support nemotron for scattermoe-lora

* post merge lora fixes for CI

* handle lora kernel auto-enable for moe without grouped_mm

* prefer not to import torch in schema validation

src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/constants.py

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ SPARSE_MOE_BLOCK = {
     "glm4v_moe": "Glm4vMoeTextMoE",
     # sigmoid -> topk routing (no group selection)
     "minimax_m2": "MiniMaxM2SparseMoeBlock",
+    # sigmoid -> topk routing, non-gated experts (up_proj + down_proj, no gate_up_proj)
+    "nemotron_h": "NemotronHMoE",
     # Models below need custom routing (not yet implemented):
     # "ernie4_5_moe": "Ernie4_5_MoeSparseMoeBlock",  # softmax->topk, e_score_correction_bias between softmax and topk
     # "deepseek_v2": "DeepseekV2Moe",  # softmax->topk, group_limited_greedy, different attr names (num_group)

src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/libs/scattermoe_lora/layers.py

@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ def _unwrap_experts_lora(experts_module):
           -> base_layer: ParamWrapper(gate_up_proj)
               -> base_layer: OlmoeExperts (the real module)
 
+    For non-gated experts (e.g. NemotronH), the chain targets ``up_proj``
+    instead of ``gate_up_proj``.
+
     This function walks the chain, collects LoRA params keyed by
     ``parameter_name``, and returns the base experts module.
 
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ def _unwrap_experts_lora(experts_module):
 
         Each ``*_lora`` is either ``(smoe_A, smoe_B, scaling)`` or ``None``.
         A/B are already in scattermoe layout.
+        For non-gated experts, ``gup_lora`` holds the ``up_proj`` LoRA.
     """
     # Collect ParamWrapper layers by their parameter_name
     wrappers = {}
@@ -195,13 +199,15 @@ def _unwrap_experts_lora(experts_module):
     num_experts = getattr(base_experts, "num_experts", None)
     if num_experts is None:
         # Fallback: infer from parameter shape
-        gup = getattr(base_experts, "gate_up_proj", None)
+        for attr in ("gate_up_proj", "up_proj"):
-        if gup is not None:
+            param = getattr(base_experts, attr, None)
-            num_experts = gup.shape[0]
+            if param is not None:
+                num_experts = param.shape[0]
+                break
 
-    # Extract gate_up_proj LoRA (needs A<->B swap due to transposition)
+    # Extract gate_up_proj or up_proj LoRA (needs A<->B swap due to transposition)
     gup_lora = None
-    gup_wrapper = wrappers.get("gate_up_proj")
+    gup_wrapper = wrappers.get("gate_up_proj") or wrappers.get("up_proj")
     if gup_wrapper is not None:
         lora_A, lora_B, scaling = get_lora_params_from_wrapper(gup_wrapper)
         if lora_A is not None:
@@ -441,10 +447,12 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
     Supports:
 
     * **Softmax→topk routing**: OLMoE, Qwen2/3MoE, Mixtral, MiniMax
-    * **Sigmoid→topk routing**: GLM, DeepSeek V3, MiniMax M2
+    * **Sigmoid→topk routing**: GLM, DeepSeek V3, MiniMax M2, NemotronH
     * **Full-parameter training**: uses ``parallel_linear`` (base ScatterMoE)
     * **LoRA fine-tuning**: detects peft ``ParamWrapper`` on ``self.experts``,
       extracts adapter weights, and uses ``parallel_linear_lora`` (fused kernel)
+    * **Non-gated experts**: NemotronH (up_proj + down_proj, no gate_up_proj)
+    * **Latent projections**: NemotronH (fc1/fc2_latent_proj wrapping experts)
     """
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -467,7 +475,7 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
         hidden_states_flat = layer_input.view(-1, hidden_dim)
 
         # ====================================================================
-        # Shared Expert (if present, e.g. Qwen2MoE, DeepSeek V3)
+        # Shared Expert (if present, e.g. Qwen2MoE, DeepSeek V3, NemotronH)
         # ====================================================================
         shared_expert_output = _compute_shared_expert(self, hidden_states_flat)
 
@@ -489,6 +497,22 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
         # ====================================================================
         experts, gup_lora, down_lora = _unwrap_experts_lora(self.experts)
 
+        # ====================================================================
+        # Detect non-gated experts (e.g. NemotronH: up_proj + down_proj only)
+        # ====================================================================
+        is_gated = hasattr(experts, "gate_up_proj")
+        up_proj_attr = "gate_up_proj" if is_gated else "up_proj"
+
+        # ====================================================================
+        # Optional latent projection (NemotronH: fc1/fc2_latent_proj)
+        # ====================================================================
+        fc1_latent_proj = getattr(self, "fc1_latent_proj", None)
+        fc2_latent_proj = getattr(self, "fc2_latent_proj", None)
+
+        expert_input = hidden_states_flat
+        if fc1_latent_proj is not None and not isinstance(fc1_latent_proj, nn.Identity):
+            expert_input = fc1_latent_proj(hidden_states_flat)
+
         # ====================================================================
         # Selective expert weight dequantization
         # ====================================================================
@@ -498,7 +522,7 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
         use_selective = (
             getattr(self, "_use_selective_dequant", False)
             and hasattr(experts, "parametrizations")
-            and "gate_up_proj" in experts.parametrizations
+            and up_proj_attr in experts.parametrizations
         )
 
         if use_selective:
@@ -517,11 +541,11 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
                 num_experts,
             )
             # Dequantize only active experts' weights
-            gate_up_W = selective_expert_weights(
+            up_W = selective_expert_weights(
                 experts,
-                "gate_up_proj",
+                up_proj_attr,
                 active_experts,
-            ).transpose(2, 1)  # [num_active, hidden, 2*inter]
+            ).transpose(2, 1)
 
             # Remap LoRA weights to match compact expert indices
             if gup_lora is not None:
@@ -538,18 +562,18 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
             sei_gup = remapped_expert_idxs
             eo_gup = compact_offsets
         else:
-            gate_up_W = experts.gate_up_proj.transpose(2, 1)  # [E, hidden, 2*inter]
+            up_W = getattr(experts, up_proj_attr).transpose(2, 1)
             sei_gup = sorted_expert_idxs
             eo_gup = expert_offsets
 
         # ====================================================================
-        # Gate + Up projection
+        # Up projection (gated: gate_up_proj; non-gated: up_proj)
         # ====================================================================
         if gup_lora is not None:
             gup_A, gup_B, gup_scaling = gup_lora
-            gup = parallel_linear_lora(
+            up_out = parallel_linear_lora(
-                hidden_states_flat,
+                expert_input,
-                gate_up_W,
+                up_W,
                 top_k,
                 sei_gup,
                 sorted_scattered_idxs,
@@ -563,9 +587,9 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
                 use_fused_gather=True,
             )
         else:
-            gup = parallel_linear(
+            up_out = parallel_linear(
-                hidden_states_flat,
+                expert_input,
-                gate_up_W,
+                up_W,
                 top_k,
                 sei_gup,
                 sorted_scattered_idxs,
@@ -574,8 +598,14 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
                 grouped_out=True,
             )
 
-        gates, h = gup.chunk(2, dim=-1)
+        # ====================================================================
-        h = experts.act_fn(gates) * h
+        # Activation: gated (act_fn(gate) * up) vs non-gated (act_fn(up))
+        # ====================================================================
+        if is_gated:
+            gates, h = up_out.chunk(2, dim=-1)
+            h = experts.act_fn(gates) * h
+        else:
+            h = experts.act_fn(up_out)
 
         # ====================================================================
         # Down projection
@@ -635,6 +665,12 @@ class HFScatterMoEGatedMLP(nn.Module):
                 gates=routing_weights,
             )
 
+        # ====================================================================
+        # Optional latent projection back to hidden_size (NemotronH)
+        # ====================================================================
+        if fc2_latent_proj is not None and not isinstance(fc2_latent_proj, nn.Identity):
+            expert_output = fc2_latent_proj(expert_output)
+
         # ====================================================================
         # Combine with shared expert and reshape
         # ====================================================================

src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py

@@ -1385,6 +1385,39 @@ class AxolotlConfigWCapabilities(AxolotlInputConfig):
             if data.get("trust_remote_code"):
                 return data
 
+            # Skip auto-enable for MoE models when native grouped_mm is unavailable
+            # (torch < 2.9). The grouped_mm fallback in transformers uses torch.mm
+            # with out= which bypasses autocast and fails on mixed dtypes during eval.
+            env_capabilities = data.get("env_capabilities", {})
+            torch_version = env_capabilities.get("torch_version")
+            if torch_version is None:
+                import torch
+
+                torch_version = str(torch.__version__).split("+", maxsplit=1)[0]
+            has_grouped_mm = version.parse(torch_version) >= version.parse("2.9.0")
+            if not has_grouped_mm:
+                is_moe = False
+                model_type = data.get("model_config_type", "")
+                if model_type and "moe" in model_type.lower():
+                    is_moe = True
+                if not is_moe:
+                    try:
+                        from transformers import AutoConfig
+
+                        base_model = data.get("base_model")
+                        if base_model:
+                            auto_cfg = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
+                                base_model, trust_remote_code=False
+                            )
+                            if getattr(auto_cfg, "num_local_experts", None) or getattr(
+                                auto_cfg, "num_experts", None
+                            ):
+                                is_moe = True
+                    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+                        pass
+                if is_moe:
+                    return data
+
             # Check multi-GPU compatibility
             capabilities = data.get("capabilities")
             is_multi_gpu = capabilities and capabilities.get("n_gpu", 0) > 1

tests/e2e/kernels/test_lora.py

@@ -176,24 +176,31 @@ def test_lora_mlp_direct(sample_tensors, activation_forward, activation_backward
     X.requires_grad = True
     output = LoRA_MLP.apply(
         X,
+        None,  # X_drop
         gate_proj.weight,
         gate_proj.bias,
         None,  # gate_quant
         None,  # gate_A
         None,  # gate_B
         None,  # gate_scale
+        None,  # gate_lora_bias
+        None,  # gate_magnitude
         up_proj.weight,
         up_proj.bias,
         None,  # up_quant
         None,  # up_A
         None,  # up_B
         None,  # up_scale
+        None,  # up_lora_bias
+        None,  # up_magnitude
         down_proj.weight,
         down_proj.bias,
         None,  # down_quant
         None,  # down_A
         None,  # down_B
         None,  # down_scale
+        None,  # down_lora_bias
+        None,  # down_magnitude
         activation_forward,
         activation_backward,
         True,  # inplace
@@ -247,24 +254,31 @@ def test_lora_mlp_with_adapters(
     # Forward pass with adapters
     output = LoRA_MLP.apply(
         X,
+        None,  # X_drop
         gate_proj.weight,
         gate_proj.bias,
         None,
         gate_A,
         gate_B,
         scale,
+        None,  # gate_lora_bias
+        None,  # gate_magnitude
         up_proj.weight,
         up_proj.bias,
         None,
         up_A,
         up_B,
         scale,
+        None,  # up_lora_bias
+        None,  # up_magnitude
         down_proj.weight,
         down_proj.bias,
         None,
         down_A,
         down_B,
         scale,
+        None,  # down_lora_bias
+        None,  # down_magnitude
         activation_forward,
         activation_backward,
         True,
@@ -334,25 +348,32 @@ def test_lora_qkv(sample_tensors):
 
     Q1, K1, V1 = LoRA_QKV.apply(
         X,
+        None,  # X_drop
         q_weight,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
+        None,
+        None,  # Q: weight, bias, quant, A, B, scale, lora_bias, magnitude
         k_weight,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
+        None,
+        None,  # K
         v_weight,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
         None,
-        True,
+        None,
+        None,  # V
+        True,  # inplace
     )
 
     assert Q1.shape == K1.shape == V1.shape == X.shape
@@ -366,25 +387,32 @@ def test_lora_qkv(sample_tensors):
     # Test with LoRA adapters
     Q2, K2, V2 = LoRA_QKV.apply(
         X,
+        None,  # X_drop
         q_weight,
         None,
         None,
         q_A,
         q_B,
         scale,
+        None,
+        None,  # Q
         k_weight,
         None,
         None,
         k_A,
         k_B,
         scale,
+        None,
+        None,  # K
         v_weight,
         None,
         None,
         v_A,
         v_B,
         scale,
-        True,
+        None,
+        None,  # V
+        True,  # inplace
     )
 
     assert Q2.shape == K2.shape == V2.shape == X.shape
@@ -427,7 +455,9 @@ def test_lora_o(sample_tensors):
 
     # Test forward pass
     X.requires_grad = True
-    output = LoRA_O.apply(X, W, b, None, A, B, scale)
+    output = LoRA_O.apply(
+        X, None, W, b, None, A, B, scale, None, None
+    )  # X_drop, ..., lora_bias, magnitude
 
     assert output.shape == (X.shape[0], X.shape[1], W.shape[0])
 
@@ -542,6 +572,7 @@ def test_inplace_operations(sample_tensors, apply_function):
             "down_proj": nn.Linear(shapes["out"], shapes["hidden"]).to(
                 device="cuda", dtype=torch.float16
             ),
+            "training": False,
         },
     )