diff -x ChangeLog -x configure -x config.h.in -x CVS -x '*~' -x '*.mk' -urp ../grub2/include/grub/time.h ./include/grub/time.h
--- ../grub2/include/grub/time.h	2007-10-22 22:02:16.000000000 +0200
+++ ./include/grub/time.h	2008-06-19 15:23:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <grub/machine/time.h>
 #include <grub/cpu/time.h>
 
+extern grub_uint32_t grub_start_time;
+
 void EXPORT_FUNC(grub_millisleep) (grub_uint32_t ms);
 void EXPORT_FUNC(grub_millisleep_generic) (grub_uint32_t ms);
 
diff -x ChangeLog -x configure -x config.h.in -x CVS -x '*~' -x '*.mk' -urp ../grub2/kern/main.c ./kern/main.c
--- ../grub2/kern/main.c	2008-02-10 18:05:10.000000000 +0100
+++ ./kern/main.c	2008-06-19 15:19:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -106,12 +106,15 @@ grub_load_normal_mode (void)
   grub_print_error ();
 }
 
+grub_uint32_t grub_start_time;
+
 /* The main routine.  */
 void
 grub_main (void)
 {
   /* First of all, initialize the machine.  */
   grub_machine_init ();
+  grub_start_time = grub_get_rtc ();
 
   /* Hello.  */
   grub_setcolorstate (GRUB_TERM_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT);
diff -x ChangeLog -x configure -x config.h.in -x CVS -x '*~' -x '*.mk' -urp ../grub2/kern/misc.c ./kern/misc.c
--- ../grub2/kern/misc.c	2008-06-16 22:11:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ./kern/misc.c	2008-06-19 15:26:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -147,7 +147,15 @@ grub_real_dprintf (const char *file, con
   
   if (grub_strword (debug, "all") || grub_strword (debug, condition))
     {
-      grub_printf ("%s:%d: ", file, line);
+      grub_printf (
+#ifndef GRUB_UTIL
+		   "[%u] "
+#endif
+		   "%s:%d: ",
+#ifndef GRUB_UTIL
+		   grub_get_rtc () - grub_start_time,
+#endif
+		   file, line);
       va_start (args, fmt);
       grub_vprintf (fmt, args);
       va_end (args);