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+name: CI (virtgpu)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-virtgpu.yml',
+      '**/CMakeLists.txt',
+      '**/.cmake',
+      '**/*.h',
+      '**/*.hpp',
+      '**/*.c',
+      '**/*.cpp'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/build-virtgpu.yml',
+      'ggml/src/ggml-virtgpu/**'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  ubuntu-24-virtgpu:
+    runs-on: ${{ 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Dependencies
+        id: depends
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libdrm-dev pkg-config libssl-dev
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DGGML_VIRTGPU=ON \
+            -DGGML_VIRTGPU_BACKEND=ON
+          cmake --build build --config Release -j $(nproc)