Kernelinfo Utility

The kernelinfo utility extracts and displays information from .xo files which can be used during host code development. This information includes hardware function names, arguments, offsets, and port data.

The following command options are available:

Table 1. kernalinfo Commands
Option	Description
`-h [ --help ]`	Print help message.
`-x [ --xo_path ] <arg>`	Absolute path to XO file including file name and .xo extension
`-l [ --log ] <arg>`	By default, information is displayed on the screen. Otherwise, you can use the `--log` option to output the information as a file.
`-j [ --json ]`	Output the file in JSON format.
`[input_file]`	XO file. Specify the XO file positionally or use the `--xo_path` option.
`[output_file]`	Output from Xilinx OpenCL™ Compiler. Specify the output file positionally, or use the `--log` option.

To run the kernelinfo utility, enter the following in a Linux terminal:

kernelinfo <filename.xo>

The output is divided into three sections:

Kernel Definitions
Arguments
Ports

The report generated by the following command is reviewed to help better understand the report content. Note that the report is broken down into specific sections for better understandability.

kernelinfo krnl_vadd.xo

Where krnl_vadd.xo is a packaged kernel.