Suppress all output with splashscreen configured only if "splashimage"

is set

common/console.c

@@ -488,8 +488,10 @@ int console_init_r (void)
 	int i, items = ListNumItems (devlist);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
-	/* suppress all output if splash screen is enabled */
-	outputdev = search_device (DEV_FLAGS_OUTPUT, "nulldev");
+	/* suppress all output if splash screen is enabled and we have
+           a bmp to display                                            */
+	if (getenv("splashimage") != NULL)
+		outputdev = search_device (DEV_FLAGS_OUTPUT, "nulldev");
 #endif
 
 	/* Scan devices looking for input and output devices */