mtmd: add --mmproj-device argument (#23255)

* feat: add --mmproj-device arg & backwards compatible MTMD_BACKEND_DEVICE env var

* feat: load mmproj device backend immediately, add -mmdev shortflag

* fix: its a pointer now get the name

* clean up

* gen docs

* nits

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Co-authored-by: Xuan Son Nguyen <son@huggingface.co>
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John-Henry Lim 2026-08-21 00:45:37 +08:00 committed by GitHub
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12 changed files with 41 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -2595,6 +2595,26 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
params.mmproj_use_gpu = value;
}
).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD"));
add_opt(common_arg(
// note: "-mmdev" must sort after "--rpc" in the preset map, else RPC devices are not registered yet
{"-mmdev", "--mmproj-device"}, "DEVICE",
"device to use for multimodal projector (none = don't offload, default: auto)\n"
"use --list-devices to see a list of available devices",
[](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
if (value == "none") {
params.mmproj_use_gpu = false;
params.mmproj_device = nullptr;
return;
}
auto devices = parse_device_list(value);
// parse_device_list pushes nullptr at back so devices is length 2 for single device.
if (devices.size() > 2) {
throw std::invalid_argument("only one device may be specified for mmproj");
}
params.mmproj_use_gpu = true;
params.mmproj_device = devices.front();
}
).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("MTMD_BACKEND_DEVICE")); // no LLAMA_ARG_ prefix for backward compatibility reason
add_opt(common_arg(
{"--image", "--audio", "--video"}, "FILE",
"path to an image, audio, or video file. use with multimodal models, use comma-separated values for multiple files\n",

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@ -581,9 +581,10 @@ struct common_params {
// multimodal models (see tools/mtmd)
struct common_params_model mmproj;
bool mmproj_use_gpu = true; // use GPU for multimodal model
bool no_mmproj = false; // explicitly disable multimodal model
std::vector<std::string> image; // path to image file(s) ; TODO: change the name to "media"
bool mmproj_use_gpu = true; // use GPU for multimodal model
ggml_backend_dev_t mmproj_device = nullptr; // GPU device to use for multimodal model
bool no_mmproj = false; // explicitly disable multimodal model
std::vector<std::string> image; // path to image file(s) ; TODO: change the name to "media"
int image_min_tokens = -1;
int image_max_tokens = -1;
int mtmd_batch_max_tokens = 1024;

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@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
| `-mmu, --mmproj-url URL` | URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL) |
| `--mmproj-auto, --no-mmproj, --no-mmproj-auto` | whether to use multimodal projector file (if available), useful when using -hf (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_AUTO) |
| `--mmproj-offload, --no-mmproj-offload` | whether to enable GPU offloading for multimodal projector (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD) |
| `-mmdev, --mmproj-device DEVICE` | device to use for multimodal projector (none = don't offload, default: auto)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: MTMD_BACKEND_DEVICE) |
| `--image, --audio, --video FILE` | path to an image, audio, or video file. use with multimodal models, use comma-separated values for multiple files |
| `--image-min-tokens N` | minimum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MIN_TOKENS) |
| `--image-max-tokens N` | maximum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MAX_TOKENS) |

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@ -186,14 +186,13 @@ struct clip_ctx {
throw std::runtime_error("failed to initialize CPU backend");
}
if (ctx_params.use_gpu) {
auto * backend_name = std::getenv("MTMD_BACKEND_DEVICE");
if (backend_name != nullptr) {
backend = ggml_backend_init_by_name(backend_name, nullptr);
if (ctx_params.device != nullptr) {
backend = ggml_backend_dev_init(ctx_params.device, nullptr);
if (!backend) {
LOG_WRN("%s: Warning: Failed to initialize \"%s\" backend, falling back to default GPU backend\n", __func__, backend_name);
throw std::runtime_error(string_format("%s: failed to initialize \"%s\" backend\n",
__func__, ggml_backend_dev_name(ctx_params.device)));
}
}
if (!backend) {
} else {
backend = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU, nullptr);
backend = backend ? backend : ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_IGPU, nullptr);
}

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@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ enum clip_flash_attn_type {
struct clip_context_params {
bool use_gpu;
ggml_backend_dev_t device;
enum clip_flash_attn_type flash_attn_type;
int image_min_tokens;
int image_max_tokens;

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@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
const char * clip_path = params.mmproj.path.c_str();
mtmd_context_params mparams = mtmd_context_params_default();
mparams.use_gpu = params.mmproj_use_gpu;
mparams.device = params.mmproj_device;
mparams.print_timings = true;
mparams.n_threads = params.cpuparams.n_threads;
mparams.flash_attn_type = params.flash_attn_type;

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@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct mtmd_cli_context {
const char * clip_path = params.mmproj.path.c_str();
mtmd_context_params mparams = mtmd_context_params_default();
mparams.use_gpu = params.mmproj_use_gpu;
mparams.device = params.mmproj_device;
mparams.print_timings = true;
mparams.n_threads = params.cpuparams.n_threads;
mparams.flash_attn_type = params.flash_attn_type;

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@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ static clip_flash_attn_type mtmd_get_clip_flash_attn_type(enum llama_flash_attn_
mtmd_context_params mtmd_context_params_default() {
mtmd_context_params params {
/* use_gpu */ true,
/* device */ nullptr,
/* print_timings */ true,
/* n_threads */ 4,
/* image_marker */ nullptr,
@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ struct mtmd_context {
clip_context_params ctx_clip_params {
/* use_gpu */ ctx_params.use_gpu,
/* device */ ctx_params.device,
/* flash_attn_type */ mtmd_get_clip_flash_attn_type(ctx_params.flash_attn_type),
/* image_min_tokens */ ctx_params.image_min_tokens,
/* image_max_tokens */ ctx_params.image_max_tokens,

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@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ typedef bool (*mtmd_progress_callback)(float progress, void * user_data);
struct mtmd_context_params {
bool use_gpu;
ggml_backend_dev_t device;
bool print_timings;
int n_threads;
const char * image_marker; // deprecated, use media_marker instead

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@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ For the full list of features, please refer to [server's changelog](https://gith
| `-mmu, --mmproj-url URL` | URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL) |
| `--mmproj-auto, --no-mmproj, --no-mmproj-auto` | whether to use multimodal projector file (if available), useful when using -hf (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_AUTO) |
| `--mmproj-offload, --no-mmproj-offload` | whether to enable GPU offloading for multimodal projector (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD) |
| `-mmdev, --mmproj-device DEVICE` | device to use for multimodal projector (none = don't offload, default: auto)<br/>use --list-devices to see a list of available devices<br/>(env: MTMD_BACKEND_DEVICE) |
| `--image-min-tokens N` | minimum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MIN_TOKENS) |
| `--image-max-tokens N` | maximum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MAX_TOKENS) |
| `--mtmd-batch-max-tokens N` | maximum number of image tokens per batch when encoding images (default: 1024)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MTMD_BATCH_MAX_TOKENS) |
@ -196,11 +197,11 @@ For the full list of features, please refer to [server's changelog](https://gith
| `--ui-config, --webui-config JSON` | JSON that provides default UI settings (overrides UI defaults)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_UI_CONFIG) |
| `--ui-config-file, --webui-config-file PATH` | JSON file that provides default UI settings (overrides UI defaults)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_UI_CONFIG_FILE) |
| `--ui-mcp-proxy, --webui-mcp-proxy, --no-ui-mcp-proxy, --no-webui-mcp-proxy` | experimental: whether to enable MCP CORS proxy - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_UI_MCP_PROXY) |
| `--tools TOOL1,TOOL2,...` | experimental: whether to enable server tools for AI agents - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: no tools)<br/>specify "all" to enable all tools<br/>available tools: read_file, file_glob_search, grep_search, exec_shell_command, write_file, edit_file, get_info<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TOOLS) |
| `--tools TOOL1,TOOL2,...` | experimental: whether to enable built-in tools for AI agents - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: no tools)<br/>specify "all" to enable all tools<br/>available tools: read_file, file_glob_search, grep_search, exec_shell_command, write_file, edit_file, get_info<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TOOLS) |
| `--tools-runtime OPTION` | experimental: run tools in a separate runtime environment (default: none, use host environment)<br/>available options:<br/> 'docker:<image>', 'podman:<image>': spin up a new container and reuse it for all invocations, clean up on server exit<br/> 'docker-container:<id>', 'podman-container:<id>': use an existing container by ID, won't stop on server exit<br/> 'ssh:<target>': run tools on a remote POSIX host over SSH, key-based auth and a trusted host key are required<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TOOLS_RUNTIME) |
| `--mcp-servers-config PATH` | experimental: path to JSON file with MCP server definitions (Cursor-compatible format) - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: none)<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MCP_SERVERS_CONFIG) |
| `--mcp-servers-json JSON` | experimental: inline JSON with MCP server definitions (Cursor-compatible format) - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: none)<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MCP_SERVERS_JSON) |
| `-ag, --agent, -no-ag, --no-agent` | whether to enable CORS proxy and all server tools - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: disabled)<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_AGENT) |
| `-ag, --agent, -no-ag, --no-agent` | whether to enable CORS proxy and all built-in tools - do not enable in untrusted environments (default: disabled)<br/>note: for security reasons, this will limit --cors-origins to localhost by default<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_AGENT) |
| `--ui, --webui, --no-ui, --no-webui` | whether to enable the Web UI (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_UI) |
| `--embedding, --embeddings` | restrict to only support embedding use case; use only with dedicated embedding models (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_EMBEDDINGS) |
| `--rerank, --reranking` | enable reranking endpoint on server (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_RERANKING) |

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@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ private:
mtmd_context_params mparams = mtmd_context_params_default();
if (has_mmproj) {
mparams.use_gpu = params_base.mmproj_use_gpu;
mparams.device = params_base.mmproj_device;
mparams.print_timings = false;
mparams.n_threads = params_base.cpuparams.n_threads;
mparams.flash_attn_type = params_base.flash_attn_type;

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@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
mtmd_context_params mtmd_params = mtmd_context_params_default();
mtmd_params.use_gpu = params.mmproj_use_gpu;
mtmd_params.device = params.mmproj_device;
mtmd::context_ptr mctx(mtmd_init_from_file(params.mmproj.path.c_str(), model, mtmd_params));
if (!mctx) {
LOG_ERR("failed to load mmproj %s\n", params.mmproj.path.c_str());