VK_MSFT_layered_driver

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Last Modified Date

2023-06-21

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Jesse Natalie, Microsoft

Description

This extension adds new physical device properties to allow applications and the Vulkan ICD loader to understand when a physical device is implemented as a layered driver on top of another underlying API.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceLayeredDriverPropertiesMSFT

New Enums

• VkLayeredDriverUnderlyingApiMSFT

New Enum Constants

• VK_MSFT_LAYERED_DRIVER_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_MSFT_LAYERED_DRIVER_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LAYERED_DRIVER_PROPERTIES_MSFT

Examples

None.

Version History

• Revision 1, 2023-06-21 (Jesse Natalie)
  • Initial revision