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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+project("llama.cpp")
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED true)
+set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)
+
+option(LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS            "llama: enable all compiler warnings"                   ON)
+option(LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS_3RD_PARTY  "llama: enable all compiler warnings in 3rd party libs" OFF)
+
+option(LLAMA_SANITIZE_THREAD         "llama: enable thread sanitizer"    OFF)
+option(LLAMA_SANITIZE_ADDRESS        "llama: enable address sanitizer"   OFF)
+option(LLAMA_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED      "llama: enable undefined sanitizer" OFF)
+
+if (APPLE)
+    option(LLAMA_NO_ACCELERATE       "llama: disable Accelerate framework" OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_NO_AVX              "llama: disable AVX" OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_NO_AVX2             "llama: disable AVX2" OFF)
+    option(LLAMA_NO_FMA              "llama: disable FMA" OFF)
+endif()
+
+if (NOT MSVC)
+    if (LLAMA_SANITIZE_THREAD)
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   -fsanitize=thread")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=thread")
+    endif()
+
+    if (LLAMA_SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}     -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    endif()
+
+    if (LLAMA_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED)
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}     -fsanitize=undefined")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=undefined")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+if (APPLE AND NOT LLAMA_NO_ACCELERATE)
+    find_library(ACCELERATE_FRAMEWORK Accelerate)
+    if (ACCELERATE_FRAMEWORK)
+        message(STATUS "Accelerate framework found")
+
+        set(LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS  ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS}  ${ACCELERATE_FRAMEWORK})
+        set(LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS ${LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS} -DGGML_USE_ACCELERATE)
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "Accelerate framework not found")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+if (LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS)
+    if (NOT MSVC)
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} \
+            -Wall                           \
+            -Wextra                         \
+            -Wpedantic                      \
+            -Wshadow                        \
+            -Wcast-qual                     \
+            -Wstrict-prototypes             \
+            -Wpointer-arith                 \
+            -Wno-unused-function            \
+        ")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} \
+            -Wall                           \
+            -Wextra                         \
+            -Wpedantic                      \
+            -Wcast-qual                     \
+        ")
+    else()
+        # todo : msvc
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+
+if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "arm" OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "aarch64")
+    message(STATUS "ARM detected")
+else()
+    message(STATUS "x86 detected")
+    if (MSVC)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /arch:AVX2")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /arch:AVX2")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /arch:AVX2")
+    else()
+        if(NOT LLAMA_NO_AVX)
+            set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mavx")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT LLAMA_NO_AVX2)
+            set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mavx2")
+        endif()
+        if(NOT LLAMA_NO_FMA)
+            set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mfma")
+        endif()
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -mf16c")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+# if (LLAMA_PERF)
+#     set(LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS ${LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS} -DGGML_PERF)
+# endif()
+
+add_executable(llama
+    main.cpp
+    utils.cpp
+    utils.h)
+
+add_executable(quantize
+    quantize.cpp
+    utils.cpp
+    utils.h)
+
+add_library(ggml
+    ggml.c
+    ggml.h)
+
+target_compile_definitions(ggml PUBLIC ${LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS})
+target_compile_definitions(llama PUBLIC ${LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS})
+target_compile_definitions(quantize PUBLIC ${LLAMA_EXTRA_FLAGS})
+
+target_link_libraries(ggml PRIVATE ${LLAMA_EXTRA_LIBS})
+target_include_directories(ggml PUBLIC .)
+target_link_libraries(quantize PRIVATE ggml)
+target_link_libraries(llama PRIVATE ggml)