v1.11.1: Patch Release

Llama3 has been validated on Gaudi

• Llama3 test and readme changes #905 @ssarkar2

Fix issue with pytest

The latest SynapseAI Docker images come with Pytest v8 already installed, which is incompatible with the Transformers library and leads to an error in a few non-test cases. As a temporary workaround, Pytest is pinned and moved as a hard dependency.

• Move pytest dependency #883 @regisss

Other

• Fp8 merge fix #863 @libinta
• Fixed "reuse_cache" Bug #888 @Danielohayon
• Remove deprecated AOT_HPU_TRAINING_BACKEND #877 @astachowiczhabana
• Add mark step and inplace residual add in llama model code #833 @puneeshkhanna
• Enable Flash Attention in recompute and causal modes #862 @wszczurekhabana
• Add mark_step for llama inference #875 @libinta

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v1.11.1