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Update parallel.py to use root_device instead of lightning_module.device #11734

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What does this PR do?

Minor refactor to use the strategy's own root_device instead of the LightningModule's device property.

Attempts at manual model parallelization by extending this plugin will face difficulties with the assumption that the LightningModule has all of its parameters on the same device.

For those use cases, it is critical to remove the assumption that the module has a device property (device in general goes against PyTorch module's design principles:

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Use the strategy's own `root_device` instead of the LightningModule's device property
@ananthsub ananthsub added distributed Generic distributed-related topic refactor labels Feb 4, 2022
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