Re-run the GB10/DGX-Spark llama-batched-bench matrix (dense q36-27b + MoE
q36-35b-a3b, npl 8/32/64/128, -fa on -ngl 99 -npp 128 -ntg 128) so the CSV and
README section 4 carry a single consistent set of llama numbers with all three
configs:
- stock: separately-built unpatched llama.cpp at this backend's exact pin
9d5d882d (toggling LLAMA_KV_PAGED on the patched binary does NOT reproduce
stock - the SSM decode fusions are compiled in, not env-gated).
- patched: paged binary, LLAMA_KV_PAGED=1 (+LLAMA_MOE_FORCE_GRAPHS=1 for MoE).
- patched+bf16-tau: patched plus --ssm-bf16-tau 64 (opt-in, NOT bit-exact,
~91% same-top-p).
final_benchmark.csv now has stock + patched + bf16-tau + vllm rows for both
models at all four widths (the prior CSV had no stock and no bf16-tau rows).
peak_gb is dropped: the GB10's unified LPDDR5x reports [N/A] to nvidia-smi and
the bench does not print it, so per-run peak could not be captured this session.
Patch series gives up to 2.46x (dense) / 2.26x (MoE) over true-stock; opt-in
bf16-tau adds a further +3% to +17% on top of patched (growing with width).
vLLM column is kept from the prior session (not re-run) and labeled as such.
Assisted-by: Claude:opus-4.8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
The paged backend's llama.cpp pin was reverted from c299a92c back to
9d5d882d (== stock), so docs/PIN_SYNC_c299a92c.md (a blow-by-blow of the
reverted sync) is dead weight. The pin-sync PROCESS stays documented in
the three live places: the Makefile comment, README section 7 (Pin +
maintenance policy), and .agents/llama-cpp-localai-paged-backend.md.
Delete the doc and repoint every reference to it (Makefile, README,
.agents, canary script + workflow) at README section 7. No functional
paths change: the canary's patches-dir glob (patches/paged/0*.patch)
is untouched.
Assisted-by: Claude:opus-4.8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
The c299a92c bump diverged 23 commits ahead of the stock llama-cpp pin.
grpc-server.cpp is SHARED with the stock backend and tracks the stock pin;
c299a92c's upstream server-API refactor pulled stream_* helpers into the headers
grpc-server.cpp includes, whose definitions the stock-aligned build does not
compile -> every paged variant failed to LINK (undefined reference to
stream_aware_should_stop / stream_pipe_producer::cleanup /
stream_session_attach_pipe). The bump was greedy-md5 bit-exact, but the bit-exact
gate never exercises the full grpc-server build, so it slipped through.
Revert LLAMA_VERSION to 9d5d882d (== stock pin, where the patches are bit-exact
AND grpc-server links - the original DGX-proven baseline). Document the hard
constraint in the Makefile, README, PIN_SYNC record, and the .agents guide: the
paged pin must track the stock pin, and a pin-sync must pass the full CI
grpc-server build, not only the bit-exact gate.
Assisted-by: Claude:opus-4.8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
The llama-cpp-localai-paged patches/ dir had accumulated docs, plots, a csv,
dev .cpp harnesses, and a dead FP4-MoE kernel scaffold after an earlier git-mv.
Restore the invariant that patches/ holds only the .patch series.
Moves:
- patches/paged/README.md -> README.md (canonical doc at the backend root)
- patches/paged/{PIN_SYNC_c299a92c,PAGED_BITEXACT_NOTE,LOCALAI_LLAMACPP_BACKEND_PLAN,UPSTREAM_LAYER2_SCOPE}.md,
final_benchmark.csv, qwen36_*.png, paged-burst-bench.cpp, paged-reclaim-unit.cpp -> docs/
- patches/README.md -> docs/PATCH_MAINTENANCE.md (unique patch-regen recipe not in the canonical README)
Deletes:
- patches/BENCHMARKS.md (superseded by README section 4 + the dev-notes section)
- patches/kernel/ (dead FP4-MoE scaffold, never in the 0001-0030 apply glob, zero refs repo-wide)
Repoint every reference to the moved files: README internal links (docs/ + the
.github links drop from 5x ../ to 3x ../), .agents/llama-cpp-localai-paged-backend.md,
.github/scripts/paged-canary-apply.sh, .github/workflows/llama-cpp-paged-canary.yml,
the wrapper Makefile, backend/cpp/llama-cpp/grpc-server.cpp, backend/index.yaml,
docs/content/features/backends.md, gallery/index.yaml.
The build apply glob PAGED_PATCHES_DIR/0*.patch (PAGED_PATCHES_DIR := .../patches/paged)
is unchanged and still resolves to the 28 patches.
Assisted-by: Claude:opus-4.8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
