Version 5

Highlights of this release are initial support for llama.cpp and improved troubleshooting mechanism.

For more details check our progress reports from the last three quarters:
https://vosen.github.io/ZLUDA/blog/zluda-update-q1-2025/
https://vosen.github.io/ZLUDA/blog/zluda-update-q2-2025/
https://vosen.github.io/ZLUDA/blog/zluda-update-q3-2025/

Detailed changelog

• Update README by @vosen in #315
• Fix test zluda_dump by @JoelleJS in #316
• feat: enable LTO and codegen-units = 1 optimization by @zamazan4ik in #318
• fix: missing inherits in a release-lto profile by @zamazan4ik in #319
• Improve build system by @vosen in #329
• LLVM unit tests by @JoelleJS in #324
• Implement mode tracking for AMD GPU by @vosen in #342
• Implement mul24 by @JoelleJS in #351
• Explicitly fail compilation on ROCm 6.4 by @vosen in #361
• Create infrastructure for performance libraries by @vosen in #363
• Fix ROCm 6.4 failures by @vosen in #364
• Work around broken AMD Adrenalin 25.5.1 driver by @vosen in #366
• Redo logging to better log dark API and performance libraries by @vosen in #372
• Fix mad.wide, replace external CUDA library in tests with our own by @vosen in #376
• Implement cuGetProcAddress and cuGetProcAddress_v2 by @zluda-violet in #377
• Implement runtime_callback_hooks_fn2 by @zluda-violet in #380
• Implement cuModuleGetLoadingMode by @zluda-violet in #381
• Implement cudart_interface_fn2 by @zluda-violet in #382
• Add automated builds by @vosen in #358
• Handle new attributes in cuDeviceGetAttribute by @zluda-violet in #383
• Implement runtime_callback_hooks_fn6 by @zluda-violet in #386
• Add fp saturation, fix various bugs in cvt instruction exposed by ptx_tests by @vosen in #379
• Use integrity_check implementation by @zluda-violet in #387
• Implement cuLibraryLoadData by @zluda-violet in #388
• Fix bug in get_payload by @zluda-violet in #389
• Remove trailing zeroes from end of ptx by @zluda-violet in #390
• Error instead of infinite loop in derive_parser! by @zluda-violet in #391
• Bump dependencies by @vosen in #392
• Check LLVM IR for test_ptx! with no input/output by @zluda-violet in #394
• Unified fatbin versions behind a single iterator. by @aiwhskruht in #398
• Make derive_parser work with all optional arguments by @zluda-violet in #397
• Read test files at runtime for development ergonomics by @zluda-violet in #395
• Fix floating point min/max by @vosen in #399
• Add warp-wide tests by @zluda-violet in #400
• Add support for bar.red.and.pred by @zluda-violet in #402
• Run unit tests on every commit by @vosen in #401
• Add initialized check to protect zluda from calls during shutdown by @aiwhskruht in #404
• Implement more CUDA driver API to enable simple cuda-samples by @aiwhskruht in #405
• [WIP] Start working on PhysX 32bit by @vosen in #374
• Update README.md by @zluda-violet in #407
• Add support for multiple return arguments by @zluda-violet in #406
• Enable sccache in Rust builds, publish prerelease builds by @vosen in #408
• Remove duplicate call to linker by @zluda-violet in #410
• More descriptive message for unknown symbol by @zluda-violet in #411
• Handle WARP_SZ by @zluda-violet in #412
• Fix typo in README.md(self-contained) by @brlin-tw in #413
• Fix grammar errors in README.md by @brlin-tw in #414
• Allow messages for error_todo by @zluda-violet in #415
• Only allow (.b32, .pred) for multiple return by @zluda-violet in #417
• Apply rounding mode to fp div by @vosen in #416
• Add support for shfl.sync.MODE.b32 by @zluda-violet in #409
• Fix typo in README.md (either) by @brlin-tw in #419
• Improve error recovery by @vosen in #418
• Add parser support for hyphenated IDs in arguments by @zluda-violet in #425
• Remove unnecessary unsafe block by @zluda-violet in #426
• Implement nanosleep.u32 by @zluda-violet in #421
• Remove Type::Pointer by @zluda-violet in #428
• Emit correct alignment for loads and stores by @zluda-violet in #429
• Assorted instruction fixes by @vosen in #423
• Add support for cp.async by @zluda-violet in #427
• Add cuCtxCreate_v2 and cuCtxDestroy_v2 by @vosen in #430
• Set newly created context as current by @vosen in #431
• Add nightly tests by @vosen in #433
• Silence unused variable warnings by @zluda-violet in #434
• Rename cuda_base to cuda_macros by @zluda-violet in #435
• Use implicit FromCuda for library::get_module by @zluda-violet in #439
• Try to make ZLUDA more robust on Windows by @vosen in #442
• Add support for rocblas to zluda_bindgen by @zluda-violet in #440
• Fix Windows linkage by @zluda-violet in #445
• Update rocm_setup_build.sh by @zluda-violet in #446
• Convert CUDA performance lib statuses to Rust result types by @zluda-violet in #444
• Format file by @zluda-violet in #450
• Use normalize_fn for performance libraries by @zluda-violet in #449
• Check Rust formatting on pull requests by @zluda-violet in #451
• Always use Unix line endings by @zluda-violet in #453
• Move FromCuda and ZludaObject into a common crate by @zluda-violet in #452
• Implement cuModuleGetGlobal_v2 by @zluda-violet in #454
• Rename zluda_dump to zluda_trace by @vosen in #456
• Use FromCuda in zluda_blas by @zluda-violet in #455
• Implement cublas functions needed for llm.c by @zluda-violet in #457
• Force loading ZLUDA through LD_PRELOAD by @vosen in #447
• Fix nightly tests trigger by @vosen in #458
• Fix nightly run by @vosen in #459
• Update nightly ROCm version to 6.3.4 by @vosen in #460
• Install curl correctly in nightly tests by @vosen in #461
• In nightly runs, make sure cargo is in $PATH by @vosen in #462
• Implement shf instruction by @zluda-violet in #463
• Fix version in nightly trigger by @vosen in #464
• More descriptive syntax errors by @zluda-violet in #466
• Add tracing to custom parsers by @zluda-violet in #469
• More tracing for custom parsers by @zluda-violet in #471
• Implement kernel cache by @vosen in #465
• zoc (ZLUDA offline compiler) by @JoelleJS in #344
• Add test for unrecognized statement error with vector braces by @zluda-violet in #472
• Fix how full-precision fp32 sqrt and div are handled by @vosen in #467
• Add more instructions, tighten generated assembly by @vosen in #475
• Add nvml tracing by @vosen in #476
• Add pass test mechanism for insert_implicit_conversions by @zluda-violet in #477
• Add test for conversion from .f16x2 to .b32 by @zluda-violet in #479
• Add more host-side functionality by @vosen in #480
• Add more NVML and cuBLAS coverage by @vosen in #481
• Some fixes to BLASLt by @vosen in #482
• Add support for fp8 to cvt by @zluda-violet in #468
• Implement vote instruction and add support for %laneid by @vosen in #484
• Do a better job in zluda_trace when saving opaque ELF binaries by @vosen in #486
• Api traits test code by @aiwhskruht in #487
• Update broken tests by @zluda-violet in #489
• Reorganize driver host tests, fix bugs around pointer host code by @vosen in #492
• Add fake ptxas binary by @vosen in #491
• Rework the documentation and landing page by @vosen in #474
• Update quick start link in README.md by @vosen in #493
• Add issue form for zluda_trace logs by @zluda-violet in #432
• Add ZLUDA version input to issue template by @vosen in #494
• Implement fma.rn.fn.bf16x2 by @zluda-violet in #496
• Use Vec<RegOrImmediate> as const/global variable initializer by @zluda-violet in #490
• Fix const_ident.ll by @zluda-violet in #497
• Support immediates in vector operands by @zluda-violet in #488
• Remove accidentally committed file by @zluda-violet in #499
• Progress compilation despite parsing errors by @vosen in #495
• Implement redux.sync for u32 and s32 by @zluda-violet in #500
• Add support for cvt_rn_bf16x2_f32 by @zluda-violet in #501
• Make blame ignore formatting commit by @zluda-violet in #502
• Implement ldmatrix by @zluda-violet in #503
• Random fixes by @vosen in #504
• Fix min.ftz.nan.f16 for ROCm 6.3.4 by @zluda-violet in #506
• Update devcontainer by @vosen in #507
• Use LD_AUDIT instead of LD_PRELOAD by @vosen in #508
• Implement cuStreamCreate by @zluda-violet in #511
• Create bindings for hipblasLt by @zluda-violet in #510
• Add support for cuBLASLt functions used by llm.c by @zluda-violet in #512
• Fix devcontainer by @zluda-violet in #514
• More compiler fixes by @vosen in #509
• Disable virtual memory management by @zluda-violet in #515
• Support lists of variables to be declared by @zluda-violet in #516
• Fix cuCtxPopCurrent by @vosen in #519
• Handle PrmtSlow by @zluda-violet in #518
• Add atomic loads and stores by @vosen in #526
• No-op implementation of vprintf by @zluda-violet in #527
• Remove unnecessary logging of cuLibraryGetModule by @vosen in #529
• Implement cuGraphExecUpdate_v2 by @zluda-violet in #528
• Add noop nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses, fix nvmlDeviceGetHandleByPciBusId_v2 by @vosen in #531

New Contributors

• @zamazan4ik made their first contribution in #318
• @zluda-violet made their first contribution in #377
• @aiwhskruht made their first contribution in #398
• @brlin-tw made their first contribution in #413

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