### What this PR does / why we need it?
After moved torchair related quantization section into
torchair_quantization, split the torchair from the origin quantization
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
NO
### How was this patch tested?
vLLM version: main
vLLM main:
ab9f2cfd19
- vLLM version: v0.10.1.1
- vLLM main:
69244e67e6
Signed-off-by: hust17yixuan <303660421@qq.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
The deepseek w4a8 weights we supported before were in mindie-format
format. It uses int8 to represent int4, so the weight size is similar to
w8a8, and we need to do a few extra steps to make vllm-ascend load it
normally.
Now we can directly use the new weight format, which uses two int4 packs
to save the weight, the weight size is reduced, and there is no need to
do many extra operations to directly use it on vllm-ascend, but we are
also compatible with the weights of the previous mindie format.
The weight changes in the new version:
1. The weight is packed （2 int4 pack to int8）
2. The bias required in the apply method is directly generated by
modelslim
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
no
### How was this patch tested?
Adding ut case in `tests/ut/quantization/test_w4a8_dynamic.py`
#### 1.How to get weights using Modelslim
##### Installation steps
we can use the branch br_release_MindStudio_8.1.RC2_TR5_20260624
git clone -b br_release_MindStudio_8.1.RC2_TR5_20260624
https://gitee.com/ascend/msit.git
cd msit/msmodelslim
bash install.sh
##### Generate w4a8 weights
cd /example/DeepSeek
Command reference: msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md Execute the
[pre-check](https://gitee.com/ascend/msit/blob/br_release_MindStudio_8.1.RC2_TR5_20260624/msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md#%E8%BF%90%E8%A1%8C%E5%89%8D%E5%BF%85%E6%A3%80)
and [DeepSeek-R1 w4a8 mix
quantization](https://gitee.com/ascend/msit/blob/br_release_MindStudio_8.1.RC2_TR5_20260624/msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md#deepseek-r1-w4a8-%E6%B7%B7%E5%90%88%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96%E5%89%8D%E4%B8%89%E5%B1%82-mlpw8a8-dynamic-%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96mla%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%AB%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6w8a8%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96%E8%B7%AF%E7%94%B1%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6w4a8-dynamic%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96)
chapter
Reference command：python3 quant_deepseek_w4a8.py --model_path {Original
weight path} --save_path {Generate weight path}
##### Adapt to vllm-ascend
Modification in `config.json`：`"model_type":deepseekv2` is changed to
`"model_type":deepseek_v3`;
#### 2.How to run w4a8
##### a.How to run eager mode
export VLLM_ASCEND_MLA_PA=1
python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server --model=$1
--trust-remote-code -tp $2 -dp $3 --enable_expert_parallel
--quantization ascend --port $4 --max-model-len $5 --max-num-seqs $6
--enforce-eager
eg: python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server
--model=/weightpath/w4a8_4_layer --trust-remote-code -tp 4 -dp 4
--enable_expert_parallel --quantization ascend --port 8002
--max-model-len 5120 --max-num-seqs 128 --enforce-eager
##### b.How to run graph mode
export HCCL_BUFFSIZE=1024
python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server --model=$1
--trust-remote-code -tp $2 -dp $3 --enable_expert_parallel
--quantization ascend --port $4 --max-model-len $5
--additional_config='{"ascend_scheduler_config":{"enabled":true},"torchair_graph_config":{"enabled":true}}'
eg: python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server
--model=/weight/dsr1_w4a8_vllm --trust-remote-code -tp 4 -dp 4
--enable_expert_parallel --quantization ascend --port 8002
--max-model-len 5120
--additional_config='{"ascend_scheduler_config":{"enabled":true},"torchair_graph_config":{"enabled":true}}'
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
103f1ec8d3
---------
Signed-off-by: Wang Kunpeng <1289706727@qq.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
Supports Deepseek-R1 w4a8 quantization.
Since R1 w4a8 uses mixed quantization, only the MOE layer uses
w4a8_dynamic quantization, so we added the w4a8_dynamic.py file, which
includes the AscendW4A8DynamicFusedMoEMethod class.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
no
### How was this patch tested?
Adding ut case in `tests/ut/quantization/test_w4a8_dynamic.py` and
`tests/ut/quantization/test_quantizer.py`
Adding e2e case in
`tests/e2e/multicard/test_offline_inference_distributed.py::test_models_distributed_DeepSeek_W4A8DYNAMIC`
to test deepseek w4a8_dynamic quantized model
#### 1.How to get weights using Modelslim
##### Installation steps
Use the branch master, the commit id is:
298e175d69b3b855111a1e09bbe2fcd12fdb4e24
git clone https://gitee.com/ascend/msit.git
cd msit/msmodelslim
bash install.sh
##### The required transformers environment
transformers>=4.48.2
##### Generate w4a8 weights
cd /example/DeepSeek
Command reference: msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md Execute the
[pre-check](https://gitee.com/ascend/msit/blob/master/msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md#%E8%BF%90%E8%A1%8C%E5%89%8D%E5%BF%85%E6%A3%80)
and [DeepSeek-R1 w4a8 mix
quantization](https://gitee.com/ascend/msit/blob/master/msmodelslim/example/DeepSeek/README.md#deepseek-r1-w4a8-%E6%B7%B7%E5%90%88%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96%E5%89%8D%E4%B8%89%E5%B1%82-mlpw8a8-dynamic-%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96mla%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%AB%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6w8a8%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96%E8%B7%AF%E7%94%B1%E4%B8%93%E5%AE%B6w4a8-dynamic%E9%87%8F%E5%8C%96)
chapter
Reference command：python3 quant_deepseek_w4a8.py --model_path {Original
weight path} --save_path {Generate weight path} --mindie_format
##### Adapt to vllm-ascend
Since mindie_format generates mindie format, some adaptation
modifications are needed for vllm-ascend to use it:
`quant_model_description_w8a8_dynamic.json` rename to
`quant_model_description.json`, and add `"group_size": 256`
Modification in `config.json`：`"model_type":deepseekv2` is changed to
`"model_type":deepseek_v3`; `quantization_config` is removed;
tips:The group_size and weights match. If the w4a8 weights are not
generated using msmodelslim, you can check the group_size in
quantization_config in config.json.
#### 2.How to run w4a8
##### a.How to run eager mode
export VLLM_USE_V1=1 # v1
python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server --model=$1
--trust-remote-code -tp $2 -dp $3 --enable_expert_parallel
--quantization ascend --port $4 --max-model-len $5 --max-num-seqs $6
--enforce-eager
eg: python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server
--model=/weightpath/w4a8_4_layer --trust-remote-code -tp 4 -dp 4
--enable_expert_parallel --quantization ascend --port 8002
--max-model-len 5120 --max-num-seqs 128 --enforce-eager
##### b.How to run graph mode
export VLLM_USE_V1=1 # v1
export HCCL_BUFFSIZE=1024
python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server --model=$1
--trust-remote-code -tp $2 -dp $3 --enable_expert_parallel
--quantization ascend --port $4 --max-model-len $5
--additional_config='{"ascend_scheduler_config":{"enabled":true},"torchair_graph_config":{"enabled":true}}'
eg: python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server
--model=/weight/dsr1_w4a8_vllm --trust-remote-code -tp 4 -dp 4
--enable_expert_parallel --quantization ascend --port 8002
--max-model-len 5120
--additional_config='{"ascend_scheduler_config":{"enabled":true},"torchair_graph_config":{"enabled":true}}'
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
c494f96fbc
---------
Signed-off-by: Wang Kunpeng <1289706727@qq.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
Adding `W4A8_DYNAMIC` quantization support for linear.
Dense models like Qwen3 can infer with `W4A8_DYNAMIC` quantization.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
None
### How was this patch tested?
Adding ut case in `tests/ut/quantization/test_w4a8_dynamic.py`
Adding e2e case in
`tests/e2e/multicard/test_offline_inference_distributed.py::test_models_distributed_Qwen3_W4A8DYNAMIC`
to test qwen3 w4a8_dynamic quantized model
Note the w4a8_dynamic quantized model is quantized by `msit/msmodelslim`
of commit `d0abb0a47e1f1a473b866ad41b737fbc28fb1409`
1. Generate `W4A8_DYNAMIC` quantization weights using `msmodelslim`
```shell
git clone https://gitee.com/ascend/msit.git
cd msit/msmodelslim
git checkout d0abb0a47e1f1a473b866ad41b737fbc28fb1409
bash install.sh
```
2. Serve model using `vllm`
```shell
VLLM_USE_V1=1 python -m vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server \
--model vllm-ascend/Qwen3-8B-W4A8 \
--port 8000 \
--quantization ascend \
--tensor_parallel_size 2 \
--enforce-eager
```
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
4cd7fe6cea
---------
Signed-off-by: ZhouXiang <zhouxiang100@huawei.com>
