## Summary
- Add automatic quantization format detection, eliminating the need to
manually specify `--quantization` when serving quantized models.
- The detection inspects only lightweight JSON files
(`quant_model_description.json` and `config.json`) at engine
initialization time, with no `.safetensors` reads.
- User-explicit `--quantization` flags are always respected;
auto-detection only applies when the flag is omitted.
## Details
**Detection priority:**
1. `quant_model_description.json` exists → `quantization="ascend"`
(ModelSlim)
2. `config.json` contains `"quant_method": "compressed-tensors"` →
`quantization="compressed-tensors"` (LLM-Compressor)
3. Neither → default float behavior
**Technical approach:**
Hooked into `NPUPlatform.check_and_update_config()` to run detection
after `VllmConfig.__post_init__`. Since `quant_config` is already `None`
at that point, we explicitly recreate it via
`VllmConfig._get_quantization_config()` to trigger the full quantization
initialization pipeline.
## Files Changed
| File | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `vllm_ascend/quantization/utils.py` | Added
`detect_quantization_method()` and `maybe_auto_detect_quantization()` |
| `vllm_ascend/platform.py` | Integrated auto-detection in
`check_and_update_config()` |
| `vllm_ascend/quantization/modelslim_config.py` | Improved error
handling for weight loading |
- vLLM version: v0.15.0
- vLLM main:
d7e17aaacd
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Signed-off-by: SlightwindSec <slightwindsec@gmail.com>
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