Registered Extension Number

427

Revision

1

Ratification Status

Not ratified

Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
and
VK_KHR_buffer_device_address

Contact

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2022-10-14

Contributors

  • Vikram Kushwaha, NVIDIA

  • Jeff Bolz, NVIDIA

  • Christoph Kubisch, NVIDIA

  • Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

Description

This extension adds support for performing copies between memory and image regions using indirect parameters that are read by the device from a buffer during execution. This functionality may be useful for performing copies where the copy parameters are not known during the command buffer creation time.

New Commands

New Structures

New Enum Constants

  • VK_NV_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_EXTENSION_NAME

  • VK_NV_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_SPEC_VERSION

  • Extending VkStructureType:

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_FEATURES_NV

    • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_COPY_MEMORY_INDIRECT_PROPERTIES_NV

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2022-10-14 (Vikram Kushwaha)

    • Initial draft

See Also

VkCopyMemoryIndirectCommandNV, VkCopyMemoryToImageIndirectCommandNV, VkPhysicalDeviceCopyMemoryIndirectFeaturesNV, VkPhysicalDeviceCopyMemoryIndirectPropertiesNV, vkCmdCopyMemoryIndirectNV, vkCmdCopyMemoryToImageIndirectNV

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

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Copyright

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