remove cuda v11 (#10569)

This reduces the size of our Windows installer payloads by ~256M by dropping
support for nvidia drivers older than Feb 2023.  Hardware support is unchanged.

Linux default bundle sizes are reduced by ~600M to 1G.

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ jobs:
         arch: [amd64]
         preset: ['CPU']
         include:
-          - os: windows
-            arch: amd64
-            preset: 'CUDA 11'
-            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.3.1/local_installers/cuda_11.3.1_465.89_win10.exe
-            cuda-version: '11.3'
           - os: windows
             arch: amd64
             preset: 'CUDA 12'
@@ -324,7 +319,6 @@ jobs:
             case "$COMPONENT" in
               bin/ollama)               echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/*.so)          echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
-              lib/ollama/cuda_v11)      echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/cuda_v12)      echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack5) echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-jetpack5.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack6) echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-jetpack6.tar.in ;;

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - preset: CPU
           - preset: CUDA
-            container: nvidia/cuda:11.8.0-devel-ubuntu22.04
+            container: nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-devel-ubuntu22.04
             flags: '-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=87'
           - preset: ROCm
             container: rocm/dev-ubuntu-22.04:6.1.2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - preset: CPU
           - preset: CUDA
-            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.3.1/local_installers/cuda_11.3.1_465.89_win10.exe
+            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.0/local_installers/cuda_12.8.0_571.96_windows.exe
             flags: '-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=80'
           - preset: ROCm
             install: https://download.amd.com/developer/eula/rocm-hub/AMD-Software-PRO-Edition-24.Q4-WinSvr2022-For-HIP.exe
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
           if ("${{ steps.cache-install.outputs.cache-hit }}" -ne 'true') {
             Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ matrix.install }}" -OutFile "install.exe"
-            Start-Process -FilePath .\install.exe -ArgumentList (@("-s", "cudart_11.3", "nvcc_11.3", "cublas_11.3", "cublas_dev_11.3")) -NoNewWindow -Wait
+            Start-Process -FilePath .\install.exe -ArgumentList (@("-s", "cudart_12.8", "nvcc_12.8", "cublas_12.8", "cublas_dev_12.8")) -NoNewWindow -Wait
           }
 
           $cudaPath = (Resolve-Path "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\*").path

CMakePresets.json

@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@
       "name": "CUDA",
       "inherits": [ "Default" ]
     },
-    {
-      "name": "CUDA 11",
-      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
-      "cacheVariables": {
-        "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES": "50;52;53;60;61;70;75;80;86",
-        "CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS": "-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets"
-      }
-    },
     {
       "name": "CUDA 12",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
@@ -78,11 +70,6 @@
       "configurePreset": "CUDA",
       "targets": [ "ggml-cuda" ]
     },
-    {
-      "name": "CUDA 11",
-      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
-      "configurePreset": "CUDA 11"
-    },
     {
       "name": "CUDA 12",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],

Dockerfile

@@ -7,14 +7,10 @@ ARG JETPACK5VERSION=r35.4.1
 ARG JETPACK6VERSION=r36.4.0
 ARG CMAKEVERSION=3.31.2
 
-# CUDA v11 requires gcc v10.  v10.3 has regressions, so the rockylinux 8.5 AppStream has the latest compatible version
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 rocm/dev-almalinux-8:${ROCMVERSION}-complete AS base-amd64
 RUN yum install -y yum-utils \
-    && yum-config-manager --add-repo https://dl.rockylinux.org/vault/rocky/8.5/AppStream/\$basearch/os/ \
+    && dnf install -y ccache \
-    && rpm --import https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rocky-8 \
-    && dnf install -y yum-utils ccache gcc-toolset-10-gcc-10.2.1-8.2.el8 gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++-10.2.1-8.2.el8 gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-11.el8 \
     && yum-config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel8/x86_64/cuda-rhel8.repo
-ENV PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin:$PATH
 
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 almalinux:8 AS base-arm64
 # install epel-release for ccache
@@ -38,15 +34,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
         && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CPU' \
         && cmake --install build --component CPU --strip --parallel 8
 
-FROM base AS cuda-11
-ARG CUDA11VERSION=11.3
-RUN dnf install -y cuda-toolkit-${CUDA11VERSION//./-}
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/cuda-11/bin:$PATH
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
-    cmake --preset 'CUDA 11' \
-        && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CUDA 11' \
-        && cmake --install build --component CUDA --strip --parallel 8
-
 FROM base AS cuda-12
 ARG CUDA12VERSION=12.8
 RUN dnf install -y cuda-toolkit-${CUDA12VERSION//./-}
@@ -98,11 +85,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
     go build -trimpath -buildmode=pie -o /bin/ollama .
 
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 scratch AS amd64
-COPY --from=cuda-11 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v11 /lib/ollama/cuda_v11
 COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v12 /lib/ollama/cuda_v12
 
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 scratch AS arm64
-COPY --from=cuda-11 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v11 /lib/ollama/cuda_v11
 COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v12 /lib/ollama/cuda_v12
 COPY --from=jetpack-5 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v11 /lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack5
 COPY --from=jetpack-6 dist/lib/ollama/cuda_v12 /lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack6

discover/cuda_common.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package discover
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ func cudaVariant(gpuInfo CudaGPUInfo) string {
 
 	// driver 12.0 has problems with the cuda v12 library, so run v11 on those older drivers
 	if gpuInfo.DriverMajor < 12 || (gpuInfo.DriverMajor == 12 && gpuInfo.DriverMinor == 0) {
+		// The detected driver is older than Feb 2023
+		slog.Warn("old CUDA driver detected - please upgrade to a newer driver", "version", fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d", gpuInfo.DriverMajor, gpuInfo.DriverMinor))
 		return "v11"
 	}
 	return "v12"

discover/path.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 // '../lib/ollama' on Linux and the executable's directory on macOS
 // note: distribution builds, additional GPU-specific libraries are
 // found in subdirectories of the returned path, such as
-// 'cuda_v11', 'cuda_v12', 'rocm', etc.
+// 'cuda_v12', 'rocm', etc.
 var LibOllamaPath string = func() string {
 	exe, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {

docs/gpu.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # GPU
 ## Nvidia
-Ollama supports Nvidia GPUs with compute capability 5.0+.
+Ollama supports Nvidia GPUs with compute capability 5.0+ and driver version 531 and newer.
 
 Check your compute compatibility to see if your card is supported:
 [https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)

docs/troubleshooting.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Ollama includes multiple LLM libraries compiled for different GPUs and CPU vecto
 In the server log, you will see a message that looks something like this (varies from release to release):
 
 ```
-Dynamic LLM libraries [rocm_v6 cpu cpu_avx cpu_avx2 cuda_v11 rocm_v5]
+Dynamic LLM libraries [rocm_v6 cpu cpu_avx cpu_avx2 cuda_v12 rocm_v5]
 ```
 
 **Experimental LLM Library Override**

llm/server.go

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus discover.GpuInfoList, modelPath string, f *ggml.GGML, a
 		params = append(params, "--mmproj", projectors[0])
 	}
 
-	// iterate through compatible GPU libraries such as 'cuda_v12', 'cuda_v11', 'rocm', etc.
+	// iterate through compatible GPU libraries such as 'cuda_v12', 'rocm', etc.
 	// adding each library's respective path to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, until finally running
 	// without any LD_LIBRARY_PATH flags
 	for {

scripts/build_windows.ps1

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ function checkEnv() {
         $env:VCToolsRedistDir=(get-item "${MSVC_INSTALL}\VC\Redist\MSVC\*")[0]
     }
     # Locate CUDA versions
-    # Note: this assumes every version found will be built
     $cudaList=(get-item "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v*\bin\" -ea 'silentlycontinue')
     if ($cudaList.length -eq 0) {
         $d=(get-command -ea 'silentlycontinue' nvcc).path
@@ -94,19 +93,6 @@ function buildOllama() {
 
         $hashEnv = @{}
         Get-ChildItem env: | foreach { $hashEnv[$_.Name] = $_.Value }
-        if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v11")) {
-            $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V11")) { $v11="$_" }}
-            $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$hashEnv[$v11]
-            write-host "Building CUDA v11 backend libraries"
-            # Note: cuda v11 requires msvc 2019 so force the older generator
-            # to avoid 2022 (or newer) from being used as the default
-            & cmake --fresh --preset "CUDA 11" -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" --install-prefix $script:DIST_DIR
-            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
-            & cmake --build --preset "CUDA 11"  --config Release --parallel $script:JOBS
-            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
-            & cmake --install build --component "CUDA" --strip
-            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
-        }
         if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v12")) {
             $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V12")) { $v12="$_" }}
             $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$hashEnv[$v12]

scripts/env.sh

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ OLLAMA_COMMON_BUILD_ARGS="--build-arg=VERSION \
     --build-arg=GOFLAGS \
     --build-arg=OLLAMA_CUSTOM_CPU_DEFS \
     --build-arg=OLLAMA_SKIP_CUDA_GENERATE \
-    --build-arg=OLLAMA_SKIP_CUDA_11_GENERATE \
     --build-arg=OLLAMA_SKIP_CUDA_12_GENERATE \
-    --build-arg=CUDA_V11_ARCHITECTURES \
     --build-arg=CUDA_V12_ARCHITECTURES \
     --build-arg=OLLAMA_SKIP_ROCM_GENERATE \
     --build-arg=OLLAMA_FAST_BUILD \