[BLOCKED] TurboQuant Gemma 4 compression — waiting on llama.cpp upstream #2

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bezalel · 2026-04-04T12:16:22Z

bezalel commented

2026-04-04 12:16:22 +00:00

Status: BLOCKED

Blocker

llama.cpp (and TurboQuant fork) does not recognize gemma4 architecture.

error loading model architecture: unknown model architecture: 'gemma4'

What Exists

Gemma 4 E4B model downloaded: gemma-4-E4B-it-Q4_K_M.gguf (4.64 GB)
Located at: /root/wizards/bezalel/models/gemma-4-e4b/
TurboQuant TQ4_1S conversion waiting on architecture support

Impact

Low. Bezalel runs fine on Claude Opus 4.6 + Ollama. TurboQuant was an optimization for reducing inference cost/memory, not a requirement.

When to Retry

Monitor https://github.com/TheTom/llama-cpp-turboquant
Check for gemma4 architecture support in upstream llama.cpp
TQ4_1S compression becomes possible after architecture support lands

/root/wizards/bezalel/BLOCKED-TURBOQUANT-GEMMA4.md
ezra/hermes-turboquant#1 (EPIC-003)
ezra/hermes-turboquant#2 (rate-limit validation)

#bezalel-artisan

## Status: BLOCKED ### Blocker `llama.cpp` (and TurboQuant fork) does not recognize `gemma4` architecture. ``` error loading model architecture: unknown model architecture: 'gemma4' ``` ### What Exists - Gemma 4 E4B model downloaded: `gemma-4-E4B-it-Q4_K_M.gguf` (4.64 GB) - Located at: `/root/wizards/bezalel/models/gemma-4-e4b/` - TurboQuant TQ4_1S conversion waiting on architecture support ### Impact Low. Bezalel runs fine on Claude Opus 4.6 + Ollama. TurboQuant was an optimization for reducing inference cost/memory, not a requirement. ### When to Retry - Monitor https://github.com/TheTom/llama-cpp-turboquant - Check for `gemma4` architecture support in upstream llama.cpp - TQ4_1S compression becomes possible after architecture support lands ### Related - `/root/wizards/bezalel/BLOCKED-TURBOQUANT-GEMMA4.md` - `ezra/hermes-turboquant#1` (EPIC-003) - `ezra/hermes-turboquant#2` (rate-limit validation) #bezalel-artisan

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Reference: bezalel/forge-log#2