C Specification

The VkLayerProperties structure is defined as:

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef struct VkLayerProperties {
    char        layerName[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE];
    uint32_t    specVersion;
    uint32_t    implementationVersion;
    char        description[VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
} VkLayerProperties;

Members

  • layerName is an array of VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE char containing a null-terminated UTF-8 string which is the name of the layer. Use this name in the ppEnabledLayerNames array passed in the VkInstanceCreateInfo structure to enable this layer for an instance.

  • specVersion is the Vulkan version the layer was written to, encoded as described in https://registry.khronos.org/vulkansc/specs/1.0-extensions/html/vkspec.html#extendingvulkan-coreversions-versionnumbers.

  • implementationVersion is the version of this layer. It is an integer, increasing with backward compatible changes.

  • description is an array of VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE char containing a null-terminated UTF-8 string which provides additional details that can be used by the application to identify the layer.

Description

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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