lvsa-add-model

Adding a new model to LVSA

Overview

LVSA's engine is model-agnostic; per-model behavior lives in lvsa/adapters/<model>.py as a subclass of ModelAdapter (defined in lvsa/adapters/base.py). Adding a new model is one adapter file (~200-330 lines) plus a tiny example wrapper.

Reference adapters:

Model	File	Style	LoC	Use as template if
Wan 2.1 / 2.2	lvsa/adapters/wan.py	Single-stream	~220	Your model concatenates text+video before projection
HunyuanVideo 1.5	lvsa/adapters/hunyuan_video.py	Dual-stream	~330	Text and video have separate Q/K/V projections
CogVideoX 5B	lvsa/adapters/cogvideox.py	Joint-attention	~190	Shared Q/K/V projection over joint text+video

The 11 methods to implement

The ModelAdapter ABC groups methods into 4 families.

A. Geometry (3 methods)

def patches_per_frame(self, height: int, width: int, pipe: Any) -> int:
    """Spatial tokens per latent frame after VAE + patchify."""
    # For 480x832, VAE factor 8, patch size 2:
    # (480 / 8 / 2) * (832 / 8 / 2) = 1560
    ...

def latent_frames(self, num_frames: int, pipe: Any) -> int:
    """(num_frames - 1) // vae_temporal + 1. Wan/HV use 4."""
    ...

def reference_latent_frames(self, pipe: Any) -> int:
    """Training horizon in latent frames. CRITICAL — anchors the auto scheduler.
    Wan 1.3B/14B = 21, HunyuanVideo 1.5 = 33, CogVideoX 5B = 13."""
    ...

B. QKV extraction (3 methods)

def extract_qkv(self, attn, hidden, encoder) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor, Tensor]:
    """Return Q, K, V for the joint sequence. Single-stream: concat text+video
    before projection. Dual-stream: each modality has its own linear."""
    ...

def extract_cross_attn_kv(self, attn, encoder) -> Optional[tuple[Tensor, Tensor]]:
    """Return (K, V) for an I2V-style image-conditioned cross-attention, or None."""
    ...

def split_encoder_for_cross_attn(self, attn, encoder) -> tuple[Tensor, Optional[Tensor]]:
    """For dual-modal encoders that split text vs image tokens."""
    ...

C. Position encoding + output (2 methods)

def apply_rotary(self, q, k, rotary_emb, local_seq, rank, world) -> tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
    """Apply RoPE. Wan uses 1D RoPE; HunyuanVideo uses 3D (cos, sin) tuples."""
    ...

def output_projection(self, attn, hidden, query_dtype) -> Tensor:
    """Final linear (and any layernorm) after attention."""
    ...

D. Dual-stream + integration (3 methods)

def extract_encoder_qkv(self, attn, encoder) -> Optional[tuple[Tensor, Tensor, Tensor]]:
    """Dual-stream models project encoder Q/K/V through a separate linear.
    Return None for single-stream."""
    ...

def format_output(self, attn, hidden, encoder_output, encoder_seq_len, dtype):
    """Single-stream: return a tensor. Dual-stream: return (hidden, encoder) tuple."""
    ...

def cross_attention(self, attn, query, encoder_image, backend) -> Optional[Tensor]:
    """I2V cross-attention call, or None."""
    ...

E. Pipeline integration (3 methods)

def install_processor(self, pipe, processor) -> int:
    """Walk the transformer, replace each self-attention's processor with
    `DistributedLVSAProcessor`. Return number of blocks installed on."""
    ...

def setup_context_parallel(self, transformer, world) -> None:
    """Attach a CP plan (which dim to split, gather strategy)."""
    ...

def patch_rotary_for_cp(self, rank: int, world: int) -> None:
    """Monkey-patch the model's RoPE to be rank-aware for context-parallel runs."""
    ...

Step-by-step

1. Copy the closest existing adapter

# Single-stream model
cp lvsa/adapters/wan.py lvsa/adapters/<your_model>.py

# Dual-stream model
cp lvsa/adapters/hunyuan_video.py lvsa/adapters/<your_model>.py

2. Set the geometry

def patches_per_frame(self, height: int, width: int, pipe: Any) -> int:
    vae_sf = pipe.vae.config.scaling_factor      # spatial compression
    patch = pipe.transformer.config.patch_size   # patchify factor
    h = height // vae_sf // patch
    w = width // vae_sf // patch
    return h * w

def latent_frames(self, num_frames: int, pipe: Any) -> int:
    vae_tf = pipe.vae.config.temporal_compression_ratio
    return (num_frames - 1) // vae_tf + 1

def reference_latent_frames(self, pipe: Any) -> int:
    return 21   # CHANGE: read from model card / paper

3. Wire QKV + RoPE

Identify the model's attention class (usually <ModelName>Attention or <ModelName>SelfAttn). Adapt extract_qkv and apply_rotary to match its forward signature.

For Wan-style 1D RoPE:

def apply_rotary(self, q, k, rotary_emb, local_seq, rank, world):
    from .rope import apply_rotary_1d
    return apply_rotary_1d(q, k, rotary_emb, local_seq, rank, world)

For HunyuanVideo-style 3D (cos, sin) RoPE:

def apply_rotary(self, q, k, rotary_emb, local_seq, rank, world):
    from .rope import apply_rotary_3d_cos_sin
    return apply_rotary_3d_cos_sin(q, k, rotary_emb, local_seq, rank, world)

4. Install the processor

def install_processor(self, pipe, processor) -> int:
    transformer = pipe.transformer
    n = 0
    for block in transformer.blocks:                  # adapt path
        block.attn1.processor = processor             # adapt attribute
        n += 1
    return n

5. Register the adapter

In lvsa/adapters/__init__.py:

def get_adapter(name: str) -> ModelAdapter:
    if name == "<your_model>":
        from .<your_model> import YourModelAdapter
        return YourModelAdapter()
    ...

6. Write an example script

cp examples/wan_generate.py examples/<your_model>_generate.py

Edit:

• Import your model's pipeline class
• Replace WanAdapter references with your adapter
• Adjust default --num-frames to the model's training horizon

7. Add a CPU smoke test

In tests/test_adapters.py, add:

class TestYourModelAdapter:
    def test_geometry(self):
        adapter = YourModelAdapter()
        assert adapter.reference_latent_frames(MockPipe()) == 21
    # ... etc

Run:

pytest tests/test_adapters.py::TestYourModelAdapter -v

8. (Optional) Wire vllm-omni hook

If your model has special pre-attention behavior in vllm-omni (sequence sharding, custom RoPE), add a hook at lvsa-vllm-omni/lvsa_vllm_omni/<your_model>_hook.py modeled on wan_hook.py or hunyuan_hook.py. Register it in register.py and document the env var (LVSA_<YOUR_MODEL>_HOOK=1) in lvsa-vllm-omni/README.md.

Validation

After your adapter compiles and tests pass on CPU, run a small GPU smoke:

python examples/<your_model>_generate.py \
    --model /path/to/your_model_checkpoint \
    --prompt "test" \
    --num-frames <training_horizon> \
    --lvsa --auto-keyframes \
    --output-name smoke.mp4

Look for [LVSA] installed on N blocks in the log — that confirms the adapter found your attention layers.

Common pitfalls

• Wrong reference_latent_frames — leads to silent sparsity at training horizon. Verify against the model card.
• patches_per_frame doesn't divide seq_len — geometry detection fails. Triple-check VAE spatial factor and patch size against the model config.
• Custom attention layer not found in install_processor — the walk path (pipe.transformer.blocks[i].attn1) differs per model. Print the model structure first.
• Multi-GPU breaks — CP requires seq_len % world_size == 0. If not divisible, add a constraint check at adapter init.