diff --git a/make/build.mk b/make/build.mk
index 6d05c3e1..f9e46122 100644
--- a/make/build.mk
+++ b/make/build.mk
@@ -11,52 +11,52 @@ endif
 $(EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPTS):
 
 $(OUTBIN): $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating image: $@
+	$(info agenerating image: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(SIZE) $<
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@
 
 $(OUTELF).hex: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating hex file: $@
+	$(info generating hex file: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJCOPY) -O ihex $< $@
 
 $(OUTELF): $(ALLMODULE_OBJS) $(EXTRA_OBJS) $(LINKER_SCRIPT) $(EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPTS)
-	@echo linking $@
+	$(info linking $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(SIZE) -t --common $(sort $(ALLMODULE_OBJS)) $(EXTRA_OBJS)
 	$(NOECHO)$(LD) $(GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) $(ARCH_LDFLAGS) -dT $(LINKER_SCRIPT) \
 		$(addprefix -T,$(EXTRA_LINKER_SCRIPTS)) \
 		$(ALLMODULE_OBJS) $(EXTRA_OBJS) $(LIBGCC) -Map=$(OUTELF).map -o $@
 
 $(OUTELF).sym: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating symbols: $@
+	$(info generating symbols: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJDUMP) -t $< | $(CPPFILT) > $@
 
 $(OUTELF).sym.sorted: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating sorted symbols: $@
+	$(info generating sorted symbols: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJDUMP) -t $< | $(CPPFILT) | sort > $@
 
 $(OUTELF).lst: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating listing: $@
+	$(info generating listing: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJDUMP) -Mreg-names-raw -d $< | $(CPPFILT) > $@
 
 $(OUTELF).debug.lst: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating listing: $@
+	$(info generating listing: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJDUMP) -Mreg-names-raw -S $< | $(CPPFILT) > $@
 
 $(OUTELF).dump: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating objdump: $@
+	$(info generating objdump: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(OBJDUMP) -x $< > $@
 
 $(OUTELF).size: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating size map: $@
+	$(info generating size map: $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(NM) -S --size-sort $< > $@
 
 # print some information about the build
 $(BUILDDIR)/srcfiles.txt: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating $@
+	$(info generating $@)
 	$(NOECHO)echo $(sort $(ALLSRCS)) | tr ' ' '\n' > $@
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/include_paths.txt: $(OUTELF)
-	@echo generating $@
+	$(info generating $@)
 	$(NOECHO)echo $(subst -I,,$(sort $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES))) | tr ' ' '\n' > $@
 
 #include arch/$(ARCH)/compile.mk
diff --git a/make/compile.mk b/make/compile.mk
index bae61d57..9b7d6e5e 100644
--- a/make/compile.mk
+++ b/make/compile.mk
@@ -43,43 +43,43 @@ $(MODULE_OBJS): MODULE_INCLUDES:=$(MODULE_INCLUDES)
 
 $(MODULE_COBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.c $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CFLAGS) $(ARCH_CFLAGS) $(MODULE_CFLAGS) $(THUMBCFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_CPPOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.cpp $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_CPPFLAGS) $(MODULE_CPPFLAGS) $(THUMBCFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_CCOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.cc $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_CPPFLAGS) $(MODULE_CPPFLAGS) $(THUMBCFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_ASMOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.S $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_ASMFLAGS) $(ARCH_ASMFLAGS) $(MODULE_ASMFLAGS) $(THUMBCFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 # overridden arm versions
 $(MODULE_ARM_COBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.c $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CFLAGS) $(ARCH_CFLAGS) $(MODULE_CFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_ARM_CPPOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.cpp $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_CPPFLAGS) $(MODULE_CPPFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_ARM_CCOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.cc $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH_CPPFLAGS) $(MODULE_CPPFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 $(MODULE_ARM_ASMOBJS): $(BUILDDIR)/%.o: %.S $(MODULE_SRCDEPS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo compiling $<
+	$(info compiling $<)
 	$(NOECHO)$(CC) $(GLOBAL_OPTFLAGS) $(MODULE_OPTFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_COMPILEFLAGS) $(ARCH_COMPILEFLAGS) $(MODULE_COMPILEFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_ASMFLAGS) $(ARCH_ASMFLAGS) $(MODULE_ASMFLAGS) $(GLOBAL_INCLUDES) $(MODULE_INCLUDES) -c $< -MD -MP -MT $@ -MF $(@:%o=%d) -o $@
 
 # clear some variables we set here
diff --git a/make/macros.mk b/make/macros.mk
index a45aca14..6c6d5fc3 100644
--- a/make/macros.mk
+++ b/make/macros.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ endef
 
 # generate a header file at $1 with an expanded variable in $2
 define MAKECONFIGHEADER
+	$(info generating $1) \
 	$(MKDIR); \
-	echo generating $1; \
 	rm -f $1.tmp; \
 	LDEF=`echo $1 | tr '/\\.-' '_' | sed "s/C++/CPP/g;s/c++/cpp/g"`; \
 	echo \#ifndef __$${LDEF}_H > $1.tmp; \
diff --git a/make/module.mk b/make/module.mk
index a2367fe1..dcd97936 100644
--- a/make/module.mk
+++ b/make/module.mk
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ include make/compile.mk
 MODULE_OBJECT := $(call TOBUILDDIR,$(MODULE_SRCDIR).mod.o)
 $(MODULE_OBJECT): $(MODULE_OBJS) $(MODULE_EXTRA_OBJS)
 	@$(MKDIR)
-	@echo linking $@
+	$(info linking $@)
 	$(NOECHO)$(LD) $(GLOBAL_MODULE_LDFLAGS) -r $^ -o $@
 
 # track all of the source files compiled