Disable cuda version check in vllm-openai image (vllm-project#4530)

vllm/config.py

@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar, List, Optional, Union
 
 import torch
-from packaging.version import Version
 from transformers import PretrainedConfig
 
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.quantization import (QUANTIZATION_METHODS,
                                                      get_quantization_config)
 from vllm.transformers_utils.config import get_config, get_hf_text_config
-from vllm.utils import (get_cpu_memory, get_nvcc_cuda_version, is_cpu, is_hip,
-                        is_neuron)
+from vllm.utils import get_cpu_memory, is_cpu, is_hip, is_neuron
 
 GPTQMarlinConfig = get_quantization_config("gptq_marlin")
 
@@ -369,13 +367,6 @@ def _verify_cache_dtype(self) -> None:
         if self.cache_dtype == "auto":
             pass
         elif self.cache_dtype == "fp8":
-            if not is_hip():
-                nvcc_cuda_version = get_nvcc_cuda_version()
-                if nvcc_cuda_version is not None \
-                        and nvcc_cuda_version < Version("11.8"):
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        "FP8 is not supported when cuda version is"
-                        "lower than 11.8.")
             logger.info(
                 "Using fp8 data type to store kv cache. It reduces the GPU "
                 "memory footprint and boosts the performance. "

vllm/utils.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import psutil
 import torch
-from packaging.version import Version, parse
 
 import vllm.envs as envs
 from vllm.logger import enable_trace_function_call, init_logger
@@ -314,27 +313,6 @@ def cdiv(a: int, b: int) -> int:
     return -(a // -b)
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
-def get_nvcc_cuda_version() -> Optional[Version]:
-    cuda_home = envs.CUDA_HOME
-    if not cuda_home:
-        cuda_home = '/usr/local/cuda'
-        if os.path.isfile(cuda_home + '/bin/nvcc'):
-            logger.info(
-                'CUDA_HOME is not found in the environment. '
-                'Using %s as CUDA_HOME.', cuda_home)
-        else:
-            logger.warning('Not found nvcc in %s. Skip cuda version check!',
-                           cuda_home)
-            return None
-    nvcc_output = subprocess.check_output([cuda_home + "/bin/nvcc", "-V"],
-                                          universal_newlines=True)
-    output = nvcc_output.split()
-    release_idx = output.index("release") + 1
-    nvcc_cuda_version = parse(output[release_idx].split(",")[0])
-    return nvcc_cuda_version
-
-
 def _generate_random_fp8(
     tensor: torch.tensor,
     low: float,
@@ -560,7 +538,7 @@ def maybe_expand_dim(tensor: torch.Tensor,
 def merge_dicts(dict1: Dict[Any, List[Any]],
                 dict2: Dict[Any, List[Any]]) -> Dict[Any, List[Any]]:
     """Merge 2 dicts that have key -> List of items.
-    
+
     When a key conflicts, the values in dict1 is prioritized.
     """
     merged_dict = defaultdict(list)