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* granite-switch: add llama.cpp backend (POC, CPU)
New "granite-switch" architecture: a dense, all-attention Granite-4.1
model with N embedded LoRA adapters selected per-token by control tokens.
- gguf-py schema (arch, KV keys, stacked LoRA tensor names) + writer helpers
- conversion/granite.py: GraniteSwitchModel converter (stacks N adapters +
zero base slot into per-projection A/B tensors; emits switch metadata)
- C++ arch registration (llama-arch.{h,cpp}, llama-model.{h,cpp})
- src/models/granite_switch.cpp: load + per-token switched-LoRA graph via
ggml_mul_mat_id over stacked tensors; sticky per-token index + control-token
substitution in llm_graph_input_switch::set_input
- llm_graph_input_switch in src/models/models.h
Runs end-to-end on CPU: convert 3b checkpoint (842 tensors, stacked dim 13)
and generate on both base and control-token paths. Sticky switch state is
single-sequence (POC); full multi-sequence machinery is a follow-up.
* granite-switch: add Mac (Metal) build + mid-sequence switch demo script
Self-contained script to build llama.cpp on Apple Silicon (Metal),
convert the composed 3b checkpoint, and run the crisp mid-sequence
adapter-switch demos verified on Vela:
- answerability: <|answerability|> mid-seq -> "unanswerable"
- query_rewrite: <|query_rewrite|> mid-seq -> {"rewritten_question": ...}
Each demo runs the same prompt twice, differing only by a control token
placed before the assistant turn, so the per-token switch is visible.
* granite-switch mac demo: add -no-cnv so each run is one-shot
The composed model ships a chat template, so llama-completion auto-enables
interactive conversation mode and halts at a `>` prompt after generating,
stalling the script. -no-cnv disables conversation mode: generate once from
the raw prompt and exit (also prints special tokens, making the switch visible).
* granite-switch: replace global sticky index with in-graph router attention
The POC computed the per-token adapter index on the CPU and carried it
across ubatches in ONE global `mutable int32_t poc_sticky_index`, reset
only when a ubatch contained sequence position 0. That global had two
problems:
1. Concurrency: with multiple sequences in a batch it was last-writer-
wins — one sequence's adapter leaked into the others.
2. Multi-turn: an interactive `ollama run` chat continues one KV cache,
so turn 2 never saw position 0 and the index never reset — the
adapter stayed stuck on across turns.
Port the vLLM/HF backend mechanism faithfully: a single-head causal
"router" attention recovers the adapter index in-graph. Per token, only
dim 0 carries signal — Q[0]=1, K[0]=+gain for a control token / -gain
otherwise, V[0]=adapter slot / 0 — and the causal softmax over the single
visible control token recovers that adapter's slot (readback =
clamp(round(V[0]), 0, n_adapters)). gain=15 matches config.py and is
F16-safe (no F32 cache).
The router's K/V live in the model KV cache at an extra layer
R == hparams.router_layer (== n_layer). We bump n_layer_all to n_real+1
so the cache allocator gives the router its own per-sequence slot, and
set n_layer_nextn=1 so n_layer() stays n_real — the decoder loop and
tensor loading are untouched and never reference layer R. The router K is
exempted from the k-shift RoPE loop (its dim-0 value is a literal
magnitude, not a rotation).
Because the selection now lives in the per-sequence KV cache, CONCURRENT
requests are isolated for free (problem 1 fixed; verified by
scratch/concurrent_switch_test.cpp). set_input becomes stateless pure
per-token maps; the global is gone.
Single-switch contract / known limitation, identical to vLLM & HF: the
gain is flat (no recency), so within one sequence there is no mechanism to
revert to base mid-sequence — once an adapter fires it stays on until that
sequence ends (problem 2 is therefore NOT fixed by a faithful copy; vLLM/HF
avoid it only because each served request is a fresh sequence). A client
continuing one KV cache across turns must start a fresh sequence per turn,
or opt into a recency-biased router (a deliberate divergence, not done
here). Documented in granite_switch.cpp and asserted by
scratch/multiturn_leak_test.cpp.
Verified (CPU): both demos unchanged (answerability -> "unanswerable",
query_rewrite -> rewritten query); concurrent two-sequence isolation
passes; multi-turn carry-over matches the vLLM/HF contract.
* granite-switch: drop scratch tests and mac demo for upstream PR
Remove the local-only development artifacts that should not ship in the
upstream PR:
- granite-switch-mac-demo.sh (local Metal build + demo driver)
- scratch/concurrent_switch_test.cpp
- scratch/multiturn_leak_test.cpp
Also drop the now-dangling reference to the scratch tests from the
granite_switch.cpp header comment. Leaves only the core architecture
support (conversion, gguf constants, llama-arch/model/kv-cache, and the
granite_switch graph).
* granite-switch: trim comments to match native llama.cpp style
* granite-switch: trim conversion comments to match native style
* granite-switch: drop unused adapter_ranks metadata
* granite-switch: rename arch to graniteswitch and drop obid alias
* granite-switch: fix non-ASCII comments and document router gain assumption
* granite-switch: drop section comments from constants.py to match native style
* granite-switch: add functional tensor block comments matching Granite4 Vision style
* granite-switch: clarify n_expert_used comment
State the actual constraint: mul_mat_id needs n_expert_used == 1, and
since the GGUF carries expert_count = 0 the generic loader's
n_expert == 0 => n_expert_used == 0 assertion has already passed by the
time load_arch_hparams runs, so it is forced to 1 here.
* granite-switch: note n_layer_nextn reuse has no MTP
The router carving reuses n_layer_nextn, normally the MTP/next-token
count. Clarify in the comment that it is borrowed here purely as the
trailing-layers lever and that there is no MTP head, to spare readers
the double-take.
* granite-switch: rename source file and apply review nits
* granite-switch: don't force LoRA tensors to F16, follow --outtype instead
* granite-switch: drop redundant _permute_qk wrapper, call LlamaModel.permute directly
* granite-switch: read router gain from GGUF (control_token_gain) instead of hardcoding 15.0
* granite-switch: derive n_slots()
* granite-switch: move llm_graph_input_switch into granite-switch.cpp
* granite-switch: cut AI-style narration comments
* granite-switch: collapse multi-line comments
* granite-switch: rename control_token_* maps to adapter_token_*
* granite-switch: cut noise comments
* granite-switch: rename embedded LoRA tensors to <base>.lora_a/lora_b
* granite-switch: GGML_ASSERT token input to avoid UB on embeddings
* granite-switch: TODO for raw embedding input support
* granite-switch: collapse LoRA tensor constants to .lora_a/.lora_b suffix
* granite-switch: drop n_expert_used hack, guard mul_mat_id buft probe
* granite-switch: stop forcing dense expert counts, read from config
* granite-switch: renamed control_token_gain metadata key to router_gain
* granite-switch: trim header comments to match native style
* granite-switch: collapse LoRA tensors to base name + suffix
* granite-switch: inline suffix checks in tensor op resolution
* granite-switch: drop switch-lora struct comment
* granite-switch: guard router layer index and inline n_slots
* granite-switch: group adapter metadata under {arch}.adapters.* namespace
* granite-switch: add hparams.has_rope(il) for KV-shift rope skipping
* granite-switch: skip arch in test-llama-archs (adapter fixture missing, TODO)
* granite-switch: Keys.Adapters namespace + simplify n_slots
* granite-switch: validate substitute token ids against n_vocab
* granite-switch: bound adapter count and lora rank from GGUF
* granite-switch: reject MTP context type when router_layer is set
* granite-switch: throw on bad adapter metadata instead of GGML_ASSERT
* granite-switch: use ASCII +/- in router K signal comment
* granite-switch: document n_layer_nextn repurpose and its leak points
* granite-switch: gate lora_a/lora_b op mapping on router_layer
* granite-switch: label all three preview model sizes
llama.cpp
LLM inference in C/C++
manifesto / ggml / ops / maintainer PRs / compile times / lib llama API / llama-server REST API
Quick start
A few options to get llama.cpp installed on your machine:
- Visit https://llama.app and follow the instructions
- Run with Docker - see our Docker documentation
- Download pre-built binaries from the releases page
- Build from source by cloning this repository - check out our build guide
Once installed:
# Download and run a model directly from Hugging Face
llama cli -hf ggml-org/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF
# Launch OpenAI-compatible API server
llama serve -hf ggml-org/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF
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Description
The main goal of llama.cpp is to enable LLM (and VLM) inference with minimal setup and state-of-the-art performance on
a wide range of hardware - locally and in the cloud.
- Plain C/C++ implementation without any dependencies
- Apple silicon is a first-class citizen - optimized via ARM NEON, Accelerate and Metal frameworks
- AVX, AVX2, AVX512 and AMX support for x86 architectures
- RVV, ZVFH, ZFH, ZICBOP and ZIHINTPAUSE support for RISC-V architectures
- 1.5-bit, 2-bit, 3-bit, 4-bit, 5-bit, 6-bit, and 8-bit integer quantization for faster inference and reduced memory use
- Custom CUDA kernels for running LLMs on NVIDIA GPUs (support for AMD GPUs via HIP and Moore Threads GPUs via MUSA)
- Vulkan and SYCL backend support
- CPU+GPU hybrid inference to partially accelerate models larger than the total VRAM capacity
The llama.cpp project is build on top of the ggml library.
Supported backends
| Backend | Target devices |
|---|---|
| BLAS | All |
| BLIS | All |
| CANN | Ascend NPU |
| CUDA | Nvidia GPU |
| HIP | AMD GPU |
| Hexagon [In Progress] | Snapdragon |
| IBM zDNN | IBM Z & LinuxONE |
| MUSA | Moore Threads GPU |
| Metal | Apple Silicon |
| OpenCL | Adreno GPU |
| OpenVINO [In Progress] | Intel CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs |
| RPC | All |
| SYCL | Intel GPU |
| VirtGPU | VirtGPU APIR |
| Vulkan | GPU |
| WebGPU | All |
| ZenDNN | AMD CPU |
Documentation
Tools
Development
- How to build
- Running on Docker
- Build on Android
- Multi-GPU usage
- Performance troubleshooting
- GGML tips & tricks
- XCFramework
- Completions
- Models
Contributing
- Contributors can open PRs
- Collaborators will be invited based on contributions
- Maintainers can push to branches in the
llama.cpprepo and merge PRs into themasterbranch - Any help with managing issues, PRs and projects is very appreciated!
- Read the CONTRIBUTING.md for more information
Acknowledgements
- yhirose/cpp-httplib - Single-header HTTP server, used by
llama-server- MIT license - stb-image - Single-header image format decoder, used by multimodal subsystem - Public domain
- nlohmann/json - Single-header JSON library, used by various tools/examples - MIT License
- miniaudio.h - Single-header audio format decoder, used by multimodal subsystem - Public domain
- subprocess.h - Single-header process launching solution for C and C++ - Public domain