VK_EXT_metal_surface

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Last Modified Date

2018-10-01

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Dzmitry Malyshau, Mozilla Corp.

Description

The VK_EXT_metal_surface extension is an instance extension. It provides a mechanism to create a VkSurfaceKHR object (defined by the VK_KHR_surface extension) from CAMetalLayer, which is the native rendering surface of Apple’s Metal framework.

New Base Types

• CAMetalLayer

New Commands

• vkCreateMetalSurfaceEXT

New Structures

• VkMetalSurfaceCreateInfoEXT

New Bitmasks

• VkMetalSurfaceCreateFlagsEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_METAL_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_METAL_SURFACE_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_METAL_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_EXT

Version History

• Revision 1, 2018-10-01 (Dzmitry Malyshau)
  • Initial version