diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 19be64f..c7cf1db 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -112,18 +112,20 @@ DEPMODE = @CCDEPMODE@
 DEPDIR = @DEPDIR@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../depcomp
 
+# Directory containing source files.
+srcdir = @srcdir@
+VPATH = @srcdir@
+top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+
+include $(srcdir)/silent-rules.mk
+
 # Note that these are overridden by GNU make-specific code below if
 # GNU make is used.  The overrides implement dependency tracking.
 COMPILE.pre = $(CXX) -x c++ $(CXX_DIALECT)
 COMPILE.post = -c -o $@
-COMPILE = $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
+COMPILE = $(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
 POSTCOMPILE = @true
 
-# Directory containing source files.
-srcdir = @srcdir@
-VPATH = @srcdir@
-top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-
 YACC = @YACC@
 
 # This is used to rebuild ada-lex.c from ada-lex.l.  If the program is
@@ -1794,7 +1796,7 @@ test-cp-name-parser.o: cp-name-parser.c
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 
 test-cp-name-parser$(EXEEXT): test-cp-name-parser.o $(LIBIBERTY)
-	$(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) -o test-cp-name-parser$(EXEEXT) \
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) -o test-cp-name-parser$(EXEEXT) \
 		test-cp-name-parser.o $(LIBIBERTY)
 
 # We do this by grepping through sources.  If that turns out to be too slow,
@@ -1836,7 +1838,7 @@ test-cp-name-parser$(EXEEXT): test-cp-name-parser.o $(LIBIBERTY)
 
 INIT_FILES = $(COMMON_OBS) $(TSOBS) $(CONFIG_SRCS) $(SUBDIR_GCC_COMPILE_SRCS)
 init.c: $(INIT_FILES)
-	@echo Making init.c
+	@$(ECHO_INIT_C) echo "Making init.c"
 	@rm -f init.c-tmp init.l-tmp
 	@touch init.c-tmp
 	@echo gdbtypes > init.l-tmp
@@ -1896,8 +1898,8 @@ libgdb.a: $(LIBGDB_OBS)
 
 # Removing the old gdb first works better if it is running, at least on SunOS.
 gdb$(EXEEXT): gdb.o $(LIBGDB_OBS) $(ADD_DEPS) $(CDEPS) $(TDEPLIBS)
-	rm -f gdb$(EXEEXT)
-	$(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32LDAPP) \
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f gdb$(EXEEXT)
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32LDAPP) \
 		-o gdb$(EXEEXT) gdb.o $(LIBGDB_OBS) \
 		$(TDEPLIBS) $(TUI_LIBRARY) $(CLIBS) $(LOADLIBES)
 
@@ -2128,7 +2130,7 @@ $(srcdir)/copying.c: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(srcdir)/../COPYING3 $(srcdir)/copy
 	mv $(srcdir)/copying.tmp $(srcdir)/copying.c
 
 version.c: Makefile version.in $(srcdir)/../bfd/version.h $(srcdir)/common/create-version.sh
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/common/create-version.sh $(srcdir) \
+	$(ECHO_GEN) $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/common/create-version.sh $(srcdir) \
 	    $(host_alias) $(target_alias) version.c
 
 observer.h: observer.sh doc/observer.texi
@@ -2373,14 +2375,16 @@ ALLDEPFILES = \
 # Do not try to build "printcmd.c" with -Wformat-nonliteral.  It manually
 # checks format strings.
 printcmd.o: $(srcdir)/printcmd.c
-	$(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT) \
-		$(COMPILE.post) $(srcdir)/printcmd.c
+	$(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) \
+		$(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT) $(COMPILE.post) \
+		$(srcdir)/printcmd.c
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 
 # Same for "target-float.c".
 target-float.o: $(srcdir)/target-float.c
-	$(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT) \
-		$(COMPILE.post) $(srcdir)/target-float.c
+	$(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) \
+		$(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_FORMAT) $(COMPILE.post) \
+		$(srcdir)/target-float.c
 
 # ada-exp.c can appear in srcdir, for releases; or in ., for
 # development builds.
@@ -2389,8 +2393,8 @@ ADA_EXP_C = `if test -f ada-exp.c; then echo ada-exp.c; else echo $(srcdir)/ada-
 # Some versions of flex give output that triggers
 # -Wold-style-definition.
 ada-exp.o: ada-exp.c
-	$(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_DEFS) \
-		$(COMPILE.post) $(ADA_EXP_C)
+	$(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) \
+		$(GDB_WARN_CFLAGS_NO_DEFS) $(COMPILE.post) $(ADA_EXP_C)
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 
 # Message files.  Based on code in gcc/Makefile.in.
@@ -2521,12 +2525,12 @@ po/$(PACKAGE).pot: force
 
 xml-builtin.c: stamp-xml; @true
 stamp-xml: $(srcdir)/features/feature_to_c.sh Makefile $(XMLFILES)
-	rm -f xml-builtin.tmp
-	AWK="$(AWK)" \
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f xml-builtin.tmp
+	$(ECHO_GEN_XML_BUILTIN) AWK="$(AWK)" \
 	  $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/features/feature_to_c.sh \
 	  xml-builtin.tmp $(XMLFILES)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change xml-builtin.tmp xml-builtin.c
-	echo stamp > stamp-xml
+	$(SILENCE) $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change xml-builtin.tmp xml-builtin.c
+	$(SILENCE) echo stamp > stamp-xml
 
 .PRECIOUS: xml-builtin.c
 
@@ -2584,7 +2588,7 @@ clean-gdbtk:
 insight$(EXEEXT): gdbtk-main.o libgdb.a $(ADD_DEPS) \
 		$(CDEPS) $(TDEPLIBS)
 	rm -f insight$(EXEEXT)
-	$(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32LDAPP) \
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) $(WIN32LDAPP) \
 		-o insight$(EXEEXT) gdbtk-main.o libgdb.a \
 		$(TDEPLIBS) $(TUI_LIBRARY) $(CLIBS) $(LOADLIBES)
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index f293692..0cb6b9b 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ DEPMODE = @CCDEPMODE@
 DEPDIR = @DEPDIR@
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../depcomp
 
-# Note that these are overridden by GNU make-specific code below if
-# GNU make is used.  The overrides implement dependency tracking.
-COMPILE.pre = $(CXX) -x c++ $(CXX_DIALECT)
-COMPILE.post = -c -o $@
-COMPILE = $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
-POSTCOMPILE = @true
-
 # Directory containing source files.  Don't clean up the spacing,
 # this exact string is matched for by the "configure" script.
 srcdir = @srcdir@
@@ -78,6 +71,15 @@ abs_top_srcdir = @abs_top_srcdir@
 abs_srcdir = @abs_srcdir@
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
+include $(srcdir)/../silent-rules.mk
+
+# Note that these are overridden by GNU make-specific code below if
+# GNU make is used.  The overrides implement dependency tracking.
+COMPILE.pre = $(CXX) -x c++ $(CXX_DIALECT)
+COMPILE.post = -c -o $@
+COMPILE = $(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
+POSTCOMPILE = @true
+
 # It is also possible that you will need to add -I/usr/include/sys to the
 # CFLAGS section if your system doesn't have fcntl.h in /usr/include (which
 # is where it should be according to Posix).
@@ -378,9 +380,10 @@ clean-info: force
 	@$(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) DO=$@ "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" subdir_do
 
 gdbserver$(EXEEXT): $(OBS) ${ADD_DEPS} ${CDEPS} $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY)
-	rm -f gdbserver$(EXEEXT)
-	$(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) -o gdbserver$(EXEEXT) $(OBS) \
-	$(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY) $(GDBSERVER_LIBS) $(XM_CLIBS)
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f gdbserver$(EXEEXT)
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) \
+		-o gdbserver$(EXEEXT) $(OBS) $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY) \
+		$(GDBSERVER_LIBS) $(XM_CLIBS)
 
 $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY) $(GNULIB_H): all-lib
 all-lib: $(GNULIB_BUILDDIR)/Makefile $(LIBIBERTY_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
@@ -388,9 +391,10 @@ all-lib: $(GNULIB_BUILDDIR)/Makefile $(LIBIBERTY_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
 .PHONY: all-lib
 
 gdbreplay$(EXEEXT): $(GDBREPLAY_OBS) $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY)
-	rm -f gdbreplay$(EXEEXT)
-	$(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) -o gdbreplay$(EXEEXT) $(GDBREPLAY_OBS) \
-	  $(XM_CLIBS) $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY)
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f gdbreplay$(EXEEXT)
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) \
+		-o gdbreplay$(EXEEXT) $(GDBREPLAY_OBS) $(XM_CLIBS) $(LIBGNU) \
+		$(LIBIBERTY)
 
 IPA_OBJS = \
 	ax-ipa.o \
@@ -410,9 +414,10 @@ IPA_OBJS = \
 IPA_LIB = libinproctrace.so
 
 $(IPA_LIB): $(IPA_OBJS) ${ADD_DEPS} ${CDEPS}
-	rm -f $(IPA_LIB)
-	$(CC_LD) -shared -fPIC -Wl,--soname=$(IPA_LIB) -Wl,--no-undefined $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) \
-	$(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) -o $(IPA_LIB) ${IPA_OBJS} -ldl -pthread
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f $(IPA_LIB)
+	$(ECHO_LD) $(CC_LD) -shared -fPIC -Wl,--soname=$(IPA_LIB) \
+		-Wl,--no-undefined $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(INTERNAL_LDFLAGS) \
+		-o $(IPA_LIB) ${IPA_OBJS} -ldl -pthread
 
 # Put the proper machine-specific files first, so M-. on a machine
 # specific routine gets the one for the correct machine.
@@ -494,15 +499,16 @@ am--refresh:
 force:
 
 version-generated.c: Makefile $(srcdir)/../version.in $(srcdir)/../../bfd/version.h $(srcdir)/../common/create-version.sh
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../common/create-version.sh $(srcdir)/.. \
-	    $(host_alias) $(target_alias) $@
+	$(ECHO_GEN) $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../common/create-version.sh $(srcdir)/.. \
+		$(host_alias) $(target_alias) $@
 
 xml-builtin-generated.c: stamp-xml; @true
 stamp-xml: $(XML_DIR)/feature_to_c.sh Makefile $(XML_FILES)
-	rm -f xml-builtin.tmp
-	$(SHELL) $(XML_DIR)/feature_to_c.sh xml-builtin.tmp $(XML_FILES)
-	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../move-if-change xml-builtin.tmp xml-builtin-generated.c
-	echo stamp > stamp-xml
+	$(SILENCE) rm -f xml-builtin.tmp
+	$(ECHO_GEN_XML_BUILTIN_GENERATED) $(SHELL) $(XML_DIR)/feature_to_c.sh \
+		xml-builtin.tmp $(XML_FILES)
+	$(SILENCE) $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../move-if-change xml-builtin.tmp xml-builtin-generated.c
+	$(SILENCE) echo stamp > stamp-xml
 
 .PRECIOUS: xml-builtin.c
 
@@ -527,7 +533,7 @@ IPAGENT_CFLAGS = $(INTERNAL_CFLAGS) $(UST_CFLAGS) \
 	-fPIC -DIN_PROCESS_AGENT \
 	-fvisibility=hidden
 
-IPAGENT_COMPILE = $(COMPILE.pre) $(IPAGENT_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
+IPAGENT_COMPILE = $(ECHO_CC) $(COMPILE.pre) $(IPAGENT_CFLAGS) $(COMPILE.post)
 
 # Rules for special cases.
 
@@ -598,16 +604,16 @@ common/%.o: ../common/%.c
 # -generated to identify and clean them easily.
 
 %-generated.c: ../regformats/%.dat | $(regdat_sh)
-	$(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
+	$(ECHO_REGDAT) $(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
 
 %-generated.c: ../regformats/arm/%.dat | $(regdat_sh)
-	$(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
+	$(ECHO_REGDAT) $(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
 
 %-generated.c: ../regformats/i386/%.dat | $(regdat_sh)
-	$(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
+	$(ECHO_REGDAT) $(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
 
 %-generated.c: ../regformats/rs6000/%.dat | $(regdat_sh)
-	$(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
+	$(ECHO_REGDAT) $(SHELL) $(regdat_sh) $< $@
 
 #
 # Dependency tracking.
diff --git a/gdb/silent-rules.mk b/gdb/silent-rules.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2715ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/silent-rules.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# If V is undefined or V=0 is specified, use the silent/verbose/compact mode.
+V ?= 0
+ifeq ($(V),0)
+ECHO_CC =     @echo "  CC      $@";
+ECHO_LD =     @echo "  LD      $@";
+ECHO_REGDAT = @echo "  REGDAT  $@";
+ECHO_GEN =    @echo "  GEN     $@";
+ECHO_GEN_XML_BUILTIN = \
+              @echo "  GEN     xml-builtin.c";
+ECHO_GEN_XML_BUILTIN_GENERATED = \
+              @echo "  GEN     xml-builtin-generated.c";
+ECHO_INIT_C =  echo "  GEN     init.c" ||
+SILENCE = @
+endif
