load command

Synopsis

load <interface> [<dev[:part]> [<addr> [<filename> [bytes [pos]]]]]

Description

The load command is used to read a file from a filesystem into memory.

The number of transferred bytes is saved in the environment variable filesize. The load address is saved in the environment variable fileaddr.

interface
interface for accessing the block device (mmc, sata, scsi, usb, ….)
dev
device number
part
partition number, defaults to 0 (whole device)
addr
load address, defaults to environment variable loadaddr or if loadaddr is not set to configuration variable CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR
filename
path to file, defaults to environment variable bootfile
bytes
maximum number of bytes to load
pos
number of bytes to skip

addr, bytes, pos are hexadecimal numbers.

Example

=> load mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} snp.efi
149280 bytes read in 11 ms (12.9 MiB/s)
=>
=> load mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} snp.efi 1000000
149280 bytes read in 9 ms (15.8 MiB/s)
=>
=> load mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} snp.efi 1000000 100
149024 bytes read in 10 ms (14.2 MiB/s)
=>
=> load mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} snp.efi 10
16 bytes read in 1 ms (15.6 KiB/s)
=>

Configuration

The load command is only available if CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC=y.

Return value

The return value $? is set to 0 (true) if the file was successfully loaded even if the number of bytes is less then the specified length.

If an error occurs, the return value $? is set to 1 (false).