diff -uNr e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/Makefile.in e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/Makefile.in
--- e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/Makefile.in	2011-09-18 17:10:03.000000000 -0400
+++ e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/Makefile.in	2012-01-12 13:16:34.647198494 -0500
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	pass3.o pass4.o pass5.o journal.o badblocks.o util.o dirinfo.o \
 	dx_dirinfo.o ehandler.o problem.o message.o quota.o recovery.o \
 	region.o revoke.o ea_refcount.o rehash.o profile.o prof_err.o \
-	sigcatcher.o $(MTRACE_OBJ)
+	sigcatcher.o splash.o $(MTRACE_OBJ)
 
 PROFILED_OBJS= profiled/dict.o profiled/unix.o profiled/e2fsck.o \
 	profiled/super.o profiled/pass1.o profiled/pass1b.o \
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 	profiled/message.o profiled/problem.o profiled/quota.o \
 	profiled/recovery.o profiled/region.o profiled/revoke.o \
 	profiled/ea_refcount.o profiled/rehash.o profiled/profile.o \
-	profiled/crc32.o profiled/prof_err.o profiled/sigcatcher.o
+	profiled/crc32.o profiled/prof_err.o profiled/sigcatcher.o 
 
 SRCS= $(srcdir)/e2fsck.c \
 	$(srcdir)/crc32.c \
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 	$(srcdir)/rehash.c \
 	$(srcdir)/region.c \
 	$(srcdir)/profile.c \
+	$(srcdir)/splash.c \
 	$(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c \
 	prof_err.c \
 	$(srcdir)/quota.c \
@@ -487,6 +488,7 @@
  $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_ext_attr.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/bitops.h \
  $(srcdir)/profile.h prof_err.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/quota/mkquota.h \
  $(top_srcdir)/lib/quota/quota.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/../e2fsck/dict.h
+splash.o: $(srcdir)/splash.c $(srcdir)/splash.h
 profile.o: $(srcdir)/profile.c $(top_builddir)/lib/config.h \
  $(top_srcdir)/lib/et/com_err.h $(srcdir)/profile.h prof_err.h
 sigcatcher.o: $(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c $(top_builddir)/lib/config.h \
diff -uNr e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/splash.c e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/splash.c
--- e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/splash.c	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/splash.c	2012-01-12 13:33:24.418574614 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * add support for switching the splash screen on boot
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "splash.h"
+
+static int verbose = 0;
+
+/* nop implementation
+ */
+static void nop(void)
+{
+}
+
+static struct splash_ops nop_ops = {
+	.splash_on = nop,
+	.splash_off = nop
+};
+
+/*
+ *  bootsplash implementation
+ */
+#define BOOTSPLASH_CTL	"/proc/splash"
+
+static int bootsplash_exists(void)
+{
+	struct stat sb;
+
+	if (stat(BOOTSPLASH_CTL, &sb) == -1)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* write msg to splash control */
+static void bootsplash_msg(const char *msg, size_t size)
+{
+	int fd;
+	size_t written;
+
+	fd = open(BOOTSPLASH_CTL, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		if (verbose)
+			printf("cannot open %s\n", BOOTSPLASH_CTL);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	written = write(fd, msg, size);
+	if (written != size) {
+		if (verbose)
+			printf("size = %i, written = %i\n", size, written);
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+static void bootsplash_on(void)
+{
+	if (verbose)
+		printf("setting bootsplash silent\n");
+	bootsplash_msg("silent\n", 7);
+}
+
+static void bootsplash_off(void)
+{
+	if (verbose)
+		printf("setting bootsplash verbose\n");
+	bootsplash_msg("verbose\n", 8);
+}
+
+static struct splash_ops bootsplash_ops = {
+	.splash_on = bootsplash_on,
+	.splash_off = bootsplash_off
+};
+
+/*
+ * Initialisation
+ */
+void splash_init(struct splash_ops **ops)
+{
+	if (bootsplash_exists())
+		*ops = &bootsplash_ops;
+	else
+		*ops = &nop_ops;
+}
+
+void splash_set_verbose(void)
+{
+	verbose = 1;
+}
+
diff -uNr e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/splash.h e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/splash.h
--- e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/splash.h	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/splash.h	2012-01-12 13:33:24.418574614 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _SPLASH_H
+#define _SPLASH_H
+
+struct splash_ops {
+	void (*splash_on)(void);
+	void (*splash_off)(void);
+};
+
+void splash_init(struct splash_ops **ops);
+void splash_set_verbose(void);
+
+#endif /* _SPLASH_H */
+
diff -uNr e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/unix.c e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/unix.c
--- e2fsprogs-1.42.orig/e2fsck/unix.c	2011-11-14 10:55:54.000000000 -0500
+++ e2fsprogs-1.42/e2fsck/unix.c	2012-01-12 13:20:01.726609643 -0500
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "e2p/e2p.h"
 #include "e2fsck.h"
 #include "problem.h"
+#include "splash.h"
 #include "../version.h"
 
 /* Command line options */
@@ -1108,6 +1109,7 @@
 	int old_bitmaps;
 	__u32 features[3];
 	char *cp;
+	struct splash_ops *sops;
 
 	clear_problem_context(&pctx);
 	sigcatcher_setup();
@@ -1139,6 +1141,7 @@
 		exit(FSCK_ERROR);
 	}
 	reserve_stdio_fds();
+	splash_init(&sops);
 
 	init_resource_track(&ctx->global_rtrack, NULL);
 	if (!(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_PREEN) || show_version_only)
@@ -1484,6 +1487,7 @@
 		fatal_error(ctx, 0);
 	check_if_skip(ctx);
 	check_resize_inode(ctx);
+	sops->splash_off();
 	if (bad_blocks_file)
 		read_bad_blocks_file(ctx, bad_blocks_file, replace_bad_blocks);
 	else if (cflag)