-prefix=qemu.$(TARGET_TYPE).$(TARGET_NAME) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp")
 
 else
 stap:
@@ -196,18 +196,18 @@ $(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): config-devices.mak
 $(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): $(all-obj-y) ../libqemuutil.a ../libqemustub.a
 	$(call LINK, $(filter-out %.mak, $^))
 ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN
-	$(call quiet-command,Rez -append $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/qemu.rsrc -o $@,"  REZ   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
-	$(call quiet-command,SetFile -a C $@,"  SETFILE $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,Rez -append $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/qemu.rsrc -o $@,"REZ","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,SetFile -a C $@,"SETFILE","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 endif
 
 gdbstub-xml.c: $(TARGET_XML_FILES) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh
-	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh $@ $(TARGET_XML_FILES),"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh $@ $(TARGET_XML_FILES),"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 hmp-commands.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 hmp-commands-info.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean: clean-target
 	rm -f *.a *~ $(PROGS)
diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
index afa48f1cf1..fa53d9e58e 100644
--- a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ build-all: multiboot.bin linuxboot.bin linuxboot_dma.bin kvmvapic.bin
 
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CPP) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) -c -o - $< | $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) -o $@,"  AS    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CPP) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) -c -o - $< | $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) -o $@,"AS","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.img: %.o
-	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_I386_EMULATION) -T $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds -s -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_I386_EMULATION) -T $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds -s -o $@ $<,"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.raw: %.img
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.bin: %.raw
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/signrom.py $< $@,"  Signing $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/signrom.py $< $@,"SIGN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.raw *.img *.bin *~
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
index 0ab25388a4..0339c24789 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-pie -nostdlib
 build-all: s390-ccw.img
 
 s390-ccw.elf: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 s390-ccw.img: s390-ccw.elf
-	$(call quiet-command,strip --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"  Stripping $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,strip --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"STRIP","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 $(OBJECTS): Makefile
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile b/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
index dc8b23e3ce..f26dd428b7 100644
--- a/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/spapr-rtas)
 build-all: spapr-rtas.bin
 
 %.img: %.o
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) -nostdlib -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) -nostdlib -o $@ $<,"Building","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.bin: %.img
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"Building","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.img *.bin *~
diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index 7bab09dce2..cc630363de 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all:
 .PHONY:	all build clean install update
 
 %.mo: %.po
-	$(call quiet-command, msgfmt -o $@ $<, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command, msgfmt -o $@ $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 -include ../config-host.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $(PO_PATH)/messages.po: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/gtk.c
           xgettext -o - --from-code=UTF-8 --foreign-user \
 	    --package-name=QEMU --package-version=$(VERSION) \
 	    --msgid-bugs-address=qemu-devel@nongnu.org -k_ -C ui/gtk.c | \
-	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@, "  GEN   $@")
+	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@,"GEN","$@")
 
 $(PO_PATH)/%.po: $(PO_PATH)/messages.po
-	$(call quiet-command, msgmerge -q $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command, msgmerge -q $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@,"GEN","$@")
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs b/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
index 7c96c6b288..23d08da225 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $(obj-qga-vss-dll-obj-y): QEMU_CXXFLAGS = $(filter-out -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmis
 
 $(obj)/qga-vss.dll: LDFLAGS = -shared -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias,--enable-stdcall-fixup -lole32 -loleaut32 -lshlwapi -luuid -static
 $(obj)/qga-vss.dll: $(obj-qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/$(obj)/qga-vss.def
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) -o $@ $(qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) -o $@ $(qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 
 # rules to build qga-provider.tlb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MIDL=$(WIN_SDK)/Bin/midl
 
 $(obj)/qga-vss.tlb: $(SRC_PATH)/$(obj)/qga-vss.idl
 ifeq ($(WIN_SDK),"")
-	$(call quiet-command,cp $(dir $<)qga-vss.tlb $@, "  COPY  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,cp $(dir $<)qga-vss.tlb $@,"COPY","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 else
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MIDL) -tlb $@ -I $(WIN_SDK)/Include $<,"  MIDL  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MIDL) -tlb $@ -I $(WIN_SDK)/Include $<,"MIDL","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 endif
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 5c82c19f73..3fdb261e32 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ expand-objs = $(strip $(sort $(filter %.o,$1)) \
                   $(filter-out %.o %.mo,$1))
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 %.o: %.rc
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"  RC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"RC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 # If we have a CXX we might have some C++ objects, in which case we
 # must link with the C++ compiler, not the plain C compiler.
@@ -67,22 +67,22 @@ LINKPROG = $(or $(CXX),$(CC))
 
 LINK = $(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
        $(call process-archive-undefs, $1) \
-       $(version-obj-y) $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+       $(version-obj-y) $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  CCAS  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CCAS","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.cc
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CXX   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CXX","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CXX   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CXX","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.m
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  OBJC  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"OBJC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.dtrace
-	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -G -s $<, "  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -G -s $<,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS := -fPIC -DBUILD_DSO
 module-common.o: CFLAGS += $(DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS)
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ module-common.o: CFLAGS += $(DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS)
 %$(DSOSUF): %.mo
 	$(call LINK,$^)
 	@# Copy to build root so modules can be loaded when program started without install
-	$(if $(findstring /,$@),$(call quiet-command,cp $@ $(subst /,-,$@), "  CP    $(subst /,-,$@)"))
+	$(if $(findstring /,$@),$(call quiet-command,cp $@ $(subst /,-,$@),"CP","$(subst /,-,$@)"))
 
 
 LD_REL := $(CC) -nostdlib -Wl,-r $(LD_REL_FLAGS)
 
 %.mo:
-	$(call quiet-command,$(LD_REL) -o $@ $^,"  LD -r $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(LD_REL) -o $@ $^,"LD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 .PHONY: modules
 modules:
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ modules:
 	$(call LINK,$(filter %.o %.a %.mo, $^))
 
 %.a:
-	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $^,"  AR    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $^,"AR","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
-quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@echo $2 && $1, @$1))
+# Usage: $(call quiet-command,command and args,"NAME","args to print")
+# This will run "command and args", and either:
+#  if V=1 just print the whole command and args
+#  otherwise print the 'quiet' output in the format "  NAME     args to print"
+# NAME should be a short name of the command, 7 letters or fewer.
+# If called with only a single argument, will print nothing in quiet mode.
+quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@printf "  %-7s %s\n" $2 $3 && $1, @$1))
 
 # cc-option
 # Usage: CFLAGS+=$(call cc-option, -falign-functions=0, -malign-functions=0)
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ config-%.h: config-%.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
 
 config-%.h-timestamp: config-%.mak $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config
-	$(call quiet-command, sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config < $< > $@, "  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)config-$*.h")
+	$(call quiet-command, sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)config-$*.h")
 
 .PHONY: clean-timestamp
 clean-timestamp:
diff --git a/target-s390x/Makefile.objs b/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
index 4329d39c13..6b02b1794c 100644
--- a/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ endif
 $(feat-dst)gen-features.h: $(feat-dst)gen-features.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
 $(feat-dst)gen-features.h-timestamp: $(feat-dst)gen-features
-	$(call quiet-command,$< >$@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)gen-features.h")
+	$(call quiet-command,$< >$@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)gen-features.h")
 
 $(feat-dst)gen-features: $(feat-src)gen-features.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(HOST_CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)gen-features")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(HOST_CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)gen-features")
 
 clean-target:
 	rm -f gen-features.h-timestamp
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 8162f6f735..25aaae3c6e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -517,27 +517,27 @@ tests/test-qapi-types.c tests/test-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qapi-visit.c tests/test-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qmp-commands.h tests/test-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qapi-event.c tests/test-qapi-event.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qmp-introspect.c tests/test-qmp-introspect.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF): tests/ptimer-test.o tests/ptimer-test-stubs.o hw/cor
 tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF): tests/test-uuid.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 
 tests/migration/stress$(EXESUF): tests/migration/stress.o
-	$(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) -static -O3 $(PTHREAD_LIB) -o $@ $< ,"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) -static -O3 $(PTHREAD_LIB) -o $@ $< ,"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 INITRD_WORK_DIR=tests/migration/initrd
 
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$((RANDOM % 255 + 1))} \
-		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER $@")
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y)): check-%: %
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$((RANDOM % 255 + 1))} \
-		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER $*")
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER","$*")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
@@ -756,18 +756,18 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y)): check-%: %
 $(patsubst %, check-report-qtest-%.xml, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-report-qtest-%.xml: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
-	  gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER $@")
+	  gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
 
 check-report-unit.xml: $(check-unit-y)
-	$(call quiet-command,gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $^, "GTESTER $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $^,"GTESTER","$@")
 
 # Reports and overall runs
 
 check-report.xml: $(patsubst %,check-report-qtest-%.xml, $(QTEST_TARGETS)) check-report-unit.xml
-	$(call quiet-command,$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/gtester-cat $^ > $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/gtester-cat $^ > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 check-report.html: check-report.xml
-	$(call quiet-command,gtester-report $< > $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,gtester-report $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 
 # Other tests
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y)): check-%.json: $(SRC_PATH)/%.json
 		$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py \
 		$^ >$*.test.out 2>$*.test.err; \
 		echo $$? >$*.test.exit, \
-		"  TEST  $*.out")
+		"TEST","$*.out")
 	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.out $*.test.out
 	@# Sanitize error messages (make them independent of build directory)
 	@perl -p -e 's|\Q$(SRC_PATH)\E/||g' $*.test.err | diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.err -
diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index 2fcc3c6418..b44daabbce 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ make-archive-maybe = $(if $(wildcard $1/*), \
 		else \
 			git archive -1 $$(git stash create) --format=tar.gz; \
 		fi) > $2, \
-		"  ARCHIVE $(notdir $2)"))
+		"ARCHIVE","$(notdir $2)"))
 
 CUR_TIME := $(shell date +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S.$$$$)
 DOCKER_SRC_COPY := docker-src.$(CUR_TIME)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY):
 	$(call make-archive-maybe, $(SRC_PATH)/dtc, $@/dtc.tgz)
 	$(call make-archive-maybe, $(SRC_PATH)/pixman, $@/pixman.tgz)
 	$(call quiet-command, cp $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/run $@/run, \
-		"  COPY RUNNER")
+		"COPY","RUNNER")
 
 docker-qemu-src: $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docker-image-%: $(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/%.docker
 		$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py build qemu:$* $< \
 		$(if $V,,--quiet) $(if $(NOCACHE),--no-cache) \
 		$(if $(EXECUTABLE),--include-executable=$(EXECUTABLE)),\
-		"  BUILD $*")
+		"BUILD","$*")
 
 # Expand all the pre-requistes for each docker image and test combination
 $(foreach i,$(DOCKER_IMAGES), \
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ docker-run-%: docker-qemu-src
 				/var/tmp/qemu/run \
 				$(CMD); \
 			fi \
-			, "  RUN $(CMD) in $(IMAGE)")))
+			,"RUN","$(CMD) in $(IMAGE)")))
 
 docker-clean:
 	$(call quiet-command, $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py clean)
diff --git a/trace/Makefile.objs b/trace/Makefile.objs
index 4d91b3b833..24d3b3758c 100644
--- a/trace/Makefile.objs
+++ b/trace/Makefile.objs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(trace
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=ust-events-h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-ust.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=ust-events-c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-events.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h
 $(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-events.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=events-h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=events-c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 util-obj-y += generated-events.o
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 ##############################
 # non-DTrace
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers.c $(obj)/generated-tracers.h
 
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=d \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.h: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
-	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(B
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-wrapper-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.h: $(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.c: $(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-c \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.o: $(obj)/generated-helpers.c
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 
 ######################################################################