VK_EXT_validation_features
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Last Modified Date
2018-11-14
IP Status
No known IP claims.
Contributors
- Karl Schultz, LunarG
- Dave Houlton, LunarG
- Mark Lobodzinski, LunarG
- Camden Stocker, LunarG
- Tony Barbour, LunarG
- John Zulauf, LunarG
Description
This extension provides the VkValidationFeaturesEXT struct that can be
included in the pNext
chain of the VkInstanceCreateInfo
structure passed as the pCreateInfo
parameter of
vkCreateInstance.
The structure contains an array of VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT enum
values that enable specific validation features that are disabled by
default.
The structure also contains an array of VkValidationFeatureDisableEXT
enum values that disable specific validation layer features that are enabled
by default.
Deprecation by VK_EXT_layer_settings
Functionality in this extension is subsumed into the VK_EXT_layer_settings extension.
New Structures
New Enums
New Enum Constants
VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXTENSION_NAME
VK_EXT_VALIDATION_FEATURES_SPEC_VERSION
- Extending VkStructureType:
VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT
Version History
- Revision 1, 2018-11-14 (Karl Schultz)
- Initial revision
- Revision 2, 2019-08-06 (Mark Lobodzinski)
- Add Best Practices enable
- Revision 3, 2020-03-04 (Tony Barbour)
- Add Debug Printf enable
- Revision 4, 2020-07-29 (John Zulauf)
- Add Synchronization Validation enable
- Revision 5, 2021-05-18 (Tony Barbour)
- Add Shader Validation Cache disable
- Revision 6, 2023-09-25 (Christophe Riccio)
- Marked as deprecated by VK_EXT_layer_settings