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# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
# Selects rocm.eclass's 10.x target list, the first with gfx1152/gfx1153.
# The hip/hipBLAS floor stays at 7.0 below: ROCM_USEDEP already requires a
# hipBLAS built for every enabled target.
ROCM_VERSION="10.0"
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
inherit cmake cuda flag-o-matic rocm linux-info python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
TINY_LLAMAS_COMMIT="99dd1a73db5a37100bd4ae633f4cfce6560e1567"
DESCRIPTION="Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp"
# The upstream tag this ebuild builds and the build number that goes with
# it: a release is the vX.Y.Z tag, whose build upstream publishes as
# nightly-tag.txt; a snapshot is the bN tag itself and is versioned
# X.Y.Z_pN after the release it follows.
LLAMA_SRC_TAG="v0.7.0"
LLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER="11669"
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp.git"
# No pinned UI distfile exists for a live checkout; CMake fetches it from
# Hugging Face at build time.
RESTRICT="webui? ( network-sandbox )"
else
# A release carries upstream's own version; a snapshot is a dev build.
[[ ${LLAMA_SRC_TAG} == v* ]] && LLAMA_BUILD_IS_DEV=OFF || LLAMA_BUILD_IS_DEV=ON
MY_PV="${LLAMA_SRC_TAG}"
S="${WORKDIR}/llama.cpp-${LLAMA_SRC_TAG#v}"
LLAMA_UI="llama-b${LLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER}"
SRC_URI="
https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/archive/refs/tags/${LLAMA_SRC_TAG}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
webui? (
https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b${LLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER}/${LLAMA_UI}-ui.tar.gz
)
"
fi
SRC_URI+="
examples? (
https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/tiny-llamas/resolve/${TINY_LLAMAS_COMMIT}/stories15M-q4_0.gguf
-> ggml-org_models_tinyllamas_stories15M-q4_0-${TINY_LLAMAS_COMMIT}.gguf
)
"
LICENSE="MIT"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
CPU_FLAGS_X86=(
amx_bf16 amx_int8 amx_tile avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_vnni avx512f
avx512vbmi avx_vnni bmi2 f16c fma3 sse4_2
)
IUSE="debug openblas +openmp blis rocm cuda opencl +openssl vulkan flexiblas examples +webui"
IUSE+=" ${CPU_FLAGS_X86[@]/#/cpu_flags_x86_}"
# HIP builds the CUDA backend sources, and ggml registers that backend once.
REQUIRED_USE="
?? (
openblas
blis
flexiblas
)
?? ( cuda rocm )
rocm? ( ${ROCM_REQUIRED_USE} )
"
# No sycl flag: the SYCL backend needs Intel's icpx, MKL's SYCL API and a
# GPU-enabled oneDNN, none of which ::gentoo packages. checked 2026-10-19
CDEPEND="
openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= )
openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= )
blis? ( sci-libs/blis:= )
flexiblas? ( sci-libs/flexiblas:= )
rocm? (
>=dev-util/hip-7.0:=
>=sci-libs/hipBLAS-7.0:=[${ROCM_USEDEP}]
>=sci-libs/rocBLAS-7.0:=[${ROCM_USEDEP}]
)
cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= )
openssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader )
vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader )
"
DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
opencl? ( dev-util/opencl-headers )
vulkan? (
dev-util/spirv-headers
dev-util/vulkan-headers
)
"
RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
# The OpenCL backend embeds its kernels with a stdlib-only Python script.
# The BLAS backend finds its library through pkg-config.
# The GPU backends compile with the build host's hipcc or nvcc.
BDEPEND="
opencl? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
vulkan? ( media-libs/shaderc )
openblas? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
blis? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
flexiblas? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
rocm? ( >=dev-util/hipcc-7.0 )
cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit )
"
pkg_pretend() {
[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
}
pkg_setup() {
[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
use opencl && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
if use rocm; then
linux-info_pkg_setup
if linux-info_get_any_version && linux_config_exists; then
if ! linux_chkconfig_present HSA_AMD_SVM; then
ewarn "To use ROCm/HIP, you need to have HSA_AMD_SVM option enabled in your kernel."
fi
fi
fi
}
PATCHES=(
# Stock LLVM 23+ rejects __bf16 vectors for the bf16 WMMA/MFMA builtins.
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-hip-bf16-builtin-args.patch
)
src_prepare() {
use cuda && cuda_src_prepare
cmake_src_prepare
if use examples; then
mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}/tinyllamas" || die
cp "${DISTDIR}/ggml-org_models_tinyllamas_stories15M-q4_0-${TINY_LLAMAS_COMMIT}.gguf" \
"${BUILD_DIR}/tinyllamas/stories15M-q4_0.gguf" || die
fi
# Assets in tools/ui/dist take priority over the npm build and the
# Hugging Face download, bug #979245.
if use webui && [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]]; then
cp -a "${WORKDIR}/${LLAMA_UI}" "${S}/tools/ui/dist" || die
fi
}
src_configure() {
# Upstream releases build Release, which supplies -DNDEBUG; cmake.eclass
# blanks CMAKE_*_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO, so it never lands and the plain
# assert() calls in ggml and llama stay live -- a configuration upstream
# never exercises. GGML_ASSERT is unconditional, so the ggml consistency
# checks survive either way. Worth ~1% of token throughput on AVX-512.
# USE=debug keeps the asserts for diagnosing an abort. # verified 2026-09-21
if ! use debug; then
append-cflags "-DNDEBUG"
append-cxxflags "-DNDEBUG"
fi
local mycmakeargs=(
-DLLAMA_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-DLLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES=$(usex examples)
-DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON
-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON
-DGGML_NATIVE=0 # don't set march
-DGGML_RPC=ON
# Otherwise RPC links libibverbs whenever the build host has it.
-DGGML_RPC_RDMA=OFF
# ggml would wrap the compiler in any ccache it finds; Portage's
# FEATURES=ccache decides that instead.
-DGGML_CCACHE=OFF
-DLLAMA_OPENSSL=$(usex openssl)
-DGENTOO_REMOVE_CMAKE_BLAS_HACK=ON
-DGGML_CUDA=$(usex cuda)
-DGGML_CUDA_NCCL=OFF
-DGGML_OPENCL=$(usex opencl)
# ggml accepts only Adreno and Intel GPUs, and its Adreno kernels reject
# every other device, so they are enabled only where Adreno exists.
# verified 2026-10-06
-DGGML_OPENCL_USE_ADRENO_KERNELS=$(usex arm64)
-DGGML_OPENMP=$(usex openmp)
-DGGML_VULKAN=$(usex vulkan)
-DGGML_SYCL=OFF
# Isolate libraries shared with whisper.cpp.
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/llama.cpp"
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/llama.cpp"
)
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
# USE=webui fetches upstream's prebuilt UI from Hugging Face (the
# checkout's build number, else "latest"). The npm build stays off:
# it would run only when the build host happens to have npm.
mycmakeargs+=(
-DLLAMA_BUILD_UI=OFF
-DLLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_UI=$(usex webui)
)
else
mycmakeargs+=(
# Never provision the UI over the network; without the distfile
# the server is built with an empty UI.
-DLLAMA_BUILD_UI=OFF
-DLLAMA_USE_PREBUILT_UI=OFF
-DLLAMA_BUILD_IS_DEV=${LLAMA_BUILD_IS_DEV}
-DLLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER="${LLAMA_BUILD_NUMBER}"
-DLLAMA_BUILD_COMMIT="${MY_PV}"
)
fi
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_SSE42=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sse4_2)
-DGGML_AVX=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx)
-DGGML_AVX_VNNI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx_vnni)
-DGGML_AVX2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx2)
-DGGML_BMI2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_bmi2)
-DGGML_F16C=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_f16c)
-DGGML_FMA=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_fma3)
-DGGML_AVX512=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512f)
-DGGML_AVX512_VBMI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512vbmi)
-DGGML_AVX512_VNNI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512_vnni)
-DGGML_AVX512_BF16=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx512_bf16)
-DGGML_AMX_TILE=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_tile)
-DGGML_AMX_INT8=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_int8)
-DGGML_AMX_BF16=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_amx_bf16)
)
if use openblas ; then
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS
)
fi
if use blis ; then
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=FLAME
)
fi
if use flexiblas; then
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=FlexiBLAS
)
fi
if use cuda; then
local -x CUDAHOSTCXX="$(cuda_gccdir)/g++"
# nvcc recreates device symlinks during detection.
cuda_add_sandbox
addpredict "/dev/char/"
fi
if use rocm; then
rocm_use_hipcc
mycmakeargs+=(
-DGGML_HIP=ON -DAMDGPU_TARGETS=$(get_amdgpu_flags)
)
# hipcc 10.1 hides libomp from CMake; see rocm_hipcc_openmp_args.
use openmp && mycmakeargs+=( $(rocm_hipcc_openmp_args) )
fi
cmake_src_configure
}
src_compile() {
cmake_src_compile
# A failed fetch only warns and builds the server without a UI. Assets
# placed in the checkout's tools/ui/dist (e.g. by a user patch) are
# embedded from there instead.
if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] && use webui &&
[[ ! -f ${BUILD_DIR}/tools/ui/dist/index.html &&
! -f ${S}/tools/ui/dist/index.html ]]; then
die "USE=webui: the prebuilt UI could not be fetched from Hugging Face"
fi
}
src_install() {
cmake_src_install
# Both projects install conflicting ggml headers.
rm -r "${ED}/usr/include" || die
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p sci-misc/llama-cpp |
euse -E <flag> -p sci-misc/llama-cpp |
euse -D <flag> -p sci-misc/llama-cpp
openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= ) openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= ) blis? ( sci-libs/blis:= ) flexiblas? ( sci-libs/flexiblas:= ) rocm? ( >=dev-util/hip-7.0:= >=sci-libs/hipBLAS-7.0:=[] >=sci-libs/rocBLAS-7.0:=[] ) cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= ) openssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= ) opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader ) vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader ) opencl? ( dev-util/opencl-headers ) vulkan? ( dev-util/spirv-headers dev-util/vulkan-headers )
openblas? ( sci-libs/openblas:= ) openmp? ( llvm-runtimes/openmp:= ) blis? ( sci-libs/blis:= ) flexiblas? ( sci-libs/flexiblas:= ) rocm? ( >=dev-util/hip-7.0:= >=sci-libs/hipBLAS-7.0:=[] >=sci-libs/rocBLAS-7.0:=[] ) cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit:= ) openssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= ) opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader ) vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader )
opencl? ( ) vulkan? ( media-libs/shaderc ) openblas? ( virtual/pkgconfig ) blis? ( virtual/pkgconfig ) flexiblas? ( virtual/pkgconfig ) rocm? ( >=dev-util/hipcc-7.0 ) cuda? ( dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit )