[Bugfix][Model] Support BF16 INC PLE embeddings in Qwen4Exp

[vaclcer]

Purpose

Qwen4Exp rejects INCConfig when selecting its PLE embedding method, even when the checkpoint stores PLE weights unquantized in BF16. This adds an INC-specific method in the shared Qwen4Exp PLE implementation. It preserves shard loading and rejects non-BF16 checkpoint weights.

The change applies to Qwen4Exp INC checkpoints with BF16 PLE weights, not to one model ID. Intel/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-W4A16-AutoRound is the reproducer. No matching open PR was found in the searches performed.

AI assistance was used to develop this change.

Test Plan

• Run .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/models/qwen4_exp/test_ple.py -v.
• Load the reproducing checkpoint without a manual patch and run a representative model evaluation.

Test Result

• The regression test covers INC method selection, BF16 shard loading with offsets, and rejection of non-BF16 weights.
• Python syntax and editor-diagnostic checks passed for the changed files; git diff --check passed.
• Pytest, checkpoint loading, and model evaluation have not yet been run. Add results before submitting.

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[he-yufeng]

Checked this out locally and ran the new test file on CPU (no GPU): 23 passed, 36 skipped (the skips are the CUDA-gated cases). The INC case specifically, test_ple_inc_embedding_loads_only_bf16_checkpoint_shards (method selection from an INCConfig plus BF16-only shard loading), also passes on its own.

For triage: #59798 hit this exact failure on stock v0.30.0 with the same Intel checkpoint, so this PR closes a second confirmed production report beyond your own.

Still open per your own checklist: a real checkpoint load on GPU. The unit coverage here is honest about method selection and shard layout, but the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next boot is the actual reproducer; a log of it starting up would close the loop for reviewers.

Tests run: PYTHONPATH=<pr worktree> .venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/models/qwen4_exp/test_ple.py -q on a CPU-only box, torch 2.x. Drafted with AI assistance per the repo policy.

[vaclcer]

successful vLLM start up log:

boot.log

[vaclcer]

also solves https://huggingface.co/Intel/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-W4A16-AutoRound/discussions/4

[gau-nernst]

Duplicate of #59990? (though 59990 came after)

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