Warpdrv - my open-source Llama.cpp launcher for daily-driving Qwen 35b + 27b on Strix Halo + RTX Pro.
I wanted to share an open-source app that I built for running LLMs locally on my setup.
My setup
Hardware
FEVM FAEX1 (128GB)
RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell (48GB), connected over OCuLink
Aoostar AG02
2x2TB internal m.2 drives on raid-0 using mdadm.
Software: Ubuntu 25.10, llama.cpp built from source for cuda + vulkan, rocm.
How I use this app
I generally run two models in parallel using different Llama backends simultaneously - Qwen3.6 27b UD-Q6-KXL or NVFP4 on CUDA, and Qwen3.6 35b A3B UD-
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