diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f10361675d..b103a98c95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK_DEP=$(patsubst %, %-config-devices.mak.d, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 
 ifeq ($(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK),)
 config-all-devices.mak:
-	$(call quiet-command,echo '# no devices' > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,echo '# no devices' > $@,"GEN","$@")
 else
 config-all-devices.mak: $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
 	$(call quiet-command, sed -n \
              's|^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$$|\1:=$$(findstring y,$$(\1)\2)|p' \
              $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK) | sort -u > $@, \
-             "  GEN   $@")
+             "GEN","$@")
 endif
 
 -include $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK_DEP)
 
 %/config-devices.mak: default-configs/%.mak $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh
 	$(call quiet-command, \
-            $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh $< $*-config-devices.mak.d $@ > $@.tmp, "  GEN   $@.tmp")
+            $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make_device_config.sh $< $*-config-devices.mak.d $@ > $@.tmp,"GEN","$@.tmp")
 	$(call quiet-command, if test -f $@; then \
 	  if cmp -s $@.old $@; then \
 	    mv $@.tmp $@; \
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endif
 	 else \
 	  mv $@.tmp $@; \
 	  cp -p $@ $@.old; \
-	 fi, "  GEN   $@");
+	 fi,"GEN","$@");
 
 defconfig:
 	rm -f config-all-devices.mak $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ qemu-version.h: FORCE
 config-host.h: config-host.h-timestamp
 config-host.h-timestamp: config-host.mak
 qemu-options.def: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 SUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,subdir-%, $(TARGET_DIRS))
 SOFTMMU_SUBDIR_RULES=$(filter %-softmmu,$(SUBDIR_RULES))
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ ALL_SUBDIRS=$(TARGET_DIRS) $(patsubst %,pc-bios/%, $(ROMS))
 recurse-all: $(SUBDIR_RULES) $(ROMSUBDIR_RULES)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/version.o: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h | $(BUILD_DIR)/version.lo
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"  RC    version.o")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"RC","version.o")
 $(BUILD_DIR)/version.lo: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.h
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"  RC    version.lo")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I$(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $<,"RC","version.lo")
 
 Makefile: $(version-obj-y) $(version-lobj-y)
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.o fsdev/9p-marshal
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): LIBS += -lcap
 
 qemu-img-cmds.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): LIBS = $(LIBS_QGA)
 qemu-ga$(EXESUF): QEMU_CFLAGS += -I qga/qapi-generated
@@ -274,17 +274,17 @@ qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 qapi-modules = $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/common.json \
                $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/block.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/block-core.json \
@@ -296,27 +296,27 @@ qapi-types.c qapi-types.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-event.c qapi-event.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-commands.h qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-introspect.h qmp-introspect.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qmp-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI): config-host.mak
 
 $(QEMU_GA_MSI):  $(SRC_PATH)/qga/installer/qemu-ga.wxs
 	$(call quiet-command,QEMU_GA_VERSION="$(QEMU_GA_VERSION)" QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER="$(QEMU_GA_MANUFACTURER)" QEMU_GA_DISTRO="$(QEMU_GA_DISTRO)" BUILD_DIR="$(BUILD_DIR)" \
-	wixl -o $@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI_ARCH) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_WITH_VSS) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_MINGW_DLL_PATH) $<, "  WIXL  $@")
+	wixl -o $@ $(QEMU_GA_MSI_ARCH) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_WITH_VSS) $(QEMU_GA_MSI_MINGW_DLL_PATH) $<,"WIXL","$@")
 else
 msi:
 	@echo "MSI build not configured or dependency resolution failed (reconfigure with --enable-guest-agent-msi option)"
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ ivshmem-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-server-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 module_block.h: $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/modules/module_block.py config-host.mak
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $< $@ \
 	$(addprefix $(SRC_PATH)/,$(patsubst %.mo,%.c,$(block-obj-m))), \
-	"  GEN   $@")
+	"GEN","$@")
 
 clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
@@ -521,13 +521,13 @@ ui/shader/%-vert.h: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/shader/%.vert $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclu
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call quiet-command,\
 		perl $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl $< > $@,\
-		"  VERT  $@")
+		"VERT","$@")
 
 ui/shader/%-frag.h: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/shader/%.frag $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call quiet-command,\
 		perl $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/shaderinclude.pl $< > $@,\
-		"  FRAG  $@")
+		"FRAG","$@")
 
 ui/console-gl.o: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/console-gl.c \
 	ui/shader/texture-blit-vert.h ui/shader/texture-blit-frag.h
@@ -537,60 +537,60 @@ MAKEINFO=makeinfo
 MAKEINFOFLAGS=--no-headers --no-split --number-sections
 TEXIFLAG=$(if $(V),,--quiet)
 %.dvi: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,texi2dvi $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,texi2dvi $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 %.html: %.texi
 	$(call quiet-command,LC_ALL=C $(MAKEINFO) $(MAKEINFOFLAGS) --html $< -o $@, \
-	"  GEN   $@")
+	"GEN","$@")
 
 %.info: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $< -o $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKEINFO) $< -o $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 %.pdf: %.texi
-	$(call quiet-command,texi2pdf $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,texi2pdf $(TEXIFLAG) -I . $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-options.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-options.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-monitor.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-monitor-info.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-img-cmds.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -t < $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu.1: qemu-doc.texi qemu-options.texi qemu-monitor.texi qemu-monitor-info.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " qemu.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 qemu.1: qemu-option-trace.texi
 
 qemu-img.1: qemu-img.texi qemu-option-trace.texi qemu-img-cmds.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-img.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-img.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1: fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=1 --center=" " --release=" " fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-nbd.8: qemu-nbd.texi qemu-option-trace.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-nbd.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=8 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-nbd.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 qemu-ga.8: qemu-ga.texi
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 	  perl -Ww -- $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/texi2pod.pl $< qemu-ga.pod && \
 	  $(POD2MAN) --section=8 --center=" " --release=" " qemu-ga.pod > $@, \
-	  "  GEN   $@")
+	  "GEN","$@")
 
 dvi: qemu-doc.dvi qemu-tech.dvi
 html: qemu-doc.html qemu-tech.html
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 19cc49c0d7..9968871d6e 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring -mwindows,$(libs_softmmu)))
 # Terminate program name with a 'w' because the linker builds a windows executable.
 QEMU_PROGW=qemu-system-$(TARGET_NAME)w$(EXESUF)
 $(QEMU_PROG): $(QEMU_PROGW)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) --subsystem console $(QEMU_PROGW) $(QEMU_PROG),"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) --subsystem console $(QEMU_PROGW) $(QEMU_PROG),"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)")
 QEMU_PROG_BUILD = $(QEMU_PROGW)
 else
 QEMU_PROG_BUILD = $(QEMU_PROG)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 		--binary=$(bindir)/$(QEMU_PROG) \
 		--target-name=$(TARGET_NAME) \
 		--target-type=$(TARGET_TYPE) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp-installed")
 
 $(QEMU_PROG).stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ $(QEMU_PROG).stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 		--binary=$(realpath .)/$(QEMU_PROG) \
 		--target-name=$(TARGET_NAME) \
 		--target-type=$(TARGET_TYPE) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG).stp")
 
 $(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=simpletrace-stap \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
 		--probe-prefix=qemu.$(TARGET_TYPE).$(TARGET_NAME) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$(QEMU_PROG)-simpletrace.stp")
 
 else
 stap:
@@ -196,18 +196,18 @@ $(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): config-devices.mak
 $(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): $(all-obj-y) ../libqemuutil.a ../libqemustub.a
 	$(call LINK, $(filter-out %.mak, $^))
 ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN
-	$(call quiet-command,Rez -append $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/qemu.rsrc -o $@,"  REZ   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
-	$(call quiet-command,SetFile -a C $@,"  SETFILE $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,Rez -append $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/qemu.rsrc -o $@,"REZ","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,SetFile -a C $@,"SETFILE","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 endif
 
 gdbstub-xml.c: $(TARGET_XML_FILES) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh
-	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh $@ $(TARGET_XML_FILES),"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(SHELL) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/feature_to_c.sh $@ $(TARGET_XML_FILES),"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 hmp-commands.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 hmp-commands-info.h: $(SRC_PATH)/hmp-commands-info.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
-	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean: clean-target
 	rm -f *.a *~ $(PROGS)
diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
index afa48f1cf1..fa53d9e58e 100644
--- a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ build-all: multiboot.bin linuxboot.bin linuxboot_dma.bin kvmvapic.bin
 
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CPP) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) -c -o - $< | $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) -o $@,"  AS    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CPP) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) -c -o - $< | $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) -o $@,"AS","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.img: %.o
-	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_I386_EMULATION) -T $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds -s -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_I386_EMULATION) -T $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds -s -o $@ $<,"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.raw: %.img
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.bin: %.raw
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/signrom.py $< $@,"  Signing $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/signrom.py $< $@,"SIGN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.raw *.img *.bin *~
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
index 0ab25388a4..0339c24789 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,-pie -nostdlib
 build-all: s390-ccw.img
 
 s390-ccw.elf: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS),"BUILD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 s390-ccw.img: s390-ccw.elf
-	$(call quiet-command,strip --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"  Stripping $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,strip --strip-unneeded $< -o $@,"STRIP","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 $(OBJECTS): Makefile
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile b/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
index dc8b23e3ce..f26dd428b7 100644
--- a/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/spapr-rtas)
 build-all: spapr-rtas.bin
 
 %.img: %.o
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) -nostdlib -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) -nostdlib -o $@ $<,"Building","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.bin: %.img
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"Building","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o *.d *.img *.bin *~
diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index 7bab09dce2..cc630363de 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all:
 .PHONY:	all build clean install update
 
 %.mo: %.po
-	$(call quiet-command, msgfmt -o $@ $<, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command, msgfmt -o $@ $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 -include ../config-host.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/rules.mak
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $(PO_PATH)/messages.po: $(SRC_PATH)/ui/gtk.c
           xgettext -o - --from-code=UTF-8 --foreign-user \
 	    --package-name=QEMU --package-version=$(VERSION) \
 	    --msgid-bugs-address=qemu-devel@nongnu.org -k_ -C ui/gtk.c | \
-	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@, "  GEN   $@")
+	  sed -e s/CHARSET/UTF-8/) >$@,"GEN","$@")
 
 $(PO_PATH)/%.po: $(PO_PATH)/messages.po
-	$(call quiet-command, msgmerge -q $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command, msgmerge -q $@ $< > $@.bak && mv $@.bak $@,"GEN","$@")
diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs b/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
index 7c96c6b288..23d08da225 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $(obj-qga-vss-dll-obj-y): QEMU_CXXFLAGS = $(filter-out -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmis
 
 $(obj)/qga-vss.dll: LDFLAGS = -shared -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias,--enable-stdcall-fixup -lole32 -loleaut32 -lshlwapi -luuid -static
 $(obj)/qga-vss.dll: $(obj-qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/$(obj)/qga-vss.def
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) -o $@ $(qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) -o $@ $(qga-vss-dll-obj-y) $(SRC_PATH)/qga/vss-win32/qga-vss.def $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 
 # rules to build qga-provider.tlb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MIDL=$(WIN_SDK)/Bin/midl
 
 $(obj)/qga-vss.tlb: $(SRC_PATH)/$(obj)/qga-vss.idl
 ifeq ($(WIN_SDK),"")
-	$(call quiet-command,cp $(dir $<)qga-vss.tlb $@, "  COPY  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,cp $(dir $<)qga-vss.tlb $@,"COPY","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 else
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MIDL) -tlb $@ -I $(WIN_SDK)/Include $<,"  MIDL  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(MIDL) -tlb $@ -I $(WIN_SDK)/Include $<,"MIDL","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 endif
diff --git a/rules.mak b/rules.mak
index 5c82c19f73..3fdb261e32 100644
--- a/rules.mak
+++ b/rules.mak
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ expand-objs = $(strip $(sort $(filter %.o,$1)) \
                   $(filter-out %.o %.mo,$1))
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 %.o: %.rc
-	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"  RC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"RC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 # If we have a CXX we might have some C++ objects, in which case we
 # must link with the C++ compiler, not the plain C compiler.
@@ -67,22 +67,22 @@ LINKPROG = $(or $(CXX),$(CC))
 
 LINK = $(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
        $(call process-archive-undefs, $1) \
-       $(version-obj-y) $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+       $(version-obj-y) $(call extract-libs,$1) $(LIBS),"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.S
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"  CCAS  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CCAS) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<,"CCAS","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.cc
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CXX   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CXX","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  CXX   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(CXX) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CXXFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"CXX","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.m
-	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"  OBJC  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(QEMU_DGFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $($@-cflags) -c -o $@ $<,"OBJC","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.o: %.dtrace
-	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -G -s $<, "  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -G -s $<,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS := -fPIC -DBUILD_DSO
 module-common.o: CFLAGS += $(DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS)
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ module-common.o: CFLAGS += $(DSO_OBJ_CFLAGS)
 %$(DSOSUF): %.mo
 	$(call LINK,$^)
 	@# Copy to build root so modules can be loaded when program started without install
-	$(if $(findstring /,$@),$(call quiet-command,cp $@ $(subst /,-,$@), "  CP    $(subst /,-,$@)"))
+	$(if $(findstring /,$@),$(call quiet-command,cp $@ $(subst /,-,$@),"CP","$(subst /,-,$@)"))
 
 
 LD_REL := $(CC) -nostdlib -Wl,-r $(LD_REL_FLAGS)
 
 %.mo:
-	$(call quiet-command,$(LD_REL) -o $@ $^,"  LD -r $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(LD_REL) -o $@ $^,"LD","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 .PHONY: modules
 modules:
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ modules:
 	$(call LINK,$(filter %.o %.a %.mo, $^))
 
 %.a:
-	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $^,"  AR    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,rm -f $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $^,"AR","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
-quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@echo $2 && $1, @$1))
+# Usage: $(call quiet-command,command and args,"NAME","args to print")
+# This will run "command and args", and either:
+#  if V=1 just print the whole command and args
+#  otherwise print the 'quiet' output in the format "  NAME     args to print"
+# NAME should be a short name of the command, 7 letters or fewer.
+# If called with only a single argument, will print nothing in quiet mode.
+quiet-command = $(if $(V),$1,$(if $(2),@printf "  %-7s %s\n" $2 $3 && $1, @$1))
 
 # cc-option
 # Usage: CFLAGS+=$(call cc-option, -falign-functions=0, -malign-functions=0)
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ config-%.h: config-%.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
 
 config-%.h-timestamp: config-%.mak $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config
-	$(call quiet-command, sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config < $< > $@, "  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)config-$*.h")
+	$(call quiet-command, sh $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/create_config < $< > $@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)config-$*.h")
 
 .PHONY: clean-timestamp
 clean-timestamp:
diff --git a/target-s390x/Makefile.objs b/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
index 4329d39c13..6b02b1794c 100644
--- a/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target-s390x/Makefile.objs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ endif
 $(feat-dst)gen-features.h: $(feat-dst)gen-features.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
 $(feat-dst)gen-features.h-timestamp: $(feat-dst)gen-features
-	$(call quiet-command,$< >$@,"  GEN   $(TARGET_DIR)gen-features.h")
+	$(call quiet-command,$< >$@,"GEN","$(TARGET_DIR)gen-features.h")
 
 $(feat-dst)gen-features: $(feat-src)gen-features.c
-	$(call quiet-command,$(HOST_CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) -o $@ $<,"  CC    $(TARGET_DIR)gen-features")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(HOST_CC) $(QEMU_INCLUDES) -o $@ $<,"CC","$(TARGET_DIR)gen-features")
 
 clean-target:
 	rm -f gen-features.h-timestamp
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 8162f6f735..25aaae3c6e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -517,27 +517,27 @@ tests/test-qapi-types.c tests/test-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qapi-visit.c tests/test-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qmp-commands.h tests/test-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qapi-event.c tests/test-qapi-event.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 tests/test-qmp-introspect.c tests/test-qmp-introspect.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py $(qapi-py)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o tests -p "test-" $<, \
-		"  GEN   $@")
+		"GEN","$@")
 
 tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-output-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
 tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF): tests/test-string-input-visitor.o $(test-qapi-obj-y)
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF): tests/ptimer-test.o tests/ptimer-test-stubs.o hw/cor
 tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF): tests/test-uuid.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 
 tests/migration/stress$(EXESUF): tests/migration/stress.o
-	$(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) -static -O3 $(PTHREAD_LIB) -o $@ $< ,"  LINK  $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command, $(LINKPROG) -static -O3 $(PTHREAD_LIB) -o $@ $< ,"LINK","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 INITRD_WORK_DIR=tests/migration/initrd
 
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$((RANDOM % 255 + 1))} \
-		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER $@")
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y)): check-%: %
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command, \
 		MALLOC_PERTURB_=$${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$$((RANDOM % 255 + 1))} \
-		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER $*")
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER","$*")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y) $(gcov-files-generic-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
@@ -756,18 +756,18 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y)): check-%: %
 $(patsubst %, check-report-qtest-%.xml, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-report-qtest-%.xml: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
 		QTEST_QEMU_IMG=qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
-	  gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER $@")
+	  gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y) $(check-qtest-generic-y),"GTESTER","$@")
 
 check-report-unit.xml: $(check-unit-y)
-	$(call quiet-command,gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $^, "GTESTER $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,gtester -q $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -o $@ -m=$(SPEED) $^,"GTESTER","$@")
 
 # Reports and overall runs
 
 check-report.xml: $(patsubst %,check-report-qtest-%.xml, $(QTEST_TARGETS)) check-report-unit.xml
-	$(call quiet-command,$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/gtester-cat $^ > $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/gtester-cat $^ > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 check-report.html: check-report.xml
-	$(call quiet-command,gtester-report $< > $@, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,gtester-report $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 
 # Other tests
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y)): check-%.json: $(SRC_PATH)/%.json
 		$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/tests/qapi-schema/test-qapi.py \
 		$^ >$*.test.out 2>$*.test.err; \
 		echo $$? >$*.test.exit, \
-		"  TEST  $*.out")
+		"TEST","$*.out")
 	@diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.out $*.test.out
 	@# Sanitize error messages (make them independent of build directory)
 	@perl -p -e 's|\Q$(SRC_PATH)\E/||g' $*.test.err | diff -q $(SRC_PATH)/$*.err -
diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index 2fcc3c6418..b44daabbce 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ make-archive-maybe = $(if $(wildcard $1/*), \
 		else \
 			git archive -1 $$(git stash create) --format=tar.gz; \
 		fi) > $2, \
-		"  ARCHIVE $(notdir $2)"))
+		"ARCHIVE","$(notdir $2)"))
 
 CUR_TIME := $(shell date +%Y-%m-%d-%H.%M.%S.$$$$)
 DOCKER_SRC_COPY := docker-src.$(CUR_TIME)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY):
 	$(call make-archive-maybe, $(SRC_PATH)/dtc, $@/dtc.tgz)
 	$(call make-archive-maybe, $(SRC_PATH)/pixman, $@/pixman.tgz)
 	$(call quiet-command, cp $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/run $@/run, \
-		"  COPY RUNNER")
+		"COPY","RUNNER")
 
 docker-qemu-src: $(DOCKER_SRC_COPY)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docker-image-%: $(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/%.docker
 		$(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py build qemu:$* $< \
 		$(if $V,,--quiet) $(if $(NOCACHE),--no-cache) \
 		$(if $(EXECUTABLE),--include-executable=$(EXECUTABLE)),\
-		"  BUILD $*")
+		"BUILD","$*")
 
 # Expand all the pre-requistes for each docker image and test combination
 $(foreach i,$(DOCKER_IMAGES), \
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ docker-run-%: docker-qemu-src
 				/var/tmp/qemu/run \
 				$(CMD); \
 			fi \
-			, "  RUN $(CMD) in $(IMAGE)")))
+			,"RUN","$(CMD) in $(IMAGE)")))
 
 docker-clean:
 	$(call quiet-command, $(SRC_PATH)/tests/docker/docker.py clean)
diff --git a/trace/Makefile.objs b/trace/Makefile.objs
index 4d91b3b833..24d3b3758c 100644
--- a/trace/Makefile.objs
+++ b/trace/Makefile.objs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(trace
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=ust-events-h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-ust.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=ust-events-c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-events.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h
 $(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-events.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=events-h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=events-c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 util-obj-y += generated-events.o
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=h \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 ##############################
 # non-DTrace
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=c \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers.c $(obj)/generated-tracers.h
 
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=d \
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.h: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
-	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<, "  GEN   $@")
+	$(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<,"GEN","$@")
 
 $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(B
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-wrapper-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.h: $(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.c: $(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp
 	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-helper-c \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.o: $(obj)/generated-helpers.c
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ $(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_
 	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
 		--format=tcg-h \
 		--backend=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"  GEN   $(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
+		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
 
 ######################################################################