VK_NV_dedicated_allocation_image_aliasing

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Last Modified Date

2019-01-04

Contributors

• Nuno Subtil, NVIDIA
• Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA
• Eric Werness, NVIDIA
• Axel Gneiting, id Software

Description

This extension allows applications to alias images on dedicated allocations, subject to specific restrictions: the extent and the number of layers in the image being aliased must be smaller than or equal to those of the original image for which the allocation was created, and every other image parameter must match.

New Structures

• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceDedicatedAllocationImageAliasingFeaturesNV

New Enum Constants

• VK_NV_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_IMAGE_ALIASING_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_NV_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_IMAGE_ALIASING_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEDICATED_ALLOCATION_IMAGE_ALIASING_FEATURES_NV

Version History

• Revision 1, 2019-01-04 (Nuno Subtil)
  • Internal revisions