[PR #1746] [CLOSED] Note for non-NVIDIA GPU users and Improve Warning Message #21196

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/1746
Author: @sethupavan12
Created: 12/30/2023
Status: Closed

Base: mainHead: main


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2 files changed (+5 additions, -1 deletions)

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📝 README.md (+4 -0)
📝 llm/llama.go (+1 -1)

📄 Description

Motivation - From the issue, https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/issues/1594 where a user got confused due to the warning message and has asked questions like "can i force it to just run on my cpu?" which calls for clarity in the warning message and better instructions for non-NVIDIA GPU users.

This PR improves the warning message shown to non-NVIDIA GPU users when running ollama serve. Additionally, added
guidance in the readme.md

Changes

  • Modified the errNvidiaSMI error message to provide the information that ollama will use CPU.
  • Added a line in readme.md to inform the users to disregard the message.

resolves #1594


🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/1746 **Author:** [@sethupavan12](https://github.com/sethupavan12) **Created:** 12/30/2023 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `main` --- ### 📝 Commits (3) - [`610c8fb`](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/commit/610c8fbda705297ae05bb86ade59f08f11feeea7) make warning clear - [`c085630`](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/commit/c0856300ca74940c3446560a6ef02b1baef9f9a9) add note for non-NVIDIA users - [`c78d675`](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/commit/c78d6755e371d5bb1d341594310ff38bcff52955) gpu->GPU ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+5 additions, -1 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `README.md` (+4 -0) 📝 `llm/llama.go` (+1 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description Motivation - From the issue, https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/issues/1594 where a user got confused due to the warning message and has asked questions like "_can i force it to just run on my cpu?_" which calls for clarity in the warning message and better instructions for non-NVIDIA GPU users. This PR improves the warning message shown to non-NVIDIA GPU users when running `ollama serve`. Additionally, added guidance in the `readme.md` ## Changes - Modified the `errNvidiaSMI` error message to provide the information that ollama will use CPU. - Added a line in `readme.md` to inform the users to disregard the message. resolves #1594 --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#21196