VK_EXT_shader_long_vector

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Last Modified Date

2025-06-24

Interactions and External Dependencies

• This extension requires SPV_EXT_long_vector
• This extension provides API support for GL_EXT_long_vector

Contributors

• Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
• Spencer Fricke, LunarG

Description

This extension adds support for using vector types with more than four components in SPIR-V.

Long vector types are defined by the SPV_EXT_long_vector SPIR-V extension and can be used with the GL_EXT_long_vector GLSL extension.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceShaderLongVectorFeaturesEXT
• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceShaderLongVectorPropertiesEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_SHADER_LONG_VECTOR_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_SHADER_LONG_VECTOR_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_LONG_VECTOR_FEATURES_EXT
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_LONG_VECTOR_PROPERTIES_EXT

New SPIR-V Capabilities

• LongVectorEXT

Issues

Version History

• Revision 1, 2025-06-24 (Jeff Bolz)
  • Initial revisions