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This guide provides a comprehensive introduction for you, particularly if you have a CS50-level programming background.

It covers:

  • What llama.cpp and ggml are, and their core benefits.
  • A detailed explanation of ggml's fundamental concepts: tensors, computation graphs, contexts, backends, and quantization.
  • The structure and purpose of the GGUF file format.
  • How llama.cpp utilizes ggml for inference and hardware abstraction.
  • Steps for setting up a basic development environment.
  • A detailed walkthrough of how to contribute a new backend to ggml, including understanding the ggml_backend.h interface, implementing necessary functions, and testing. This section uses AMD XDNA 2 as a conceptual example.
  • Tips for further learning and successful contribution.

The guide aims to lower the barrier to entry for understanding and contributing to the llama.cpp and ggml ecosystems.

Make sure to read the contributing guidelines before submitting a PR

This guide provides a comprehensive introduction for you, particularly if you have a CS50-level programming background.

It covers:
- What llama.cpp and ggml are, and their core benefits.
- A detailed explanation of ggml's fundamental concepts: tensors, computation graphs, contexts, backends, and quantization.
- The structure and purpose of the GGUF file format.
- How llama.cpp utilizes ggml for inference and hardware abstraction.
- Steps for setting up a basic development environment.
- A detailed walkthrough of how to contribute a new backend to ggml, including understanding the `ggml_backend.h` interface, implementing necessary functions, and testing. This section uses AMD XDNA 2 as a conceptual example.
- Tips for further learning and successful contribution.

The guide aims to lower the barrier to entry for understanding and contributing to the llama.cpp and ggml ecosystems.
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Sorry for the trouble I thought I was making a pull request to my own fork instead of ggml

@akshaytolwani123 akshaytolwani123 restored the onboarding-guide-ggml-contribution branch June 8, 2025 06:46
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