VK_KHR_index_type_uint8

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Last Modified Date

2023-06-06

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

Description

This extension allows uint8_t indices to be used with vkCmdBindIndexBuffer.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceIndexTypeUint8FeaturesKHR

New Enum Constants

• VK_KHR_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_KHR_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkIndexType:
  • VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_KHR
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INDEX_TYPE_UINT8_FEATURES_KHR

Promotion to Vulkan 1.4

Functionality in this extension is included in core Vulkan 1.4 with the KHR suffix omitted. The original type, enum and command names are still available as aliases of the core functionality.

Version History

• Revision 1, 2023-06-06 (Piers Daniell)
  • Internal revisions