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    • Updated the performance benchmarking guide to reflect the new configuration syntax for forcing KV cache quantization.
    • Clarifies how to specify the data type in configuration files when checkpoint precision is unspecified.
    • Improves accuracy and consistency of configuration examples to match current behavior.
    • No code changes; end-users should follow the revised example format in their configs.

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Documentation in perf-benchmarking guide updated to reflect a configuration change for forcing KV cache quantization: replaces kv_cache_dtype: "fp8" with kv_cache_config: dtype: fp8 in example YAML. No code or control-flow changes.

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Docs: Perf Benchmarking config example
docs/source/developer-guide/perf-benchmarking.md
Updated example to use kv_cache_config: dtype: fp8 instead of kv_cache_dtype: "fp8" to match current config structure; no logic changes.

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docs/source/developer-guide/perf-benchmarking.md (2)

467-469: Fix option name in the tip: use kv_cache_config.dtype.

The tip still references the old key. Replace with the new surfaced field.

-```{tip}
-The two valid values for `kv_cache_dtype` are `auto` and `fp8`.
-```
+```{tip}
+The two valid values for `kv_cache_config.dtype` are `auto` and `fp8`.
+```

459-461: Clarify the condition under which forcing applies.

“checkpoint precision is null” is ambiguous. Refer directly to the field in hf_quant_config.json.

-If you would like to force the KV cache quantization, you can specify the following in the YAML file to force the precision
-when the checkpoint precision is `null`:
+If you would like to force KV cache quantization when `kv_cache_quant_algo` in `hf_quant_config.json` is `null`, add:
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docs/source/developer-guide/perf-benchmarking.md (1)

463-465: KV cache dtype: use lowercase fp8 / auto — no change required

Confirmed: kv_cache_config.dtype / kv_cache_dtype use lowercase fp8/auto in the docs and CLI; uppercase FP8 is used only for quant_algo/compute-precision examples and should remain uppercase.

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LGTM!

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@karljang karljang merged commit 98726a3 into NVIDIA:main Sep 25, 2025
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