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This is the export, recipe, and documentation part of the Q8_0 work:

  • Add unified HF and Megatron export for packed Q8_0 weights.
  • Consume GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY from [OMNIML-5899] Add Q8_0 quantization codec and backend #2516 for Q8_0 format metadata and the 32-value, 34-byte block contract.
  • Add built-in Q8_0 PTQ recipes, documentation, changelog, and matching tests.

This PR targets main and should land after the Q8_0 kernel and quantization PRs.

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Q8_0 series:

  • #2515 adds the CUDA packing kernel.
  • #2516 adds the quantization codec and backend.
  • This PR adds export and recipes.

Merge order: #2515 → #2516 → #2517.

Current format work:

  • #2505 grouped IQ1_M, IQ2_XXS, and IQ2_S in one PR and was closed while that work is divided into smaller PRs.
  • #2511 is the smaller IQ2_XXS PR.

Earlier IQ series:

  • #2448 added CUDA kernels for IQ packing.
  • #2446 added IQ codecs and backend dispatch.
  • #2447 added HF and Megatron export.
  • #2449 added PTQ recipes.

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  • New Features
    • Added Q8_0 weight-only quantization for eligible linear layers; calibration data is not required.
    • Added packed Q8_0 export for Hugging Face and Megatron workflows, using blocks of 32 weights.
    • Added Q8_0 to the shipped GGML weight-only recipes.
  • Limitations
    • Megatron GGML export requires tensor and pipeline parallel sizes of 1. Fused-MoE GGML export remains unsupported.

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This change adds Q8_0 weight-only quantization with 32-value GGML blocks. Unified HF and Megatron export support Q8_0 packing. The repository also adds a PTQ recipe, documentation, and tests for the format.

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Q8_0 quantization and export

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Register GGML format and metadata
modelopt/torch/export/quant_format.py, modelopt/torch/export/quant_utils.py, modelopt/torch/export/convert_hf_config.py, tests/unit/torch/export/test_get_quantization.py
The format registry and metadata cover Q8_0. Hugging Face configuration conversion checks that the group size is absent or matches the format block size. Tests check Q8_0's 32-value group size.
Pack GGML weights for unified HF export
modelopt/torch/export/unified_export_hf.py, docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst, tests/unit/torch/export/test_export_weight.py
Unified HF export dispatches GGML formats to their registered packers. Documentation and tests describe format-specific block sizes, payload sizes, and packed shapes.
Pack GGML weights for Megatron export
modelopt/torch/export/unified_export_megatron.py, docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst, tests/gpu_megatron/torch/export/test_unified_export_megatron.py
Megatron export uses GGML packing paths for supported weight types. GGML export requires tensor and pipeline parallel sizes of 1, and fused-MoE GGML payloads remain unsupported. Tests cover format-specific payloads and shapes.
Add Q8_0 PTQ recipe and validation
modelopt_recipes/configs/numerics/q8_0.yaml, modelopt_recipes/configs/ptq/presets/model/q8_0.yaml, modelopt_recipes/general/ptq/q8_0.yaml, modelopt_recipes/ptq.md, tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_llm_ptq.py, tests/unit/recipe/test_presets.py, CHANGELOG.rst
The recipe and preset configure weight-only Q8_0 quantization. Documentation and tests cover block size, effective bits, and recipe use.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant QuantizedModel
  participant UnifiedHFExporter
  participant GGMLRegistry
  participant PackedHFCheckpoint
  QuantizedModel->>UnifiedHFExporter: provide quantized weight
  UnifiedHFExporter->>GGMLRegistry: select packer for weight format
  GGMLRegistry-->>UnifiedHFExporter: provide registered quantizer
  UnifiedHFExporter->>PackedHFCheckpoint: write packed weight and GGML metadata
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Comment thread modelopt_recipes/ptq.md Outdated
| `mxfp4_mlp_weight_only` | MXFP4 W4A16, MLP + MoE weights only | none | none (no calibration) |
| `iq1_s` | IQ1_S W1A16, eligible linears | none | none (no calibration) |
| `iq2_xs` | IQ2_XS W2A16, eligible linears | none | none (no calibration) |
| `q8_0` | Q8_0 W8A16, eligible linears | none | none (no calibration) |

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Update the recipe count.

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and weight_quantizer.is_enabled
and getattr(weight_quantizer, "num_bits", None)
in (QUANTIZATION_IQ1_S, QUANTIZATION_IQ2_XS)
and getattr(weight_quantizer, "num_bits", None) in GGML_QUANTIZATION_FORMATS

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Expose TEGroupedLinear's shared quantizer to the GGML guard.

weight_attr_names checks weight0..N, but TEGroupedLinear stores its GroupedQuantizer under weight_quantizer. The experts-only Q8_0 model is therefore missed, so save_pretrained skips its TP and PP checks. With TP greater than one, _grouped_mlp_slicing can pack a local weight shard as a complete [out, in] weight and produce an invalid checkpoint layout. Expose the shared quantizer to the scan and add a tensor-parallel regression test.

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     from ..nn import GroupedQuantizer, SequentialQuantizer, TensorQuantizer
 
+    if weight_name.startswith("weight") and weight_name[6:].isdigit():
+        grouped = getattr(module, "weight_quantizer", None)
+        if isinstance(grouped, GroupedQuantizer) and len(grouped) > 0:
+            return grouped[0]
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Comment on lines +44 to +55
QUANTIZATION_Q8_0 = "q8_0"

# Every GGML IQ format, derived from the registry the quantization backend dispatches through, so
# export and dispatch cannot disagree about which formats exist. They share the weight-only,
# 256-value-block, per-module-scale shape, so export treats them as one family. A format's block
# geometry and packer are read from IQ_FORMAT_REGISTRY directly.
# Every GGML format is derived from the registry the quantization backend dispatches through, so
# export and dispatch cannot disagree about which formats exist. A format's block geometry and
# packer are read from GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY directly. IQ_FORMATS remains the vector-codebook
# subset for callers that specifically need it.
#
# Registering a format therefore declares it exportable, and that is intended rather than a side
# effect: fake quant is dequantize(quantize(w)), so a format cannot be dispatched without the
# packer and block geometry that are all export reads.
IQ_FORMATS = frozenset(IQ_FORMAT_REGISTRY)
GGML_FORMATS = frozenset(GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY)

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Add the GGML registry and Q8_0 backend before deriving GGML_FORMATS.

quant_format.py imports GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY, but modelopt.torch.quantization.ggml exports only IQ_FORMAT_REGISTRY, and registry.py defines no GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY. Importing quant_format or convert_hf_config can therefore fail before export starts.

The Q8_0 recipe is also reachable, but ggml_fake_quant dispatches only through IQ_FORMAT_REGISTRY, which has no Q8_0 entry. Add the Q8_0 format implementation and register it through an exported GGML_FORMAT_REGISTRY before deriving GGML_FORMATS.

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