VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT(3)

# VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT - Structure describing additional 4444 formats supported by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_4444_formats
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           formatA4R4G4B4;
        VkBool32           formatA4B4G4R4;
    } VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT;

## Members

This structure describes the following features:

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `formatA4R4G4B4` indicates that the implementation must support using a VkFormat of VK_FORMAT_A4R4G4B4_UNORM_PACK16_EXT with at least the following VkFormatFeatureFlagBits:

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT

- `formatA4B4G4R4` indicates that the implementation must support using a VkFormat of VK_FORMAT_A4B4G4R4_UNORM_PACK16_EXT with at least the following VkFormatFeatureFlagBits:

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT

## Description

If the `VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled in to indicate whether each corresponding feature is supported. If the application wishes to use a VkDevice with any features described by `VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT`, it must add an instance of the structure, with the desired feature members set to VK_TRUE, to the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo when creating the VkDevice.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_4444_FORMATS_FEATURES_EXT

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

Note | Although the formats defined by the `VK_EXT_4444_formats` extension were promoted to Vulkan 1.3 as optional formats, the VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT structure was not promoted to Vulkan 1.3.

## See Also

VK_EXT_4444_formats, VkBool32, VkStructureType

## 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.

## Copyright

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