# GPU Model Name Propagation

How GPU model names are detected, stored, and displayed throughout the project.

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## Detection Sources

There are **two separate pipelines** for GPU model names — they use different structs and don't share state.

### Pipeline A — Live / SAT (nvidia-smi query at runtime)

**File:** `audit/internal/platform/sat.go`

- `ListNvidiaGPUs()` → `NvidiaGPU.Name` (field: `name`, from `nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index,name,...`)
- `ListNvidiaGPUStatuses()` → `NvidiaGPUStatus.Name`
- Used by: GPU selection UI, live metrics labels, burn/stress test logic

### Pipeline B — Benchmark results

**File:** `audit/internal/platform/benchmark.go`, line 124

- `queryBenchmarkGPUInfo(selected)` → `benchmarkGPUInfo.Name`
- Stored in `BenchmarkGPUResult.Name` (`json:"name,omitempty"`)
- Used by: benchmark history table, benchmark report

### Pipeline C — Hardware audit JSON (PCIe schema)

**File:** `audit/internal/schema/hardware.go`

- `HardwarePCIeDevice.Model *string` (field name is **Model**, not Name)
- For AMD GPUs: populated by `audit/internal/collector/amdgpu.go` from `info.Product`
- For NVIDIA GPUs: **NOT populated** by `audit/internal/collector/nvidia.go` — the NVIDIA enricher sets telemetry/status but skips the Model field
- Used by: hardware summary page (`hwDescribeGPU` in `pages.go:487`)

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## Key Inconsistency: NVIDIA PCIe Model is Never Set

`audit/internal/collector/nvidia.go` — `enrichPCIeWithNVIDIAData()` enriches NVIDIA PCIe devices with telemetry and status but does **not** populate `HardwarePCIeDevice.Model`.

This means:
- Hardware summary page shows "Unknown GPU" for all NVIDIA devices (falls back at `pages.go:486`)
- AMD GPUs do have their model populated

The fix would be: copy `gpu.Name` from the SAT pipeline into `dev.Model` inside `enrichPCIeWithNVIDIAData`.

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## Benchmark History "Unknown GPU" Issue

**Symptom:** Benchmark history table shows "GPU #N — Unknown GPU" columns instead of real GPU model names.

**Root cause:** `BenchmarkGPUResult.Name` has tag `json:"name,omitempty"`. If `queryBenchmarkGPUInfo()` fails (warns at `benchmark.go:126`) or returns empty names, the Name field is never set and is omitted from JSON. Loaded results have empty Name → falls back to "Unknown GPU" at `pages.go:2226, 2237`.

This happens for:
- Older result files saved before the `Name` field was added
- Runs where nvidia-smi query failed before the benchmark started

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## Fallback Strings — Current State

| Location | File | Fallback string |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware summary (PCIe) | `pages.go:486` | `"Unknown GPU"` |
| Benchmark report summary | `benchmark_report.go:43` | `"Unknown GPU"` |
| Benchmark report scorecard | `benchmark_report.go:93` | `"Unknown"` ← inconsistent |
| Benchmark report detail | `benchmark_report.go:122` | `"Unknown GPU"` |
| Benchmark history per-GPU col | `pages.go:2226` | `"Unknown GPU"` |
| Benchmark history parallel col | `pages.go:2237` | `"Unknown GPU"` |
| SAT status file write | `sat.go:922` | `"unknown"` ← lowercase, inconsistent |
| GPU selection API | `api.go:163` | `"GPU N"` (no "Unknown") |

**Rule:** all UI fallbacks should use `"Unknown GPU"`. The two outliers are `benchmark_report.go:93` (`"Unknown"`) and `sat.go:922` (`"unknown"`).

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## GPU Selection UI

**File:** `audit/internal/webui/pages.go`

- Source: `GET /api/gpus` → `api.go` → `ListNvidiaGPUs()` → live nvidia-smi
- Render: `'GPU ' + gpu.index + ' — ' + gpu.name + ' · ' + mem`
- Fallback: `gpu.name || 'GPU ' + idx` (JS, line ~1432)

This always shows the correct model because it queries nvidia-smi live. It is **not** connected to benchmark result data.

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## Data Flow Summary

```
nvidia-smi (live)
  └─ ListNvidiaGPUs() → NvidiaGPU.Name
       ├─ GPU selection UI (always correct)
       ├─ Live metrics labels (charts_svg.go)
       └─ SAT/burn status file (sat.go)

nvidia-smi (at benchmark start)
  └─ queryBenchmarkGPUInfo() → benchmarkGPUInfo.Name
       └─ BenchmarkGPUResult.Name (json:"name,omitempty")
            ├─ Benchmark report
            └─ Benchmark history table columns

nvidia-smi / lspci (audit collection)
  └─ HardwarePCIeDevice.Model (NVIDIA: NOT populated; AMD: populated)
       └─ Hardware summary page hwDescribeGPU()
```

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## What Needs Fixing

1. **NVIDIA PCIe Model** — `enrichPCIeWithNVIDIAData()` should set `dev.Model = &gpu.Name`
2. **Fallback consistency** — `benchmark_report.go:93` should say `"Unknown GPU"` not `"Unknown"`; `sat.go:922` should say `"Unknown GPU"` not `"unknown"`
3. **Old benchmark JSONs** — no fix possible for already-saved results with missing names (display-only issue)