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[GH-ISSUE #9977] How can we prevent creating a new complete model instance in GPU when using different context lengths? #6536

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opened 2026-04-12 18:09:07 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jaybom on GitHub (Mar 25, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/9977

What is the issue?

How can we prevent creating a new complete model instance in GPU when using different context lengths?

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Windows

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0.5.7

Originally created by @jaybom on GitHub (Mar 25, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/9977 ### What is the issue? How can we prevent creating a new complete model instance in GPU when using different context lengths? ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### OS Windows ### GPU Nvidia ### CPU _No response_ ### Ollama version 0.5.7
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-12 18:09:09 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2025):

Currently, a change in context length requires a model reload. To prevent this, the clients would need to be configured with the same context length. PRs like #8935 or #9978 would offer alternative mechanisms for dealing with this.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2751179863 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Mar 25, 2025): Currently, a change in context length requires a model reload. To prevent this, the clients would need to be configured with the same context length. PRs like #8935 or #9978 would offer alternative mechanisms for dealing with this.
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