XRT-SMI(1)

📦 version 2.25.0, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 xrt-smi — the XRT system management interface, bestie edition 💖

okay so. you know how your XRT devices are just sitting there, needing to be configured and examined and programmed and reset and validated? yeah. this is the girl for that job. it's the xrt-smi manual page, and honestly? it ate. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xrt-smi [--help] [--version] [--verbose] [--batch] [--force] [command [commandArgs]]

like, run it bare, or hand it a command with its own commandArgs and let it cook. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

xrt-smi is a command-line utility for configuring, examining, programming, resetting, and validating supported XRT devices.

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one lil binary, five whole personality traits. no cap. 💅

👑 COMMANDS 👑

these are the main character moves. pick one, give it what it needs, watch it slay.

  • configure — device and host configuration. the glow-up station for your setup. 🎀
  • examine — status of the system and device. it's giving "vibe check but for hardware." 🔍
  • program — download the acceleration program to a given device. injecting the acceleration, fr fr. ⚡
  • reset — reset the given device. the classic "have you tried turning it off and on again," but make it official. 🔄
  • validate — validate basic device acceleration functionality. just making sure everything's actually working and not faking it. ✅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per flag, no skips, no shortcuts, because we don't do that here. 🌈

  • --help — show help. the "girl help" flag, except it actually helps. 💖
  • --version — report the version of XRT and its drivers. receipts, basically. 🧾
  • --verbose — enable verbose output. it will not shut up, and honestly? iconic. 🗣️
  • --batch — enable batch mode. for when you're doing things in bulk and have zero time for back-and-forth. 📦
  • --force — force operations when possible. yes, that's the real description. it forces. when it can. use with the appropriate amount of respect. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, i'm not even joking, they're the friend group:

reminder bestie: every flag here is listed exactly as it exists, so don't get creative with spelling. the options are the options. periodt. 💜

that's the whole page!! this one lives under the XRT manual, dated March 2026, and it's filed as XRT-SMI(1) — so if you ever forget where you found me, that's where. mwah. 🎀💖✨

📦 where this page comes from