VK_NVX_image_view_handle

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Last Modified Date

2020-04-03

Contributors

• Eric Werness, NVIDIA
• Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
• Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

Description

This extension allows applications to query an opaque handle from an image view for use as a sampled image or storage image. This provides no direct functionality itself.

New Commands

• vkGetImageViewAddressNVX
• vkGetImageViewHandleNVX

New Structures

• VkImageViewAddressPropertiesNVX
• VkImageViewHandleInfoNVX

New Enum Constants

• VK_NVX_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_NVX_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_ADDRESS_PROPERTIES_NVX
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_HANDLE_INFO_NVX

Version History

• Revision 2, 2020-04-03 (Piers Daniell)
  • Add vkGetImageViewAddressNVX
• Revision 1, 2018-12-07 (Eric Werness)
  • Internal revisions