Keep the embedder off the Hexagon, and let the probe example ask for a runtime

On the tablet the engine compiled arcface for the NPU: the routing
compared the form a rung wants with the form on offer, and for the
embedder both are f32, so nothing said no. A rung now says which roles
it serves at all, and the Hexagon does not serve the embedder (§7 —
its vectors must compare across devices). Tested at the routing seam.

dr-segment's onnx_probe example still named ort-tract, which is what
stopped the workspace test build.

core/dr-inference-engine/src/engines.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ pub fn run() {
     let mut jobs: Vec<(crate::Role, Source, u64)> = cfg
         .models
         .iter()
+        .filter(|(role, _)| rung.serves(*role))
         .filter_map(|(role, path)| {
             let (path, form) = crate::resolve_model(*role, path);
             (form == rung.form(*role)).then(|| {
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn run() {
         .chain(cfg.embedded.iter().filter_map(|(role, bytes)| {
             // An embedded model has no int8 sibling to offer a rung that
             // wants one; it runs on that rung's fallback.
-            (rung.form(*role) == Form::F32).then_some((
+            (rung.serves(*role) && rung.form(*role) == Form::F32).then_some((
                 *role,
                 Source::Bytes(bytes),
                 bytes.len() as u64,

core/dr-inference-engine/src/lib.rs

@@ -95,12 +95,21 @@ impl Rung {
 
     /// The model form this rung wants for a role.
     fn form(self, role: Role) -> Form {
-        match (self, role) {
+        match self {
-            (Rung::Hexagon, Role::Embedder) => Form::F32,
+            Rung::Hexagon => Form::Int8,
-            (Rung::Hexagon, _) => Form::Int8,
             _ => Form::F32,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Whether this rung runs `role` at all. The Hexagon takes int8 graphs
+    /// only, and the embedder is never int8 (§7) — it runs on the CPU
+    /// beside a detector on the NPU, so its vectors compare across devices.
+    fn serves(self, role: Role) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Rung::Hexagon => role != Role::Embedder,
+            _ => true,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// How long a session outlives its last use unless [`Config::decay`] says
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ fn current_rung(s: &State) -> Rung {
 /// caller adds [`form_suffix`] to the `model_id` it records.
 pub fn resolve_model(role: Role, canonical: &Path) -> (PathBuf, Form) {
     let rung = current_rung(&state().lock().unwrap());
-    if rung.form(role) == Form::Int8 {
+    if rung.serves(role) && rung.form(role) == Form::Int8 {
         let sibling = int8_sibling(canonical);
         if sibling.is_file() {
             return (sibling, Form::Int8);
@@ -451,7 +460,7 @@ pub fn open(role: Role, form: Form, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Model, Error> {
 /// the form on offer, or a missing engine says one lower (§6 step 4).
 fn effective_rung(s: &State, selected: Rung, role: Role, form: Form, bytes: &[u8]) -> Rung {
     let mut rung = selected;
-    if rung.form(role) != form {
+    if !rung.serves(role) || rung.form(role) != form {
         // The embedder on a Hexagon device, or an f32 detector where the int8
         // sibling was missing: neither can go to the NPU.
         rung = rung.fallback();
@@ -541,6 +550,36 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(loaded(), 1);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn the_hexagon_never_takes_the_embedder() {
+        assert!(!Rung::Hexagon.serves(Role::Embedder));
+        assert!(Rung::Hexagon.serves(Role::Detector));
+        assert_eq!(Rung::Hexagon.form(Role::Detector), Form::Int8);
+        // A detector offered in f32 on a Hexagon device lands on the CPU.
+        let s = State {
+            config: Config::default(),
+            cache: Cache {
+                rung: Some(Rung::Hexagon),
+                ..Cache::default()
+            },
+            probing: false,
+            wanted: 0,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_rung(&s, Rung::Hexagon, Role::Embedder, Form::F32, b""),
+            Rung::Cpu
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_rung(&s, Rung::Hexagon, Role::Detector, Form::F32, b""),
+            Rung::Cpu
+        );
+        // An int8 detector whose context is not compiled yet: also the CPU.
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_rung(&s, Rung::Hexagon, Role::Detector, Form::Int8, b""),
+            Rung::Cpu
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn the_status_line_reads_as_the_floor_before_init() {
         let s = status();

core/dr-segment/Cargo.toml

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ ndarray = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # tree for embedded previews.
 zune-jpeg.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
+# The probe example drives `ort` directly to print the raw load error, and
+# asks the engine for a runtime by name rather than naming one itself.
+dr-inference-engine.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 # On by default: a local adjustment that cannot select a subject is half the

core/dr-segment/examples/onnx_probe.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn main() {
     let bytes = std::fs::read(&path).expect("read model");
     println!("{path}: {} bytes", bytes.len());
 
-    let _ = ort::set_api(ort_tract::api());
+    dr_inference_engine::ensure_runtime();
     let t = Instant::now();
     let mut session =
         match ort::session::Session::builder().and_then(|mut b| b.commit_from_memory(&bytes)) {