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+"""
+NVFP4-1.1 Step 1: Standalone BF16→FP4 quantization kernel.
+
+This kernel reads BF16 input from GMEM, quantizes to NVFP4 format
+(per-16-element FP8 E4M3 scale + FP4 packed data), and writes to GMEM.
+
+This is the quantization logic that will be fused into the SwiGLU epilogue
+once verified correct.
+
+NVFP4 quantization:
+  1. For each 16-element microblock: compute amax
+  2. block_scale = (amax / 6.0).to(float8_e4m3fn)  [FP8 E4M3]
+  3. For each element: x_scaled = x / block_scale
+  4. half_steps = round(|x_scaled| * 2).clamp(0, 12)  [13 quantization levels]
+  5. Lookup FP4 index from half_steps
+  6. Pack pairs of FP4 nibbles into bytes (float4_e2m1fn_x2)
+
+Reference: dsv4/ops/quantize.py (quantize_activation_nvfp4)
+
+Run: ~/.openclaw/workspace/fire_b200_test tests/unit/test_nvfp4_quantize_kernel.py
+"""
+import torch
+import math
+import cutlass
+import cutlass.cute as cute
+import cutlass.utils as utils
+from cutlass import Float32, BFloat16, Float8E4M3FN, Int32, const_expr
+from cutlass.utils import LayoutEnum
+import cuda.bindings.driver as cuda
+import cutlass.torch as ct
+
+from dsv4.ops.quantize import quantize_activation_nvfp4, SF_VEC_SIZE
+
+
+class Fp4QuantizeKernel:
+    """Standalone BF16→FP4 quantization kernel (CuTeDSL).
+    
+    Reads BF16 from GMEM, quantizes to NVFP4 (FP4 data + FP8 E4M3 scales),
+    writes both to GMEM.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, M, N, block_size=16, global_scale=1.0):
+        self.M = M
+        self.N = N
+        self.block_size = block_size  # 16 for NVFP4
+        self.global_scale = global_scale
+        self.n_blocks = N // block_size  # number of 16-element blocks per row
+        
+    @cute.jit
+    def __call__(self, x_bf16, x_fp4, x_sf, stream):
+        """
+        x_bf16: (M, N) BF16 input
+        x_fp4: (M, N // 2) float4_e2m1fn_x2 output (packed FP4)
+        x_sf: (M, N // 16) float8_e4m3fn output (FP8 E4M3 scales)
+        """
+        M = self.M; N = self.N; block_size = self.block_size
+        n_blocks = self.n_blocks
+        
+        # Each CTA processes 1 row (for simplicity)
+        # Grid: (n_blocks_per_row, M, 1) — each CTA quantizes 1 block in 1 row
+        # Actually, let's do it differently: each CTA processes 1 row's worth of blocks
+        # Grid: (1, M, 1) — 1 CTA per row
+        
+        # For now, let's use a simple 1-CTA approach (1 row at a time)
+        # and verify correctness before optimizing.
+        
+        # Actually, this needs to be a proper kernel. Let me think about
+        # the thread mapping.
+        #
+        # For a (M, N) input with N=4096, block_size=16:
+        # - n_blocks = 256 per row
+        # - Each block: 16 BF16 elements → 8 FP4 bytes + 1 FP8 scale byte
+        # - Total FP4 output: M × 2048 bytes
+        # - Total SF output: M × 256 bytes
+        #
+        # Thread mapping: 128 threads per CTA, each thread handles 2 blocks
+        # (2 × 16 = 32 elements). With N=4096, n_blocks=256, need 128 threads × 2 = 256 blocks.
+        
+        # For now, use the PyTorch reference as the ground truth and just verify.
+        # The kernel implementation will be added in the next step.
+        pass
+
+
+def test_nvfp4_quantize_correctness():
+    """Verify that our Python NVFP4 quantization matches the reference."""
+    print("\n=== NVFP4 Quantization Correctness Test ===")
+    
+    torch.manual_seed(42)
+    M, N = 128, 512
+    
+    x = torch.randn(M, N, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device='cuda')
+    global_scale = 1.0
+    
+    x_fp4, block_scale, _ = quantize_activation_nvfp4(x, global_scale)
+    
+    print(f"  Input: ({M}, {N}) BF16")
+    print(f"  FP4 output: {x_fp4.shape}, dtype={x_fp4.dtype}")
+    print(f"  Scale output: {block_scale.shape}, dtype={block_scale.dtype}")
+    print(f"  SF_VEC_SIZE: {SF_VEC_SIZE}")
+    
+    # Dequantize to verify round-trip
+    # FP4 → BF16: x_bf16 ≈ x_fp4 * block_scale * global_scale
+    # But we don't have a dequantize function yet.
+    # Let's just verify the shapes and dtypes are correct.
+    
+    assert x_fp4.dtype == torch.float4_e2m1fn_x2, f"Expected float4_e2m1fn_x2, got {x_fp4.dtype}"
+    assert block_scale.dtype == torch.float8_e4m3fn, f"Expected float8_e4m3fn, got {block_scale.dtype}"
+    assert x_fp4.shape == (M, N // 2), f"Expected ({M}, {N//2}), got {x_fp4.shape}"
+    assert block_scale.shape == (M, N // SF_VEC_SIZE), f"Expected ({M}, {N//SF_VEC_SIZE}), got {block_scale.shape}"
+    
+    print("  ✅ Shapes and dtypes correct")
+    
+    # Verify that the quantized values round-trip correctly
+    # by dequantizing and comparing
+    # We need to manually dequantize since there's no built-in function
+    x_deq = dequantize_nvfp4(x_fp4, block_scale, global_scale, N)
+    
+    # Compare with original (FP4 has limited precision)
+    cos = torch.nn.functional.cosine_similarity(
+        x.flatten().unsqueeze(0).float(), 
+        x_deq.flatten().unsqueeze(0).float()
+    ).item()
+    
+    print(f"  Dequantized cosine similarity: {cos:.6f}")
+    print(f"  FP4 round-trip: {'PASS' if cos >= 0.95 else 'FAIL (expected ~0.97-0.99 for FP4)'}")
+    
+    # Also verify max relative error
+    mask = x.abs() > 0.01  # Skip near-zero values
+    rel_err = ((x[mask] - x_deq[mask]).abs() / x[mask].abs()).mean().item()
+    print(f"  Mean relative error: {rel_err:.4f}")
+
+
+def dequantize_nvfp4(x_fp4, block_scale, global_scale, N):
+    """Dequantize NVFP4 back to BF16 for verification.
+    
+    This is the inverse of quantize_activation_nvfp4.
+    """
+    M = x_fp4.shape[0]
+    block_size = SF_VEC_SIZE
+    
+    # Unpack FP4 nibbles to indices
+    raw = x_fp4.view(torch.uint8)  # (M, N//2) bytes
+    even_nibbles = raw & 0x0F       # Lower nibble
+    odd_nibbles = (raw >> 4) & 0x0F  # Upper nibble
+    
+    # Interleave even and odd
+    indices = torch.stack([even_nibbles, odd_nibbles], dim=-1).reshape(M, N)
+    
+    # Extract sign and magnitude
+    signs = (indices >= 8).float() * -2 + 1  # +1 for 0-7, -1 for 8-15
+    mag_indices = indices % 8  # Magnitude index 0-7
+    
+    # FP4 E2M1 values: 0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, inf (but in our quantization,
+    # the step LUT maps half_steps to specific values)
+    # For simplicity, use the dequantization from the step LUT
+    # The E2M1 format: (-1)^sign × 2^exp × (1 + mantissa/2)
+    # exp = (mag >> 1), mantissa = mag & 1
+    # value = (-1)^sign × 2^exp × (1 + (mag & 1) * 0.5)
+    # But this doesn't match the NVFP4 quantization exactly.
+    # Let me use a different approach: compute from the quantize step LUT.
+    
+    # Actually, let me just do: x_deq = indices_to_values * block_scale * global_scale
+    # But I don't have the step LUT in the kernel. Let me compute it directly.
+    
+    # The step LUT in quantize.py:
+    # step_to_idx = {0:0, 2:1, 4:2, 6:3, 8:4, 10:5, 12:6, 14:7}
+    # inverse: idx_to_half_step = {0:0, 1:2, 2:4, 3:6, 4:8, 5:10, 6:12, 7:14}
+    # The dequantized value = sign * half_step / 2.0 = sign * (idx_to_half_step[mag] / 2.0)
+    
+    idx_to_half_step = torch.tensor([0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14], 
+                                      dtype=torch.float32, device='cuda')
+    half_steps = idx_to_half_step[mag_indices.long()]  # (M, N)
+    
+    # Dequantized: value = sign * half_step / 2.0
+    x_deq_fp32 = signs * half_steps / 2.0  # (M, N)
+    
+    # Apply block scale and global scale
+    # block_scale shape: (M, N//16) → expand to (M, N)
+    block_scale_expanded = block_scale.repeat_interleave(block_size, dim=-1).float()
+    x_deq_fp32 = x_deq_fp32 * block_scale_expanded * global_scale
+    
+    return x_deq_fp32.to(torch.bfloat16)
+
+
+def test():
+    print("=== NVFP4-1.1: BF16→FP4 Quantization Kernel Development ===")
+    test_nvfp4_quantize_correctness()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test()