C Specification

Bits which indicate the types of Metal objects that may be exported from a corresponding Vulkan object are:

// Provided by VK_EXT_metal_objects
typedef enum VkExportMetalObjectTypeFlagBitsEXT {
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_DEVICE_BIT_EXT = 0x00000001,
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_COMMAND_QUEUE_BIT_EXT = 0x00000002,
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_BUFFER_BIT_EXT = 0x00000004,
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_TEXTURE_BIT_EXT = 0x00000008,
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_IOSURFACE_BIT_EXT = 0x00000010,
    VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_SHARED_EVENT_BIT_EXT = 0x00000020,
} VkExportMetalObjectTypeFlagBitsEXT;

Description

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_DEVICE_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal MTLDevice may be exported.

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_COMMAND_QUEUE_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal MTLCommandQueue may be exported.

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_BUFFER_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal MTLBuffer may be exported.

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_TEXTURE_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal MTLTexture may be exported.

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_IOSURFACE_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal IOSurface may be exported.

  • VK_EXPORT_METAL_OBJECT_TYPE_METAL_SHARED_EVENT_BIT_EXT indicates a Metal MTLSharedEvent may be exported.

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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