We no longer have an avx_only repository and better error handling for minimum hardware requirements. (#833)

gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 
 std::string LLModel::m_implementations_search_path = ".";
 
+static bool has_at_least_minimal_hardware() {
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+    #ifndef _MSC_VER
+        return __builtin_cpu_supports("avx");
+    #else
+        int cpuInfo[4];
+        __cpuid(cpuInfo, 1);
+        return cpuInfo[2] & (1 << 28);
+    #endif
+#else
+    return true; // Don't know how to handle non-x86_64
+#endif
+}
+
 static bool requires_avxonly() {
 #ifdef __x86_64__
     #ifndef _MSC_VER
@@ -98,6 +112,10 @@ const LLModel::Implementation* LLModel::implementation(std::ifstream& f, const s
 }
 
 LLModel *LLModel::construct(const std::string &modelPath, std::string buildVariant) {
+
+    if (!has_at_least_minimal_hardware())
+        return nullptr;
+
     //TODO: Auto-detect CUDA/OpenCL
     if (buildVariant == "auto") {
         if (requires_avxonly()) {

gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 option(GPT4ALL_LOCALHOST OFF "Build installer for localhost repo")
-option(GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY OFF "Build for avx only")
 option(GPT4ALL_OFFLINE_INSTALLER "Build an offline installer" OFF)
 
 # Generate a header file with the version number
@@ -215,23 +214,11 @@ elseif(GPT4ALL_OFFLINE_INSTALLER)
     cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "file://${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/packages")
 else()
   if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES Linux)
-    if (GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY)
-      cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/avx_only/linux/repository")
-    else()
       cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/linux/repository")
-    endif()
   elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES Windows)
-    #To sign the target on windows have to create a batch script add use it as a custom target and then use CPACK_IFW_EXTRA_TARGETS to set this extra target
-    if (GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY)
-      cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/avx_only/windows/repository")
-    else()
+      #To sign the target on windows have to create a batch script add use it as a custom target and then use CPACK_IFW_EXTRA_TARGETS to set this extra target
       cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/windows/repository")
-    endif()
   elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES Darwin)
-    if (GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY)
-      cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/avx_only/mac/repository")
-    else()
       cpack_ifw_add_repository("GPT4AllRepository" URL "https://gpt4all.io/installer_repos/mac/repository")
-    endif()
   endif()
 endif()

gpt4all-chat/cmake/config.h.in

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 #define CONFIG_H
 
 #define APP_VERSION "@APP_VERSION@"
-#define GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY "@GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY@"
 
 #endif // CONFIG_H

gpt4all-chat/llm.cpp

@@ -30,15 +30,20 @@ LLM::LLM()
     connect(this, &LLM::serverEnabledChanged,
         m_chatListModel, &ChatListModel::handleServerEnabledChanged);
 
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
-    if (QString(GPT4ALL_AVX_ONLY) == "OFF") {
-        const bool avx(__builtin_cpu_supports("avx"));
-        const bool avx2(__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2"));
-        const bool fma(__builtin_cpu_supports("fma"));
-        m_compatHardware = avx && avx2 && fma;
-        emit compatHardwareChanged();
-    }
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+    #ifndef _MSC_VER
+        const bool minimal(__builtin_cpu_supports("avx"));
+    #else
+        int cpuInfo[4];
+        __cpuid(cpuInfo, 1);
+        const bool minimal(cpuInfo[2] & (1 << 28));
+    #endif
+#else
+    const bool minimal = true; // Don't know how to handle non-x86_64
 #endif
+
+    m_compatHardware = minimal;
+    emit compatHardwareChanged();
 }
 
 bool LLM::checkForUpdates() const

gpt4all-chat/main.qml

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Window {
         shouldShowBusy: false
         closePolicy: Popup.NoAutoClose
         modal: true
-        text: qsTr("Incompatible hardware detected. Please try the avx-only installer on https://gpt4all.io")
+        text: qsTr("Incompatible hardware detected. Your hardware does not meet the minimal requirements to run GPT4All. In particular, it does not seem to support AVX intrinsics. See here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions")
     }
 
     StartupDialog {

gpt4all-chat/network.cpp

@@ -412,11 +412,6 @@ void Network::sendMixpanelEvent(const QString &ev, const QVector<KeyValue> &valu
         const QSize display = QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()->size();
         properties.insert("display", QString("%1x%2").arg(display.width()).arg(display.height()));
         properties.insert("ram", getSystemTotalRAM());
-#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__)
-        properties.insert("avx", bool(__builtin_cpu_supports("avx")));
-        properties.insert("avx2", bool(__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2")));
-        properties.insert("fma", bool(__builtin_cpu_supports("fma")));
-#endif
 #if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
         properties.insert("cpu", QString::fromStdString(getCPUModel()));
 #endif