#define NUM_ERASE_REGIONS      4 /* max. number of erase regions */
 
 static uint flash_offset_cfi[2] = { FLASH_OFFSET_CFI, FLASH_OFFSET_CFI_ALT };
+static uint flash_verbose = 1;
 
 /* use CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT if defined */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT
        if (prot) {
                printf ("- Warning: %d protected sectors will not be erased!\n",
                        prot);
-       } else {
+       } else if (flash_verbose) {
                putc ('\n');
        }
 
                        if (flash_full_status_check
                            (info, sect, info->erase_blk_tout, "erase")) {
                                rcode = 1;
-                       } else
+                       } else if (flash_verbose)
                                putc ('.');
                }
        }
-       puts (" done\n");
+
+       if (flash_verbose)
+               puts (" done\n");
+
        return rcode;
 }
 
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
 #define FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS(scale, dots, digit, dots_sub) \
-       dots -= dots_sub; \
-       if ((scale > 0) && (dots <= 0)) { \
-               if ((digit % 5) == 0) \
-                       printf ("%d", digit / 5); \
-               else \
-                       putc ('.'); \
-               digit--; \
-               dots += scale; \
+       if (flash_verbose) { \
+               dots -= dots_sub; \
+               if ((scale > 0) && (dots <= 0)) { \
+                       if ((digit % 5) == 0) \
+                               printf ("%d", digit / 5); \
+                       else \
+                               putc ('.'); \
+                       digit--; \
+                       dots += scale; \
+               } \
        }
 #else
 #define FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS(scale, dots, digit, dots_sub)
        return (info->size);
 }
 
+void flash_set_verbose(uint v)
+{
+       flash_verbose = v;
+}
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 unsigned long flash_init (void)
 
 extern int flash_sect_protect (int flag, ulong addr_first, ulong addr_last);
 extern int flash_sect_roundb (ulong *addr);
 extern unsigned long flash_sector_size(flash_info_t *info, flash_sect_t sect);
+extern void flash_set_verbose(uint);
 
 /* common/flash.c */
 extern void flash_protect (int flag, ulong from, ulong to, flash_info_t *info);