VK_EXT_index_type_uint8

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Last Modified Date

2019-05-02

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

Description

This extension allows uint8_t indices to be used with vkCmdBindIndexBuffer.

Promotion to VK_KHR_index_type_uint8

All functionality in this extension is included in VK_KHR_index_type_uint8, with the suffix changed to KHR. The original enum names are still available as aliases of the KHR functionality.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceIndexTypeUint8FeaturesEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkIndexType:
  • VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_EXT
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_FEATURES_EXT

Version History

• Revision 1, 2019-05-02 (Piers Daniell)
  • Internal revisions