diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5caf31cdf3737..593860a01927b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	endif
 endif
 
+ifdef LLAMA_RPC
+	BUILD_TARGETS += rpc-server
+endif
+
 default: $(BUILD_TARGETS)
 
 test: $(TEST_TARGETS)
@@ -416,6 +420,11 @@ ifdef LLAMA_BLIS
 	MK_LDFLAGS  += -lblis -L/usr/local/lib
 endif # LLAMA_BLIS
 
+ifdef LLAMA_RPC
+	MK_CPPFLAGS   += -DGGML_USE_RPC
+	OBJS          += ggml-rpc.o
+endif # LLAMA_RPC
+
 ifdef LLAMA_CUBLAS
 # LLAMA_CUBLAS is deprecated and will be removed in the future
 	LLAMA_CUDA := 1
@@ -626,11 +635,26 @@ ggml-metal-embed.o: ggml-metal.metal ggml-common.h
 endif
 endif # LLAMA_METAL
 
+OBJS += ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o unicode.o unicode-data.o
+COMMON_H_DEPS = common/common.h common/sampling.h common/log.h llama.h
+COMMON_DEPS   = common.o sampling.o grammar-parser.o build-info.o json-schema-to-grammar.o
+
 ifndef LLAMA_NO_LLAMAFILE
 sgemm.o: sgemm.cpp sgemm.h ggml.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 endif
 
+ifdef LLAMA_RPC
+ggml-rpc.o: ggml-rpc.cpp ggml-rpc.h
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+rpc-server.o: examples/rpc/rpc-server.cpp ggml-rpc.h
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+rpc-server: rpc-server.o ggml.o llama.o $(COMMON_DEPS) $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+endif # LLAMA_RPC
+
 GF_CC := $(CC)
 include scripts/get-flags.mk
 
@@ -710,14 +734,9 @@ unicode.o: unicode.cpp unicode.h
 unicode-data.o: unicode-data.cpp unicode-data.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-OBJS += ggml-alloc.o ggml-backend.o ggml-quants.o unicode.o unicode-data.o
-
 llama.o: llama.cpp unicode.h ggml.h ggml-alloc.h ggml-backend.h ggml-cuda.h ggml-metal.h llama.h
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
-COMMON_H_DEPS = common/common.h common/sampling.h common/log.h llama.h
-COMMON_DEPS   = common.o sampling.o grammar-parser.o build-info.o json-schema-to-grammar.o
-
 common.o: common/common.cpp $(COMMON_H_DEPS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
diff --git a/ggml-alloc.c b/ggml-alloc.c
index 1fbd376edf410..4d002ab8fea81 100644
--- a/ggml-alloc.c
+++ b/ggml-alloc.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static void ggml_gallocr_init_tensor(ggml_gallocr_t galloc, struct ggml_tensor *
                 // this tensor was allocated without ggml-backend
                 return;
             }
-            ggml_backend_view_init(galloc->buffers[buffer_id], tensor);
+            ggml_backend_view_init(tensor);
         }
     } else {
         if (tensor->data == NULL) {
@@ -899,12 +899,12 @@ static bool alloc_tensor_range(struct ggml_context * ctx,
             if (t->view_src == NULL) {
                 ggml_tallocr_alloc(&tallocr, t);
             } else if (t->buffer == NULL) {
-                ggml_backend_view_init(buffer, t);
+                ggml_backend_view_init(t);
             }
         } else {
             if (t->view_src != NULL && t->buffer == NULL) {
                 // view of a pre-allocated tensor
-                ggml_backend_view_init(buffer, t);
+                ggml_backend_view_init(t);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/ggml-backend.c b/ggml-backend.c
index 35802f79b8637..05737ed696954 100644
--- a/ggml-backend.c
+++ b/ggml-backend.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void ggml_backend_buffer_reset(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer) {
 bool ggml_backend_buffer_copy_tensor(const struct ggml_tensor * src, struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
     ggml_backend_buffer_t dst_buf = dst->view_src ? dst->view_src->buffer : dst->buffer;
     if (dst_buf->iface.cpy_tensor) {
-        return src->buffer->iface.cpy_tensor(dst_buf, src, dst);
+        return dst_buf->iface.cpy_tensor(dst_buf, src, dst);
     }
     return false;
 }
@@ -321,9 +321,7 @@ void ggml_backend_tensor_copy(struct ggml_tensor * src, struct ggml_tensor * dst
         ggml_backend_tensor_set(dst, src->data, 0, ggml_nbytes(src));
     } else if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(dst->buffer)) {
         ggml_backend_tensor_get(src, dst->data, 0, ggml_nbytes(src));
-    }
-    bool same_backend = strcmp(ggml_backend_buffer_name(src->buffer), ggml_backend_buffer_name(dst->buffer)) == 0;
-    if (!same_backend || !ggml_backend_buffer_copy_tensor(src, dst)) {
+    } else if (!ggml_backend_buffer_copy_tensor(src, dst)) {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: warning: slow copy from %s to %s\n", __func__, ggml_backend_buffer_name(src->buffer), ggml_backend_buffer_name(dst->buffer));
 #endif
@@ -1889,15 +1887,15 @@ ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_sched_get_tensor_backend(ggml_backend_sched_t sched,
 
 // utils
 
-void ggml_backend_view_init(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+void ggml_backend_view_init(struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->buffer == NULL);
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->view_src != NULL);
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->view_src->buffer != NULL);
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->view_src->data != NULL);
 
-    tensor->buffer = buffer;
+    tensor->buffer = tensor->view_src->buffer;
     tensor->data = (char *)tensor->view_src->data + tensor->view_offs;
-    ggml_backend_buffer_init_tensor(buffer, tensor);
+    ggml_backend_buffer_init_tensor(tensor->buffer, tensor);
 }
 
 void ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor, void * addr) {
@@ -1956,7 +1954,7 @@ static void graph_copy_init_tensor(struct ggml_hash_set hash_set, struct ggml_te
     struct ggml_tensor * dst = node_copies[id];
     if (dst->view_src != NULL) {
         graph_copy_init_tensor(hash_set, node_copies, node_init, src->view_src);
-        ggml_backend_view_init(dst->view_src->buffer, dst);
+        ggml_backend_view_init(dst);
     }
     else {
         ggml_backend_tensor_copy(src, dst);
diff --git a/ggml-backend.h b/ggml-backend.h
index 744b6a77457d7..c582b06850ed1 100644
--- a/ggml-backend.h
+++ b/ggml-backend.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     // Tensor initialization
     GGML_API void ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor, void * addr);
-    GGML_API void ggml_backend_view_init(ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer, struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
+    GGML_API void ggml_backend_view_init(struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
 
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
diff --git a/ggml-rpc.cpp b/ggml-rpc.cpp
index 49a20df4bd85e..679ce4f280c5f 100644
--- a/ggml-rpc.cpp
+++ b/ggml-rpc.cpp
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_rpc_buffer_type_alloc_buffer
     if (remote_ptr != 0) {
         ggml_backend_buffer_t buffer = ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft,
             ggml_backend_rpc_buffer_interface,
-            new ggml_backend_rpc_buffer_context{sock, {}, remote_ptr, "RPC"},
+            new ggml_backend_rpc_buffer_context{sock, {}, remote_ptr, "RPC[" + std::string(buft_ctx->endpoint) + "]"},
             remote_size);
         return buffer;
     } else {
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ GGML_API GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_rpc_buffer_type(const
 GGML_CALL ggml_backend_t ggml_backend_rpc_init(const char * endpoint) {
     ggml_backend_rpc_context * ctx = new ggml_backend_rpc_context {
         /* .endpoint  = */ endpoint,
-        /* .name      = */ "RPC",
+        /* .name      = */ "RPC[" + std::string(endpoint) + "]",
     };
 
     ggml_backend_t backend = new ggml_backend {