VK_NV_linear_color_attachment(3)

# VK_NV_linear_color_attachment(3) Manual Page

## Name

VK_NV_linear_color_attachment - device extension

## Registered Extension Number

431

## Revision

1

## Ratification Status

Not ratified

## Extension and Version Dependencies

VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
or
Vulkan Version 1.1

## API Interactions

- Interacts with VK_VERSION_1_3

- Interacts with VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2

## Contact

- sourav parmar [GitHub]souravpNV

## Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

  2021-12-02

Interactions and External Dependencies

  - This extension requires `VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2`

Contributors

  - Pat Brown, NVIDIA

  - Piers Daniell, NVIDIA

  - Sourav Parmar, NVIDIA

## Description

This extension expands support for using VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR images as color attachments when all the color attachments in the render pass instance have VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR tiling. This extension adds a new flag bit VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV that extends the existing VkFormatFeatureFlagBits2KHR bits. This flag can be set for renderable color formats in the VkFormatProperties3KHR::`linearTilingFeatures` format properties structure member. Formats with the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV flag may be used as color attachments as long as all the color attachments in the render pass instance have VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR tiling, and the formats their images views are created with have VkFormatProperties3KHR::`linearTilingFeatures` which include VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV. This extension supports both dynamic rendering and traditional render passes.

## New Structures

- Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:

  - VkPhysicalDeviceLinearColorAttachmentFeaturesNV

## New Enum Constants

- `VK_NV_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_EXTENSION_NAME`

- `VK_NV_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_SPEC_VERSION`

- Extending VkStructureType:

  - VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_FEATURES_NV

If VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2 or Vulkan Version 1.3 is supported:

- Extending VkFormatFeatureFlagBits2:

  - VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_2_LINEAR_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT_NV

## Version History

- Revision 1, 2021-11-29 (sourav parmar)

  - Initial draft

## See Also

No cross-references are available

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

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## Copyright

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