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A fix was implemented to override the hardware_concurrency value in CI tests, addressing an issue where test-llama-context and test-backend-ops hung due to incorrect thread count estimation on 8-CPU runners. The solution sets default values of 8 for TEST_ARG_HARDWARE_CONCURRENCY and 4 for TEST_ARG_PARALLEL_WORKERS specifically for the cpu-x64-high-perf configuration.
The update qualifies calls to math functions like isnan and signbit with std:: to ensure compatibility with C++ standard library overloads, addressing issues on NetBSD 11.99.9/x86_64 with gcc 14.4.0. Additional C math function calls are standardized using std:: prefixes (e.g., std::fabs, std::copysign) instead of non-existent std::fabsf variants, improving accuracy by keeping computations in double precision. The change results in a minor behavioral difference with a relative error of at most 1.4e-7, well below test tolerances.
A fix has been implemented to prevent crashes in the command-line interface when encountering invalid UTF-8 in prompts or files, with assistance from Claude. This update is part of the b12177 release of llama.cpp, which includes various binary distributions for macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and other platforms.
The update removes the u8path() function and replaces it with generic_string() in the server component, as part of a broader effort to streamline and standardize string handling across platforms.
The latest release of llama.cpp, version b12132, includes the removal of u8path() in favor of generic_string(), along with updated binaries for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and openEuler, supporting various backends like CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, and SYCL.
The latest release of llama.cpp (b12135) introduces support for MEAN operations in WebGPU, enhancing performance and functionality across multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and iOS. The release includes precompiled binaries for various architectures and backends such as CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, SYCL, and zDNN, with specific builds for Apple Silicon, Snapdragon devices, and openEuler systems. Some features remain disabled or are under development.
The update addresses an issue in llama.cpp where the number of GPU layers was incorrectly calculated by not accounting for skipped NextN layers, leading to improper layer distribution between CPU and GPU. The fix ensures that skipped NextN layers are included in the n_gpu_layers count and properly assigned during model loading, resolving a bug where layer 0 remained on the CPU despite offloading all other layers.
A recent update to llama.cpp addresses a critical issue by rejecting non-object session updates in the server, preventing malformed realtime session data from causing uncaught exceptions and server termination. The release includes binaries for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and iOS, with support for various backends like CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, and SYCL.
The update introduces optimized Metal kernel usage for matrix multiplication with K values between 32 and 64, and adds a new kernel for BF16 x BF16 matrix multiplication, improving performance on Apple Silicon devices.
The latest update to llama.cpp (v1.2140) adds support for the `truncate=false` parameter in YaRN, enabling more accurate frequency interpolation for models like gpt-oss and certain PLaMo-3 variants by preserving non-integer interval boundaries. The change includes updates to GGML operations and CPU backend handling, with CUDA backend support, new tests, and refactoring of RoPE helpers into internal headers. Default behavior remains `truncate=true` for backward compatibility.
The latest update to llama.cpp introduces reference-counted checkpoints instead of deep-copies, reducing memory overhead and improving efficiency. This change adapts the slot save/restore checkpoint mechanism to shared_ptr checkpoint lists and common_state_data buffers, with contributions from multiple developers and AI assistants.
A fix was implemented to verify the combined K+V f16 scratch size in the Flash Attention dequantization path for Vulkan, addressing issue #30048.
The Vulkan implementation of the Fast Walsh-Hadamard Transform (FWHT) has been enhanced to support block widths up to 8192, using shared-memory shaders for larger blocks, and now includes F16 input capability via shader-float16, with pipelines created only when device limits allow. This update aligns Vulkan with CUDA's capabilities and improves efficiency by eliminating the need for F32-to-F16 conversions.
The update introduces CUDA optimizations including linearizing the mixture-of-experts (MoE) data layout for MMQ/MMF, applying tile size optimizations more broadly, and addressing a half-precision (F16) performance regression.
The llama.cpp v1.21.70 release includes enhancements to the moe-cache system, introducing an LRFU/MQ-inspired hybrid cache with improved token handling, key computation, and decay calculations. Changes include adjusting the half-life parameter, increasing the number of classes to 8, refining score computation based on age, removing redundant branches, and improving documentation around unused slots and sorting. The release also features updated build binaries for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and openEuler, with support for CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, SYCL, and other backends.
The update introduces batched tensor functions `get_tensor_n` and `set_tensor_n` for WebGPU, along with fixes for the editor-config checker and removal of an outdated comment.
The llama.cpp release b12174 introduces the ability to generate RC files directly without requiring a win-app.rc.in file, alongside a comprehensive set of precompiled binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and openEuler across various architectures and backends including CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, SYCL, and Snapdragon-specific hardware. The release also includes a standalone UI package.
Fixed get_max_size to return maxBufferSize and improved the memset shader to handle buffer sizes exceeding the maximum binding size, preventing issues with whole-buffer bindings in memset and clear operations.
The llama.cpp release b12116 introduces support for the drama-3 text-to-speech model, includes cleanup improvements, and ensures the drama3 helper stops at the codebook tower limit. This update provides binaries for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and iOS, with support for various backends such as CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, and SYCL. Some builds remain disabled or require additional setup.
The update enhances OpenCL performance for decode operations by optimizing workgroup usage for q4_K gate up and GLU, and adds support for Flash Attention (FA) in various configurations including GQA 2, 6, and 16 with different head sizes, improving efficiency on specific hardware setups.
