* fix BaseModel `to` method to be consistent with torch.nn.Module

* fix data_preprocessor as well

* fix docstring alignment

* fix docstring alignment

* [Fix] Fix  cound not handle string data

* Minor refine

* Refine type hint

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* fix as comment

* Minor refine

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* init npu

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* Update mmengine/dist/dist.py

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* change to is_hccl_backend

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* add comment with AmpOptimWrapper

* Update mmengine/runner/amp.py

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* add npu fn in base_model

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* clean lint

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* add is_npu_available

* try to fix

* Add comments

* Refine grammar

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* add non_blocking feature to BaseDataPreprocessor

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* move new parameters to the last to avoid bc issue

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* [Refactor]: modify interface of Visualizer.add_datasample (#365)

* [Refactor] Refactor data flow: refine `data_preprocessor`. (#359)

* refine data_preprocessor

* remove unused BATCH_DATA alias

* Fix type hints

* rename move_data to cast_data

* [Refactor] Refactor data flow: collate data in `collate_fn` of `DataLoader`  (#323)

* acollate data in dataloader

* fix docstring

* refine comment

* fix as comment

* refactor default collate and psedo collate

* foramt test file

* fix docstring

* fix as comment

* rename elem to data_item

* minor fix

* fix as comment

* [Refactor] Refactor data flow: `data_batch` argument of `Evaluator.process is a `dict` (#360)

* refine evaluator and metric

* compatible with new default collate

* replace default collate with pseudo

* Handle data_batch in metric

* fix unit test

* fix unit test

* fix unit test

* minor refine

* make data_batch optional

make data_batch optional

* rename outputs to predictions

* fix ut

* rename predictions to outputs

* fix docstring

* fix docstring

* fix unit test

* make outputs and data_batch to kwargs

* fix unit test

* keep signature of metric

* fix ut

* rename pred_sample arguments to data_sample(Visualizer)

* fix loop and ut

* [refactor]: Refactor model dataflow (#398)

* [Refactor] Refactor data flow: refine `data_preprocessor`. (#359)

* refine data_preprocessor

* remove unused BATCH_DATA alias

* Fix type hints

* rename move_data to cast_data

* refactor model data flow

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* make val_cfg and test_cfg optional

* roll back runner

* pass test mmdet

* fix as comment

fix as comment

fix ci in DataPreprocessor

* fix ut

* fix ut

* fix rebase main

* [Fix]: Fix test val ddp (#462)

* [Fix] Fix docstring and type hint of data flow (#463)

* Fix docstring of data flow

* change signature of hook

* fix unit test

* resolve conflicts

* fix lint

* Rename data to structure

* adjust the way to import module

* adjust the way to import module

* rename Structure to Data Structures in docs api

* rename structure to structures

* support using some modules of mmengine without torch

* fix circleci config

* fix circleci config

* fix registry ut

* minor fix

* move init method from model/utils to model/weight_init.py

* move init method from model/utils to model/weight_init.py

* move sync_bn to model

* move functions depending on torch to dl_utils

* format import

* fix logging ut

* add weight init in model/__init__.py

* move get_config and get_model to mmengine/hub

* move log_processor.py to mmengine/runner

* fix ut

* Add TimeCounter in dl_utils/__init__.py

* assert image shape before forward

* add unit test

* enhance error message

* allow gray image input

* fix as comment

* fix unit test

* fix unit test

* merge context

* update unit test

* add docstring

* fix bug in AmpOptimWrapper

* add docstring for backward

* add warning and docstring for accumuate gradient

* fix docstring

* fix docstring

* add params_group method

* fix as comment

* fix as comment

* make default_value of loss_scale to dynamic

* Fix docstring

* decouple should update and should no sync

* rename attribute in OptimWrapper

* fix docstring

* fix comment

* fix comment

* fix as comment

* fix as comment and add unit test

* [Fix] Fix image dtype when enable_normalize=False.

* update ut

* move to collate

* update ut

* fix BaseDataPreprocessor

* fix BaseDataPreprocessor

* change device type to torch.device

* change device type to torch.device

* fix cpu method of base model

* Allow ImgDataPreprocessor do not normalize

* remove unnecessary type ignore

* make mean and std optional

* refine docstring

* fix BaseDataPreprocessor

* fix BaseDataPreprocessor

* change device type to torch.device

* change device type to torch.device

* fix cpu method of base model

* add base model, ddp model and unit test

* add unit test

* fix unit test

* fix docstring

* fix cpu unit test

* refine base data preprocessor

* refine base data preprocessor

* refine interface of ddp module

* remove optimizer hook

* add forward

* fix as comment

* fix unit test

* fix as comment

* fix build optimizer wrapper

* rebase main and fix unit test

* stack_batch support stacking ndim tensor, add docstring for merge dict

* fix lint

* fix test loop

* make precision_context effective to data_preprocessor

* fix as comment

* fix as comment

* refine docstring

* change collate_data output typehints

* rename to_rgb to bgr_to_rgb and rgb_to_bgr

* support build basemodel with built DataPreprocessor

* fix as comment

* fix docstring