### 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
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Signed-off-by: Wang Kunpeng <1289706727@qq.com>
When run the inference of ds-w8a8-mtp, it reported 'ParamllelLMhead has
no attribute 'params_dtype''.
1. add wrapper of vocab_parallel_embedding, fixed the bugs when running
deepseek-w8a8-mtp
Signed-off-by: curryliu <120010041@link.cuhk.edu.cn>
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
ad57f23f6a
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Signed-off-by: curryliu <120010041@link.cuhk.edu.cn>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
cherry pick #1749 from v0.9.1-dev
since the interface in vllm-ascend has changed so quickly, the
quantization function in mindie_turbo is no longer needed, so it needs
to be discarded.
Co-authored-by: zouyida [zouyida@huawei.com](mailto:zouyida@huawei.com)
Co-authored-by: wangli
[wangli858794774@gmail.com](mailto:wangli858794774@gmail.com)
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
### How was this patch tested?
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
207b750e19
Signed-off-by: wangli <wangli858794774@gmail.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
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Signed-off-by: ZhouXiang <zhouxiang100@huawei.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
A refactoring of forward_context and model_runner_v1, add some context
which is necessary in model inference into forward_context, and refactor
dummy_run logic, make it more reasonable.
Some details for this PR:
Add `ascend_forward_context`;
Update mc2_v2 op, and support `active_mask` param;
Update scripts in examples dir;
refactor `dummy_run` logic;
Add soc_version for A2 and A3;
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No change at user-facing.
### How was this patch tested?
- vLLM version: v0.10.0
- vLLM main:
57c22e57f9
Signed-off-by: zzzzwwjj <1183291235@qq.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
1. drop some useless code for w8a8 fusedmoe
2. Add in8 kv cache check
3. Add more ut.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No
### How was this patch tested?
CI passed with new added test.
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Signed-off-by: zhuyilin <809721801@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: tianyitang <tangtianyi4@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: tianyitang <tangtianyi4@huawei.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
support pangu moe w8a8c8
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No
### How was this patch tested?
CI passed with new added test.
Signed-off-by: zhuyilin <809721801@qq.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
Add a `VLLMAscendQuantizer` to support w8a8 static (W8A8) and dynamic on
linear and moe (W8A8_DYNAMIC), the quantizer will be enable if a model
has [quantize
filed](https://huggingface.co/vllm-ascend/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-w8a8/blob/main/config.json#L27).
If MindIE Turbo is installed, the MindIE Turbo Quantizer will apply,
otherwise will use VLLMAscendQuantizer directly.
- This patch fix installation docs to make installation work
- This patch enable norm quantization by patch `RMSNorm.__init__`,
`RMSNorm.forward_oot`, `NPUModelRunnerBase.load_model`
- Add `AscendW8A8LinearMethod` for W8A8
- Add `AscendW8A8DynamicLinearMethod` and
`AscendW8A8DynamicFusedMoEMethod` for W8A8_DYNAMIC
- Add a e2e test for `vllm-ascend/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-w8a8`
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
Yes, support w8a8 quantization. After this patch supported, users can
use below commands to run w8a8 models:
```
vllm serve /root/.cache/modelscope/hub/Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-w8a8 --served-model-name "qwen2.5-7B"
```
### How was this patch tested?
0. CI passed: add e2e test for `vllm-ascend/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-w8a8`
1. From @Yikun:
I test Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-w8a8 for functional test all is well, pls
refer to
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/pull/580#issuecomment-2816747613
2. From @dingdingchaomian :
Use qwen2.5-72b-instruct model and deepseek-v2-lite-chat tested, both
models were quantized using Ascend's msmodelslim tool:
- Qwen2.5-72b-instruct were tested twice, one for w8a8 static and one
for w8a8 dynamic.
- Deepseek-v2-lite-chat were tested once because its quantization used
both static and dynamic w8a8.
Models were tested using both off line inference and online serving, and
both work well. The inference codes are exactly the same with the
examples in
https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html, with
model path and tensor parallel number changed.
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Signed-off-by: dingdingchaomian <wangce21@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Yikun Jiang <yikunkero@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: dingdingchaomian <wangce21@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: Angazenn <zengyanjia@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: liujiaxu <liujiaxu4@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: ApsarasX <apsarax@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: ganyi1996ppo <pleaplusone.gy@gmail.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
It fixes following bugs:
1. When searching a specific linear quantization implementation from a
tool (such as MindIE-Turbo), the mapping of packed linear is required to
identify correponding quant type.
2. The exception is narrowed down to ImportError when importing
MindIETurboQuantizer to better throw other errors.
3. The api of AscendKVCacheMethod.apply is aligned with that in
AscendAttentionBackendImpl.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No
### How was this patch tested?
By performing offline inference:

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Signed-off-by: angazenn <zengyanjia@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: angazenn <zengyanjia@huawei.com>
### What this PR does / why we need it?
1. It adds more description for classes in quant_config.py
2. It renames AscendQKVQuantAttentionMethod to AscendKVCacheMethod to
align with vLLM naming style.
3. It modifies the process when AscendLinearMethod or
AscendKVCacheMethod calls create_weights.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
Yes. When creating weights, now AscendLinearMethod uses get_weight,
get_pertensor_param and get_perchannel_param api from linear quant
implementation, while AscendKVCacheMethod passes layer into linear quant
implementation.
### How was this patch tested?
By performing offline inference
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Signed-off-by: angazenn <zengyanjia@huawei.com>
Co-authored-by: angazenn <zengyanjia@huawei.com>