Docs: Add QAT and QAD guide [OMNIML-4859] - #2255
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe documentation adds a complete QAT and QAD guide, framework-specific workflows, resource links, updated save/restore guidance, and navigation entries for the new guide. ChangesQAT and QAD Documentation
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In `@docs/source/guides/12_quantization_aware_training.rst`:
- Around line 105-107: Update the navigation reference in the QAT/QAD guide
sentence to use the actual label “Quick Start: QAT and QAD” defined in the
documentation index, or reference the guide’s Hugging Face examples link instead
of the nonexistent “Quick Start: QAT (Hugging Face)” label.
- Around line 161-164: Update the QAT section to document the Megatron-Bridge
CE-only SFT invocation, including the exact application or script path and
required configuration/link. Ensure the command is tested and clearly shows
loading $PTQ_CKPT and restoring ModelOpt state before normal SFT training.
- Around line 127-133: Update the Docker command in the QAT guide to make the
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Can we move this to after ./_customized_model_quantization.rst line? The other pages are common to both PTQ and QAT/QAD.
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done I actually moved it out of Quantization guide and moved it after it
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Thanks for creating this PR!
Can we also add this blog to the documentation? https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-quantization-aware-training-enables-low-precision-accuracy-recovery/
We could put this blog before the lightning QAT blog since the above blog is more broader.
| MLM_MODEL_CKPT="$PTQ_CKPT" \ | ||
| MLM_MODEL_SAVE=/workspace/llama-3.2-1b-nvfp4-qat \ | ||
| DATASET=Magpie-Align/Magpie-Llama-3.1-Pro-MT-300K-Filtered \ | ||
| MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--modelopt-enabled --train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \ |
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Is --modelopt-enabled not automatic?
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Megatron-LM’s finetune.sh forwards MLM_EXTRA_ARGS but does not enable ModelOpt automatically
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109-110: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winKeep the Hugging Face script and configuration paths consistent.
The preceding steps use
examples/llm_qat/..., but these configuration paths useconfigs/train/.... From the repository root, the latter paths do not resolve. Prefix them withexamples/llm_qat/, or state that users must first change toexamples/llm_qatand use local paths. The example tree placesconfigs/underexamples/llm_qat. (github.com)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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178-182: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument the required real-data formats. With
--eval_iters 4,--sft --sft_dataset_root <dir>requirestraining.jsonlandvalidation.jsonl;--data_pathsrequires prefixes for Megatron.binand.idxfiles. Add these requirements or link the dataset-preparation instructions next to the command.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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85-90: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDo not describe Megatron-LM as requiring manual conversion.
The ModelOpt
quantize.shflow acceptsHF_MODEL_CKPTand starts from a Hugging Face model. Manualconvert.shconversion is required for the documented QAD teacher flow. Describe Megatron-LM as requiring lower-level configuration and Megatron checkpoint management.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 16: Revise the sentence around the pruning and distillation note so that
models produced by those methods—not the methods themselves—are described as
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In `@docs/source/guides/quantization_aware_training.rst`:
- Around line 109-110: Update the QAT and QAD configuration references in the
quantization-aware training guide to resolve from the repository root by
prefixing both paths with examples/llm_qat/. Keep the existing configuration
filenames unchanged and consistent with the preceding Hugging Face script paths.
- Around line 178-182: Expand the QAD command documentation near the references
to --sft_dataset_root and --data_paths to state the required real-data formats:
SFT directories must contain training.jsonl and validation.jsonl, while
--data_paths must point to Megatron .bin and .idx file prefixes. Alternatively,
link to the existing dataset-preparation instructions.
- Around line 85-90: Update the Megatron-LM entry in the quantization-aware
training comparison to remove the claim that manual model conversion is
required, and instead describe its lower-level configuration needs and Megatron
checkpoint management. Leave the existing customization description unchanged.
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the saved object the subject of the note.
Line 16 says that pruning and distillation methods can be saved and restored. Save and restore apply to models and ModelOpt state, not methods. Rewrite the sentence to state that models produced by some pruning and distillation methods can use their standard APIs.
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- Some pruning and distillation methods don't need special handling for saving and restoring ModelOpt states and can be saved and restored using their standard APIs.
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| Some pruning and distillation methods don't need special handling for saving and restoring ModelOpt states and can be saved and restored using their standard APIs. | |
| Models produced by some pruning and distillation methods don't need special handling for saving and restoring ModelOpt states and can be saved and restored using their standard APIs. |
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In `@docs/source/guides/2_save_load.rst` at line 16, Revise the sentence around
the pruning and distillation note so that models produced by those methods—not
the methods themselves—are described as being saved and restored through their
standard APIs; retain the existing statement about methods that require special
ModelOpt state handling.
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47-50: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winClarify the scale terminology and contract.
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176-179: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 MajorDocument a runnable Megatron-Bridge CE-only QAT command.
This paragraph only says to use the framework’s SFT application. It gives no application path, command, configuration, or maintained link. Users cannot execute the documented QAT workflow from this guide. Add the exact invocation and show where
$PTQ_CKPTand the ModelOpt state are restored.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 259-264: Update both QAT and QAD command invocations in the
quantization-aware training guide so their MLM_EXTRA_ARGS include
--modelopt-enabled, ensuring the documented workflows select the ModelOpt model
and loss path.
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In `@docs/source/guides/quantization_aware_training.rst`:
- Around line 47-50: Clarify the quantization-scale terminology in the PTQ/QAD
guidance: distinguish dynamic scale settings (`type: dynamic` and
`block_sizes.type: dynamic`) from max calibration, which uses a static `amax`.
State that scale updates require a QAD configuration that trains the relevant
`amax` parameters, and identify the supported QAD recipe with its required
parameter settings.
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In `@docs/source/guides/quantization_aware_training.rst`:
- Around line 176-179: Expand the QAT paragraph to include a runnable
Megatron-Bridge CE-only SFT invocation, naming the maintained SFT application
path and required configuration. Show explicitly how the command loads $PTQ_CKPT
and restores the ModelOpt state, and include a maintained link to the referenced
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| MLM_MODEL_CKPT="$PTQ_CKPT" \ | ||
| MLM_MODEL_SAVE=/workspace/llama-3.2-1b-nvfp4-qat \ | ||
| DATASET=Magpie-Align/Magpie-Llama-3.1-Pro-MT-300K-Filtered \ | ||
| MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \ | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major
Pass --modelopt-enabled to both finetune.sh commands.
Both QAT and QAD commands set MLM_EXTRA_ARGS without this flag. The upstream finetune.sh defaults do not add it, while the upstream QAD launcher passes it explicitly. The training entry point selects the ModelOpt model and loss path only when args.modelopt_enabled is enabled. Without the flag, these commands may run as ordinary SFT instead of the documented fake-quantized workflow. (github.com)
Proposed command adjustment
- MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \
+ MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--modelopt-enabled --train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \
bash ./finetune.sh "$MODEL"
- MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--export-kd-teacher-load $TEACHER_CKPT --train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \
+ MLM_EXTRA_ARGS="--modelopt-enabled --export-kd-teacher-load $TEACHER_CKPT --train-samples 1000 --lr-decay-samples 1000" \
bash ./finetune.sh "$MODEL"Verification
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM/main/examples/post_training/modelopt/finetune.sh \
| rg -n -C 3 'MLM_DEFAULT_ARGS|modelopt-enabled|MLM_EXTRA_ARGS'
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/Megatron-LM/main/examples/post_training/modelopt/finetune.py \
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In `@docs/source/guides/quantization_aware_training.rst` around lines 259 - 264,
Update both QAT and QAD command invocations in the quantization-aware training
guide so their MLM_EXTRA_ARGS include --modelopt-enabled, ensuring the
documented workflows select the ModelOpt model and loss path.
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Add detailed quantization aware training (QAT and QAD) guide in our docs, featuring examples on how to run in HF, Megatron-Bridge, and Megatron-LM
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