VK_LUNARG_direct_driver_loading

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2022-11-29

Contributors

• Charles Giessen, LunarG

Description

This extension provides a mechanism for applications to add drivers to the implementation. This allows drivers to be included with an application without requiring installation and is capable of being used in any execution environment, such as a process running with elevated privileges.

New Structures

• VkDirectDriverLoadingInfoLUNARG
• Extending VkInstanceCreateInfo:
  • VkDirectDriverLoadingListLUNARG

New Function Pointers

• PFN_vkGetInstanceProcAddrLUNARG

New Enums

• VkDirectDriverLoadingModeLUNARG

New Bitmasks

• VkDirectDriverLoadingFlagsLUNARG

New Enum Constants

• VK_LUNARG_DIRECT_DRIVER_LOADING_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_LUNARG_DIRECT_DRIVER_LOADING_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DIRECT_DRIVER_LOADING_INFO_LUNARG
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DIRECT_DRIVER_LOADING_LIST_LUNARG

Version History

• Revision 1, 2022-11-29 (Charles Giessen)
  • Initial version