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mistralrs tune

Recommend quantization + device mapping for a model. Rejects --quant auto; pass --quant <level> or --isq <level> to bias the recommendation toward a specific quantization target. Adapter options are rejected because adapter memory is not included in the estimate

mistralrs tune [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> Hugging Face model ID or local model directory; optional when -f names local files
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--format <FORMAT> Model format: plain (safetensors), GGUF, or GGML. Auto-detected from -f when not specified. Possible values: plain, gguf, ggml.
-f, --quantized-file <QUANTIZED_FILE> GGUF/GGML filename(s); the suffix selects the format (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--mmproj <MMPROJ> GGUF projector override; auto-selected when unambiguous (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--tok-model-id <TOK_MODEL_ID> Optional model ID overriding configuration, tokenizer, and processor assets for a quantized model
--gqa <GQA> 1 GQA value for GGML models
--enable-lora false Enable dynamic LoRA without preloading an adapter. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora <ALIAS=SOURCE|JSON> Preload a language-model LoRA adapter as ALIAS=SOURCE. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Remote adapters use revision main. May be repeated. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora-max-adapters <LORA_MAX_ADAPTERS> 16 Maximum loaded LoRA aliases and, independently, resident adapter generations
--lora-max-rank <LORA_MAX_RANK> 256 Maximum rank accepted for a LoRA adapter
--lora-max-bytes <BYTES> 8589934592 Maximum memory used by loaded adapters
--legacy-lora <SOURCE> Static LoRA adapter source for GGML or a Phi3 GGUF model
--legacy-lora-order <LEGACY_LORA_ORDER> Ordering JSON file for a legacy raw GGUF or GGML LoRA adapter
--xlora <XLORA> X-LoRA adapter model ID
--xlora-order <XLORA_ORDER> X-LoRA ordering JSON file
--tgt-non-granular-index <TGT_NON_GRANULAR_INDEX> Target non-granular index for X-LoRA
--quant <QUANT> Quantization target. Inference commands select a matching GGUF or UQFF artifact when available. Source checkpoints without a matching UQFF use in-situ quantization. tune evaluates the requested level instead of selecting an artifact. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or supported quantization names
--isq <IN_SITU_QUANT> In-situ quantization target. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or raw quant names (q4k, q8_0, etc.). Supports compatible GGUF sources
--from-uqff <FROM_UQFF> UQFF artifact to load. Accepts a filename, numeric quantization level (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), or quantization type (q4k, afq8, etc.). Report-declared artifacts and conventional shard names expand to all of their shards. Use semicolons only to list disjoint shards manually
--isq-organization <ISQ_ORGANIZATION> ISQ organization strategy: default or moqe
--imatrix <IMATRIX> imatrix file for enhanced quantization
--calibration-file <CALIBRATION_FILE> Calibration file for imatrix generation
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping
--paged-attn <MODE> auto PagedAttention mode - auto: enabled on CUDA, disabled on Metal/CPU (default) - on: force enable (fails if unsupported) - off: force disable. Possible values: auto, on, off.
--pa-context-len <CONTEXT_LEN> Allocate KV cache for this many tokens. Defaults to a memory budget on dedicated GPUs, capped to the model context length on CUDA unified-memory devices
--pa-memory-mb <MEMORY_MB> GPU memory to allocate in MBs (alternative to context-len)
--pa-memory-fraction <MEMORY_FRACTION> GPU memory utilization fraction 0.0-1.0 (alternative to context-len/memory-mb)
--pa-block-size <BLOCK_SIZE> Tokens per block (default: 32 on CUDA)
--pa-cache-type <CACHE_TYPE> auto KV cache quantization type
--encoder-cache-memory-mb <ENCODER_CACHE_MEMORY_MB> Maximum logical tensor memory retained by the multimodal encoder cache, in MiB
--max-edge <MAX_EDGE> Maximum edge length for image resizing (aspect ratio preserved)
--max-num-images <MAX_NUM_IMAGES> Maximum number of images per request
--max-image-length <MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH> Maximum image dimension for device mapping
--profile <PROFILE> balanced Tuning profile (quality, balanced, fast). Possible values: quality, balanced, fast.
--json false Output JSON instead of human-readable text
--emit-config <EMIT_CONFIG> Emit a TOML config file with the recommended settings

Auto-detect model type (recommended)

mistralrs tune auto [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--format <FORMAT> Model format: plain (safetensors), GGUF, or GGML. Auto-detected from -f when not specified. Possible values: plain, gguf, ggml.
-f, --quantized-file <QUANTIZED_FILE> GGUF/GGML filename(s); the suffix selects the format (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--mmproj <MMPROJ> GGUF projector override; auto-selected when unambiguous (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--tok-model-id <TOK_MODEL_ID> Optional model ID overriding configuration, tokenizer, and processor assets for a quantized model
--gqa <GQA> 1 GQA value for GGML models
--enable-lora false Enable dynamic LoRA without preloading an adapter. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora <ALIAS=SOURCE|JSON> Preload a language-model LoRA adapter as ALIAS=SOURCE. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Remote adapters use revision main. May be repeated. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora-max-adapters <LORA_MAX_ADAPTERS> 16 Maximum loaded LoRA aliases and, independently, resident adapter generations
--lora-max-rank <LORA_MAX_RANK> 256 Maximum rank accepted for a LoRA adapter
--lora-max-bytes <BYTES> 8589934592 Maximum memory used by loaded adapters
--legacy-lora <SOURCE> Static LoRA adapter source for GGML or a Phi3 GGUF model
--legacy-lora-order <LEGACY_LORA_ORDER> Ordering JSON file for a legacy raw GGUF or GGML LoRA adapter
--xlora <XLORA> X-LoRA adapter model ID
--xlora-order <XLORA_ORDER> X-LoRA ordering JSON file
--tgt-non-granular-index <TGT_NON_GRANULAR_INDEX> Target non-granular index for X-LoRA
--quant <QUANT> Quantization target. Inference commands select a matching GGUF or UQFF artifact when available. Source checkpoints without a matching UQFF use in-situ quantization. tune evaluates the requested level instead of selecting an artifact. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or supported quantization names
--isq <IN_SITU_QUANT> In-situ quantization target. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or raw quant names (q4k, q8_0, etc.). Supports compatible GGUF sources
--from-uqff <FROM_UQFF> UQFF artifact to load. Accepts a filename, numeric quantization level (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), or quantization type (q4k, afq8, etc.). Report-declared artifacts and conventional shard names expand to all of their shards. Use semicolons only to list disjoint shards manually
--isq-organization <ISQ_ORGANIZATION> ISQ organization strategy: default or moqe
--imatrix <IMATRIX> imatrix file for enhanced quantization
--calibration-file <CALIBRATION_FILE> Calibration file for imatrix generation
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping
--paged-attn <MODE> auto PagedAttention mode - auto: enabled on CUDA, disabled on Metal/CPU (default) - on: force enable (fails if unsupported) - off: force disable. Possible values: auto, on, off.
--pa-context-len <CONTEXT_LEN> Allocate KV cache for this many tokens. Defaults to a memory budget on dedicated GPUs, capped to the model context length on CUDA unified-memory devices
--pa-memory-mb <MEMORY_MB> GPU memory to allocate in MBs (alternative to context-len)
--pa-memory-fraction <MEMORY_FRACTION> GPU memory utilization fraction 0.0-1.0 (alternative to context-len/memory-mb)
--pa-block-size <BLOCK_SIZE> Tokens per block (default: 32 on CUDA)
--pa-cache-type <CACHE_TYPE> auto KV cache quantization type
--encoder-cache-memory-mb <ENCODER_CACHE_MEMORY_MB> Maximum logical tensor memory retained by the multimodal encoder cache, in MiB
--max-edge <MAX_EDGE> Maximum edge length for image resizing (aspect ratio preserved)
--max-num-images <MAX_NUM_IMAGES> Maximum number of images per request
--max-image-length <MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH> Maximum image dimension for device mapping

Text generation model with explicit configuration

mistralrs tune text [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--format <FORMAT> Model format: plain (safetensors), GGUF, or GGML. Auto-detected from -f when not specified. Possible values: plain, gguf, ggml.
-f, --quantized-file <QUANTIZED_FILE> GGUF/GGML filename(s); the suffix selects the format (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--mmproj <MMPROJ> GGUF projector override; auto-selected when unambiguous (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--tok-model-id <TOK_MODEL_ID> Optional model ID overriding configuration, tokenizer, and processor assets for a quantized model
--gqa <GQA> 1 GQA value for GGML models
--enable-lora false Enable dynamic LoRA without preloading an adapter. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora <ALIAS=SOURCE|JSON> Preload a language-model LoRA adapter as ALIAS=SOURCE. Supports compatible text and multimodal language models, including GGUF. Remote adapters use revision main. May be repeated. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora-max-adapters <LORA_MAX_ADAPTERS> 16 Maximum loaded LoRA aliases and, independently, resident adapter generations
--lora-max-rank <LORA_MAX_RANK> 256 Maximum rank accepted for a LoRA adapter
--lora-max-bytes <BYTES> 8589934592 Maximum memory used by loaded adapters
--legacy-lora <SOURCE> Static LoRA adapter source for GGML or a Phi3 GGUF model
--legacy-lora-order <LEGACY_LORA_ORDER> Ordering JSON file for a legacy raw GGUF or GGML LoRA adapter
--xlora <XLORA> X-LoRA adapter model ID
--xlora-order <XLORA_ORDER> X-LoRA ordering JSON file
--tgt-non-granular-index <TGT_NON_GRANULAR_INDEX> Target non-granular index for X-LoRA
--quant <QUANT> Quantization target. Inference commands select a matching GGUF or UQFF artifact when available. Source checkpoints without a matching UQFF use in-situ quantization. tune evaluates the requested level instead of selecting an artifact. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or supported quantization names
--isq <IN_SITU_QUANT> In-situ quantization target. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or raw quant names (q4k, q8_0, etc.). Supports compatible GGUF sources
--from-uqff <FROM_UQFF> UQFF artifact to load. Accepts a filename, numeric quantization level (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), or quantization type (q4k, afq8, etc.). Report-declared artifacts and conventional shard names expand to all of their shards. Use semicolons only to list disjoint shards manually
--isq-organization <ISQ_ORGANIZATION> ISQ organization strategy: default or moqe
--imatrix <IMATRIX> imatrix file for enhanced quantization
--calibration-file <CALIBRATION_FILE> Calibration file for imatrix generation
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping
--paged-attn <MODE> auto PagedAttention mode - auto: enabled on CUDA, disabled on Metal/CPU (default) - on: force enable (fails if unsupported) - off: force disable. Possible values: auto, on, off.
--pa-context-len <CONTEXT_LEN> Allocate KV cache for this many tokens. Defaults to a memory budget on dedicated GPUs, capped to the model context length on CUDA unified-memory devices
--pa-memory-mb <MEMORY_MB> GPU memory to allocate in MBs (alternative to context-len)
--pa-memory-fraction <MEMORY_FRACTION> GPU memory utilization fraction 0.0-1.0 (alternative to context-len/memory-mb)
--pa-block-size <BLOCK_SIZE> Tokens per block (default: 32 on CUDA)
--pa-cache-type <CACHE_TYPE> auto KV cache quantization type

Multimodal model

mistralrs tune multimodal [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--format <FORMAT> Model format: plain (safetensors), GGUF, or GGML. Auto-detected from -f when not specified. Possible values: plain, gguf, ggml.
-f, --quantized-file <QUANTIZED_FILE> GGUF/GGML filename(s); the suffix selects the format (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--mmproj <MMPROJ> GGUF projector override; auto-selected when unambiguous (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--tok-model-id <TOK_MODEL_ID> Optional model ID overriding configuration, tokenizer, and processor assets for a quantized model
--gqa <GQA> 1 GQA value for GGML models
--enable-lora false Enable dynamic LoRA for the language model without preloading an adapter. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora <ALIAS=SOURCE|JSON> Preload a language-model LoRA adapter as ALIAS=SOURCE. Remote adapters use revision main. May be repeated. Vision, audio, and projector adapters are unsupported
--lora-max-adapters <LORA_MAX_ADAPTERS> 16 Maximum loaded LoRA aliases and, independently, resident adapter generations
--lora-max-rank <LORA_MAX_RANK> 256 Maximum rank accepted for a LoRA adapter
--lora-max-bytes <BYTES> 8589934592 Maximum memory used by loaded adapters
--quant <QUANT> Quantization target. Inference commands select a matching GGUF or UQFF artifact when available. Source checkpoints without a matching UQFF use in-situ quantization. tune evaluates the requested level instead of selecting an artifact. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or supported quantization names
--isq <IN_SITU_QUANT> In-situ quantization target. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or raw quant names (q4k, q8_0, etc.). Supports compatible GGUF sources
--from-uqff <FROM_UQFF> UQFF artifact to load. Accepts a filename, numeric quantization level (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), or quantization type (q4k, afq8, etc.). Report-declared artifacts and conventional shard names expand to all of their shards. Use semicolons only to list disjoint shards manually
--isq-organization <ISQ_ORGANIZATION> ISQ organization strategy: default or moqe
--imatrix <IMATRIX> imatrix file for enhanced quantization
--calibration-file <CALIBRATION_FILE> Calibration file for imatrix generation
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping
--paged-attn <MODE> auto PagedAttention mode - auto: enabled on CUDA, disabled on Metal/CPU (default) - on: force enable (fails if unsupported) - off: force disable. Possible values: auto, on, off.
--pa-context-len <CONTEXT_LEN> Allocate KV cache for this many tokens. Defaults to a memory budget on dedicated GPUs, capped to the model context length on CUDA unified-memory devices
--pa-memory-mb <MEMORY_MB> GPU memory to allocate in MBs (alternative to context-len)
--pa-memory-fraction <MEMORY_FRACTION> GPU memory utilization fraction 0.0-1.0 (alternative to context-len/memory-mb)
--pa-block-size <BLOCK_SIZE> Tokens per block (default: 32 on CUDA)
--pa-cache-type <CACHE_TYPE> auto KV cache quantization type
--encoder-cache-memory-mb <ENCODER_CACHE_MEMORY_MB> Maximum logical tensor memory retained by the multimodal encoder cache, in MiB
--max-edge <MAX_EDGE> Maximum edge length for image resizing (aspect ratio preserved)
--max-num-images <MAX_NUM_IMAGES> Maximum number of images per request
--max-image-length <MAX_IMAGE_LENGTH> Maximum image dimension for device mapping

Image generation model (diffusion)

mistralrs tune diffusion [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping

Speech synthesis model

mistralrs tune speech [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping

Embedding model

mistralrs tune embedding [OPTIONS] --model-id <MODEL_ID>
Option Default Description
-m, --model-id <MODEL_ID> required Hugging Face model ID or local path to model directory
-t, --tokenizer <TOKENIZER> Path to local tokenizer.json file
-a, --arch <ARCH> Model architecture (auto-detected if not specified)
--dtype <DTYPE> auto Model data type
--hf-overrides <HF_OVERRIDES> Recursively merged JSON overrides for the Hugging Face model config
--max-model-len <MAX_MODEL_LEN> Runtime model context length
--format <FORMAT> Model format: plain (safetensors), GGUF, or GGML. Auto-detected from -f when not specified. Possible values: plain, gguf, ggml.
-f, --quantized-file <QUANTIZED_FILE> GGUF/GGML filename(s); the suffix selects the format (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--mmproj <MMPROJ> GGUF projector override; auto-selected when unambiguous (semicolon-separated for multiple)
--tok-model-id <TOK_MODEL_ID> Optional model ID overriding configuration, tokenizer, and processor assets for a quantized model
--gqa <GQA> 1 GQA value for GGML models
--quant <QUANT> Quantization target. Inference commands select a matching GGUF or UQFF artifact when available. Source checkpoints without a matching UQFF use in-situ quantization. tune evaluates the requested level instead of selecting an artifact. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or supported quantization names
--isq <IN_SITU_QUANT> In-situ quantization target. Accepts numeric levels (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) or raw quant names (q4k, q8_0, etc.). Supports compatible GGUF sources
--from-uqff <FROM_UQFF> UQFF artifact to load. Accepts a filename, numeric quantization level (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), or quantization type (q4k, afq8, etc.). Report-declared artifacts and conventional shard names expand to all of their shards. Use semicolons only to list disjoint shards manually
--isq-organization <ISQ_ORGANIZATION> ISQ organization strategy: default or moqe
--imatrix <IMATRIX> imatrix file for enhanced quantization
--calibration-file <CALIBRATION_FILE> Calibration file for imatrix generation
--cpu false Force CPU-only execution
-n, --device-layers <DEVICE_LAYERS> Device layer mapping (format: ORD:NUM;… e.g., “0:10;1:20”) Omit for automatic device mapping
--topology <TOPOLOGY> Topology YAML file for device mapping
--hf-cache <HF_CACHE> Custom Hugging Face cache directory
--max-seq-len <MAX_SEQ_LEN> 4096 Max sequence length for automatic device mapping
--max-batch-size <MAX_BATCH_SIZE> 1 Max batch size for automatic device mapping
--paged-attn <MODE> auto PagedAttention mode - auto: enabled on CUDA, disabled on Metal/CPU (default) - on: force enable (fails if unsupported) - off: force disable. Possible values: auto, on, off.
--pa-context-len <CONTEXT_LEN> Allocate KV cache for this many tokens. Defaults to a memory budget on dedicated GPUs, capped to the model context length on CUDA unified-memory devices
--pa-memory-mb <MEMORY_MB> GPU memory to allocate in MBs (alternative to context-len)
--pa-memory-fraction <MEMORY_FRACTION> GPU memory utilization fraction 0.0-1.0 (alternative to context-len/memory-mb)
--pa-block-size <BLOCK_SIZE> Tokens per block (default: 32 on CUDA)
--pa-cache-type <CACHE_TYPE> auto KV cache quantization type