diff --git a/arch/x86/archtables.c b/arch/x86/archtables.c
index 90824519a1..dad020dd6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/archtables.c
+++ b/arch/x86/archtables.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void move_gdt(unsigned long newgdt)
 	gdtarg.base = newgdt;
 	gdtarg.limit = num_gdt_bytes - 1;
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("lgdt %0\n\t" : : "m" (gdtarg));
-	printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"ok\n");
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"OK\n");
 }
 #endif
 struct lb_memory *arch_write_tables(void)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct lb_memory *arch_write_tables(void)
                 /* We can not put mptable here, we need to copy them to somewhere else*/
                 if((rom_table_end+mptable_size)<0x100000) {
                         /* We can copy mptable on rom_table, and leave low space for lbtable  */
-                        printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"move mptable to 0x%0x\n", rom_table_end);
+                        printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"Move mptable to 0x%0x\n", rom_table_end);
                         memcpy((unsigned char *)rom_table_end, (unsigned char *)(low_table_end+SMP_FLOATING_TABLE_LEN), mptable_size);
                         memset((unsigned char *)low_table_end, '\0', mptable_size + SMP_FLOATING_TABLE_LEN);
                         smp_write_floating_table_physaddr(low_table_end, rom_table_end);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct lb_memory *arch_write_tables(void)
                         rom_table_end = (rom_table_end+1023) & ~1023;
                 } else {
                         /* We can need to put mptable low and from 0x500 */
-                        printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"move mptable to 0x%0x\n", 0x500);
+                        printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"Move mptable to 0x%0x\n", 0x500);
                         memcpy((unsigned char *)0x500, (unsigned char *)(low_table_end+SMP_FLOATING_TABLE_LEN), mptable_size);
                         memset((unsigned char *)low_table_end, '\0', 0x500-low_table_end);
                         smp_write_floating_table_physaddr(low_table_end, 0x500);
diff --git a/arch/x86/cachemain.c b/arch/x86/cachemain.c
index b1115deeb2..602dbe7d94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cachemain.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cachemain.c
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ printk(BIOS_INFO, "Start search at 0x%x, size %d\n", archive.start, archive.len)
 	ret = run_file(&archive, "normal/initram", (void *)(512*1024)); //CONFIG_CARBASE;
 
 	if (ret)
-		die("Failed ram init code\n");
+		die("Failed RAM init code\n");
 
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Done ram init code\n");
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Done RAM init code\n");
 	/* this is nasty. And, it has to be done this way. Sorry! */
 	/* we have to turn off CAR, and do some other things, and it has to be done
 	 * inline -- you can't call a function
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ printk(BIOS_INFO, "Start search at 0x%x, size %d\n", archive.start, archive.len)
 
 	ret = find_file(&archive, "normal/payload", &result);
 	if (ret) {
-		printk(BIOS_INFO, "no such name %s\n", "payload");
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "No such name %s\n", "payload");
 		die("cachemain finding payload");
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/console.c b/arch/x86/console.c
index 4654b1a10d..71dcbf5f91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/console.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ int printk(int msg_level, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	i = vtxprintf(console_tx_byte, (void *)0, "(LB) ", args);
+
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	i = vtxprintf(console_tx_byte, (void *)0, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
diff --git a/arch/x86/linuxbios_table.c b/arch/x86/linuxbios_table.c
index 76f20a403d..163bf72120 100644
--- a/arch/x86/linuxbios_table.c
+++ b/arch/x86/linuxbios_table.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ unsigned long lb_table_fini(struct lb_header *head)
 	head->table_checksum = compute_ip_checksum(first_rec, head->table_bytes);
 	head->header_checksum = 0;
 	head->header_checksum = compute_ip_checksum(head, sizeof(*head));
-	printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"Wrote linuxbios table at: %p - %p  checksum %lx\n",
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG,"Wrote LinuxBIOS table at: %p - %p  checksum %lx\n",
 		head, rec, head->table_checksum);
 	return (unsigned long)rec;
 }
diff --git a/device/device.c b/device/device.c
index b0ebf35326..1419c92d7e 100644
--- a/device/device.c
+++ b/device/device.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ void show_all_devs(void) {
 
         struct device *dev;
 
-        printk(BIOS_INFO, "show all devs..\n");
+        printk(BIOS_INFO, "Show all devs.\n");
         for(dev = all_devices; dev; dev = dev->next) {
 		printk(BIOS_SPEW, "%s(%s): enabled %d have_resources %d initialized %d\n", 
 			dev->dtsname, dev_path(dev), dev->enabled, dev->have_resources, dev->initialized);
diff --git a/device/hypertransport.c b/device/hypertransport.c
index 6b9d1ef9f9..45b26782df 100644
--- a/device/hypertransport.c
+++ b/device/hypertransport.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static unsigned ht_lookup_slave_capability(struct device *dev)
 		if (pos) {
 			unsigned flags;
 			flags = pci_read_config16(dev, pos + PCI_CAP_FLAGS);
-			printk_spew("flags: 0x%04x\n", flags);
+			printk_spew("Flags: 0x%04x\n", flags);
 			if ((flags >> 13) == 0) {
 				/* Entry is a Slave secondary, success... */
 				break;
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ unsigned int hypertransport_scan_chain(struct bus *bus,
 		for(left = old_devices; left; left = left->sibling) {
 			printk_debug("%s\n", dev_path(left));
 		}
-		printk_err("HT: Left over static devices.  Check your Config.lb\n");
+		printk_err("HT: Left over static devices. Check your Config.lb\n");
 		if(last_func  && !last_func->sibling) // put back the left over static device, and let pci_scan_bus disable it
 			last_func->sibling = old_devices; 
 	}
diff --git a/device/pci_device.c b/device/pci_device.c
index 094db6343f..c439a030c6 100644
--- a/device/pci_device.c
+++ b/device/pci_device.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ unsigned pci_find_next_capability(struct device * dev, unsigned cap, unsigned la
 		int this_cap;
 		pos &= ~3;
 		this_cap = pci_read_config8(dev, pos + PCI_CAP_LIST_ID);
-		printk(BIOS_SPEW,"Capability: 0x%02x @ 0x%02x\n", cap, pos);
+		printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Capability: 0x%02x @ 0x%02x\n", cap, pos);
 		if (this_cap == 0xff) {
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/device/pci_ops.c b/device/pci_ops.c
index 0162433674..6bb03969ee 100644
--- a/device/pci_ops.c
+++ b/device/pci_ops.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static struct bus *get_pbus(struct device * dev)
 		pbus = pbus->dev->bus;
 	}
 	if (!pbus || !pbus->dev || !pbus->dev->ops || !pbus->dev->ops->ops_pci_bus) {
-		printk(BIOS_ALERT,"%s: %s(%s) Cannot find pci bus operations", __func__, dev->dtsname, dev_path(dev));
+		printk(BIOS_ALERT,"%s: %s(%s) Cannot find PCI bus operations", __func__, dev->dtsname, dev_path(dev));
 		die("");
 		for(;;);
 	}
diff --git a/device/pci_rom.c b/device/pci_rom.c
index 8b14300ee1..678a0e53e3 100644
--- a/device/pci_rom.c
+++ b/device/pci_rom.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct rom_header * pci_rom_probe(struct device *dev)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	printk_debug("rom address for %s = %x\n", dev_path(dev), rom_address);
+	printk_debug("ROM address for %s = %x\n", dev_path(dev), rom_address);
 	
 	if(!dev->on_mainboard) {
 		/* enable expansion ROM address decoding */
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct rom_header * pci_rom_probe(struct device *dev)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	printk_spew("PCI ROM Image,  Class Code %04x%02x, Code Type %02x\n",
+	printk_spew("PCI ROM Image, Class Code %04x%02x, Code Type %02x\n",
 		    rom_data->class_hi, rom_data->class_lo,
 		    rom_data->type);
 	if (dev->class != ((rom_data->class_hi << 8) | rom_data->class_lo)) {
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ struct rom_header *pci_rom_load(struct device *dev, struct rom_header *rom_heade
 	#if CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA_MULTI == 0
 		if (dev != vga_pri) return NULL; // only one VGA supported
 	#endif
-		printk_debug("copying VGA ROM Image from 0x%x to 0x%x, 0x%x bytes\n",
+		printk_debug("Copying VGA ROM image from 0x%x to 0x%x, 0x%x bytes\n",
 			    rom_header, PCI_VGA_RAM_IMAGE_START, rom_size);
 		memcpy(PCI_VGA_RAM_IMAGE_START, rom_header, rom_size);
 		vga_inited = 1;
 		return (struct rom_header *) (PCI_VGA_RAM_IMAGE_START);
 #endif
 	} else {
-		printk_debug("copying non-VGA ROM Image from 0x%x to 0x%x, 0x%x bytes\n",
+		printk_debug("Copying non-VGA ROM image from 0x%x to 0x%x, 0x%x bytes\n",
 			    rom_header, pci_ram_image_start, rom_size);
 		memcpy(pci_ram_image_start, rom_header, rom_size);
 		pci_ram_image_start += rom_size;
diff --git a/device/root_device.c b/device/root_device.c
index 480dd18e7f..8f8c8864db 100644
--- a/device/root_device.c
+++ b/device/root_device.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void root_dev_init(struct device * root)
 
 void root_dev_reset(struct bus *bus)
 {
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Reseting board...   NOT! Define hard_reset please\n");
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Reseting board... NOT! Define hard_reset please\n");
 //	hard_reset();
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/elfboot.c b/lib/elfboot.c
index 4ab65a3619..93910ba549 100644
--- a/lib/elfboot.c
+++ b/lib/elfboot.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ static int valid_area(struct lb_memory *mem,
 		}
 	}
 	if (i == mem_entries) {
-		printk(BIOS_ERR, "No matching ram area found for range:\n");
+		printk(BIOS_ERR, "No matching RAM area found for range:\n");
 		printk(BIOS_ERR, "  [0x%016lx, 0x%016lx)\n", start, end);
-		printk(BIOS_ERR, "Ram areas\n");
+		printk(BIOS_ERR, "RAM areas\n");
 		for(i = 0; i < mem_entries; i++) {
 			u64 mstart, mend;
 			u32 mtype;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int load_elf_segments(struct lb_memory *mem,unsigned char *header, int he
 		  * then copy out the data, which may be a subset of the total area. 
 		  * the cache, after all, is your friend.
 		  */
-		printk(BIOS_INFO, "set %p to 0 for %d bytes\n", (unsigned char *)phdr[i].p_paddr, phdr[i].p_memsz);
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "Set %p to 0 for %d bytes\n", (unsigned char *)phdr[i].p_paddr, phdr[i].p_memsz);
 		memset((unsigned char *)phdr[i].p_paddr, 0, phdr[i].p_memsz);
 		/* ok, copy it out */
 		printk(BIOS_INFO, "Copy to %p from %p for %d bytes\n", (unsigned char *)phdr[i].p_paddr, &header[phdr[i].p_offset], size);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ int elfload(struct lb_memory *mem, unsigned char *header, unsigned long header_s
 
 	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Loaded segments\n");
 	
-	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "closed down stream\n");
+	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Closed down stream\n");
 	/* Reset to booting from this image as late as possible */
 	/* what the hell is boot_successful? */
 	//boot_successful();
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int elfboot_mem(struct lb_memory *mem, void *where, int size)
 	for(i = 0; i < ELF_HEAD_SIZE - (sizeof(Elf_ehdr) + sizeof(Elf_phdr)); i+=16) {
 		ehdr = (Elf_ehdr *)(&header[i]);
 		if (memcmp(ehdr->e_ident, ELFMAG, 4) != 0) {
-			printk(BIOS_SPEW, "NO header at %d\n", i);
+			printk(BIOS_SPEW, "No header at %d\n", i);
 			continue;
 		}
 		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Found ELF candidate at offset %d\n", i);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int elfboot_mem(struct lb_memory *mem, void *where, int size)
  out:
 	if (!result) {
 
-		printk(BIOS_ERR, "Cannot Load ELF Image\n");
+		printk(BIOS_ERR, "Cannot load ELF image\n");
 
 		post_code(0xff);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/lar.c b/lib/lar.c
index c00a08538e..780e96fb4d 100644
--- a/lib/lar.c
+++ b/lib/lar.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ int find_file(struct mem_file *archive, char *filename, struct mem_file *result)
 {
 	char * walk, *fullname;
 	struct lar_header * header;
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "filename is %s\n", filename);
-	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "start 0x%x len 0x%x\n", archive->start, archive->len);
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "LAR: Filename is %s\n", filename);
+	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "LAR: Start 0x%x len 0x%x\n", archive->start, archive->len);
 	for (walk = archive->start; walk < (char *)archive->start + 
 			archive->len - 1; walk+=16) {
 		if(strcmp(walk, MAGIC)!=0)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int find_file(struct mem_file *archive, char *filename, struct mem_file *result)
 
 		header=(struct lar_header *)walk;
 		fullname=walk+sizeof(struct lar_header);
-printk(BIOS_INFO, "fullname is %s\n", fullname);
+printk(BIOS_INFO, "LAR: Fullname is %s\n", fullname);
 		// FIXME: check checksum
 		
 		if(strcmp(fullname, filename)==0) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ printk(BIOS_INFO, "fullname is %s\n", fullname);
  */
 		walk += 16;
 	}
-printk(BIOS_INFO, "return 1! walk %p archive->start %p start _+ len %p\n", walk, archive->start, (char *)archive->start + 
+printk(BIOS_INFO, "LAR: Return 1! walk %p archive->start %p start _+ len %p\n", walk, archive->start, (char *)archive->start + 
                         archive->len);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int copy_file(struct mem_file *archive, char *filename, void *where)
 
 	ret = find_file(archive, filename, &result);
 	if (ret) {
-		printk(BIOS_INFO, "copy_file: no such name %s\n", filename);
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "LAR: copy_file: no such name %s\n", filename);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int run_file(struct mem_file *archive, char *filename, void *where)
 	int (*v)(void);
 
 	if (copy_file(archive, filename, where)){
-		printk(BIOS_INFO, "run file %s failed: ENOENT\n", filename);
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "LAR: Run file %s failed: ENOENT\n", filename);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
index ba17accf43..5b6914a398 100644
--- a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
+++ b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ void post_code(u8 value);
 
 int main(void)
 {
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "RAM init code started\n");
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "RAM init code started.\n");
 
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Nothing to do.");
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Nothing to do.\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation/i440bx.c b/northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation/i440bx.c
index 5dacd606b3..b5441ef806 100644
--- a/northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation/i440bx.c
+++ b/northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation/i440bx.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void ram_resource(struct device * dev, unsigned long index,
         resource->size  = ((resource_t)sizek) << 10;
         resource->flags =  IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_CACHEABLE | \
                 IORESOURCE_FIXED | IORESOURCE_STORED | IORESOURCE_ASSIGNED;
-	printk(BIOS_INFO, "%s: add ram resoource %d bytes\n", __func__, resource->size);
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "%s: add RAM ressource %d bytes\n", __func__, resource->size);
 }
 
 static void pci_domain_set_resources(struct device * dev)