diff --git a/fpga/fpgactl b/fpga/fpgactl
index 987c880..1b8bf44 100755
--- a/fpga/fpgactl
+++ b/fpga/fpgactl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function copy_by_dma() # {{{
 
   while [ "$skip" -lt "$nblocks" ]; do
     dst=$(($address + $skip * $bs))
-    dd if="$ifile" skip=$skip count=1 bs=$bs of="$ofile" seek=$dst oflag=seek_bytes
+    dd if="$ifile" skip=$skip count=1 bs=$bs of="$ofile" seek=$dst oflag=seek_bytes status=none
     let skip=$skip+1
   done
 
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ function load_file_in_memory() # {{{
   address_hex="$2"
   address=$(($address_hex))
 
+  total_size=$(stat --format "%s" "$file")
+
   # Previous tests...
   #strace -f dma-to-device -d /dev/qdma08000-MM-1 -a "$address" -s $((8*1024*1024)) -f "$file"
   #strace -f dd if="$file" bs=16M seek="${address}" oflag=seek_bytes of=/dev/qdma08000-MM-1 status=progress conv=sync
@@ -116,9 +118,11 @@ function load_file_in_memory() # {{{
   #ID=08 ./load_image.sh "$file" "$address"
 
   # Now dd seems to work fine, but I will leave this as fallback:
-  #copy_by_dma "$file" "$address"
+  copy_by_dma "$file" "$address"
 
-  dd if="$file" bs=8M seek="${address}" oflag=seek_bytes of=/dev/qdma08000-MM-1 status=none
+  #dd if="$file" bs=8M seek="${address}" oflag=seek_bytes of=/dev/qdma08000-MM-1 status=none
+
+  printf "loaded '%s' at 0x%x with size %d\n" "$file" "$address" "$total_size" >&2
 } # }}}
 function do_boot_only() # {{{
 {