Registered Extension Number

122

Revision

1

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Last Modified Date

2017-02-21

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors
  • Ian Elliott, Google

  • James Jones, NVIDIA

Description

This extension provides new entry points to query device display properties and capabilities in a way that can be easily extended by other extensions, without introducing any further entry points. This extension can be considered the VK_KHR_display equivalent of the VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 extension.

New Commands

New Structures

New Enum Constants

  • VK_KHR_GET_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES_2_EXTENSION_NAME

  • VK_KHR_GET_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES_2_SPEC_VERSION

  • Extending VkStructureType:

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DISPLAY_MODE_PROPERTIES_2_KHR

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DISPLAY_PLANE_CAPABILITIES_2_KHR

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DISPLAY_PLANE_INFO_2_KHR

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DISPLAY_PLANE_PROPERTIES_2_KHR

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DISPLAY_PROPERTIES_2_KHR

Issues

1) What should this extension be named?

RESOLVED: VK_KHR_get_display_properties2. Other alternatives:

  • VK_KHR_display2

  • One extension, combined with VK_KHR_surface_capabilites2.

2) Should extensible input structs be added for these new functions:

RESOLVED:

3) Should additional display query functions be extended?

RESOLVED:

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2017-02-21 (James Jones)

    • Initial draft.

See Also

Document Notes

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