# GLM-5.2 NF4 Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ — 4× DGX Spark (GB10, sm_121a), TP=4, DCP=4. # # Model: aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ # → https://huggingface.co/aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ # # Lloyd-codebook NF4 routed-expert overlay for GLM-5.2 (744B MoE, 256 # experts/layer, 8 activated/token, 78 layers, sparse-MLA). Expert weights # quantized to 4-bit with a fitted Lloyd–Max codebook (−16.8% expert # reconstruction error vs E2M1/MXFP4 baseline on the same GPTQ pipeline). # Codes are indices into per-layer grids/L{n}.json — NOT the E2M1 table. # # LOADING via [composed_model]: the Lloyd repo is experts-only (no config, # no tokenizer, no non-expert weights). The launcher builds a /tmp dir per # node with symlinks into the HF cache and bind-mounts it at /root/model: # 1. aidendle94/GLM-5.2-MXFP4-Experts-GPTQ (base checkpoint — config.json # with quant_method="hybrid_mxfp4_ct", hybrid-ct-*.safetensors non-expert # weights, tokenizer, mtp-draft) → all files symlinked. # 2. aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ (Lloyd NF4 experts) → # L*.safetensors symlinked, OVERWRITING the MXFP4 E2M1 experts # (later sources win). Same filenames, same tensor names — the Lloyd # codes replace the E2M1 codes. # 3. nf4_layers.json (generated) — tells the kernel which layers use the # nf4_e8m0_k32 decode path vs the default fp4_e8m0_k32 E2M1 bit-twiddle. # # The symlinks point to container-side paths (/root/.cache/huggingface/...) # so they resolve inside the container where the HF cache is mounted. The # _NF4_CODEBOOK is GLOBAL and hardcoded in the b12x binary (fitted as the # mean of 71 per-layer Lloyd–Max tables) — the per-layer grids/L{n}.json # files are reference artifacts, NOT loaded at runtime. # # Image: sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:glm52 # Built from docker-images/glm52/Dockerfile, which FROMs # aidendle94/sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:production-hybrid-1.4 (bakes the # nf4_e8m0_k32 / nf4_packed kernel — inert without VLLM_NF4_LAYERS). # # PREREQUISITES: # - Both repos cached on every node via HF_HOME: # huggingface-cli download aidendle94/GLM-5.2-MXFP4-Experts-GPTQ # huggingface-cli download aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ # (MXFP4 base ~390 GB, Lloyd experts ~385 GB) # No manual overlay or JSON creation — [composed_model] handles everything. engine = "vllm" name = "GLM-5.2 NF4 Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ (vLLM)" docker_image = "sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:glm52" model = "aidendle94/GLM-5.2-MXFP4-Experts-GPTQ" required_nodes = 4 tensor_parallel_size = 4 pipeline_parallel_size = 1 distributed_backend = "mp" shm_size = "10gb" docker_image_dir = "glm52" entrypoint = ["vllm", "serve"] args = [ # Model name "--served-model-name", "glm52", # General "--trust-remote-code", "--reasoning-parser", "glm45", "--tool-call-parser", "glm47", "--enable-auto-tool-choice", "--enable-prefix-caching", # DCP (Decode Context Parallelism) "--decode-context-parallel-size", "4", "--dcp-comm-backend", "ag_rs", # Engine backends "--attention-backend", "B12X_MLA_SPARSE", # HF overrides — 78-char index_topk_pattern (GLM-5.2 MLP/expert routing) "--hf-overrides", """ '{"index_topk_pattern":"FFFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSSFSSS"}'""", # KV cache — NVFP4 with per-token scaling (nvfp4_ds_mla) "--kv-cache-dtype", "nvfp4_ds_mla", "--kv-cache-memory-bytes", "5500000000", # Context & batch config "--max-model-len", "262144", "--max-num-batched-tokens", "2048", "--max-num-seqs", "3", "--gpu-memory-utilization", "0.89", # Speculative decode — MTP k=4 with adaptive depths # /root/model/mtp-draft is symlinked from the MXFP4 base checkpoint # (the composed dir includes it via source #1). # # NOTE: MTP + reasoning parser (glm45) + response_format (guided decoding) # requires the vLLM structured-output reasoning-boundary fix (upstream # PRs #44297 + #44993, forward-ported in docker-images/glm52/). Without # it, the grammar FSM fails to advance across the reasoning-end marker # (|◊|) under MTP, so the content channel is unconstrained and the model # emits prose/markdown-fence prefixes before JSON. The fix is baked into # the sparkrun-vllm-ds4-gb10:glm52 image. "--speculative-config", """ '{"model":"/root/model/mtp-draft","method":"mtp","num_speculative_tokens":4,"draft_attention_backend":"B12X_MLA_SPARSE","adaptive_speculative_tokens_window":32}'""", # Compilation — FULL_AND_PIECEWISE with all custom ops, 8 capture sizes "--compilation-config", """ '{"cudagraph_mode":"FULL_AND_PIECEWISE","custom_ops":["all"],"cudagraph_capture_sizes":[1,2,3,4,5,6,8]}'""", # Timeout safety net (cold boot: ranks finish minutes apart) "--distributed-timeout-seconds", "3600", "--cpu-distributed-timeout-seconds", "3600", ] [composed_model] mount = "/root/model" [[composed_model.sources]] repo = "aidendle94/GLM-5.2-MXFP4-Experts-GPTQ" [[composed_model.sources]] repo = "aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ" glob = "L*.safetensors" # Exclude the 5 layers with mis-packed experts (per model card known-defect # workaround). These layers' Lloyd repo L{n}.safetensors contain 255 Lloyd- # coded experts + 1 E2M1 expert — decoding as E2M1 (which nf4_layers.json # does) would garbage-decode the 255 Lloyd experts. Instead, skip the Lloyd # overlay for these files so the MXFP4 base's all-E2M1 L{n}.safetensors # survives, and the excluded-from-NF4 E2M1 decode path matches their bytes. exclude = [ "L5.safetensors", "L8.safetensors", "L9.safetensors", "L32.safetensors", "L46.safetensors", ] # NF4 layer list — all 75 MoE layers (3–77) EXCEPT the 5 layers with a # known packing defect (per model card 2026-07-27). Layers 5, 8, 9, 32, 46 # each contain 1 expert whose bytes were packed with E2M1/MXFP4 nibbles # (quantizer arm won per-expert, but decoding is per-layer). These layers # are ALSO excluded from the Lloyd source above (exclude = [...]) so the # MXFP4 base's all-E2M1 L{n}.safetensors survives — decoding as E2M1 # (which this list does) matches their bytes. Layer 10 had the same defect # but was already caught + fixed upstream by the packing guard, so it # stays in the NF4 set. # Ref: https://huggingface.co/aidendle94/GLM-5.2-NF4-Lloyd-Experts-GPTQ # ("Known defect: 5 experts are packed on the wrong grid") [[composed_model.files]] name = "nf4_layers.json" content = '{"layers":[3,4,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77]}' # Persistent JIT/torch-inductor cache (avoids ~20 min recompilation on cold boot). # `alias = "jit_cache"` resolves via [mount_aliases] in config.toml; if absent, # falls back to host "~/.cache/jit" (expanded to /home//.cache/jit). # `env` injects -e XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root/.cache/jit so vLLM/torch write there. [[extra_mounts]] alias = "jit_cache" host = "~/.cache/jit" container = "/root/.cache/jit" env = "XDG_CACHE_HOME" [env] # ── NF4 Lloyd expert overlay ────────────────────────────────────────────── # Path to a JSON file listing which layers use the nf4_e8m0_k32 decode path # (vs the default fp4_e8m0_k32 E2M1 bit-twiddle). Generated by [composed_model] # at /root/model/nf4_layers.json — no placeholder needed (known container path). VLLM_NF4_LAYERS = "/root/model/nf4_layers.json" # ── b12x suite ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_MOE = "1" VLLM_USE_B12X_SPARSE_INDEXER = "1" VLLM_DCP_SHARD_DRAFT = "1" VLLM_DCP_GLOBAL_TOPK = "1" VLLM_DSV4_INDEXER_SP = "1" # ── MLA CKV gather (sparse gather for decode) ───────────────────────────── VLLM_B12X_MLA_CKV_GATHER = "1" VLLM_B12X_MLA_CKV_GATHER_MAX_TOKENS = "262144" VLLM_B12X_MLA_DECODE_SPARSE_GATHER = "1" VLLM_B12X_MLA_DECODE_GATHER_V2 = "1" # ── Speculative decode ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── VLLM_ADAPTIVE_SPEC_DEPTHS = "2,4" # ── NVFP4 KV cache ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── VLLM_NVFP4_MLA_PER_TOKEN_SCALE = "1" # ── Timeout safety net ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── VLLM_ENGINE_READY_TIMEOUT_S = "3600" VLLM_EXECUTE_MODEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = "1800" VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN = "1" # ── MUST unset baked VLLM_PREFIX_CACHE_RETENTION_INTERVAL ───────────────── # The image bakes a value that GLM-5.2's KV coordinator rejects. # Empty string = unset at runtime. VLLM_PREFIX_CACHE_RETENTION_INTERVAL = "" # ── Architecture (aarch64/sm_121a DGX Spark) ────────────────────────────── CUTE_DSL_ARCH = "sm_121a" TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "12.1a" # ── JIT cache ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # Persisted via the [[extra_mounts]] jit_cache entry above: XDG_CACHE_HOME is # injected from that mount, pointing at /root/.cache/jit (no hardcoded dupe). # ── NCCL overrides ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── # Cluster config provides NCCL_IB_HCA, NCCL_IB_GID_INDEX, NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME # Launcher defaults: NCCL_IGNORE_CPU_AFFINITY=1, NCCL_NET=IB, NCCL_DEBUG=WARN NCCL_IB_DISABLE = "0" # enable IB (override launcher default) NCCL_MAX_NCHANNELS = "4" NCCL_MIN_NCHANNELS = "4" NCCL_CUMEM_ENABLE = "0" # ── Compute ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OMP_NUM_THREADS = "4"