From cfb86cc293b6b3712aeca026f6ce1970cf56ca64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan Adams <loadams@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:39:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add clarifying comment from cuda_accelerator

---
 accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py b/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
index 572191ff9c13..de711f73144e 100644
--- a/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
+++ b/accelerator/cpu_accelerator.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 from .abstract_accelerator import DeepSpeedAccelerator
 
+# During setup stage torch may not be installed, pass on no torch will
+# allow op builder related API to be executed.
 try:
     import torch
 except ImportError as e: