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[Question]a bout compression.helper.convert_conv1d_to_linear

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hi,when i use compression (zero_quant method), I found that we need to change conv1d to linear in GPT model. I just want to figure out this action. could you tail me why do this action ?

model = convert_conv1d_to_linear(model, Conv1D)

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Start with compression.helper.convert_conv1d_to_linear and the zero_quant GPT usage shown in the issue. Trace why Conv1D is converted to linear and document the rationale and expected behavior after conversion; the issue does not name a test or documentation file.

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