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…ate setup and train loop

The pure_nnx defaults are true, so the Linen branches in the pre-train state
and train-loop path are dead. Collapse them:

- train_utils.setup_train_loop: always build the abstract NNX model and a
  TrainStateNNX init_state_fn; drop the Linen model/TrainState branch and the
  Linen arms of the DiLoCo sharding and debug_sharding blocks.
- maxtext_utils: get_functional_train_with_signature and
  get_functional_eval_with_signature drop the trailing rng in_sharding;
  load_compiled drops the example rng; get_abstract_state delegates to
  get_abstract_state_nnx.

setup_initial_state is deliberately left alone. Its Linen branch is entangled
with the checkpoint restore overlay, and the orbax v1 migration is touching
that code; it is collapsed in a later change.

Tests follow the same narrowing: the Linen-only cases in maxtext_utils_test,
state_dtypes_test and the sharding_compare_test Linen-golden driver go away.
test_deepseek4 is skipped rather than pinned to Linen, since nnx_decoders.py
has no deepseek4 decoder_block branch yet.
… muon utils

- sharding.maybe_update_params_sharding_with_opt delegates to the _nnx variant;
  build_zero1_input_state_mesh_shardings drops its Linen early return.
- muon_utils.get_muon_weight_dimension_numbers drops the isinstance(nnx.Module)
  test and the Linen get_abstract_param path; get_model_mdn loses its pure_nnx
  parameter and always builds the abstract NNX model.
- run_sharding_dump loses its --pure_nnx flag.

Tests follow: the Linen branch test in muon_utils_test goes away, optimizers_test
drops the pure_nnx argument and the dual-shape comparison, sharding_nnx_test
drops the flag from its fake config.
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❌ Patch coverage is 77.41935% with 7 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines Patch % Lines
src/maxtext/utils/train_utils.py 75.00% 3 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
src/maxtext/utils/muon_utils.py 70.00% 3 Missing ⚠️

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@ecnal-cienet ecnal-cienet changed the title Feat/nnx del linen pretrain sharding opt [NNX] Delete Linen (12.1b): collapse dispatch in sharding and muon Jul 31, 2026
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