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+# Using OpenVINO™ Toolkit containers with NPU accelerators
+
+To use the NPU (Neural Processing Unit) Driver inside a container:
+- Ensure that the corresponding firmware package `intel-fw-npu` is installed on the host. 
+- Add NPU device to the container, for example, by using the argument `--device=/dev/accel/accel0` when running your container. 
+
+See [NPU Driver release page](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases) for setup details.
+
+## NPU device recovery
+
+There is a known issue with NPU device recovery in the current NPU Driver.
+Starting from NPU Linux driver release v1.13.0, a new NPU recovery behavior has been introduced. 
+Corresponding changes in Ubuntu kernels are expected with new kernel releases. 
+
+For more details, see the [known issue page](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/issues/87).
+
+### Troubleshooting 
+
+If inference on the NPU crashes, you can manually reload the driver by running this command in the terminal: 
+
+```
+sudo rmmod intel_vpu
+sudo modprobe intel_vpu
+```
+
+## See also
+
+[Intel® NPU Driver GitHub](https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver)
+
+[Prebuilt images](#prebuilt-images)
+
+[Working with OpenVINO Containers](docs/containers.md)
+
+[Install Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit From a Docker Image](https://docs.openvino.ai/2025/get-started/install-openvino/install-openvino-docker-linux.html)